The Mothership Mission Spheres Line

Ships    Label,x,y,z,rot,race,ship,num,formation|flag|(color),properties,propertiesParam

Label:	AI label (no spaces) or ?
x,y,z:	x,y,z coordinates
rot:	rotation angle of ship (facing)
race:	RACE_SECT, RACE_BEAST, RACE_TAIIDAN, RACE_KUSHAN, RACE_P1, RACE_TRADER.
ship:	shiptype (See The Ship List for ship types you can use here)
num:	number of ships to place
formation:	Formation these ships will be in.
flag	UseAsMothership or ?
color	? or colorScheme(n) where n= 0 to 7
properties	Integer value See Properties more info.
propertiesParam:	Some properties (eg: Regrow) have an attached value or 'propertiesParam'

eg;

Ships    Label,-3000,-5000,0,90,RACE_P1,P1MissileCorvette,5,DELTA_FORMATION|?|colorScheme(6),?,?

 

Ship Line Properties

The following  strings can appear in any combination and should be separated by a pipe: " | " with no spaces.

Formations

The available formations are:

NULL_FORMATION

PARADE_FORMATION

DELTA_FORMATION

BROAD_FORMATION

DELTA3D_FORMATION

CLAW_FORMATION

WALL_FORMATION

SPHERE_FORMATION

PICKET_FORMATION

Flag

Use this when you want to set the default player Mothership 'shiptype'. Add 'UseAsMothership' in place of the '?' when you want to specify an MS type.

Properties

Some values are associated with the 'propertiesParam' value. The available properties are:

Attributes	Value
SalvageAttachtime	1
ShellOfResources	2
VelToMothership	4
DontApplyFriction	8
KillerCollDamage	16
Anomaly	32
NeutralShip	256
HeadShotVelToMothership	512
HeadShotKillerCollDamage	1024
Regrow	2048
SMColorInvisible	4096
SMColorYellow	8192
SMColorGreen	12288

 

[See also The Mothership Missphere for further details, and ResourceSphere and MissionSphere Properties: (or the infamous 'Gary's Notes') for more on the properties values - Use the 'Back' Function on your browser to return here.]

 

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