I've been working on a new scenario with a procedurally generated system and I'd like the players to have the option of beginning in Orbit, particularly near or within a derelict space ship (starting with BAO derelict mining ship). I can start at a temperate planet aok from copying the random scenario and modifying. But as soon as I try to add other starts (arid or snow planet & orbit) the scenario errors out on load. By opening the console I can sometimes debug what went wrong but it feels like scenario editing should be a larger part of the base game since it changes with each version. Any chance we'll get built in scenario editing tools? I have tried SSG and another third party tool but without much luck. If it's worth anything, I've been a professional developer since the mid 1990s and I've never pulled out so much hair as when trying to get simple ideas to work with these yaml files (or adding them from scratch). Part of the issue is many of the examples I can find in the wild are for older versions of the game and break on load, or are more geared towards fixed scenarios (sectors)
Just add the player start tag (forget exactly what it is) to the orbit in your solarsystemconfig.yaml file and it will show up as a valid starting location. You'll also need to set the player start in your orbit's dynamic.yaml as your POI otherwise the player will spawn in an escape pod in space.
I got AridStarter and TemperateStarter working aok, but no luck getting the orbital start to show up in the list of starting options Here are my files atm/work in progress: https://github.com/victusfate/Oblivion
Heads up when I load it I'm getting an error while its trying to generate the system (Planet X has a null orbit)
Got my error cleared up by copying and modifying SpaceOrbitStarter from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Content\Playfields to my scenario Playfields and renaming to MyOrbitStarter (and the references in solarsystemconfig.yaml) still no luck getting MyOrbitStarter to show up in the possible starting locations
Did some testing. It seems you can't set an orbit as a player start in a random scenario. You can set an asteroid field (or trade station, I assume). I also wasn't able to set the items the player starts with (it gave an error). Here's what to add to your solarsystemconfig.yaml in the entry for the asteroid field or trade station you want to be a starter: Code: PlayerStart: true Here's what you add to space_dynamic.yaml, between the POIs and the DroneBaseSetup: Code: - Mode: Survival Spawn: Structure Structure: "Trading Station" Armor: ArmorMedium Change the name in the structure field to the spawn name of your POI. Another limitation is you can't use a custom description in space_dynamic.yaml
Bummer on the random Orbit no go and no description. I guess I can setup a start in an asteroid field with POIs. I'll try that and make sure there is enough Pentaxid to get to a higher resource location Appreciate the help ravien, who knows maybe these rules will change in coming patches.
got the changes to solarsystemconfig.yaml Do you have a full working file example for that space_dynamic.yaml for an asteroid field or trade station start? Having some issues with undefined references. Tried copying in the content playfields for SpaceAsteroidField and a new one SpaceAsteroidFieldStarter (with mods) but no luck yet. NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to the instance of an object Or an example of a directory with both dynamic and static yaml files for a start at a trading station. I can always modify a working example by adding additional POIs that I want and making one of them the structure spawn or the position can be near one of their entrances.
Alternatively I could mix a sector defined orbit + planet with a random playfield if that's possible. I've seen a bunch of sector examples with space starts
