Ship Editing

[Sirten Deth]

Hello All.. I have a Q. that has , I bet, been asked a hundred times but am unable to find it.
I am playing version 13.3. Is there an easy way to edit an in game ship ? I have tryed to edit inside the Program\Ships folder but I am still unable to find any I have edited in any shipyard. I even added the line " refship.CanBuy = true " in the ones that didnt have it. I have edited the files (options) to allow me to buy any ship at the SY. I would like to make a corvette that drives like a Corvette. Fast (about 19 knots or so) and nimble (turn rate about 50 -52). I have edited more than half of the corvettes in both Program\Ships & Program.new\Ships folders. There are lots of corvettes available, but none of the ones I have edited. Is there something I am missing or is this the wrong way to do this ? The other folders in the main directory I can not get to open in any form (notepad, wordpad etc) that I can read.

PS Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this topic. I could find no reference to this subject even with an 'advanced' search..


Thank You ... screen name 'Sirten Deth' game name 'Sinkem Awl'

 

[Captain Maggee]

When you did the edit did you start a new game (or reinit)

Changes to some files require a new game to be started for them to take affect and ships_init.c is one of those files

 

[Sirten Deth]

When you did the edit did you start a new game

(or reinit)

Changes to some files require a new game to be started for them to take affect and ships_init.c is one of those files

Thank You very much for your prompt intel. I will try this and see what happens.

Sinkem Awl

 

[Doober]

Also, the code "refship.CanBuy = true" is default, so even if a ship doesn't have that code, it still shows up as being buyable.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Reinit is the F11 button, if you were wondering.
It's required for your changes to take effect if you don't start a new game.

 

[Sirten Deth]

Thanks a lot fellow sailors for all your input.
I may get some of this figured out yet with all the fine help on this site.
Sorry it took so long to get back but I was busy playing as starting a new game did the trick.
It not only init. my edits, it also made other changes such as the available cannons.
I cheated myself enough starting money to begin with a new ship when I got to the first SY.
A new super sloop, bermsloop_263, I beleive.
VERY nice !!!

OK enuf playing around... I think I will go play around. TY.

Sinkem Awl

 

[Sirten Deth]

Less color Pieter.....? Thats what I ment by 'playing around' and 'figured out'. Sorry if it was too bright for your eyes. I was just 'playing around'. LOL.

Sinkem Awl

 

[Captain Maggee]

Yeah it is a bit nasty on the eyes to read :

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Not a problem, mate.