Posted 24 December 2001 - 08:51 PM
I'm after something to very quickly gain money weather im a different races. Bc3k as a cheat that allows you to set the money value.
That is something I like. I can get in a game then just simply Do what I want. Not being hassled by money. More time to explore and to in to my dream of being a commander of my likeing. Planning and sceeming My planet take overs.
Is such thing in the making SC in the new GBS II?
Posted 25 December 2001 - 05:03 AM
all the answers are here...all you have to do is look for them.
Have a Merry Christmas
[ 12-25-2001: Message edited by: Stormshadow ]
Posted 25 December 2001 - 06:35 AM
Posted 25 December 2001 - 09:32 AM
You will need this launchbase data from Pugwash' site together with the above introduction to predict your buy and sell price. But be advised that these numbers may change or are not accurate. The bc3k appendix carried/carries this info (atleast valid for that game only) but the BCM appendix never had it. (Time to ask the SC why not) But you can allways just boldly go and try and find the inflation value on the info page of the station/base.
Terrans get their best profit (66% of investment ) by moving AD items from GalcomHQ to Velari/Polaris2. Gammulans/Valkeries have it even better. The best actually. (77% of investment ) AD from Cyron VI to Mantis I (or is it Mantisi?).
[ 12-25-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
Posted 25 December 2001 - 10:58 AM
Most are happy to just to stay in the home system and battle. I don't I like to wander around training killing and make the galaxy choaic.
One little trip is for terran space to gram and alot of side trips along the way. I find it funner to just have instant cash like 10 million - 1 Billion then do what I want. Like run a month long campain in a enemy sectors.
And i'm a very good Leader. 4 Bases cleaned out. At the start of the game.
Posted 25 December 2001 - 11:41 AM
My record so far was gathering 12 OTS missiles in 5 minutes just from cargo pods.
Posted 25 December 2001 - 01:02 PM
Posted 25 December 2001 - 01:18 PM
Posted 25 December 2001 - 06:35 PM
Posted 26 December 2001 - 05:10 AM
Tac's idea is pretty much your last resort. Unless you like to wait for your mining drones to fill up.
And wrt trading, I managed to fill up my mk1 shuttle with every loose item I could find in my BCmk3. With 654 displacement units to spare IIRC. And then jumped into it's saddle on my way to Velari. I was there before I knew it. (Oh yeah, I traded MN items for AG at Wraith to get a better profit for them. Hope you can use them, Tac )
[ 12-26-2001: Message edited by: Rico Jansen ]
Posted 27 December 2001 - 03:32 PM
<<< CAUTION! >>> ANY mistakes and your gamesave will be corrupted or destroyed. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
<<< OTHER CAUTION >>> This should ONLY be used to gain knowledge and practice skills, for use in no-cheat cames NOT to win campaigns, and achieve objectives more easily. One path leads to ultimate strength, the other to ultimate weakness.
Don't let the dark side give you bad mojo, eh?
<<< THIS CAUTION INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK >>>
PREPARATION:
All distractions eliminate, you must, young Jedi.
Mistakes most foul, easy to make, very.
Corruption the result will be, yes.
Talked backwards Yoda did,
For a hex coder was he.
Look this good when my age you be.
A sock in it, put.
Either create a new game and save it or select a gamesave to modify and write down how much money it has. example: 75000 credits
Go to the saves directory (folder) and locate the save you want to modify example PLAYER1.SG0 and make a backup copy of it.
If not have then get (download) a sector editor; ("bytezap" utility.) I use Hexpert32, it's Shareware.
http://www.flash.net/~mwoolsey/hexpert.html
or websearch for it.
Run the hex editor, and load the target gamesave.
Run the Windows calculator in scientific mode or use a handheld that can do decimal to hexadecimal conversion.
In decimal mode, enter the amount of money you HAVE, convert to hexadecimal, write it down.
Back to decimal mode, enter the amount of money you WANT, convert to hex, write it down.
