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allright. So i was using EVNEW to try to make a new ship, and i want new graphics and descriptions (which seem unchangable) and i want it to not replace an existing ship (that is to be a new ship entirely and not just steal an ID)
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415 is the next unused ship resource ID.
For future reference, here's a list of some that I pulled out of EVNew by browsing for 10 or 15 minutes:
Next unused resource ID boom - 142 char - 129 cicn - varies, 20001 and up are safe colr - ??? cron - 386 desc - (varies, EVNew should automatically assign one for most resources) dude - 275 flet - 266 govt - 196 intf - 135 junk - 150 misn - 917 nebu - 132 oops - 147 outf - 444 pers - 644 pict - (varies, EVNew should automatically assign one for most resources) rank - 159 rle8 - varies, 9000 and up are safe values rleD - varies, 9000 and up are safe values roid - 144 shan - 415 (This is always the same as the coresponding ship ID) ship - 415 snd - varies, 10035 and up are safe values spin - 1066 for spob spins, 3056 for weapon spins spob - 1421 str - ??? str# - varies, 25077 and up are all safe values syst - 769-1124, 1128 and up are unused weap - 235
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Nice. I'm sure a lot of people will find that list handy. I know I will.
A few notes:
There can only be one colr resource (128), so that is irrelevent.
For the desc and pict resources, I don't see how EVNEW could automatically assign an unused value unless you are modifying the data files themselves. In a plug, EVNEW would just assign IDs starting at 128 and moving upwards.
(EDIT): typos
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(This message has been edited by PBoat101 (edited 06-26-2004).)
In some cases, such as targeting picts and shipyard picts of ships, for example, the resource ID of the pict is tied to the ship ID, and EVNew automatically tells you what the pict ID needs to be. If you're looking for a sure-fire safe pict to start on, try ID 12028 and up.