Hi there fellow Plug in developers

I'd just like to start off by saying I am a total newb to just about anything technical... this is my first set of plugins, this is my first billboard post. Just letting you keep that in mind.

Okay. I have a problem i would hope someone could help me out with. I have made the ultimate ship for Nova. I used it in conjunction with 'Tutorials In S' i downloaded from the Nova downloads page.

Now, I have made all the sprites, and all the graphics. everything is roaring and ready to go... except that when i get in and fly the thing, i can't buy any upgrades for it... i have the funds, i have the free mass. However I can't buy things like maps or ammo which you usually could.... in fact I can't buy ANYTHING!! I can only sell the things that I included with the ship.

Now i have browsed the EV Nova Bible and other resources, but maybe i wasn't looking hard enough. Can anyone please help me with my problem? and i will reward you with an ultimate ship experience!

Regards,
The Monkey.

A contribute bit must be provided for almost all Nova outfits. 5A if you're using w00tware's tools.

For info on these bits, see the Nova bible or other tutorial.

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Thanks.

Thanks for your post, and i'd hate to sound dense, but what does that mean? contribute bit... 5A.... i use wootware, and i read the bible 3 times and am still oblivious to what it is!!

is there a tutorial you can point me to that will explain it maybe?

thanks heaps

In your shďp resource, there are two squares of check boxes to the far right. One is labelled "Require" and the other "Contribute". These are much like NCBs, only they are easier to use, though not as flexible.

Every outfit in Nova 1.0.1 requires the player to have bit 5A. Almost every ship in the scenario contributes this bit, except the Vell-os ships. Because of this, no Vell-os player can buy outfits. In order to have people with your new ship be able to buy outfits, you must check the box in row 5, column A, in the contribute field. Once you've done that, everything should work perfectly.

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If you are using Nova Tools, open the ship resource and look on the right-hand side for a set of boxes labed "contribute." Check the one in colum 5, row A.

If only using Res Edit, look for the box labeled "contribute." You will need to type a string of numbers, but I'm not quite sure what. Open a non-Vell-os ship, copy the ship's "contribute' feild, and paste it into your ship's contribute field.

This feature exists to prevent Vell-os pilots from buying certain outfits, (actually, almost all of them,) because it is rather hard to mount a phisical outfit on a "mentally projected" ship.

Welcome to the boards,Monkey!

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Hey thanks so much people!!!!! I have got it to work, and now my ship has the ability to kick ass.

I will post the plugin URL here if anyone wants to have a look at my very first plugin ever.

Thanks once again for everyone's help!!

Hey there again people

I have found just one more problem with the whole ship making idustry (sorta).

You know when you go into the shipyard and click on a ship? in a section under its picture, is written information like 'buy price' and 'sell price' and 'ship trade in price' etc etc.

When i make any shďp plug, that box is blank. I have tried to compare it with some other ships in EV Nova, but still to no avail... i have compared resources till the cows came home, and still no go. I have therefore deduced that its not a problem with the shďp resource...

can anyone help me one last time?

thanks heaps.

Hey!!! No need to post a fix for my problem anymore.... I figured out how to fix it!!!! it seems as though the field goes blank if the ship costs about 500cr or less... for testing purposes i had it at 50cr so i could afford it every time. Well, as promised i will post my link for this l33+ ship.

As i can't find strata on the net anywhere, and i can't really get ahold of any other 3d modelling apps, (and can't afford them) i have 'borrowed' the RAGE Gunboat sprite.

Still, the ship and its story is sweet, and for my first plugin, its gonna rock.

I hope

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The ship price, trade-in price, and all the related pricing info is hidden if you already own that ship. As far as I know, it has nothing to do with price.

Also, how did you make the graphics for your ship without a 3d program?

Now, as a sidenote, I've been listening to my ATMOS Tonight collection recently, since I downloaded all the ones I didn't have, and now I'm thinking in Australian. The voice in my head is no longer my own, it's Dave's. Don't worry, for me it's a common occurance. Occasionally, I think in Spanish or C++ even.

-Matt

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Hey restorer

Thanks for your post, I didn't make the sprite, i just used the one for the 'Rage Gunboat'. it should surfice. I am getting a friend to possibly make me a few sprites as I go along.

Actually, something funny happened while i was testing my little ship. I flew into polaris space, and my very own ship that I made was there as a polaris ship.... now thats strange since I made the government id 128 (which is Federation, no?). i think it might possibly be because i gave it 2 polaris weapons, but i can't be sure. :s

Well, back when i was a little lad and owned a mac plus, my fav thing to do was to make MBasic programs. does anyone remember that app? it got corrupted on my machine so i was not able to use it ever again :frown:

I reckon MBasic was the best program microsoft ever made... but that was before they became the monopoly they are now.

but yeah, i sometimes still think in MBasic

-Tha Monksta

(This message has been edited by The Monkey (edited 07-03-2002).)

It's quite possible that your shďp resource ID is the same as one of the new Polaris variants added in 1.0.1. You might want to recheck your plug and compare it to the Nova Data Files to make sure that the IDs are different. If the ID of your ship is the same, just change it something not used by Nova and all should be well. In case you don't know, any resource in a plugin that has the same ID as a preexisting resource in the data files will override the existing one. Hence, your new ship appears in game.

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