Orion Pirate template and generation of ships

Revision as of 20:59, 3 May 2011

The plan: to create templates based on the SFB SSDs where the option mounts are clearly marked, and coded in each item's cost, effect, etc. I will effectively generate the pirates from data entered. The pirate templates will be accurate, and the many many ships generated from each template will also be, with the correct BPV adjustment, weapons and systems.

Process

create a template shiplist file for pirates.
set up placeholders for weapon option mounts
- use MAULER for centerline hull option mounts
  - ie: if the SSD shows 3 centerline options, set up 3 maulers FA in a single mountpoint
- use ESG lance for wing mounts
- use Heavy (X) Photon for HDW rear weapons
add up the BPV except for the weapons and save the ship

Races templating

use race Orion for generic pirates
use OrionOrion for fighter carriers
use OrionTigerHeart as race for PFTs

Orion Weapons sources

To paraphrase the SFB rules, a pirate fleet must have at least 70% of its weapons from the local empire. 20% can come from the neighbour empires and the 10% can be from anywhere. Additionally, any pirate ship may choose to pay for a cloaking device. I have automated the OAKDISC cost and settings based on loadouts.

Orion (generic SFC2-EAW pirate race)
- whatever weapons. It should be a random selection
- the basic 'Orion' race is still used by a lot of Dynaverse scripts!
OrionOrion
- 70% Fed, 20% Rom and Klingon.
OrionKorgath
- 70% Klingon, 20% Fed and Hydran
OrionPrime
- 70% Romulan, 20% Fed and ISC
OrionTigerHeart
- 70% Lyran, 20% Klingon and Mirak/Kzinti
OrionBeastRaiders
- 70% Hydran, 20% Klingon and Lyran
OrionSyndicate
- 70% Gorn, 20% Fed and Romulan
OrionWyldeFire
- 70% ISC, 20% Romulan and Gorn. (Plasmas.. and more plasmas? Oh, and some phasers)
OrionCamboro
- 70% Mirak/Kzinti, 20% Fed and Lyran

shiplist template file changes

added 4 new columns that will disapeer when inserting the ship into the shiplist with script
- cloak BPV cost
- cloak cost
- OAKDISC cost
- cost to switch droneracks to PLaD (only for plasma cartels)
Generic pirate ships are in Orion race. (O-)
ships with fighters are in OrionOrion race. (X-)
ships with PFs are in the OrionTigerHeart race. (T-)
- this is why sometimes you'll see 2 versions of the same ship: with fighters or with PFs.

Option Mount weapon data

The option mounts data (Annexes #8B and #8H) is coded in and ready to be used.

Annex 8B Weapons (Orion Option Mounts data)

List of valid weapons

ADD12
ADD6
Dis1
Dis1PF
Dis2
Dis3
Dis3X
Dis4
Dis4X
DroA
DroB
DroC
DroG
DroGX
ESG
Fus
HB
PLaD
PLaF
PLaF_no_swivel
PLaG
PLaG_no_swivel
PLaL
PLaM
PLaR
PLaS
PLaSX
PLaS_no_swivel
PPD
Ph1
Ph2
Ph3
PhG
PhX
Phot

The following data points are coded:

weapon: the actual SFC weapon for use in the shiplist
- this may be different than the name in the entry. For example, there's 2 Disruptor-30 entries: Dis3 and Dis3X. The biggest difference here is that Dis3X is for advanced technology ships, and has a minimum sizeclass of 4 (instead of 3).
BPV: the BPV adjustment for buying this weapon for your ship
- this value is based on the Annex8B data, but may have been modified and adapted for SFC
- ie: All disruptors are +1 BPV because there are no UIM burnouts, and there's free UIM for everyone.
size: the size of the weapon.
- some weapons take more than 1 option mount. They require multiple adjescent slots. ie: PLaG, PLaS, PPD, ESG..
- if undefined, assume default of '1'
centerline_only: defines if this weapon can only be mounted in a centerline option mount
- if undefined, assume default of 0 (no)
min_sizeclass: defines the smallest sizeclass that can use this weapon in an option mount
- if undefined, assume default of '5'. (PF-sized)
swivel: this is for Plasma weapons.
- if not defined, assume default of '1'. (yes)
xtech: this weapon requires the ship to have advanced technology
- if not defined, assume a default of '0'. (no)
needs_add: indicates that an ADD will need to be installed if installing this weapon
- this is for DroG and DroGX entries.
- if undefined, assume default of 0 (no)

example code:

  "PLaS_no_swivel" => {
    'weapon' => 'PLaS',
    'BPV' => 4,
    'centerline_only' => 1,
    'size' => 2,
    'swivel' => 0,
    'min_sizeclass' => 3,
  },
  "PLaS" => {
    'weapon' => 'PLaS',
    'BPV' => 7,
    'centerline_only' => 1,
    'size' => 2,
    'min_sizeclass' => 3,
  },

Annex 8B Systems (systems installed into Orion weapon option mounts)

List of valid systems that work with standard Orion Options:

