The Homeworld Map Makers Appendices v2.1 FINAL

 
Appendix A - Mothership Ref

 

The Mothership Mission Spheres Line

Ships    Label,x,y,z,rot,race,ship,num,formation|flag|(color),properties,propertiesParam

Label:

AI label (no spaces) or ?

x,y,z:

x,y,z coordinates

rot:

rotation angle of ship (facing)

race:

R1, R2, P1, P2, P3, or Traders

ship:

shiptype (See The Shiptypes List for ship types you can use here)

num:

number of ships to place

formation:

Formation these ships will be in.
flag UseAsMothership or ?
color ? or colorScheme(n) where n= 0 to 7
properties Integer value See Properties more info.

propertiesParam:

Some properties (eg: Regrow) have an attached value or 'propertiesParam'

eg;

Ships    Label,-3000,-5000,0,90,P1,P1MissileCorvette,5,DELTA_FORMATION|?|colorScheme(6),?,?

See the Relic object: 'Shiptypes' List for the full list of available ships. Or look here in the primer for full explanations.

Ship Line Properties

The following  strings can appear in any combination and should be separated by a pipe: " | " with no spaces.

Formations

The available formations are:

NULL_FORMATION

PARADE_FORMATION

DELTA_FORMATION

BROAD_FORMATION

DELTA3D_FORMATION

CLAW_FORMATION

WALL_FORMATION

SPHERE_FORMATION

PICKET_FORMATION

Flag

Use this when you want to set the default player Mothership 'shiptype'. Add 'UseAsMothership' in place of the '?' when you want to specify an MS type.

Properties

Some values are associated with the 'propertiesParam' value. The available properties are:

Attributes

Value

SalvageAttachtime

     1

ShellOfResources

     2

VelToMothership

     4

DontApplyFriction

     8

KillerCollDamage

    16

Anomaly

    32

NeutralShip

   256

HeadShotVelToMothership

   512

HeadShotKillerCollDamage

  1024

Regrow

  2048

SMColorInvisible

  4096

SMColorYellow

  8192

SMColorGreen

 12288

 

[See also The Mothership Missphere for further detail, and ResourceSphere and MissionSphere Properties: (or the infamous 'Gary's Notes') for more on the properties values - Use the 'Back' Function on your browser to return here.]

 

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