just got home from work. dont make fun ive learned so much in the past few days and ive removed all lasers from the tec ships and given all the cap ships missles. testing now i have to tweek a few things ill get back to it in a few minutes.

SpardaSon21 i hearby dub thee defender of the thread. you have not only done that but gotten me to a second page for posts

I'm no code monkey however:

From what I can see under the target buff there seems to be zero delay for the regeneration effect, which is not what you wanted is it? You seem to be triggering it after a certain delay, namely a delay of zero.

The fact that it is an instantAction seems to suggest it is a one-time thing, namely it happens then quits, no delay. Why do you have a TimeElapsed finish condition for it then? And why make it four seconds?

But, you seem to have no activations under the activation buff. I don't know much but wouldn't your activation buff need an action to activate? Otherwise its just useless lines of text. You are activating no action, your activation buff does nothing, so nothing happens.

thanks guys if you can see any other areas of interest please note them i need to know this to finish it.

Hey Dinoff, I'd suggest getting at least some Halo tracks in here. So I'd take DEC's help. Plus he knows the game files a bit more than me probably. Not that I don't want to help, but anyone willing to help is good.

it works the delay time doesnt but it works.

yes i do. hey i ust had it working and it stopped when i tinkered with the delaay time. im too pissed at the text to continue tonight ill post the work again so you can help edit it. everyone who has made input to this will be placed in the credits section of the redme.

TXT
entityType "Ability"
buffInstantActionType "ApplyBuffToSelf"
instantActionTriggerType "AlwaysPerform"
buffType "BuffShieldRestoreActivate"
effectInfo
effectAttachInfo
attachType "Center"
smallEffectName ""
largeEffectName ""
soundID ""
needsToFaceTarget FALSE
canCollideWithTarget TRUE
moveThruTarget FALSE
isUltimateAbility FALSE
maxNumLevels 1
levelSourceType "FixedLevel0"
aiUseTime "OnlyInCombat"
aiUseTargetCondition "ShieldDamageExceedsAmount"
onlyAutoCastWhenTargetShieldDamageExceedsAmount
Level:0 350.000000
Level:1 0.000000
Level:2 0.000000
isAutoCastAvailable TRUE
isAutoCastOnByDefault TRUE
pickRandomPlanetToExploreForAutoCastTarget FALSE
ignoreNonCombatShipsForAutoCastTarget TRUE
onlyAutoCastWhenDamageTakenExceedsPerc 0.000000
isPassive FALSE
antiMatterCost
Level:0 10.000000
Level:1 0.000000
Level:2 0.000000
cooldownTime
Level:0 10.000000
Level:1 0.000000
Level:2 0.000000
researchPrerequisites
NumResearchPrerequisites 0
nameStringID "IDS_ABILITY_SHIELDRESTORE_NAME"
descStringID "IDS_ABILITY_SHIELDRESTORE_DESCRIPTION"
hudIcon "HUDICON_ABILITY_SHIELDRESTORE"
smallHudIcon "HUDICON_ABILITY_SHIELDRESTORE"
infoCardIcon ""

TXT
entityType "Buff"
onReapplyDuplicateType "ReplaceWithNewBuff"
buffExclusivityForAIType "ExclusiveForAllPlayers"
isInterruptable FALSE
isChannelling FALSE
numInstantActions 2
instantAction
buffInstantActionType "PlayPersistantBeamEffect"
instantActionTriggerType "OnDelay"
delayTime 0.000000
hasWeaponEffects TRUE
weaponEffectAttachInfo
attachType "Center"
weaponEffectImpactOffsetType "RandomMesh"
canWeaponEffectHitHull TRUE
canWeaponEffectHitShields FALSE
weaponEffectsDef
weaponType "Beam"
burstCount 1
burstDelay 0.000000
muzzleEffectName ""
muzzleSoundMinRespawnTime 0.100000
muzzleSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
hitEffectName ""
hitHullEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
hitShieldsEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
beamEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound "EFFECT_SHIELDRESTORE_BEAM"
beamGlowTextureName "CapitalAbilityShieldRestore_Glow"
beamCoreTextureName "CapitalAbilityShieldRestore_Core"
beamWidth 250.000000
beamGlowColor ffffffff
beamCoreColor ffffffff
beamTilingRate 3.000000
instantAction
buffInstantActionType "ApplyBuffToSelf"
instantActionTriggerType "OnDelay"
delayTime 0.000000
buffType "BuffShieldRestoreOnTarget"
numPeriodicActions 0
numOverTimeActions 0
numEntityModifiers 0
numEntityBoolModifiers 0
numFinishConditions 1
finishCondition
finishConditionType "TimeElapsed"
time
Level:0 0.000000
Level:1 0.000000
Level:2 0.000000
TXT
entityType "Buff"
onReapplyDuplicateType "ReplaceWithNewBuff"
buffExclusivityForAIType "ExclusiveForAllPlayers"
isInterruptable FALSE
isChannelling FALSE
numInstantActions 2
instantAction
buffInstantActionType "PlayAttachedEffect"
instantActionTriggerType "OnDelay"
delayTime 0.000000
effectInfo
effectAttachInfo
attachType "Above"
smallEffectName "CapitalAbility_ShieldRestoreTargetActivate"
largeEffectName "CapitalAbility_ShieldRestoreTargetActivate"
soundID "EFFECT_ADAPTIVESHIELD"
instantAction
buffInstantActionType "RestoreShieldPoints"
instantActionTriggerType "OnDelay"
delayTime 0.000000
shields
Level:0 350.000000
Level:1 0.000000
Level:2 0.000000
numPeriodicActions 0
numOverTimeActions 0
numEntityModifiers 0
numEntityBoolModifiers 0
numFinishConditions 1
finishCondition
finishConditionType "TimeElapsed"
time
Level:0 0.000000
Level:1 0.000000
Level:2 0.000000

Oh sucks. Anyways, DEC42 is working on editing the audio tracks for Sins in his mod, AudioSINS. He would probably be willing to help you out if you want to add some tracks in.

it doesnt work without the beam and the beam doesnt show now that it targets itself. it minidumped without the beam. it works on delay but it just autocasts imidiatly. it used to autocast only when shields were down but not anymore cant quite remember what i did that time, its a nessesary thing for this to work. well im in for a long ass day. hey dec42 thanks for being on the team do you want to combine mods when we are both finished?

Well, the mod I was creating was sort of a general audio mod. I was planning on adding more tracks to the game, along with the vanilla tracks. For Halo, Star wars, or Stargate, I'd have to replace the vanilla files themselves, plus mod entries into the files that tell the game what to play and what they're called.

Shouldn't there be some parameter for autocast? Here's what I was thinking.

Whenever a capital ship's shield reach a certain level, I think 50% or so, then a sound file plays to tell you that the shields are down. If someone were to isolate this command, perhaps we could use it to set when autocast should be used.

lol

What I mean is that there is a string ingame, that commands the game to play the sound file that tells you your Capital Ship's shields have gone down. If we could find this string, we could be able to implement this in another file, allowing the ability to be 'enabled' when the shields are weak or overwhelmed.

that would be nice but i dont know the strings file to well. i would love that to be the activation but remember that this has to be on frigates too and the game doesnt tell you when frigates loose shields.

I tried your files up there but like you I can't get it to autocast usefully for the way you want it.

It simply autocasts it when its under attack or in combat (which is the two use times I was playing with). The shield amount refers to the 'target' and im not sure if that can be used on it's self.

I did get the delays and cool down working well.




BTW, Im pretty sure that shield event thing isn't open for the ability system. Not sure though.