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    • Another topic on ship creation


      description missing

      Hello everyone.
      I wanted to make another version of the federation patrol boat, that i cald "scout vessel" because i wanted a fast ship that could jump far and had light weapons, like... a scout sent in enemy territory to make recon mission and flee.

      So... basically, I know all about the shďp ressource and how to handle it. I used picts to make the red scanning thingie, the shipyard pict and the image you get in advanced info window.
      I followed what Zacha pedro said in his annoted template of the ship ressource, with the buying desc at 13000+ship ID and the hiring desc at 14000+ship ID and so on... What did I do wrong ?

      The problem is, i can't see any description. no description at buying, not at hiring and when I clic on "more info" i get the same info window as the kestrel. (just the stats and no image or whatsoever)

      Included a debuglog if needed :

      EV Nova debug log

      Output on 12/8/2006 at 6:25 PM

      game engine was compiled Apr 24 2006
      game engine version is 1.0.A Carbon

      opening data files & loading prefs
      initializing monitor
      getting available window positioning bounds
      opening RezLib
      main display at startup was 1280x960 / 32 bits / 72 Hz
      switching to 16 bits
      system software version is 1039
      initializing QuickTime
      building trig table
      opening platform tool
      opening file tool
      opening draw tool
      opening interface tool
      opening registration tool
      initializing arrays
      opening data files
      opening files in Nova Files folder:
      Nova Data 1
      Nova Data 2
      Nova Data 3
      Nova Data 4
      Nova Data 5
      Nova Data 6
      Nova Graphics 1
      Nova Graphics 2
      Nova Graphics 3
      Nova Music - failed or has no resource fork
      Nova Ships 1
      Nova Ships 2
      Nova Ships 3
      Nova Ships 4
      Nova Ships 5
      Nova Ships 6
      Nova Ships 7
      Nova Ships 8
      Nova Sounds
      Nova Titles 1
      Nova Titles 2
      Nova Titles 3
      Nova Titles 4
      Race 1.mov
      Race 2.mov
      Race 3.mov
      Race 4.mov
      opening files in Nova Plug-Ins folder:
      10 Million
      3-D Shield Bubbles 1.0.7
      Activates Hypergates
      Full Screen Map
      Map Size 1024x768
      Ship Variants 1.0.6
      loading sounds
      creating window
      main window rect: (5368, 302, -1856, -16385)
      initializing sprite world
      creating scratch frames
      creating offscreen buffers
      starting music
      initializing strings
      initializing status bar
      initializing objects
      initializing buttons
      loading object data
      warning: Scout Vessel (415) lacks purchase description
      warning: Scout Vessel (415) lacks hiring description
      warning: disaster 128 (An enormous food surplus) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 129 (A glut on the market) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 130 (A minor drought) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 131 (A seasonal lull) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 132 (An excess of trade) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 133 (A recent increase in trade) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 134 (A spate of break-downs) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 135 (A good harvest of bio-agents) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 136 (An excellent harvest) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 137 (An enormous surplus) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 138 (Damage due to student pranks) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 139 (An excellent harvest) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 140 (A large number of prisoner deaths) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 141 (A series of good raids) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 142 (Damage due to student pranks) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 144 (The discovery of a new drug) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 145 (A shortage in supply) has an unusually small price delta
      warning: disaster 146 (Another good harvest) has an unusually small price delta
      loading mission data
      propagating mission bit effects
      showing splash screen
      loading sprites
      checking memory
      loading ship sprites
      configuring sprites
      initializing player
      initializing main screen
      opening last pilot file
      load pilot data 1
      load pilot data 2
      load pilot data 3
      load pilot data 4
      load pilot data 5
      load pilot data 6
      load pilot data 7
      load pilot data 8
      load pilot data 9
      making alias
      dumping pilot log
      exploring nebula 129
      exploring nebula 130
      propagating mission bit effects
      ---
      preparing main screen
      setting up world
      checking network stack
      beginning version check
      setting up main screen graphics
      doing main screen
      latest version is 1.0.A
      ---
      entering game
      adjusting sounds
      showing intro screen
      drawing stuff
      drawing more stuff
      changing window attributes
      playing game
      landing on spob 426 (Earth)
      evaluating ncb set string '!b6021' (terminating cron 184)
      evaluating ncb set string '!b6022' (terminating cron 185)
      evaluating ncb set string '!b6033' (terminating cron 192)
      paused
      resetting window attributes
      restoring stuff
      showing main screen again
      ---
      main screen disposed
      doing cleanup
      disposing sounds
      disposing buttons
      disposing sprites
      disposing particles
      disposing patterns & picts
      disposing sprite layers
      disposing sprite world
      disposing offscreen buffers
      disposing array pointers
      disposing dialog buffer
      closing QuickTime
      carbon cleanup
      closing RezLib
      closing other tools
      clean exit

      - end of log -

    • It's "13000 + shďp ID - 128", not "13000 + shďp ID". Same goes for 14000.

    • is that so ? well, thanks for answering.

      Another question. Arpia 1 is out, right ? I believe i can find it in the add-on pages, if I look for it, but what about arpia 2 ? still under dev ?

      (sorry, last time i was "active" on this forum it was like... 2/3 years ago...)

    • ARPIA1 came out a while back. ARPIA2 should (hopefully) be out in a few days when Pipeline gets back from his honeymoon.