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Originally posted by Cunjo:
it would take forever to edit ALL the systems to do that

Did you actually read my post? I just said that it wouldn't be that bad with ConText/ResStore.

On second thought, you probably use Windows, so I guess it wouldn't matter...how about you give me the përs RID, and I'll do it for you? In a very short time, I'll send you the plug-in with the new systems.

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Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:
**Did you actually read my post? I just said that it wouldn't be that bad with ConText/ResStore.

On second thought, you probably use Windows, so I guess it wouldn't matter...how about you give me the përs RID, and I'll do it for you? In a very short time, I'll send you the plug-in with the new systems.

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umm, okay, but you need to leave certian systems untouched... (ie: sol, k-014, scheall, s7evyn, and a few other uninhabited systems that my plugins deal with...) feel free to touch up the plugin as needed. (or even copy parts of it for other things if you want). thank you.

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Here's a better alternative:

Have an invisible mission with a ship that is set to try and kill you, using a custom düde. That way, the player can't abort the mission. Then, set the ship goal to "destroy". In the OnShipDone, type "A(RID of mission)".

You would also have to create a new shïp resource, copying the shän for the regular one. Make a new shipyard PICT for what you wanted for the hail dialog. Make new Comm/Hail Quotes if you want, but that would be a serious bitch because it would require a new government. I recommend against it. Anyway, set the düde to use that ship always. Also remember to set the ship to be unbuyable.

There, you're done!

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Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:
**Here's a better alternative:

Have an invisible mission with a ship that is set to try and kill you, using a custom düde. That way, the player can't abort the mission. Then, set the ship goal to "destroy". In the OnShipDone, type "A(RID of mission)".

You would also have to create a new shďp resource, copying the shän for the regular one. Make a new shipyard PICT for what you wanted for the hail dialog. Make new Comm/Hail Quotes if you want, but that would be a serious bitch because it would require a new government. I recommend against it. Anyway, set the düde to use that ship always. Also remember to set the ship to be unbuyable.

There, you're done!

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thanks, i don't know why i didn't think of that... (i have already made a new govt, and hail quotes, so that should be the easy part) the question now is, how should i make the mission? i want it so that if you are dumb enough to accept the mission hector comes after you, and you have to either abort the mission at a cost of millions of credits, (obtw: is there a way to change the text on the abort button? like you can on the accept/refuse ones) or kill hector. (which would be nearly IMPOSSIBLE to do without a decked out nilk raven, and 6 nilk raven escorts) i am thinking along the lines of accept the "pirate software" mission, then you have to "pay shareware fee" to abort...

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Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:

Correction: that simply overrides the chances. For every ship created in a system the përs can be created in, there is a 5% chance the përs will be created as well.

But the inherent 5% chance can't be controlled , can it?

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Originally posted by Cunjo:

it would take forever to edit ALL the systems to do that, (not to mention having it be compatible with all the other plugins i want to use...) (is there a better way to insert a pers into the game? (i can't use a dude, because i want there to be a special pict displayed as the hail pic, -like CATS-)

It looks like you're stuck with one choice or the other. If you want to have the hail pic, you'll have to use a pers, ths giving you little choice but to edit ALL the systems. How important is the pic? If you use a dude, you get less work and all you will sacrifice is the hail pic.

(edit) Cunjo posted while I was writing.

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Originally posted by Cunjo:
(obtw: is there a way to change the text on the abort button? like you can on the accept/refuse ones)

Not without changing it for every Abort button, unfortunately. :frown:

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If you want to have the hail pic, you'll have to use a pers, ths giving you little choice but to edit ALL the systems.

Couldn't you just make an unpurchaseable ship identical to the ship used for the person and make the dude point to that ship? The only difference would be the shipyard picture, which for this unpurchaseable ship would be the 'custom pic'.

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Originally posted by UE_Research & Development:
Couldn't you just make an unpurchaseable ship identical to the ship used for the person and make the dude point to that ship? The only difference would be the shipyard picture, which for this unpurchaseable ship would be the 'custom pic'.

Points to previous post

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thank you everyone, the plugin is almost done, and works fine. i have just one more problem, i can't get the dude, ship, OR government to use the hail and comm quotes i want. any advice on that point? (i currently have a mission that points to a dude of a government i made, using a custom ship. -and the hail pic worked great-) i just can't get it to use the comm and hail quotes... how do i do it?

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Originally posted by Cunjo:
thank you everyone, the plugin is almost done, and works fine. i have just one more problem, i can't get the dude, ship, OR government to use the hail and comm quotes i want. any advice on that point? (i currently have a mission that points to a dude of a government i made, using a custom ship. -and the hail pic worked great-) i just can't get it to use the comm and hail quotes... how do i do it?

I don't know about the Hail quotes (probably not possible, unless you do some strange workaround), but the Comm quotes can be set by making a STR# resource of ID 7000+Idx#.

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Originally posted by Cunjo:

thank you everyone, the plugin is almost done, and works fine. i have just one more problem, i can't get the dude, ship, OR government to use the hail and comm quotes i want. any advice on that point? (i currently have a mission that points to a dude of a government i made, using a custom ship. -and the hail pic worked great-) i just can't get it to use the comm and hail quotes... how do i do it?

You accept the mission by hailing a ship, right? Just use the Qxxx ncb in the OnAccept field, then put the hailquote in STR# ID xxx. the hailquote will then appear once when you first accept the mission. It won't appear when you hyperjump to another system, though.

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Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:
**I don't know about the Hail quotes (probably not possible, unless you do some strange workaround), but the Comm quotes can be set by making a STR# resource of ID 7000+Idx#.

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i've tried that, but i still get the genaric message... (and yes i have checked my numbers over again... 4 times). it has to be something else...

and no, i accept he mission in the mission bbs.

EDIT: orcaloverbri9 do you want me to send you the updated plug, and you can have a look at it?

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(This message has been edited by Cunjo (edited 01-17-2004).)

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Originally posted by Cunjo:
EDIT: orcaloverbri9 do you want me to send you the updated plug, and you can have a look at it?

Sure, go ahead. Maybe I can figure out what your problem is.

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