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Stiebler · 06-27-06, 08:40 AM

A CORRECTION:

I proposed earlier that anyone who installs Anvart's lighted C2 Cargo should set the 'cargoext' value to -1 in campaign_RND.mis, indicating no cargo.

I'd forgotten that Anvart said that this ship carries no cargo. Using a value of -1 causes a crash-to-desktop (CTD) whenever any of these ships are encountered at sea. You should use 'cargoext=2' instead (and 'cargoint=0').

Apologies to anyone who was misled.

To Boris, re program to extract neutral ships.
Sorry, but it isn't practical to share programs of this sort. I use them all the time for dealing with the NYGM campaign files; they take about 30 minutes to write and test, and about one second to execute. But the reason that I can produce them so quickly is that there is only the briefest error trapping and no user-friendly interface. I don't want to get involved with long arguments about why the program doesn't work (or does crash), or doesn't give the expected result. The programs are usually only appropriate for a very limited task on a very definite campaign file anyway.

Stiebler.

06-27-06, 08:40 AM	#12
Stiebler Fuel Supplier Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,237 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 4	A CORRECTION: I proposed earlier that anyone who installs Anvart's lighted C2 Cargo should set the 'cargoext' value to -1 in campaign_RND.mis, indicating no cargo. I'd forgotten that Anvart said that this ship carries no cargo. Using a value of -1 causes a crash-to-desktop (CTD) whenever any of these ships are encountered at sea. You should use 'cargoext=2' instead (and 'cargoint=0'). Apologies to anyone who was misled. To Boris, re program to extract neutral ships. Sorry, but it isn't practical to share programs of this sort. I use them all the time for dealing with the NYGM campaign files; they take about 30 minutes to write and test, and about one second to execute. But the reason that I can produce them so quickly is that there is only the briefest error trapping and no user-friendly interface. I don't want to get involved with long arguments about why the program doesn't work (or does crash), or doesn't give the expected result. The programs are usually only appropriate for a very limited task on a very definite campaign file anyway. Stiebler.