Newbie ... please help me with a few little problems ...

[RobertoSilva]

Hello!

I installed the game (version 2.09) only a couple of days ago ... so I'm really a beginner; I have printed all the documents (the manual and all the appendix) and I have read the manual a couple of time entirely just to start (I like a lot to read games manuals ... many times I read again them also for games that I know perfectly!).

I have tried the game few times ... and, for what I saw, I love it!

This game is really deep, massive and very complex ... but it is the game that I have always dreamed about ... very rewarding for the serious players; I have already preordered BATTLECRUISER MILLENIUM.

Now I hope you can help me with 3 little problems ... please forgive me if you think they are really a "stupid" ones:

1) I have modified the image called "BCBRIDGE.PCX in order to delete the 3 guys floating in the upper part of the image; using the window search function I see that exists only 1 image called BCBRIDGE .PCX (of course) and looking at it with a painter program I could see my modified one.

But in the game I see again the original one ... how it is possible? I have tried to start a new game but it doesn't work.

2)I'd like to try all the ships (BC, SHUTTLES, INTERCEPTORS, ATVS) systems and computers, all the space and planetary explorations without have to deal with the enemies ... to be honest I would have the game without enemies at all ... I prefer the exploration and trading side.

A couple of times (the first orbiting the Earth and the second orbiting the planet Varan), in the meantime I was figuring how the systems and computers work, I was attacked by enemies ... and they almost destroyed my BC; many other times they attacked me during the flight.

So I have created a new script (named BC3K0500.SCR) starting from the original one for the FREE FLIGHT and modifying it ... more precisely duplicating the included script GLOB_AG.SCR with another name ... in order to remove all enemy and aggressive attackers; in any region now there are lines containing only "HAZARD" commands; have also specified 0,0 at the end of every line describing the "CAST" attributes.

It works ... but when I flight in the SIRIUS/LYRIUS zone many ships attack me every time ... and in the script that region contains only unexplored hazards.

So my question is simple ... IS THERE A WAY TO PLAY WITHOUT ENEMIES?

Or I have to modify also the alliances?

3) I have tried also a couple of cheats ... so now my crew have 100% of AI level and I have the all the artifacts at the very beginning.

When I resume the game, my research officer told me that she is analyzing them ... but after 2 hours of game time they are white again ... not green ... so I can't use them.

The manual states that the research officer needs about 30 to 60 minutes in order to complete its research ... how much I have to wait?

Thanks in advance

Roberto

[aramike]

Well, considering that you're trying to change the game itself, you should know that such activities are not supported on this forum in any way, shape, or form.

Sorry, man.

[desolator]

As for your second question about not getting attacked by enemies while trying everything out, just take your BC down to earth, land in the middle of nowhere (as far from the cities as you can) and order your BC to HALT. I've never been attacked while doing this and thats the way I figured every groundbased option out. As for space operations, you can "hide" in the Debris Field near Earth. There will be enemies sometimes but they usually just opt to attack Galcom HQ rather than you. And if they attack you, order the BC to attack an enemy and put the Autopilot to AI and watch the show...

[Supreme Cmdr]

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1) I have modified the image called "BCBRIDGE.PCX in order to delete the 3 guys floating in the upper part of the image; using the window search function I see that exists only 1 image called BCBRIDGE .PCX (of course) and looking at it with a painter program I could see my modified one.

But in the game I see again the original one ... how it is possible? I have tried to start a new game but it doesn't work.

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The PCX image is not used directly. It is converted to a different format and stored in the BC3LIB3.RES resource file.

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So my question is simple ... IS THERE A WAY TO PLAY WITHOUT ENEMIES?

Or I have to modify also the alliances?

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Set AUTOGEN OFF in your script as I did in the Free Flight scenario (which I later set back to ON via a !signal in the same script).

Simply look in the FF script for the AUTOGEN ON line, and comment it out or delete it. You won't need to mess with the GLOB_AG.SCR file, either, because AUTOGEN OFF will cause that file to be ignored. Then parse the file and copy it to the relevant folder.

You will STILL be attacked by hostile stations or any other AI entities, created by the game.

btw, there is a forum for GBS scripting. In the future, post stuff like this there. And as Aramike pointed out, hacks like changing the bridge bitmap, are not supported. GBS scripting, is.

[ 08-15-2001: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

[RobertoSilva]

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