Using the Hex editor, make sure it is operating in hex mode, then do a search in hex mode for the hex value of what you HAVE. When you find it, search for the 'next' occurrance of that number. Typically there will be only one. You will notice the number is backwards by pairs. example:
75000 dec = 124F8 hex but what the search finds is
F8 24 01
Separate the WANT hex value into pairs of digits, starting from right to left, write it down. If the leftmost is a single digit, stick a zero on its left. example:
12345 (right to left)
1 23 45 (leftmost IS single digit)
01 23 45 (put zero left of single digit)
other example
989680
98 96 80 ( leftmost is 2 digit, no zero needed)
Using the hex editor, starting at the rightmost pair in the editor, start entering the rightmost pair of your WANT hex number. Careful! the editor will enter data left to right, so you'll have to backspace to the pair before (left of) the one you just edited. Enter the next (left) pair of digits of the WANT hex amount in the editor, then backspace to the pair left to what you just entered. You're copying the WANT pairs in from right to left, starting with the rightmost HAVE number in the editor.
Assuming you HAVE 75,000 (0124F8)
and WANT 10,000,000 (989680 hex)
you will FIND F8 24 01 and replace with
98 96 80
Why do it right to left? If your WANT is more digits than your HAVE you must start from the rightmost pair and enter it leftward from the end to the start of the number because that's just how computers store numbers. Ask a programmer.
if WANT = 12 34 56 78 then
F8 24 01 will be replaced with
12 34 56 78 the 78 going where the 01 was.
Final step, save the edited file and EXIT the sector editor. BC can't load the file if it's in use.
Gongrats. You have just hacked your gamesave the old-school hard core way - MANUALLY!
Moment of truth: fire up BCM and restore your gamesave. If the money is exactly what you expected then you have met the minimum requirement: perfect editing. Otherwise you should write down the $ you NOW have, quit BCM, figure out where you went wrong, fix it, or easier - delete the edited save, copy your backup save back into the save directory and try again from scratch. Never use your backup, only copies of it.
Oh and always hold your light sabre right-side up when you turn it on. (If you don't get it, try it with a flashlight and see what gets iluminated.)
Cmdr: "Status?" Sorry for the long message - I was inspired. [ 12-27-2001: Message edited by: [III] Rick O'Shea ]
CO: "They're coming around for another pass."
Cmdr:"Activate the 'persuader' artifact."
CO: "Activating 'persuader'."
Artifact: "Target aquired, airlock overrides engaged..... "
FO: "Ouch... looks like not everybody had vaccsuits on."
TO: "Eww... Sir - want me to launch a cargo sweep?"
CE: "cargo MOP would be more like it!"
Cmdr: "Captain's log: memo: Get the CC washed as soon as we dock."
Blame it on BCM. Just be glad I didn't type out the "alien supermarket" story.
Posted 28 December 2001 - 01:06 AM
Search and you might find better.
Posted 28 December 2001 - 09:06 PM
Search and you might find better.
Don't worry. I saw that earlier and am not going to say anything. Wait until the saved game authentication check kicks in.
Posted 30 December 2001 - 03:38 AM
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Posted 25 January 2002 - 04:57 PM
I too find it rather troublesome to have to go out and become a merchant just to go and kick some butt. Real life military commanders don't have to worry about how much this or that is. But then again they do have to account for their assets to their superiors.
To calculate an AI to automatically send you on various missions should they be needed in the dynamic enviornment of the ROAM games would require massive amounts of time to develop. I would much rather have the SC spending his time on the MP portion or even other BC projects (Online, XP etc.) than that.
The simple solution was to go out and implement the money system for everyone. Granted that depending on the base you're at will dictate the price of what you are buying, it's an excellent system for simulating the real "meat and potatoes" missions of real military operations. "Go and mine here, look out for baddies"... "Deliver these items to our foreward bases, watch for baddies"... "Patrol this area for enemy activity with this as your foreward base"... such and so forth.
It's a good system and I happen to like it. If you would rather be more combat oriented then most commanders then playmod is for you.
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