There's also a third way, which is editing the weapons themselves in weapon_equip.ini.

Ammo:

hull_damage is the physical damage inflicted upon impact.
energy_damage is shield damage inflicted upon impact.
lifetime is the distance the projectile will travel. (1.0 = 1m)

Gun:

hit_pts is the amount of hit points the gun itself has.
power_usage is the amount of power/energy consumed on each shot fired.
refire_delay is the rate the gun fires. The lower the value, the quicker the gun fires.
muzzle_velocity is the speed the projectile travels at.
turn_rate is the radius (in angles) the gun can swivel/pivot to target objects.

Edit:
Changing values in weapons may have undesired effects from NPCs equipped with the same weapons. It is recommended if you chose to exercise this method, you may want to create a new nickname for the gun and ammo. Personally, I went with sp_gun01_mark01 and sp_gun01_mark01_ammo so I could ensure my ship was equipped with the "special" gun and still rest easy knowing a NPC won't cheese me with the guns in return.

You have to first know what the model is for the sabre and find it in the shiparch.ini that way. Example, the Hawk and Eagle are actually ge_fighter5 and ge_fighter6 (respectively); or the sabre is bw_elite2.

Look for Ship ids_name = 237012. However, finding the details in shiparch.ini won't help.

The advice suggested w/ the generator is actually assigned in another ini file. So there's two ways to accomplish your desires..

First Method: Change loadout and repurchase ship.

Convert and open goods.ini for editting.
goods.ini (two sections to look for, one to edit):

This segment requires no modification unless you want to adjust the price of the ship. Nickname = bwe2_hull. There's an entry further down in goods.ini for that nickname to refer to.


Change out:
addon = bw_elite2_power01, internal, 1
to:
addon = infinite_power, internal, 1
then repurchase your ship to get the ship with the new generator.

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Second method: Change values of generator your ship is already equipped with. (More work, but spares you from having to repurchase ship. Would deter from this method because change to a specific generator will also have altering effects for enemies using the same generator. Therefore it is better, IMO, to put infinite_power to the ships package in goods.ini so only the package you buy has an over powered generator.)

Open misc_equip.ini and modify the values for the engine already assigned to your ship's package. For the Sabre, it should be "bw_elite2_power01".



change to (something like)



In short:
capacity = (amount of energy you can store all together)
charge_rate = (amount of energy regenerated per measurement of time)
thrust_capacity = (amount of energy you can store for thrusters)
thrust_charge_rate = (amount of thruster energy regenerated per measurement of time)

sounds like npc's alright..

when the system has issues loading, it'll crash when the worm hole animation loads the 2nd part of the worm hole animation (just before you exit)... if it's npc's or objects, it doesn't crash till they become in range (or when you would exit the gate).

Cool, glad you think it's fixed... but as recent as last week I've had issues if typing took more than 2 or 3 min (usually when I am digging through code to post an example)

you might be off topic, but you're definitely on something...
(just kidding, but that degree of sci-fi really set up that joke)

Who knows what will happen in 2045... we first have to get "the machines" past 2038... As for the land speed record, that thing is almost changing all the time.. I think the Thrust SSC now holds that record and it's actually above mach 1. O.o

There was once a time man thought traveling faster than mach 1 was impossible, Chuck Yeager proved them wrong. There was once a time man thought you could not break the sound barrier on the ground (where molecules are more dense and compact more, making it tougher to break that barrier), 50 years and 1 day after Yeager; Andy Green proved man wrong again...

What's another 50 years hold for us? I doubt it'll be machines enslaving mankind, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's FTL technology or space bending/worm holes.. unless we all get retarded like the movie "Idiocracy"..

I believe he's referring to the reply.php timing out after taking too long to type up a post... solution: hit the back arrow (or even backspace key) copy your post/reply and then refresh the page, paste and submit..

Not sure if it works quite the same way as in the engine_equip.ini... but I've put this line in a couple mission files to prevent failing missions because npc's flew through my line of fire..

indestructible = true

Still haven't found out whether it works or not...