Birth of the Federation

you might want to read this post on shield Penetration

viewtopic.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopi ... enetration

thunderchero

Cool thanks... that sucks tho about the shield penetration

Anyways new question:

Towable ships - can it be set so that only 1 or 2 ships can carry towable ships? such as only Strikes, only TT's, Commands, etc? Asking this because the Akira class is supposed to have a 'flythrough' style hangar, which can launch forward while receiving from aft... would make a nice carrier...

Quick information about removing Dilithium from a system in a savegame with UE. This works, but while the information that dilithium is in that system is deleted from the systemview, the bonusicon(in the sectorview lower right corner) for dilithium present is still there.

I would welcome any help in this matter.

yes the icon can be removed. it would require hex editing of each system dilth was removed.

see this post

viewtopic.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=16958#16958

thunderchero

Mentat wrote:Quick information about removing Dilithium from a system in a savegame with UE. This works, but while the information that dilithium is in that system is deleted from the systemview, the bonusicon(in the sectorview lower right corner) for dilithium present is still there.

I would welcome any help in this matter.

It's fixed now in 0.7.0rc6, you'll need to set the dilithium flag again in UE for it to work.

@thunderchero:

thanks for the info on this! Also systInfo loading has been rewritten: it now checks index, full name, manager, number of planets, animation string and populaton. Hpefully it'll mean far less incorrect loads.

@DCER Cheers!!! Thanks a lot!!!
When I am in Ljubljana next time, I need to go for a PIVO with you. Given you live anywhere nearby.

Mentat wrote:@DCER Cheers!!! Thanks a lot!!!
When I am in Ljubljana next time, I need to go for a PIVO with you. Given you live anywhere nearby.

I'm rarely in Ljubljana, but if you happen to be in Maribor, we could grab a couple

Been a while since the last release and I feel 0.7.0 has matured enough to replace the old version as the new stable version. If you already have 0.7.0rc6 then this is essentially the same. So without further ado...

Version 0.7.0
is released.

Most notable changes in this version:

General:

- UE now tries to find botf install directory on non-Windows platforms with Wine installed
- added links to Thunderchero's UE Basics tutorial
- added links to Thunderchero's tutorials on map generation and adding ships to Screen Help
- added link to Dr Breen's tutorial on reducing number of palettes to Screen Help
- code clean up, internal changes

Stbof:

- on rename race in the Race Info panel UE now also edits aiminor.wtf, meplanet.bin and trek.exe
- added command Buildings->Buildings Overview (based on Gowron's BuildView2)

Saved games:

- added dilithium icon setting to systInfo (thanks to Thunderchero)
- improved systInfo entry detection
- sector names now display properly for large maps

Trek:

- added "Galaxy Generation" screen
- changed starbase check in SpecialShips to work with the Flagship mod
- added option to enable minor ship building in minor systems (Edit->Game->Ship Building)

Snd:

- added option to set race to use voices of another race (action can't be undone by UE)
- english.snd voice owners are read from converse.bin now
- added option to switch race voices for english.snd

Tools:

- added command Tools->Other->Convert Addresses


This software is always beta, make backups. If you find a bug, post it in this thread.

Source code is available - read the license on what rights you are given.

DCER wrote:I'm rarely in Ljubljana, but if you happen to be in Maribor, we could grab a couple

Then it will have to be Maribor , though I haven't been there since my last rowing competition someday in the late 80s. Maybe I'll give it a shot in December, but be aware I won't travel alone and bring yourself some friends. And you'll have to teach me some important Slovenian phrases!!!

Mentat wrote:Then it will have to be Maribor , though I haven't been there since my last rowing competition someday in the late 80s.

Cool. I was still mastering walking back then

Mentat wrote:Maybe I'll give it a shot in December, but be aware I won't travel alone and bring yourself some friends. And you'll have to teach me some important Slovenian phrases!!!

Hehe Sure thing

When trying to edit the *diplomat.tdb files i get this error:
Any ideas why? I need to change Cardassians and Ferengi for Dominion and Borg.

UE Version: 0.7.0dev12a

EDIT: Ive also tried it with version 0.7.0rc2 with same problem.

Here is the error log:

• Ultimate Editor 0.7.0dev12a - 08:25:35 10.12.2009
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source)
  at ue.edit.InternalFile.setName(InternalFile.java:60)
  at ue.util.GenericFile.<init>(GenericFile.java:52)
  at ue.gui.stbof.InGameTextGUI.finalWarning(InGameTextGUI.java:222)
  at ue.gui.stbof.InGameTextGUI$1.valueChanged(InGameTextGUI.java:82)
  at javax.swing.JList.fireSelectionValueChanged(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.JList$ListSelectionHandler.valueChanged(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.changeSelection(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.changeSelection(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.setSelectionInterval(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.JList.setSelectionInterval(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI$Handler.adjustSelection(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI$Handler.mousePressed(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
  at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Thanks Tethys. Thunderchero already let me now. It's now fixed in 0.7.0b and 0.7.1dev1a.

Hey,

can I edit the amount of money for each race??? I know that the old editor Botf_savedb15 could do that but it won't even work for my savegame with the old one!

I haven't found out if UE is able to do it, so? Can you tell me please?

Sorry, Asfaloth, UE doesn't have that ability yet. You can use cheats to increase your credits: https://www.armadafleetcommand.com/botf/cheats

Hi DCER, first of all sorry for not going to Maribor in December, but the flue has left me with tons of work. But I will be there for our pivo at latest in spring .

One question regarding UE though. I might start to get a bad memory, but I recall sucessfully changing names of planets in savegames with UE. In a way that those names really showed up ingame after doing so. As I progress on my Canon Map atm., I find that none of my changes in this regard are to be found on the respective map ingame. While my changes in the save are not vanishing on reload, BOTF seems to ignore them and hands every planet in regard his position a latin number, e.g.: Altair Prime (Planet 3) would be named Altair III ingame. Something seems to overwrite the information I have entered via UE ingame.