Mod to Explore the Crystal Sector

[R4V3-0N]

Been looking at the code for Captain's Edition for help... big mistake lol. The text is all mashed together, so I decided to mercilessly take it to the return key... XD

CE was made on Linux, which uses LF-style line endings, which most Windows-native text editing programs don't recognize. Instead of Notepad/Wordpad, use a good text editor, like Notepad++ or SublimeText

So that's why it's all messy and screwy...It took me like a year to find something that worked with it...

[Lightwavers]

Ok, I've pretty much given up finding out how to remove the quest event. Anyone like to give me a few pointers where to look?

[RAD-82]

Just replace the START_BEACON_CRYSTAL event so it won't spawn the quest unless you have a Crystal crewmember.

Make a file called events_crystal.xml.append and put this code in it.

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<event name="START_BEACON_CRYSTAL">
   <text>You arrive in a sector not listed in any star charts. Strange crystalline ships dot the horizon.</text>
   <choice req="crystal" hidden="true">
      <text>Listen to your Crystal crew</text>
      <event>
         <text>Your companion speaks, "Here we are, my home sector. It has been a long time since others have set foot here, I wonder how you will be received. You have done as you promised and so shall I. The coordinates of my old ship have been forwarded to your navigation system."</text>
         <quest event="CRYSTAL_UNLOCK"/>
      </event>
   </choice>
   <choice hidden="true">
      <text>Continue...</text>
      <event/>
   </choice>
</event>


I suggest just replacing all of the code in events.xml.append with this:

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<event name="START_GAME_EVENT">
   <text>You decide delivering your information to the federation fleet will be easier if you first take a detour to the crystal sector to gather supplies.</text>
   <choice>
      <text>You start up the FTL drive, aiming straight toward a rare wormhole which will bring you to Crystal space.</text>
      <event>
         <secretSector/>
      </event>
   </choice>
</event>


It should get you to the Crystal sector in one click rather than four clicks.

[Lightwavers]

Wow... Awesome! I had No Idea how to change up vanilla stuff.

[Lightwavers]

I've put up an advanced version of the mod, with help from RAD-82 in the questions section.
This one allows you a chance to get to the crystal sector, but you will not always get there. You can get lucky and get a ton of valuable materials, or your ship can be completely destroyed by the RNG. This version also allows blue options for ships, for example the rock, zoltan, and engi B ships have better chances to make it to the crystal sector unharmed, while the crystal ships have a 100% chance to make it. If you just want to get to the crystal sector though, then stick with the original mod.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/3r3l7i77asl76m7/Adv_Crystal_Sector_Start.ftl

[knoedel]

hi, i was looking for this mod a Long time,

but can't you mod it so , that you enter the hidden sector at the end or in the middle of the first sector like in the original way and not at start?

[Lightwavers]

I guess I could, but I don't know how to do that without making every exit beacon put you in the crystal sector.

[knoedel]

i understand.
maybe you could do it like this:

The Event at start beacon is, that you get a quest.

When you reach this questpoint at the first sector, you find the wormhole.

And now go on like you allrdy have.

[Lightwavers]

Good idea! I'll look into it.