played around a little and got a question...

[NX-73811]

i played around a little with Ship Hardpoints useing MPE and now every time i load quickbattle i get this:

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TG Python Exception Debug Console.
Type 'resume' to keep running, or 'abort' to kill process.

Outdated Foundation, updating functions
Outdated Foundation, installing FolderManager
Updating FoundationMenu.ShipMenuBuilderDef
Updating FoundationMenu.ShipMenuBuilderDef V2
Repairing ship description outputs...
Foundation Tech loaded
Galaxy Charts v1.5 is online
Gravity FX has been loaded.
BridgeFX Enabled...
CameraFX Enabled...
ExplosionFX Enabled...
SpecialFX Enabled...
WarpFX Enabled...
Slipstream Drive 20070905 Initializing...
DS9FX Initializing...
Custom.ScotchyMaelstrom.ScotchyCampaign
AttributeError: PreLoadAssets
added activation event for re-intergration sequence
ValueError: Empty module name
>>> what can cause that?

[Morgan]

How did you edit the hardpoint? Notepad? BCUT? MPE?

[Dalek]

i played around a little with Ship Hardpoints useing MPE and now every time i load quickbattle i get this:

How exactly did you edit the ships hardpoint NX?

[Morgan]

i played around a little with Ship Hardpoints useing MPE and now every time i load quickbattle i get this:

How exactly did you edit the ships hardpoint NX?

Well excuse me for answering that post before I got some caffeine in my system 

[NX-73811]

well all in all i did just 3 things with the hardpoint (how is described aswell^^):

1. tryed to add an rapid quantum torpedo launcher as in sovereign class, for this i added one phaser subsystem and changed values to the of the sovereigns subsystem (i edited an Intimidator, so values should be at least nearly same) and i added an pulse susytem for the actual fireing so "rapid launcher" and "rapid torpedo launcher" = "Torpedo Tube" and "Torpedo Tubes" to name clear what i mean.

2. I added one Hull Subsystem "Slipstream Drive 1" picked the location for it (deflector) and entered the values i got, just for 2D i used random X,Y coords

3. I added another Hull Subsystem "Ablative Armour" radius 3 (to have it around the ship until destroyed) a number of hit points (40k i believe) and again i piced locataion in 3D coords and used a random number at 2D

[Dalek]

Does this ship already have a Phaser or Pulse Subsystem?

[NX-73811]

before it already had "phaser arrays" so such an subsystem for all the phasers but no pulse fireing subsystem

[El]

Can you post the HP file? Its probably easier to look at that directly.

[NX-73811]

sure no problem here it is

[KrrKs]

There are two main Weapon Propertys set to pulse. One is called "Rapid Launcher", the other is called "Torpedo Rapid Launcher". AFAIK you only need on of those.

[El]

You seems to have two weapon systems 'Torpedo Rapid Launcher' for your quantums. You can only have one pulse weapon system per ship. However you need one weapon subsystem for each quantum you want to launch from the launcher.

Also check you projectile path and name, make sure you haven't made any typos and that the projectile file exists.

[NX-73811]

ah thanks i forgot deleting doubled templetes in local list that screwed it up. thanks again
EDIT: Another question, waht could cause my rapid launcher to not work? i don't even see it in tactical display

[El]

What do you mean by not see it? Do you mean the tactical icons or the weapons control (Torp layout/phaser power)
Remember its a pulse system so will not show up in the latter.
If its the former you will need to get a tactical icon editor to position it correctly.

[NX-73811]

well actually i meant when pressing the button for firering disrupters so pulse weapons, nothing happens. i have corrected the tactical display positions but it does not show up there

[deadthunder2_0]

I also seem to get the same problem every so often, like 75% of the time

[Dalek]

When a disruptor/pulse weapon doesn't fire in BC, it usually means that the pulse system is not pointing at the projectile script or there is an error in the path.

[JimmyB76]

also (i could be wrong here, but) - look for something in the hps SetDumbfire (i think) for each weapon...  if its labeled 1, and not aimed directly, it will not fire...  changing the value to 0 will let it fire even if not directly aimed...
im not sure if this is proper advice, just something i thought of quickly...

[NX-73811]

i did now delete both pulse system and "tube" and imported both from the KM Sovereign Hardpoint (where an pulse qunatum launcher is used) and i still have the same problem, is there somthing wrong with the weapon IDs maybe?

[El]

Have you checked the Dumbfire attribute Jimmy mentiioned? Does it fire if you let the computer do the fighting.
If it fires when the computer is in control, check you are using G to fire in manual.
If it doesn't fire, check your weapon ID's match those of other forward facing weapons, and that the 'direction' is set forward on the Y axis.

[NX-73811]

i checked everything, Torps IDs are most 5 a very few 6 and group is 5 so i edited the launcher to have ID 5 and group 5. aslo as i said it is bit for bit the same as the launcher in the KM Sovereign Hardpoint, which works fine (exept the pos in tactical weapons display of course)