MissionSphere Lines

PlayerNumber, RaceName, Misspheretype, posx, posy, posz, Radius, Sphererotz, Contents, StartingRU's

PlayerNumber:	player # ( -1 for no player)
RaceName:	name of the race or ? for no race
Misspheretype:	type of filed named in contents
posx,posy,posz:	x,y,z coordinates of the missionsphere centre
Radius:	radius of the missionsphere
Sphererotz:	angle of rotation of the mission sphere
Contents:	the player_#.missphere file, name must exactly match.
StartingRU's:	number of RUs the player starts with (*feature removed)

eg;   

MissionSphere    1,RACE_SECT,sMothership,0.0,0.0,0.0,30000.0,0.0,Mothership_1.missphere,1000 

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Lighting and Background filename

Lighting:   filename
Background: filename, angle1, angle2

Lighting
filename	mission01-mission17 or named custom lighting file (.hsf)
Background
filename	mission01-mission17 or named custom background file (.btg)
angle1	horizontal rotation
angle2	vertical rotation

eg;   

Lighting    mission 01
Background    mission01, 90, 30

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Song Number

SongNumber    integer

integer:

integer: the song that will be played in a mission (1-49, 0=no music) 1-17 are the single player mission music, matchies level number so song 1 = level 1 music.

eg;   

SongNumber    3

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The Sensors Manager

eg, From a typical *.level file.

smDepthCueRadius    30000
smDepthCueStartRadius    10000
smCircleBorder     90000
smZoomMax     150000
smZoomMin     50000
smInitialDistance    75000
smUniverseSizeX    120000
smUniverseSizeY    120000
smUniverseSizeZ    60000

 

smDepthCueRadius:	the radius of the depth cue circle in the sensors manager
smDepthCueStartRadius:	the radius of the depth cue radius in the sensors manager
smCircleBorder:	the diameter of the small compass circle on the sensors manager
smZoomMax:	the maximum zoom range for the sensors manager
smZoomMin:	the minimum zoom range for the sensors manager
smInitialDistance:	the distance of players starting position from the map centre
smUniverseSizeX:	the x coordinate diameter of the universe (width)
smUniverseSizeY:	the y coordinate diameter of the universe (length)
smUniverseSizeZ:	the z coordinate diameter of the universe (height)

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Determining what Ships to load

Not all ships/resources/derelicts etc. need be loaded for every level. Substantial savings in loading time and texture RAM can be realized by excluding some things from the load. By default everything is loaded for every level. If something is loaded in one level and not loaded the next, the space it occupied (in RAM and texture RAM) is freed for other uses.

Here is a listing of the directives to control this:

ExcludeShips race shiptype
IncludeShips race shiptype

race:	RACE_SECT, RACE_BEAST, RACE_TAIIDAN, RACE_KUSHAN, RACE_P1, RACE_TRADER.
shiptype:	Any ship type valid for these races. Shiptype can also be "All" which will exclude that entire race.

eg;

ExcludeShips     RACE_P1, p1MissileCorvette
ExcludeShips    RACE_SECT, LightInterceptor
IncludeShips     RACE_P1,p1MissileCorvette
IncludeShips    RACE_SECT,LightInterceptor (etc).

eg, to only load 1 pirate (a MissileCorvette) beyond the basic R1/R2 fleet

ExcludeShips     RACE_TRADERS,All
ExcludeShips     RACE_TAIIDAN,All
ExcludeShips     RACE_KUSHAN,All
ExcludeShips    RACE_P1,All
IncludeShips    RACE_P1,p1MissileCorvette

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Determining what Resources to load

Exclude   resourcetype
Include   resourcetype

resourcetype:

Asteroid0	DustCloud0	Nebula0
Asteroid1	DustCloud1	-
Asteroid2	DustCloud2	-
Asteroid3	DustCloud3	dCrystal0
Asteroid4	DustCloud4	dCrystal1

eg;

Exclude   Asteroid,All
Include   Asteroid,Asteroid2

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Determining what Derelicts to load

ExcludeShips      RACE_DERELICT,derelicttype
IncludeShips       RACE_DERELICT,derelicttype

derelicttype: Fragments, Ghostship, Shipwrecks, Crystals, Mines etc..

Note: don't load all the derelicts! Use this line:

ExcludeShips      RACE_DERELICT,All

 

then specify what to load with 'IncludeDerelict'

Derelicts also includes Crystals, these derelicts are called; dCrystal0 and dCrystal1.

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Determining what colorSchemes a ship can be

By default, the color scheme of a ship is based on it's race.

Race Default colour scheme Table:

Race	Default Color Scheme
Som-Taaw	? or 0
Beast	? or 1
Taiidan Imperialists	? or 2
Taiidan Loyalists	? or 3
Kith Manaan	? or 4
Pirates	? or 5
Kith Nabaal	? or 6
Kith S'jet	? or 7

In order for your fancy color scheme to show up, you must enable it for every ship that will use it by using this directive:

AvailableColorSchemes   race type scheme#[scheme#[...]]

race:	RACE_SECT, RACE_BEAST, RACE_TAIIDAN, RACE_KUSHAN, RACE_P1, RACE_TRADER.
type:	any ship type valid for these races or 'All'.
Scheme	Assigned Colour Scheme; 0,1,4,5,6 or 7

eg;

AvailableColorSchemes   RACE_P1 All 3
AvailableColorSchemes   RACE_P1 P1MissileCorvette 6
AvailableColorSchemes   RACE_TAIIDAN MissileDestroyer 0,1,7

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Changing the BaseColor and StripColor

Setting the Base and Stripe Colours of Ships:

BaseColor   raceNum,red,green,blue
StripColor   raceNum,red,green,blue

raceNum:	The Colour Scheme Number you wish to replace.
red,green,blue:	The Colour.
Scheme	Assigned Colour Scheme; 0 to 7 inclusive.

eg;

BaseColor   7,255,0,0
StripColor   7,0,0,0

So, now colour 7 has been replaced with a Red overall colour with Black strips.

To the mothership file adding:

Ships Label,-3000.0,-2500.0,0.0,-90.0,RACE_TAIIDAN,MissileDestroyer,1,NULL_FORMATION|?|colorScheme(7)

Makes a mission sphere with a funky-colored missile destroyer. Red with a black Stripe.

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