How to give a custom weapon to a custom enemy ship?

[R4V3-0N]

Well, like I said, you simply do it the same way you do it for player ships, so...

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<weaponList count="2" missiles="#">
  <weapon name="WEAPON_1" />
  <weapon name="WEAPON_2" />
</weaponList>

It may or may not work like that anymore -- as I said, I've tested this before the AE update.

I cant XML edit so I always use superluminal...

Well this guy tought you how to XML edit it in. Didn;t you say "Teach me" earlier?

[kartoFlane]

Oh well, it's a good point nonetheless, it made me notice that I didn't add that option to the editor...

Anyway, xml is all text, really. You can open .xml files with basic Notepad and make the changes you need, and save the file.

[Abs]

Well, like I said, you simply do it the same way you do it for player ships, so...

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<weaponList count="2" missiles="#">
  <weapon name="WEAPON_1" />
  <weapon name="WEAPON_2" />
</weaponList>

It may or may not work like that anymore -- as I said, I've tested this before the AE update.

Well, I finally got to the point where I can try this, and here are my results:

Working:

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<blueprintList name="KLINGON_WEAPONS">
	<name>K_DISRUPTORS</name>
</blueprintList>

<shipBlueprint ....>
	<weaponList missiles="20" count="2" load="KLINGON_WEAPONS" />
</shipBlueprint>

Not working:

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<shipBlueprint ....>
	<weaponList missiles="20" count="2" />
		<weapon name="K_DISRUPTORS" />
		<weapon name="K_DISRUPTORS" />
	</weaponList>
</shipBlueprint>

Abs

[RAD-82]

Not working:

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<shipBlueprint ....>
	<weaponList missiles="20" count="2" />
		<weapon name="K_DISRUPTORS" />
		<weapon name="K_DISRUPTORS" />
	</weaponList>
</shipBlueprint>

That's not working because you have an error in there; an extra slash closing the weaponList before the weapons are loaded. This method does work when error-free. It is what the default Rebel Rigger that the games uses does.

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<!---- Crash protection default ship blueprint. DO NOT REMOVE -->
<shipBlueprint name="DEFAULT" layout="rebel_squat" img="rebel_squat">
	<class>Rebel Rigger</class>
	<systemList>
		<pilot power="1" room="0"/>
		<oxygen power="1" room="2"/>
		<shields power="2" room="4"/>
		<engines power="2" room="7"/>
		<weapons power="3" room="6"/>
		<drones power="4" room="1"/>
	</systemList>
	<droneList count="2" drones="4">
		<drone name="DEFENSE_1"/>
		<drone name="DEFENSE_1"/>
	</droneList>
	<weaponList count="2" missiles="10">
		<weapon name="LASER_HEAVY_1"/>
		<weapon name="LASER_BURST_1"/>
	</weaponList>
	<health amount="10"/>	
	<maxPower amount ="15"/>
	<crewCount amount = "3" class="human"/>
</ship>

</ship>? Well, the game does have some errors that it is capable of overlooking.

[Abs]

Sunuvabeach. You're probably right! That extra slash indicates that it's a solo tag, and the game won't look for the actual closing tag. That explains why it kept on loading a Rebel Rigger. It's a good thing I posted my code, so that I could have the errors of my ways shown to me. Thanks RAD-82!

Abs