Modding privateer

[Unregistered]

if you don't like ships in the game then you can change them!

the coders were nice enough to make this a simple process!
(thanks coders!)

if you want to just change your own ship so as to avoid disruptting the game's plot lines

go to
Privateer\.privateer100\serialized_xml

there you will find a folder with your savegame name a file that permits you to modify your ship how ever you like
(these changes will not affect any other ships in the game)
(always wanted a 20 turrent ship? give it a try! just make sure the turrents are not in the same spot, and ALWAYS make a back up!)

if you want to modify all ships
OR want to know what the various fields represent
goto

Privateer\units

the file units.cvs contains descriptions of the ships used in the game, (these changes will not affect ships you already own)

 

[hellcatv]

note if you give yourself more guns or turret than the frame (.template) in units.csv strange things may happen during upgrades

 

[dan_w]

I have 3 questions:
1) what program do I use to change csv files? I tried gnumeric, open office, and kspread I think it's called; and all warn me, when saving, that the format disagrees with the extension; and if I force save anyways, the game outputs strange symbols to the console on start, and the console font gets garbled also, so I have to kill it and call a new console.
2) I was trying to reduce the turret's radar range as per spiritplumber's solution, but I'm not sure I got it right, is that the BR column for turret_mediumrear? I changed the values in that column to 4000 for all medium turrets. Is that correct?
3) What file can I edit to get past the mission to escort the book shipment to oxford. I've been trying for like 3 days, and I just can't take it anymore.

 

[spiritplumber]

I use openoffice personally, works fine.

It's the radar range column, make sure it's changed for BOTH subunits per turret!

Which column is which is said in the 1st and 2nd row.

 

[Pliers]

Hi dan_w

a programm that works fine for me is this

http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/t2t/text2table.htm

there are better ones for sure but this proggy has never let me down

regards

Pliers

 

[dan_w]

Thank you both. Yes, open office seems to work. Now I have another problem; I wanted to load my previous save, before taking this hateful oxford mission, to go to perry and get myself some upgrades I've enabled in units.cvs; but that file is corrupted, somehow: my onboard screen is black, but if I keep hitting T sometimes it flashes the jump to saxtogue. Only that one. A doesn't work. Shields don't show. It can't be my edit of units.csv, because the last save file, after taking the infamous mission, works.
So, I'll ask my third question again, how do I get to the next mission? I just don't want to play this one anymore; I'm sick of it. Almost to the point of giving up on the whole game. Please help.

 

[chatbot_0]

How about just changing how much money you have?

 

[dan_w]

That's in the first line of the actual save file: type_of_ship^DOLLAR.CENTS^something_else...

Update to my previous post: There seems to be something wrong at the oxford garage. Several times I've experienced corrupted files (disfunctional ships) after going to the garage in oxford. I thought it was a big chain...

 

[Alf]

"How about just changing how much money you have?"
"always wanted a 20 turrent ship?"

Cheating is such a great way to spoil the fun of the game! (just my opinion)

 

[BradMick]

folks....its turret, not turrent. there is no 'n'. turrent is not a word. turret, is.

 

[Alf]

Just copied it from above...

 

[chatbot_0]

I agree that cheating can spoil the fun of any game. However, I finished the original so meh

 

[chatbot_0]

Oh and thanks dan_w :S

 

[DarthStitch]

i messed around with the units file, it was all good, then all of a sudden I can't move down! I press forward on my joystick and nothing happens, I use the up arrow key and nothing happens.

very annoying.

I accedentally deleted my backup units file thinking it was the one i modified, can someone post their units.csv file, just the demon sections? thanks.

 

[Sith Lord]

and how does these progs work i've tried T2t and Csved and haven't changed a thing

 

[Pliers]

Hi Sith Lord!

After you changed something using CSV Ed be sure to hit "save" or "save under" and choose the right location and the right savegame.....

Then reload that save in the game and the changes should take effect.

Pliers

 

[dan_w]

i messed around with the units file, it was all good, then all of a sudden I can't move down! I press forward on my joystick and nothing happens, I use the up arrow key and nothing happens.

very annoying.

I accedentally deleted my backup units file thinking it was the one i modified, can someone post their units.csv file, just the demon sections? thanks.

I hope this upload download works...
download this weirldly named file

... and rename it to units.csv (geocities won't let me upload any extension, ergo css).

 

[kilolima]

can anybody recommend a lite-weight csv editor for linux/kde? openoffice is bloaty/slow and koffice does wierd things with quotes when it saves.

 

[DarthStitch]

thanks for the file dan, I'll give it a try!

 

[charlieg]

kilolima: Try kate or gedit (the stock KDE and Gnome editors, respectively), or leafpad (Gtk and very lightweight), or even gvim if you know how to use vi(m).