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      When looking at a new EVO 1.0.2 plug-in, I noticed in the templates resources new things that I had not seen before. I heard about what new features there were in EVO 1.0.2, however, I had never gotten those new features. So, when I looked at these new features in the templates, I was quite glad. However, some of them I don't understand or just don't know how to make work. Here they are:

      Ship Stuff:

      1-ShotXOffset - I slightly understand this one but don't know how to make it work. I know it has something to do with the Voinian Heavy Fighter and UE Fighter and where their weapons shoot from.

      2-Fuel Regeneration - I understand this one; kinda like a built in ramscoop, however I don't understand how to make it work correctly. Just like a ramscoop?

      3-SkillVar (variant I think) - I completely do not understand this one and desperately want to know what it means. Something to do with the AI maybe?

      Weapon Stuff:

      1-SmokeSet - How exactly does this work and how many smoke sets are there?

      2-Decay - What on Earth does this do?

      Dude Stuff:

      1-Mission Bit - How exactly does this work? As soon as this mission is completed the dudes will start appearing, but only after the mission?

      System Stuff:

      1-AlwaysPers - Does that stand for persons? What does it do? How do I work it?

      I would really appreciate any advice anyone has. Thanks for your help in advance.

      -Captain Carnotaur
      cdp@pautsch.com

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      (This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 01-10-2001).)

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      Read the EVO Bible. It explains all.

      E-mail me for it if you can't find it on the EVO Addons page.

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      Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
      1-ShotXOffset - I slightly understand this one but don't know how to make it work. I know it has something to do with the Voinian Heavy Fighter and UE Fighter and where their weapons shoot from.

      "ShotXOffset The side-to-side x-offset of unguided projectiles and unguided
      beam weapons, in pixels. Note that the Flags field must also be
      configured to make this work." (Quote from EVO Bible)

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      Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
      2-Fuel Regeneration - I understand this one; kinda like a built in ramscoop, however I don't understand how to make it work correctly. Just like a ramscoop?

      "FuelRegen This ship type’s inherent fuel regeneration property. Works
      exactly the same as the fuel scoop ModVal property - useful
      for making ships with built-in fuel replenishment. Note that
      for the player to be able to use this field, the 0x0008 flag
      must also be set. (this allows you to give enemy ships built-in
      fuel scoops but still make the player have to buy his own)" (Quote from EVO Bible)

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      Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
      3-SkillVar (variant I think) - I completely do not understand this one and desperately want to know what it means. Something to do with the AI maybe?

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      Damn you OF! 😛

      Oh yeah, I almost forgot, you can get an (url="http://"http://www.sutherland-studios.com.au/family/files/OverrideBible102.pdf")Adobe Acrobat version of the EVO Bible(/url) (its bookmarked, saves LOTS of time) from (url="http://"http://www.sutherland-studios.com.au/family/evo_software.html")Ralph and Rodgers EVO Software(/url) page

      P.S. you don't need to download the EVO Bible, its included with 1.0.2 in a folder called "Plugin Developers ƒ"

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      Thanks for all your help.

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      Here's another question: In the EVO Bible, it talks about certain things that outfits can do, like an armor upgrade could decrease your turning a bit. It talks about these and which things to type in to get them, but it doesn't say anything about which numbers do what. It only says what numbers there are, but not what they actually do. What exactly does each mod value do?

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      Quote

      Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
      **Here's another question: In the EVO Bible, it talks about certain things that outfits can do, like an armor upgrade could decrease your turning a bit. It talks about these and which things to type in to get them, but it doesn't say anything about which numbers do what. It only says what numbers there are, but not what they actually do. What exactly does each mod value do?

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      It doesn't say anything? it should... maybe i'm misunderstanding your question??

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      Yeah, It doesn't show anything at all! It says this:

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      Quoted from the EVO Resource Bible:
      The last two fields (ModType2 and ModVal2) are for you to specify "alterate" functions for an outfit item - e.g., a weapon could also reduce the ship's turning speed. The only restriction on ModType2 is that you shouldn't use it for weapons or ammo (1 or 3).

      As I said before, it doesn't tell you how these two fields work.

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      (This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 01-16-2001).)

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      They work the same way as the first ModType and ModVal fields. Same numbers do the same things.

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