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[Seth Karlo]

Infocards and names while system modding. Aiiigh... the tutorials I have say FLE does it wrong. That is correct. I've done what I thought was necessary, and failed utterly. Tried something a little different, failed again. So here's my situation.

I add an object to a system. Like, say, a star. In the system's .ini file, there is a bunch of stuff under the [Object] for it, including the lines
ids_name =
ids_info =

Those, if I am not mistaken, should point to the name and infocard of the object. For the purposes of figuring out how to do this, suppose I want to call my star "Happy Star" and give it an infocard that says "Radiates Happiness".

Go through the process step by step, please, assume that I have all the tools necessary but do not know how to use them or where to direct them to. Thankee.
On a related note, I would like a copy of the name/infocard number range assigned to each system... I've searched this forum and the dev forum to no avail.
EDIT: The latter part taken care of. I didn't notice the tabs of the discovery design.xls document, my bad. Above still stands, though.

Heh, ok.

ids_name =

Is going to have a number after it. Let's take a section of my recent coding:

[Object]
nickname = LI10_05
pos = 38042, 0, 2147
ids_info = 462828
behavior = NOTHING
pilot = pilot_solar_hardest
dock_with = LI10_05_Base
base = LI10_05_Base
reputation = li_p_guardian
rotate = 0, 0, 0
archetype = largestation1
ids_name = 462827
loadout = space_station
difficulty_level = 10
space_costume = li_captain_head, li_male_elite_body
voice = atc_leg_m01

This is a base in the Illinois system, the LPI guard.

The line here is ids_name = 462827

Now, in a seperate file in my submission, I have this:

ids_name=
462827
Police Plaza

Under that, I have:

ids_info=
462828
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><RDL><PUSH/><TEXT>CLASS: Retribution</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>GRAVITY: Complete</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>DOCKING: Yes</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>AMENITIES: Yes</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>POPULATION: 10K</TEXT><PARA/><POP/></RDL>

And under that I have:

ids_description=
462829
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><RDL><PUSH/><TEXT>The HQ of the LPI, this base was built to replace One Police Plaza on Manhattan, and it has expanded to fill its frame in bureaucracy. Designed by the famous architect Sen Kellis, the station is one of the most impressive in all of Sirius. The current Chief of Police holds his office here, as does each of his Deputy Chiefs. Hell, most LPI that have an office have it here, or at least space for one. The station also comes equipped with no less than 14 Sunbuck's depots, each one boasting a state of the art serving facility and extra toughened chairs for those with a bit extra body weight (Most of the LPI).</TEXT><PARA/><POP/></RDL>

So for your example, we would set a number (Which is in dsy_design for your system) For Illinois it is 462***

Anyway, you would assign a number in the main INI file. (For Illinois it's called li10.ini), and then in your seperate file you would have:

ids_name=
******
Happy Star

ids_info=
******
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><RDL><PUSH/><TEXT>DIAMETER: 13,867 km</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>MASS: 6.21 x 10e24 kg</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>TERRAIN: Transitional</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>TEMPERATURE: -86C to -32C</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>ESCAPE VELOCITY: 12.22 km/sec</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT></TEXT><PARA/><TEXT>Radiates happiness</TEXT><PARA/><POP/></RDL>

Then, when you do your system submission, Igiss puts them in. However, if you want to do it yourself, use a program called Fled-Ids.

Hope that helps.

Seth

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