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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**As I said, as soon as I finish another 70 missions, bug fixes, graphics, beta testing, etc.

Actually, I was planning on giving the Zidagar a ship, but unfortunately I've run out of ship resources. I was barely able to put in the ships that the plug has now. But oh well, the Zidagar are good enough. They don't need another ship.

Instead of the Igadzra getting a fighter, which seems rather unusual for them, I've given the Igadzra Igadzra beam technology, instead of it being destroyed in the Zidagar missions.

BTW, the Azdgari and Igadzra now have their own Lazira.

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Wow...This plug sounds like it's going to be better then I thought.

~Captain Skyblade

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P.S. By the way, Carno, I was able to make the "Dreden Shuttle" in shipwrite and get it functioning inside of Override. It works well, the only problem is with ShipWrite...Everytime I try to go back and make changes, it won't save them. :frown:

Skyblade - I can help with that. You are in "Safe" mode when you open the ship up. What I do, is drag it into shipwrite, it will then ask if I want to allow changes, or keep it in safe mode. I think, when going to open, there is a check box labeled "Safe mode". Uncheck it. I had problems with that.

Oh, BTW, I am anxious to see the Dreden War plug-in! Keep up the good work, I know it will be good!

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Azdgari Squadron "Firebird" Leader
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

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Originally posted by Stud Beefpile:
**Skyblade - I can help with that. You are in "Safe" mode when you open the ship up. What I do, is drag it into shipwrite, it will then ask if I want to allow changes, or keep it in safe mode. I think, when going to open, there is a check box labeled "Safe mode". Uncheck it. I had problems with that.

Oh, BTW, I am anxious to see the Dreden War plug-in! Keep up the good work, I know it will be good!

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As for the "safe mode" box, is this something actually inside of the ShipWrite program? I've always been so aggrivated with ShipWrite since it won't save my changes...

Glad to hear you're excited about the Dreden War. I'm working on mission strings right now, and though I won't be able to make graphics for awhile, I'm going to get as far as I can on my own.

~Captain Skyblade

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Yeah, the safe mode is in ShipWrite. When you open up shipwrite, and go to open, you'll see it. Or, just drag the ships to SW, and you'll see the dialog box I was talking aobut. I drag more than I open, incase I forget about safe mode.

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Azdgari Squadron "Firebird" Leader
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

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Originally posted by Stud Beefpile:
**Yeah, the safe mode is in ShipWrite. When you open up shipwrite, and go to open, you'll see it. Or, just drag the ships to SW, and you'll see the dialog box I was talking aobut. I drag more than I open, incase I forget about safe mode.

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Hmmm...I still don't see it. What do you mean when you "drag the ships into ShipWrite?" All I have is my "Dreden Plugin" file, and that's the only file I can drag into ShipWrite...Am I missing something here?

~Captain Skyblade

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Wait a minute there, Stud...I just figured it out. I tried dragging my "Dreden War" file over ShipWrite, and when ShipWrite opened the plug, a menu came up asking for "safe mode" or "allow changes." I've got it figured out now. Thanks for your help...I probably would have quit using ShipWrite all together if you hadn't told me about "save mode." Thanks.

~Captain Skyblade

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No problem Skyblade! Pleasure to help!

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Azdgari Squadron "Firebird" Leader
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
**Wow...This plug sounds like it's going to be better then I thought.:)

~Captain Skyblade
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Thanks, now let's just hope I'm able to get it finished soon.

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Ahh, Skyblade! You're making ships in a plug, no doubt used by AI, perhaps you could help me...

I've been working on a ship for months now, I have all the graphics, it looks nice, its not a cheater ship, "2nd Edition Arada" I named it. Anyway, I want it used by the AI. Why? Well, I heard somewhere, some guy said "Newly created outfits, ships, etc. are only fully useful, when used against the player" or something like that, so I decided to have my ship used by the AI. This being a 2nd Edition Arada, I thought I should make multiple uses, I made the stock, buyable version, I want a merchant version, a renegade version, and perhaps a militia version. So I tried making düde resources, flët resources, hell, I even tried duplicating another düde resource, and then editing it to fit my ship. None of these worked. I tried copying the düde resource from EVO Data to my plug-in, and deleting all the düdes, except my ship, and it still didn't work. Knowing that you are creating the Dreden War, I'm sure you know how to make AI use a ship. What the hell am I doing wrong!? I'm about ready to just trash the piece of crap! Any help is GREATLY appreciated from anyone! (though this is directed at Skyblade)

Thanks again.

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Azdgari Squadron "Firebird" Leader
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

(This message has been edited by Stud Beefpile (edited 03-09-2001).)

Terribly sorry, Stud, but I don't have the slightest clue as to how you work that editing and making stuff; I just play the game as it is, plus maybe a plugin. And as for plugin ideas, something with a new Emalgha ship would be nice, or maybe a new class of Voinian Fighter; after all, in the V. Interceptor shipyard description, it says 'the Voinian Interceptor and Heavy Fighter are said to be only the first stages of Voinian fighter designs', or something like that. Peace out fellow wanderers of space!

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Hey yeah! I was thinkin', how about an Emalgha Fighter Bay? An Emalgha Warship would carry two (limit two per bay, limit 1 bay) fighters. Perhaps add a mission string involving UE engineers working with Emalgha engineers, trading designs, and givign the Emalgha Fighter Bay technology. This would be cool to see. Also, it would give the Emalgha a better chance of taking a Voinian Frigate 1 on 1.

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Azdgari Squadron "Firebird" Leader
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

Ooh! I got a good plug-in idea! How about Independence Day? How would this work? Read on.

Say it's a 100 years after the movie took place. We destroyed the morons, and never saw them again. We duplicated their technology, this giving us interstellar capabilities. We never got the shields right however, and instead slapped on layer upon layer of armor. However, we are still working on getting the shields working. Anyway, we expand, and colonize a buncha planets here and there (use the real galaxy) and then, THEY are spotted! So we go to war again, and all the fighting breaks out blah blah.

Human Ships: Space faring F/A-18s, Stealths, Tomcats, also, some kind of carrier, that carries 5 hornets. I haven't thought of a destroyer type ship. All the planes would be fighters.

Alien Ships: Mothership (Carrier), Mid ship thing with big laser that destroyed the cities (Destroyer) Fighter (Fighter) and a transport ship.

Basically, its a different version of the Voinian War. It would still be pretty cool to see this though.

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Azdgari Squadron "Firebird" Leader
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation