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ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:43 am
by Fulmen
This is for FE.

Is there any way to make the X-47 Prototype (ivcorbin) my starting unit through the console? If not, what do I need to edit to make it so?

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:11 am
by VSMIT
I thought that ivuser (or some such) was the default player vehicle. So if you change that, you may be able to use the prototype as your main vehicle. Don't know how it will affect BA, though.

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:37 am
by Zero Angel
If you eyedrop the starting scout in the editor you can get its ODF name and recreate the ivcorbin ODF. In 1.3, you can create that ODF name and make an simple ODF like this.

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[GameObjectClass]
classLabel="ivcorbin"
And it should use all of the ODF data from ivcorbin. Not sure if there are any other required ODF entries.

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:26 am
by Red Spot
Cant you do it using svar4 ?

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:43 am
by Ded10c
In singleplayer? Don't think so.

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:50 am
by Nielk1
What mission is that from again anyway?

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:12 pm
by Ded10c
The Miasma one after you undeploy the recycler to run away, IIRC. Starts you in a long canyon with Sentinels at the sides and atrillery on the other side of a river.

X-47 Prototype. Monsterously unbalanced :-D

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:34 pm
by General BlackDragon
mission 7, the long ass recy haul on miasma

where you get testslag

go into sp, edit mode, eyedrop your self. that'll tell you if the odf name is player.odf or ivuser.odf or what. might be different per mission, or might be the same.

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:39 pm
by Fulmen
AHadley wrote:X-47 Prototype. Monsterously unbalanced :-D
I know. The reason I want this as the starting ship for me and my thugs is that I intend to start with extremely unfavourable settings in MPI games (such as say, 15 rampage units etc.).
General BlackDragon wrote:where you get testslag
aptestslag is the Mega Slag. It's not in any ship. ivcorbin uses the Hyper Slag.
Red Spot wrote:Cant you do it using svar4 ?
Think so. But how do I add it to the list?

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8421/mpvehicles.png Where can I find mpvehicles.txt for FE and what entries must I add into it to make the X-47 show in the starting unit list?

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:31 pm
by Ded10c
It'll be in the .pak. Just follow the trend set by previous entries (ODF, XSI, INF names)

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:46 am
by Zero Angel
Oh, it's for multiplayer. To do that you would create a text file called something like "ivcorbin.txt", and give it the following contents:

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ivcorbin.xsi ivcorbin X-47 Prototype
Then you run the console command

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network.session.svar4 ivcorbin.txt
All players must possess the 'ivcorbin.txt' file for this to work.

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:52 am
by Red Devil
the file used for vehicles is listed in the map's .inf files.

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:54 am
by Fulmen
Ty ZA.

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:44 pm
by ADMIRAL MANSON
So as I understand doing all of this in order should make it work for everyone correct?

Re: ivcorbin as starting unit

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:27 am
by Zero Angel
Basically like I posted in my last post.

You need to distribute a custom, uniquely named txt file with your map/mod that uses a similar structure as mpvehicles.txt -- and then you need to call it by setting svar4 as the filename of your custom vehicles text file. You can set svar4 using the map's own INF file or by using the console command.

It will work for everyone who possesses that custom vehicles text file, but anyone who doesnt will not be able to select a ship if the host has changed svar4