APR
AuxControl
Barracks
Battery
Cargo
CenterHull
ForwardHull
Lab
Probe5
RearHull
Repair
SpecialSensor
Tractor
Transporter
X-Battery

The following data points are coded:

centerline_only: defines if this weapon can only be mounted in a centerline option mount
- if undefined, assume default of 0 (no)
BPV: the BPV adjustment for buying this weapon for your ship
- this value is based on the Annex8B data, but may have been modified and adapted for SFC
xtech: this weapon requires the ship to have advanced technology
- if not defined, assume a default of '0'. (no)
column: since we tell the shiplist we're setting up a specific SYSTEM to a specific mount, we need to increase the system's column in the shiplist. Here, tell it the column number. The first column starts at 0.
- ie: AuxControl is column # 133.
add_boarding_parties: used if adding Barracks. Tells the script to increase the # of marines.
- Default is 0.

example code:

  "AuxControl" => {
    'centerline_only' => 1,
    'column' => 133,
    'BPV' => 0,
  },

Usage example: (APR)

  "X-HDW3" => { 'template' => 'X-HDW', 'race' => 'OrionOrion',
    'cloak' => 1,
    'systems' => {
      'APR' => { 'num' => '2', 'ref' => 51, },
    },
    'options' => {
      57 => { 'weapon' => 'Phot', 'num' => '1', 'arc_reload' => 'FA', 'ref' => 27, },
      60 => { 'weapon' => 'Phot', 'num' => '1', 'arc_reload' => 'FA', 'ref' => 30, },
      33 => { 'weapon' => 'Phot', 'num' => '1', 'arc_reload' => 'RA', 'ref' => 33, },
      36 => { 'weapon' => 'Phot', 'num' => '1', 'arc_reload' => 'RA', 'ref' => 36, },
  }, },

Annex 8H Weapons (HDW Weapon Option Mounts data)

List of valid HDW rear-facing weapons

ADD12
ADD6
Dis2
Dis3X
DroA
DroB
DroC
DroG
DroGX
Fus
HB
PLaD
PLaF_no_swivel
PLaG_no_swivel
PLaL
Ph1
Ph2
Ph3
PhG
PhX
Phot

The following data points are coded:

weapon: the actual SFC weapon for use in the shiplist
- this may be different than the name in the entry. For example, there's 2 Disruptor-30 entries: Dis3 and Dis3X. The biggest difference here is that Dis3X is for advanced technology ships, and has a minimum sizeclass of 4 (instead of 3).
BPV: the BPV adjustment for buying this weapon for your ship
- this value is based on the Annex8B data, but may have been modified and adapted for SFC
- ie: All disruptors are +1 BPV because there are no UIM burnouts, and there's free UIM for everyone.
size: the size of the weapon.
- some weapons take more than 1 option mount. They require multiple adjescent slots. ie: PLaG, PLaS, PPD, ESG..
- if undefined, assume default of '1'
min_sizeclass: defines the smallest sizeclass that can use this weapon in an option mount
- if undefined, assume default of '5'. (PF-sized)
swivel: this is for Plasma weapons.
- if not defined, assume default of '1'. (yes)
xtech: this weapon requires the ship to have advanced technology
- if not defined, assume a default of '0'. (no)
needs_add: indicates that an ADD will need to be installed if installing this weapon
- this is for DroG and DroGX entries.
- if undefined, assume default of 0 (no)
is_heavy: set to 1 if it's indeed a heavy weapon.
- If not defined, default is 0.
hydran_escort_only: For PhG -- can only be installed onto Hydran escort

example code:

  "Dis2" => { 'weapon' => 'Dis2', 'BPV' => 4, 'is_heavy' => 1, },
  "Dis3X" => { 'weapon' => 'Dis3', 'BPV' => 5, 'is_heavy' => 1, 'xtech' => 1, },

Annex 8H Systems (HDW NWO Mounts data)

List of valid Non-Weapon options:

AuxControl
Barracks
Cargo
CenterHull
FighterBay
FlagBridge
ForwardHull
Lab
Probe10
Probe5
RearHull
Repair
ShuttleBay
Tractor
Tractor-mechlink
Transporter

The following data points are coded:

BPV: the BPV adjustment for buying this weapon for your ship
- this value is based on the Annex8B data, but may have been modified and adapted for SFC
xtech: this weapon requires the ship to have advanced technology
- if not defined, assume a default of '0'. (no)
column: since we tell the shiplist we're setting up a specific SYSTEM to a specific mount, we need to increase the system's column in the shiplist. Here, tell it the column number. The first column starts at 0.
- ie: AuxControl is column # 133.
add_boarding_parties: used if adding Barracks. Tells the script to increase the # of marines.
- Default is 0.
add_mechlink: used if not only adding a tractor, but it's a mechlink. (PFT)
- Default is 0.
add_shuttle_base: Add to the basic number of shuttles. (NOT CURRENTLY USED)
- default is 0.

example code:

  "AuxControl" => {
    'column' => 133,
    'BPV' => 1,
  },

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 * OrionCamboro
 ** 70% Mirak/Kzinti, 20% Fed and Lyran
 === shiplist template file changes ===