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well, i dont know if this exist, a dynamic campagin generator or a randorm mission generator for xwa.

I don't think there's anything like that yet.

How do you imagine that? Some kind of software that generates random bets?
It is in any case an interesting idea

yes a software that generate random missions depend of the results of your previous battle withe the objetive to reduce influence of oponent in a sector for example, or reduce the ships of the oponent, or a simple random mision generator, dont know there are a lot of posibility.

That is a very interestic idea.

yeah i am thinking studing programing for things like that, but ummmm i think i am old hahah

I would support this idea. Especially if we could make the existing concourse and pilot room reward pilots dynamically with awards, ranks and pilot room decorations, based on any number of stats, mission triggers, and/or campaign, skirmish, or bonus point accumulations.

Had a similar idea several years ago but never acted on it; it would've been an outside application that monitored the results of the current mission in the pilot file, then modify the Battle.LFD/Mission.LST (depending on platform) to queue the next appropriate mission, or directly edit the next mission (FG count, disable/enable arrival, etc).

TIE had a mechanism to enable "permadeath" for a FG natively, so say you managed to destroy a specific capital ship early in the campaign, it wouldn't appear in later missions. I never really tinkered with it, since you could usually design around that ("force" it to escape, whatever).

@JaggedFel what do you think of the random mission generator? I expect auto-generating a fully fledged multi-staged mission will be a mammoth task, but maybe there's a way to generate randomized skirmishes(i.e. temp.tie) from a template with fixed flightgroups and a limited pool of orders and goals, in alignment with the options in skirmish editor..
I'd think the various FG slots per team would need to be defined
1) Squadron of playable ships
2) Squadron of Starfighters (Bomber)
3) Squadron of Starfighters (Interceptor)
4-5) Shuttles / Transports / Containers
6-8) Capital Ships / Stations
Repeat for the enemy team

Vince T wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:02 am

@JaggedFel what do you think of the random mission generator? I expect auto-generating a fully fledged multi-staged mission will be a mammoth task, but maybe there's a way to generate randomized skirmishes(i.e. temp.tie) from a template with fixed flightgroups and a limited pool of orders and goals, in alignment with the options in skirmish editor..
I'd think the various FG slots per team would need to be defined
1) Squadron of playable ships
2) Squadron of Starfighters (Bomber)
3) Squadron of Starfighters (Interceptor)
4-5) Shuttles / Transports / Containers
6-8) Capital Ships / Stations
Repeat for the enemy team

Yeah, a skirmish generator would be much easier to do, as there's no real story element to generate; show up, shoot bad guys, go home. It'd be similar to how multiplayer story missions are created, with holding the temp.tie to a specific setup and set to Read-Only so it'll load without overwriting and breaking something.

Alternatively, if instead of doing it as a skirmish it's created as a normal mission, then you could start with say a half-dozen map templates (asteroid field, open space, freighter depot, etc) and then overlay the randomized elements on top of that.

well I found this:
http://www.xvtedicion.es/bin/descargas/ ... rat17b.rar
It is supposed to be a strategic game for xwa, it is like a dynamic campaign and you control sectors according to the outcome of your battles.
Generate skirmish-based battles based on your available fleet.
It seems to work but I don't know how to make it work.
I think the idea is good but can be improved.
If you can take a look you engineers hahaha.

Hello, I don't know how to program or anything like that but I am very self-taught and I like to investigate and learn.
I want to make a strategy game where the battles are resolved in xwa, or a career mode il-2 style, but I need to learn how to do it first.
Do you know what programs I need to study to do this, such as a template-based skirmish autogenerator or something similar, or better, I forget since it is too difficult?