Can anyone explain the loot drop settings for dynamic asteroids? I look at the different settings in the different zones and there doesn't seem to be any correlation as to how often they drop.

I understand that these are the sections I'm needing to edit:
[LootableZone]
asteroid_loot_container = lootcrate_ast_loot_metal
asteroid_loot_commodity = commodity_scrap_metal
dynamic_loot_container = lootcrate_ast_loot_metal
dynamic_loot_commodity = commodity_scrap_metal
asteroid_loot_count = 0, 0 <====\
dynamic_loot_count = 1, 1 <=====\These are the key values.
asteroid_loot_difficulty = 30 <====/
dynamic_loot_difficulty = 2 <====/

I just don't know how to set the percentages. How do you increase the probability of the item dropping loot when destroyed and how do you set the dynamic_loot_count to permit more items per drop?

I'm trying to set mineable zones in certain areas to be more lucrative in order to attract more players to mining.

The other thing I need: Does anyone remember how to make NPCs automatically tractor in loot out in space to reduce excessive loot clutter?

Thanks,
R

Strail found this ages ago but it works a treat. Goto DATA\MISSIONS\pilots_population.ini and add or change this line


loot_preference = LT_ALL <----------------- Must be in CAPS

This will guarantee everything gets hoovered up

So, in the example above, what are we looking at? a 2 in 30 chance of getting a drop?

and regarding the NPC tractoring thing, I'm guessing I'm gonna have to go into all the loadouts and make sure every NPC has a tractor...

R

Yeah, just finished doing that. Thanks

In the following example, am I understanding this correctly?

[LootableZone]
asteroid_loot_container = lootcrate_ast_loot_metal
asteroid_loot_commodity = commodity_scrap_metal
dynamic_loot_container = lootcrate_ast_loot_metal
dynamic_loot_commodity = commodity_scrap_metal
asteroid_loot_count = 0, 0 <====\
dynamic_loot_count = 1, 1 <=====\ changing this from 1,1 to 1,10 would cause the asteroid to randomly drop between 1 and 10 items of loot.
asteroid_loot_difficulty = 30 <====/
dynamic_loot_difficulty = 2 <====/ changing this from 2 to 15 would change the drop from a 2:30 chance (6%) to a 15:30 chance (50%) of getting loot.

Am I in the ballpark? I ask because the Sybex book (blushes), states that the loot drop percentage for Alien Organisms in the Edge Nebula of the Omicron Beta system is 50%.

The code for that area is:
asteroid_loot_count = 0, 0
dynamic_loot_count = 1, 1
asteroid_loot_difficulty = 20
dynamic_loot_difficulty = 2

As you can see, with my line of thinking, the loot drop "should" be about 10%. (2/20)

w0dk4 indicates however that changing the dynamic loot difficulty (values 1 - 4), would make that 50% which correlates the book value with the code.

But...

The cobalt mining zone in Dresden is as follows:

asteroid_loot_count = 1, 1
dynamic_loot_count = 1, 1
asteroid_loot_difficulty = 70
dynamic_loot_difficulty = 2

According to w0dk4, this "should" make it a 50% drop rate (dynamic loot difficulty = 2), but the book defines the probability at 25%. With my line of reasoning that should be a 3% drop rate (2/70). So, either the book is wrong (likely), I'm wrong (very likely, I'm just a modding noob), or w0dk4's wrong (not likely?)

Now, I trust w0dk4's input much more than the book which has been known to be wrong on more than one occasion...
I'm just trying to understand how it works.

That makes more sense w0dk4.
Thanks for the help.

Are these changes client side, server side, or both?

R