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Helps you locate those pesky signal leaks by using mission waypoints, also gives the player info on how many leaks a station has. Allows player to search for Communication Signals or Data Signals, or both. Two versions, depending on how cheaty you want it.
- Permissions and credits
Main Version:
When you activate scan mode within 8km of a station or if you have an in-sector station targeted (regardless of range) it will use mission waypoints to show you where all the leaks are. The mission info window, at the bottom left of the screen, shows the player how many signals are on the station and of what type (Communication or Data). Three modes are available, one shows the player both Comm and Data signals, another only Data signals, and the third only Comm signals. Switch between the three modes by exiting and reactivating scan mode without switching targets or travelling more than 2km.
Cheat Less Version:
Activating scan mode near a station displays info on how many leaks there are remaining on the station. The leaks are not waypointed until the player is within 250m of the leak. The audio for leaks starts at 200m, the reason the waypoints start at 200m is because script has a slight delay between distance checks, so when the player is moving the effective detection radius is reduced; a 250m radius gives a fairly good effective radius of 200m when travelling at less than 100m/s. Like the main version, the player can swtich between signal detection modes by reactivating scan mode while within detection radius of a station. The mod can be easily edited to either change the detection distance or to disable the leak counting, if you wish to make things easier/harder. You can also disable waypoints and keep the leak counting by setting detection distance to '-1'. To start, open up '\extensions\Signal_Leak_Hunter\md\Signal_Leak_Hunter_MD.xml' , further instructions are located at the top of the file.
Notes:
-This mod uses mission waypoints, so it will make any current mission inactive when you enter scan mode within 8km of a station or with an in-sector station actively targeted.
-There are vanilla bugs in game that can cause inaccessible leaks, and multiple leaks at one location. This mod does not effect leak spawning in any way.
-Sometimes when you decrypt leaks, you won't get a reward. This is because the game doesn't filter out all previous rewards from the reward result, so you can effectively get nothing. This is also vanilla behaviour, the mod doesn't change leak rewards in any way.
Updates:
v3.0: Changed waypoints to immediately point to the leaks. Added multiple scanning modes so that people could filter out their results without having to edit the mod files. Kept the old auto-scanning of nearby stations, but added the option to manually target stations to get leak data numbers on remote stations.
v2.1: Added some additional, possibly redundant, catches to help prevent errors.
v2.0: Big update, split the mod into two versions for people who want the mod to be less cheaty. Added the ability to see how many leaks are available, and of what type. Added multiple waypoint support. Removed the bug causing waypoints to get stuck on Voice leaks after they were scanned. Cheat Less version still has a single waypoint, has a detection radius of 250m, shows available leak data.
Installation:
-browse to your x4 folder
-create new folder named 'extensions' if you haven't already
-unzip file into 'extensions'
paths should be:
...\X4 Foundations\extensions\Signal_Leak_Hunter\content.xml
...\X4 Foundations\extensions\Signal_Leak_Hunter\md\Signal_Leak_Hunter_MD.xml
-Some people have trouble installing mods directly to their X4 install directory, in such cases install instead to "...\Documents\Egosoft\X4\####\extensions\", the #### will be some random number, the extensions folder will have to be created manually if not done already.
-If you try and switch between the 'Cheat Less' and 'Main' versions of the mod, you may encounter some buggy behaviour. If you do this and the mod doesn't work properly then:
-Remove the mod from extensions folder
-Load your save
-Save your game without the mod
-Load the new mod
Uninstallation:
-delete the 'Signal_Leak_Hunter' folder; does not effect save games.
When you activate scan mode within 8km of a station or if you have an in-sector station targeted (regardless of range) it will use mission waypoints to show you where all the leaks are. The mission info window, at the bottom left of the screen, shows the player how many signals are on the station and of what type (Communication or Data). Three modes are available, one shows the player both Comm and Data signals, another only Data signals, and the third only Comm signals. Switch between the three modes by exiting and reactivating scan mode without switching targets or travelling more than 2km.
Cheat Less Version:
Activating scan mode near a station displays info on how many leaks there are remaining on the station. The leaks are not waypointed until the player is within 250m of the leak. The audio for leaks starts at 200m, the reason the waypoints start at 200m is because script has a slight delay between distance checks, so when the player is moving the effective detection radius is reduced; a 250m radius gives a fairly good effective radius of 200m when travelling at less than 100m/s. Like the main version, the player can swtich between signal detection modes by reactivating scan mode while within detection radius of a station. The mod can be easily edited to either change the detection distance or to disable the leak counting, if you wish to make things easier/harder. You can also disable waypoints and keep the leak counting by setting detection distance to '-1'. To start, open up '\extensions\Signal_Leak_Hunter\md\Signal_Leak_Hunter_MD.xml' , further instructions are located at the top of the file.
Notes:
-This mod uses mission waypoints, so it will make any current mission inactive when you enter scan mode within 8km of a station or with an in-sector station actively targeted.
-There are vanilla bugs in game that can cause inaccessible leaks, and multiple leaks at one location. This mod does not effect leak spawning in any way.
-Sometimes when you decrypt leaks, you won't get a reward. This is because the game doesn't filter out all previous rewards from the reward result, so you can effectively get nothing. This is also vanilla behaviour, the mod doesn't change leak rewards in any way.
Updates:
v3.0: Changed waypoints to immediately point to the leaks. Added multiple scanning modes so that people could filter out their results without having to edit the mod files. Kept the old auto-scanning of nearby stations, but added the option to manually target stations to get leak data numbers on remote stations.
v2.1: Added some additional, possibly redundant, catches to help prevent errors.
v2.0: Big update, split the mod into two versions for people who want the mod to be less cheaty. Added the ability to see how many leaks are available, and of what type. Added multiple waypoint support. Removed the bug causing waypoints to get stuck on Voice leaks after they were scanned. Cheat Less version still has a single waypoint, has a detection radius of 250m, shows available leak data.
Installation:
-browse to your x4 folder
-create new folder named 'extensions' if you haven't already
-unzip file into 'extensions'
paths should be:
...\X4 Foundations\extensions\Signal_Leak_Hunter\content.xml
...\X4 Foundations\extensions\Signal_Leak_Hunter\md\Signal_Leak_Hunter_MD.xml
-Some people have trouble installing mods directly to their X4 install directory, in such cases install instead to "...\Documents\Egosoft\X4\####\extensions\", the #### will be some random number, the extensions folder will have to be created manually if not done already.
-If you try and switch between the 'Cheat Less' and 'Main' versions of the mod, you may encounter some buggy behaviour. If you do this and the mod doesn't work properly then:
-Remove the mod from extensions folder
-Load your save
-Save your game without the mod
-Load the new mod
Uninstallation:
-delete the 'Signal_Leak_Hunter' folder; does not effect save games.