Help with weapon

[meklozz]

Do you want to upload yours that refuses to work, too? I'm curious, now.

[Auron1]

The other weapon is not ready yet, I have just written down part of the code. It's a beam weapon, you'll surely have noticed that!
And my previous mod, The Red Arrow ship, is working fine: probably because all the related files were created with SuperLuminal.

Being unable to create own weapons is quite a problem, I think I'm going to ask you again to help me once the new mod is ready. What program do you use when copying/pasting xml data?

I have noticed my weapon is bugged: the glow effect doesn't work → a tiny black square appears when the weapon is almost charged. Definitely something related with animations.xml.append.
Oh, BTW: that Kestrel+ has something wrong: the Sensor and Door systems are misplaced FYI...

I'll upload a couple of Screenshots soon

[meklozz]

Oh, BTW: that Kestrel+ has something wrong: the Sensor and Door systems are misplaced FYI...

I just copied what you gave me. File looks fine, though, unless you switched the room number around in the ship file.

I just meant to see a file that isn't working, check if there's anything special about it, not about uploading the weapons already or anything. And I usually use AkelPad, which is the closest alternative to notepad I found that would read unix line endings. It has some nice features, but is faster than most of the big ones.

[Auron1]

Oh, BTW: that Kestrel+ has something wrong: the Sensor and Door systems are misplaced FYI...

I just copied what you gave me. File looks fine, though, unless you switched the room number around in the ship file.

LOL, I took the one posted in the Tutorial!
The only things I did was to raise slightly the Core power, rename the Ship, change the second period of the description and of course switch weapons.

I just meant to see a file that isn't working, check if there's anything special about it, not about uploading the weapons already or anything. And I usually use AkelPad, which is the closest alternative to notepad I found that would read unix line endings. It has some nice features, but is faster than most of the big ones.

I might take a look at that, Notepad++ behaved in a very strange way, considering it is used to write documents with specific formats.

Picture #1:

[mr_easy_money]

I might take a look at that, Notepad++ behaved in a very strange way, considering it is used to write documents with specific formats.

Do you mind sending me your .ftl file, complete with all the images? I've had no problems with notepad++. I have a feeling I know what the problem is but I can't pin it down without the images.

[Auron1]

I might take a look at that, Notepad++ behaved in a very strange way, considering it is used to write documents with specific formats.

Do you mind sending me your .ftl file, complete with all the images? I've had no problems with notepad++. I have a feeling I know what the problem is but I can't pin it down without the images.

Sure thing: here is a .rar folder.
http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/ENx2qBQY/file.html
As I said before, .rar folders cannot be read by FTL: you'll have to extract data before making an .ftl file.

[Auron1]

I have added some more text inside the animations.xml.append file: now the bullets are *almost* correctly displayed. They appear, however, from the rear part of the weapon - I should move their spawn point...

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<animSheet name="storm_bullet" w="34" h="23" fw="34" fh="23">weapons/storm_bullet.png</animSheet>
<anim name="storm_bullet">
   <sheet>storm_bullet</sheet>
   <desc length="1" x="0" y="0"/>
   <time>1.0</time>
</anim>

The boost.png picture doesn't work yet.

[meklozz]

Sure thing: here is a .rar folder.
http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/ENx2qBQY/file.html
As I said before, .rar folders cannot be read by FTL: you'll have to extract data before making an .ftl file.

Why did you upload a .rar? Because if this is how you pack your zips, you have one too many folders in there, data needs to be directly in the archive, as I've already said.. Other than that, I didn't touch the xml files, and they work fine after repacking.

[Auron1]

Sure thing: here is a .rar folder.

Why did you upload a .rar? Because if this is how you pack your zips, you have one too many folders in there, data needs to be directly in the archive, as I've already said.. Other than that, I didn't touch the xml files, and they work fine after repacking.

I used a .rar file for easiness.
I don't use WinRAR to pack files since .rar files turned into .ftl won't work. I could use WinRAR to zip files, but it's extra work.

[meklozz]

Right. I meant that I can't replicate it not working.