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Spawning Titans

September 23, 2012 3:36:58 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

I added the ability copied from the fleet beacon and the button appears on the titan factory, I push it and no titan appears.  The Ability seems to be working.  Is there something else I must do to spawn the titan?

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Reply #1 September 23, 2012 3:52:44 PM
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1. Make sure the titan you're spawning isn't a cosmetic titan and it's a titan that race could naturally build.

2. Make sure you've got enough fleet supply available to summon the titan, and that you've changed the values to reflect the titans' fleet supply value in the ability.

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Reply #2 September 23, 2012 3:53:31 PM
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How do I do that?

 

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Reply #3 September 23, 2012 4:15:53 PM
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Quoting jhkreiter,
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How do I do that?

 

Change the ability file?

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Reply #4 September 23, 2012 4:21:56 PM
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Here is what I got.  What do I change and where?

 

TXT
entityType "Ability"
buffInstantActionType "SpawnShipsAtPlanet"
instantActionTriggerType "AlwaysPerform"
spawnShipsLevelCount 1
spawnShips
    minFleetPoints 150.0000
    maxFleetPoints 151.0000
    requiredShipCount 1
    requiredShip
        type "TITAN_PHASEREBEL"
    minCount 1
    maxCount 1
    randomShipCount 0    
spawnShipsArrivalDelayTime 2.000000
spawnShipsHyperspaceSpawnType "FleetBeacon"
needsToFaceTarget FALSE
canCollideWithTarget TRUE
moveThruTarget FALSE
isUltimateAbility FALSE
maxNumLevels 2
levelSourceType "ResearchWithoutBase"
improveSourceResearchSubject "RESEARCHSUBJECT_ABILITYACCESS_FLEETBEACON"
aiUseTime "Anytime"
aiUseTargetCondition "Any"
isAutoCastAvailable TRUE
isAutoCastOnByDefault FALSE
pickRandomPlanetToExploreForAutoCastTarget FALSE
ignoreNonCombatShipsForAutoCastTarget TRUE
onlyAutoCastWhenDamageTakenExceedsPerc 0.000000
useCostType "Resources"
resourceCost
    credits 2500.000000
    metal 150.000000
    crystal 500.000000
cooldownTime
    Level:0 1.000000
    Level:1 1.000000
    Level:2 0.000000
    Level:3 0.000000
orderAcknowledgementType "ONGENERALORDERISSUED"
researchPrerequisites
    NumResearchPrerequisites 1
    ResearchPrerequisite
        Subject "RESEARCHSUBJECT_ABILITYACCESS_FLEETBEACON"
        Level 1
    RequiredFactionNameID ""
    RequiredCompletedResearchSubjects 0
nameStringID "IDS_ABILITY_FLEETBEACON_NAME"
descStringID "IDS_ABILITY_FLEETBEACON_DESCRIPTION"
hudIcon "HUDICON_ABILITY_FLEETBEACON"
smallHudIcon "HUDICON_ABILITY_FLEETBEACON"
infoCardIcon ""

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Reply #5 September 23, 2012 4:37:10 PM
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Did you have 150 available fleet supply when you used the ability? You can make that a requirement if you look at the "DarkFleet" abilities.

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Reply #6 September 23, 2012 4:49:38 PM
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The min and max numbers are usage numbers?  In other words if I set a min of 0 then I can use it all of the time?

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Reply #7 September 23, 2012 5:27:12 PM
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The min and max numbers are usage numbers?  In other words if I set a min of 0 then I can use it all of the time?

No, you always need the fleet supply required by the ships you are summoning. If you had only 100 fleet supply for example, this ability would fail to do anything just like you described.

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Reply #8 September 23, 2012 5:36:28 PM
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How much fleet supply do I need to summon a Titan and how do I check if I have that amount?

 

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Reply #9 September 23, 2012 5:49:54 PM
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Quoting jhkreiter,
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How much fleet supply do I need to summon a Titan and how do I check if I have that amount?

 

I'm not trying to sound rude here, but have you played this game at all? Its exactly like if you were going to build a titan.

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Reply #10 September 23, 2012 5:49:55 PM
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I checked I have enough fleet supply but it still does not work.

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Reply #11 September 23, 2012 6:19:49 PM
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Dunno, this chunk of code works for me.

    buffInstantActionType "SpawnShipsAtPlanet"
    instantActionTriggerType "AlwaysPerform"
    spawnShipsLevelCount 1
    spawnShips
        minFleetPoints 150.000000
        maxFleetPoints 150.000000
        requiredShipCount 1
        requiredShip
            type "TITAN_TECHREBEL"
            minCount 1
            maxCount 1
        randomShipCount 0
    spawnShipsArrivalDelayTime 7.000000
    spawnShipsHyperspaceSpawnType "FleetBeacon"

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Reply #12 September 23, 2012 9:11:59 PM
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My code and yours are identical.  Is there something else I am missing?

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Reply #13 September 23, 2012 9:49:41 PM
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Do you have enough Capital Ship Crews?

Correct me if I'm wrong but that could also interfere I believe.

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Reply #14 September 23, 2012 9:53:28 PM
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Quoting Joccaren,
reply 14
Do you have enough Capital Ship Crews?

Correct me if I'm wrong but that could also interfere I believe.

Nope, it will actually let you have negative capitalship slots if you spawn them via abilities lol.

Quoting jhkreiter,
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My code and yours are identical. Is there something else I am missing?

The code looks fine, again the only thing I've found that would cause that is not having 150 fleet supply available or you are not playing as Vasari Rebels. Besides that I have no idea what could be wrong.

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Reply #15 September 26, 2012 2:49:28 PM
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Found the problem!

maxNumLevels 2

maxNumLevels has to be 1.

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Reply #16 September 26, 2012 4:16:47 PM
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So now that it works how do I get it to spawn at level 10 with my other one?

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Reply #17 September 26, 2012 4:18:13 PM
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So now that it works how do I get it to spawn at level 10 with my other one?

You don't. Spawned titans always start at level 1.

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Reply #18 September 26, 2012 4:19:56 PM
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Quoting jhkreiter,
reply 17
So now that it works how do I get it to spawn at level 10 with my other one?

This is not possible. You can only spawn a Titan at level 1. There is absolutely no way to circumvent this.

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Reply #19 September 26, 2012 4:26:58 PM
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Ok thanks

 

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