Created a menu and got all the pieces working inside. Still need to polish the menu and consolidate the shared variables.
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Use at your own risk.
This set of scripts is based on some snippets LS gave me to help in building bubbles in an Unlimited game.
Use at your own risk. These scripts need safeties added, be careful. Let us know how you blow yourself up.
Thanks are totally due to LS for his work and direction.
There are 5 scripts in the bubble builder.
To use these scripts the following are required:
1. A list of bubble sectors. This is used by _1_find_bubble.ts to sort the list in a top down format, find the sxx and bxxx ports and create the lists for upgrading the sxx ports and blowing the bxx ports
I use swath for this but if you can create a top down list of bubble sectors in some other way then go to
2. A lot of cash for the port upgrade script. There are 2, one for upping all the Sxx ports and one for upping just the fuel
3. A Planet with plenty of figs, fuel, org, and equ. You can use this planet for upgrading ports, blowing ports and making ports
4. Remember that you need to blow the ports before extern on one day and create the new ports after extern.
5. A twarp capable ship with at least 200 holds and it should hold a good amount of gtorps for the make port script.
6. All of these scripts should be run from the cit prompt and the swath light bulb should be off.
7. Right now you need to have a commission to run the port maker.
The Scripts
1. _1__find_bubble_ports.ts
This script actually does 3 things. 1) Change the swath bubble list into a topdown list. 2) finds all of the sss, sbs, ssb, and sbb ports in the bubble. 3) finds all the bbb, bsb, bbs, and bss ports in the bubble. It uses the __123.txt file to create to create the __321.txt (the topdown sector list), __sxx.txt (the fuel seller's list) , and __bxx.txt (the fuel buyer's list)
2a. _2__up.ts This script upgrades all of the sxx ports in the bubble and uses the __sxx.txt file: All fuel sellers, all fuel sellers and org buyers and all fuel sellers and equ buyers. As it goes around upgrading the fuel ports it will buydown fuel using the mombot's buy f command. You need plenty of cash for this!!!!
2b. _2__upFuelOnly.ts This script upgrades all of the sxx ports in the bubble but only the fuel portion. As it goes around upgrading the fuel ports it will buydown fuel using the mombot's buy f command. You need plenty of cash for this!!!!
3. _3__blowports.ts This script will pwarp from sector to sector killing ports on the __bxx.txt list, have plenty of fuel and figs on the planet.
4. _4__emptysectors.ts
This script creates a __make.txt list of empty sectors (ie no ports) from the __321.txt. Make sure you run a cim before running this script.
5. _5__makeports.ts This script uses the __make.txt list of empty sectors and pwarps to each one, creating a planet, moving fuel org and equ to the new planet, creates an SBB Port with the name 'SBB Port $sector' It will refurb gentorps and shields at dock. It will run until all the empty sectors are filled with ports or it hits 250 ports/planets created and then returns to the starting sector. If you have more than 250 empty sectors, then once it returns to the starting sector, do a cim to update twx port info, run the empty sectors script again, then the makeport script. Continue until you have 0 empty sectors.
How I used these scripts and what still needs to be done.
1. I get a ztm and find the bubbles with the swath bubble finder.
2. Create __123.txt and run _1__find_bubble_ports.ts to create __321.txt, __sxx.txt and __bxx.txt
3. Use __321.txt and Rammar's Blast-Path to fig the bubble completely.
4. Do a warp and port cim to update TWX. THen run _1__find_bubble_ports.ts again to update the __sxx.txt and __bxx.txt
5. Run the rest as needed. Have been waiting until 30 mins before extern to run the _3__blowports.ts script so I can come back after extern and run the _5__makeports.ts script.
What still needs to be done:
1. Dock check for the make port script.
***2. Set the file names used (__321.txt, __sxx.txt, __bxx.txt, __make.txt, __made.txt) reflect the game in which they are being played. Done
3. Better documentation.
Helix
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