I GOT a freindly question for the admins

[McNeo]

is it possible for admins to change the colour of the engines and lights cause ive seen it done b4? if so how much would it cost to get these aspects of our craft changed?

or has this question already been asked?
if so then its more *delete key* for you, the admin guys.

sorry about these seemingly stupid questions

[DarkOddity]

I dont see this being something done in now or in the future, they are already plagued with NCCs and tagging players with their favorite factions tags. would be neat if it could be done in-game through item purchases though... Dont think that is possible though.

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[The_Laser]

Dont worry but i mentioned this in the suggestion thread for the mod and agree it would be great if this could be added but as something we could do, like the the train cargo pods. i think the engine annimations are loaded from separate files than the actual ship file, similar to the cargo pods.

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[Virus]

Engine and light changes are possible, but would be..... Most illogical. I don't want 'em, personally.

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[DarkOddity]

I am only an amature modder when it comes to freelancer, but I believe that the animations for ship engines ectera are embedded in the actual ship code, not seperate items.

The way cargo pods were done is the added hardpoints to the ship, and instead of you seeing a turret or a gun, or similar item, they simply used a shield mount to put it on, and gave the item that would normally display physically on the ship the appearance of a cargo pod. So infact the cargo pods are really just a jurry rigged shield that looks like a cargo pod. Kinda neat and inventive IMO.

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[McNeo]

the reason i asked the question was because i have had this done to my ship on a differend server (v1.0) and i was wondering if it was possible in this version. Sorry for the confusion.

I know it can be done on 1.0 but not sure on this server (or mabey admins arent willing too for cash)

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my alter ego in another dimension is telling me this :crazy: :crazy:

[DarkOddity]

To answer your question, yes it can be done (in all versions & Mods) the way it is done is by using Ioncross (or whatever server management tool) and editing the ship. See the way the server handles things like that is it stores a player file for you, in this player file it stores things

Ship
Cargo
Loadout
Proper light loadouts for this ship
ID Info for the ship so your PC know which one to use
Costume

The light loadouts are just one of a few things you can change in the player file in Ioncross, it's how they add police lights to server police units.

Personally I wouldn't mind having all my characters changed to a corsair outfit (which is editable, but Ioncross doesn't "let" you do it) but it's only editable from the server.

@ Igiss, that reminds me of an idea I had, for the costume choosing device, instead of setting the costume the traditional way, why not have it completely replace trents normal outfit (Like replace the files completely) so it gives the outfit you want online instead of the default one or the one the server admin picked out. Would be kinda cool IMO.

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[Korrd]

Lights can be changed, yes. But it wont be done here. Its a time consuming task as you have to try various positions to get them ordered.

Also, i think lights are being used to make battleships more expensive.. That is a question only Igiss can respond..

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[DarkOddity]

Weird, if they are used to make ships more expensive then I may be very wrong about the ability to make them interchangeable...

Infact you actually *could* now that I think of it, simply use the light (what you see) as the display for something you throw on a hardpoint.

Only problem I see with it, is it is alot of work to make those kind of items for a simple "customization"

Also you have to remember when we pay the admins to edit our ships names or whatnot, that money is going into *poof* land, they don't keep it for themselves.

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[McNeo]

*poof* land??? wot? :unsure: :unsure:

explain what ur wording means plz dark :)