Portable Space Engine: Builder's Guide

Portable Space Engine

Builder's Guide

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Ships and Bases: Attributes

Name of Attribute	Description
CF_BATTS_CAPACITY	Battery capacity.
CF_BATTS_DISCHARGE	Battery discharge rate (units per turn).
CF_CLASS	Class of the ship (i.e. "Galaxy").
CF_CLOAK_STATUS	Status of ship's cloaking device (0=not present, 1=present)
CF_CLOAK_COST	Power cost of using ship's cloaking device.
CF_COMM_RANGE	Communications range.
CF_COMM_SENSITIVITY	Sensitivity of communications receiver.
CF_DAMCON_TEAMS	Number of damage control teams.
CF_DBREF_TACTICAL	DB reference to tactical console. Removed S71115
CF_DBREF_NAV	DB reference to navigation console. Removed S71115
CF_DBREF_SHIELDS	DB reference to shield console. Removed S71115
CF_DBREF_ENG	DB reference to engineering console. Changed S71115. Now DB reference to engineering location.
CF_DBREF_XPORT	DB reference to transporter console. Removed S71115
CF_DBREF_COMM	DB reference to communications console. Removed S71115
CF_DBREF_DAMCON	DB reference to damage control console. Removed S71115
CF_CONSOLE_LIST	List of space separated DB references to the objects used as consoles. New S71115
CF_DOOR_STATUS	Status of ship's cargo bay doors (0=not present, 1=present).
CF_DOOR_SIDE	Shield number which protects the door. (0=fore, 1=aft, 2=port, 3=starboard, 4=dorsal, 5=ventral)
CF_DOOR_SIZE	Size of bay doors. Ships of size <= CF_DOOR_SIZE can fit through.
CF_GUN_ARC	The arcs which the guns can fire upon. See below.
CF_GUN_NAME	Name assigned to ship's guns (i.e. "phaser").
CF_GUN_QTY	Number of guns.
CF_GUN_POWER	Maximum gun power.
CF_GUN_RANGE	Range of guns.
CF_GUN_DELIVERY	Effect of range on gun's delivery.
CF_GUN_CHARGE_RATE	Guns' rate of charge.
CF_HULL	Hull strength. The amount of damage the ship can take.
CF_OWNER_NAME	Owner name (i.e. "Federation").
CF_OWNER_NUM	Owner number. Some readouts use CF_OWNER_NAME followed by CF_OWNER_NUMBER.
CF_REACTOR_OUTPUT	Maximum output of ship's reactor.
CF_REACTOR_OVER_POINTS	Maximum number of stress points.
CF_REACTOR_LEVEL_STRESS	Maximum engine level (%).
CF_REACTOR_LEVEL_NORMAL	Optimal engine level (%).
CF_REACTOR_OVER_PENALTY	Number of stress points per pct over 100, per turn.
CF_ROLL_FACTOR (New! S71130)	Rate of roll in degrees per tactical turn.
CF_SCANNER_RANGE	Scanner range.
CF_SHIELD_FACTOR	Portion of allocated power that is added to shield each turn.
CF_SHIELD_POWER	Maximum shield power.
CF_SHIELD_CHARGE_RATE	Shields' rate of charge.
CF_SHIELD_CONFIG (New! S70930)	Shield configuration. Currently between 0 and 4. (See table below for details)
CF_TORP_AMMO (New! 0.8.1)	Number of torpedoes ship has when started.
CF_TORP_NAME	Name assigned to ship's torpedoes (i.e. "photon").
CF_TORP_QTY	Number of torpedo launchers.
CF_TORP_POWER	Maximum torpedo power.
CF_TORP_RANGE	Range of torpedoes.
CF_TORP_CHARGE_RATE	Torpedos' rate of charge.
CF_TORP_LOADERS	Number of torpedo loaders.
CF_TORP_ACCURACY	Base accuracy of torpedoes.
CF_TRACTOR_STATUS	Status of tractor beam system (0=not present, 1=present).
CF_TRACTOR_EFFECT	Effectiveness of tractor beam.
CF_TURN_FACTOR New in S70930	A modifier to the turning rate of a ship. Higher is more nimble. Zero and negative values are not permitted. Turning speed = 90 degrees * turn_factor / (size*size)
CF_TYPE	Type of the ship (i.e. "Heavy Cruiser").
CF_WARP_ACCEL	Maximum rate of change of speed per tactical turn.
CF_WARP_FACTOR	Mathematical power:warp factor.
CF_WARP_MAX	Maximum warp speed.
ST_DOCKED_AT	DB reference of object ship last docked at.
ST_HULL_DAMAGE	Amount of hull damage in the form <repairable damage> <permanent damage>.
ST_SYSTEM_DAMAGE	System damage (binary number, one cell per location).
ST_SHIPFLAGS	Ship's flags (binary number, one cell per flag).
ST_ODOMETER New in S70909	The distance travelled by the ship.
ST_TIME_ACTIVE New in S70909	The total number of seconds the ship has been active.

NOTE: Shield configurations are as follows (diagrams eventually):

Layout#	Shield Organization
0	Original 4 shield setup.
1	6 shield setup. Fore and aft arcs as per original 4, but with dorsal and ventral shields as well as port and starboard.
2	6 shield cubic setup. All shields have 90 degree arcs. Good for cubic ships and bases
3	Orange segment 4 shield setup. Port, Starboard, Dorsal and Ventral shields.
4	Orange segment 4 shield setup as for #3, but rotated through 45 degrees.

NOTE: Gun arcs are as follows (diagrams eventually). To allow more than one arc, just add the numbers from the 'Value' field. To emulate the previous behaviour, set the CF_GUN_ARC attribute to 63.

Value	Gun arcs permitted
1	Fore shield
2	Aft shield
4	Port shield
8	Starboard shield
16	Dorsal shield
32	Ventral shield

An example: Setting 1+2+4+8=15 would allow the guns to fire at any vessel facing our fore, aft, port or starboard shield, but not the dorsal or ventral.

Last modified: 15th March 1998