Shipmaking Q&A

lightstriker · Post by **lightstriker** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:39 pm

or what if you're building on both sides at once for whatever reason?

AlphaDetisMegas · Post by **AlphaDetisMegas** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:50 pm

lightstriker wrote:or what if you're building on both sides at once for whatever reason?

or if your making asymetrical ships, i hate hitting the M button then...

Xilacnog · Post by **Xilacnog** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:15 am

My question has probably been answered but i didn't find anything in search and i don't have that much time to read 25 pages...
I would like to know if there are any guides to create sprites, new modules and weapons (or just mod some) so that i can create my collection of ships.
Thank you for your time,
Xilacnog

AlphaDetisMegas · Post by **AlphaDetisMegas** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:13 am

look at the Shipmaking Info And Resources , there's a bunch of stickies, read through them, and just take some time to read it.

parameciumkid · Post by **parameciumkid** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:42 am

I haven't been around the forums much lately, but that doesn't mean I stopped making ships. I just didn't feel too motivated to post them any more.
ANYWAY...
The last ship I made is having some trouble. It seems that when I spawn it in sandbox the parenting goes all wrong and sections that are supposed to rotate are moving, and I have weapons that are firing even though shooting is disabled.
Shot of ship in SM preview mode:

Shot of ship in BSF Sandbox mode:

(Nota Bene: I have a slight ship glow set to gray)

Should I post the source files or does anyone already know what I should do about this? I've tried all my usual fixes like re-mirroring it right before saving, spawning it again after running BSF in normal mode, and "clear mirroring status"-ing before saving the .shp file, to no avail.

Kiltric · Post by **Kiltric** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:18 am

Unless you're using the "warp in" feature then I must say this is a stumper. If you are not, then good luck.

Invader-Slush · Post by **Invader-Slush** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:19 am

I keep getting this each time I try to import a custom sprite!

___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: User Defined 0
for object gui_tools:

Invalid format!

Custom sprites\Vat_sec01.PNG

Press ignore to replace with '?' sprite, or abort to terminate the game.

What do I need to do, to fix this?

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:42 am

try editing the sprite extension so its in lowercase.

Invader-Slush · Post by **Invader-Slush** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:37 pm

jwa8402 wrote:try editing the sprite extension so its in lowercase.

Tried that... didden't work.

nemovc · Post by **nemovc** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:16 pm

out of curiosity... is there a reason the .shp files don't show up in windows explorer?

or is this the "installing it on vista in program files" bug which i didn't know about until after i had installed the game?

Jokarun · Post by **Jokarun** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:40 pm

Yup. vista hides bsf stuff somewhere...

nemovc · Post by **nemovc** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:47 pm

that is truly weird... i just tried, and the ship editor and the explorer window are at the same place because a file 'blah.txt' in the explorer window shows up in the SM open window... i am confuz

so, next question, how do i get all my ships nao? so i can back them up then reinstall?

Homer · Post by **Homer** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:06 am

nemovc Vista withs annoying UAC hides your ship files in virtual store I think try looking there.

nemovc · Post by **nemovc** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:13 am

Thats a bingo! Much thanks

Omicron · Post by **Omicron** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:23 am

I was halfway through building a fleet but suddenly the folder i was keeping them in disappeared any solutions?
I am running windows XP and the folder was in custom ships. Hopefully someone knows!

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