A new idea for BSF

MDmakaan · Post by **MDmakaan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:43 am

A part saver

I make custom weapons, and i put them on different ships
its annoying to make it precisely the same

What about a kind of saver or save file that stores these custom components for use on other ships?

Exethalion · Post by **Exethalion** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:47 am

We can currently export custom ships into text files. Just copy the relevant line of code and put it back into a new ship.

Post by **th15** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:49 am

He means the template strings. The E/R keys will export the currently selected object's settings into a bit of text. This can then be pasted back into another object, or even something on a different ship.

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:24 pm

th15 wrote:He means the template strings. The E/R keys will export the currently selected object's settings into a bit of text. This can then be pasted back into another object, or even something on a different ship.

I guess th15 should have answered your doubts already. String importing/exporting is quite a new feature (well, to me personally) included in Shipmaker 3; it's tedious and time-consuming but it's much much faster than manually going back and forth to copy settings from weapon to weapon and module to module.

Giles · Post by **Giles** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:45 pm

Master Chief wrote:
th15 wrote:He means the template strings. The E/R keys will export the currently selected object's settings into a bit of text. This can then be pasted back into another object, or even something on a different ship.
I guess th15 should have answered your doubts already. String importing/exporting is quite a new feature (well, to me personally) included in Shipmaker 3; it's tedious and time-consuming but it's much much faster than manually going back and forth to copy settings from weapon to weapon and module to module.

How is it tedious and time consuming? you hit r, then e.

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:00 pm

th15 wrote:He means the template strings. The E/R keys will export the currently selected object's settings into a bit of text. This can then be pasted back into another object, or even something on a different ship.

I saw that, but I still have no idea how it works. A bit of explanation, bitte?

Normandy · Post by **Normandy** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:49 am

1) Select Weapon/Module
2) Press "R" key
3) Select Weapon/Module you wish to be changed.
4) Press "E" key
5) Celebrate.

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:56 pm

Thank you!

osilus · Post by **osilus** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:13 am

Heres an idea, how about a group-saver, so if you have a really cool wing or something, you can re-use it at a later time without having to totally reconstruct it.

Stormcaller · Post by **Stormcaller** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:12 am

Can you spit that info out into a text file to save for later then?