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I see at least two possibilities: 1) The turret position is already taken into account (a reasonable assumption), and I would still be making this suggestion, or 2) Determining how to position a ship based on the position of the turrets was considered, but the nightmare of math and edge cases brought us to its current 'generalized' AI ... VS ... A single block that tells the AI everything it needs to know. Programming wise, I'd be surprised if my suggestion was even a 1/10th as difficult as #2.

I spend an unusual amount of time watching my AI controlled ships mine/salvage/fight. It's apparent to anyone that spends any amount of time watching the AI do any of those things, that there is a fair amount of room for improvement. I suggest a placeable block akin to the gyroscope block, except it 'points' in one of the six cardinal directions. The purpose of this block would be to give the AI a 'hint' as to which direction to face the ship while performing one of the above tasks. Indeed, there should be a separate block type for each of the three activities - mining - salvaging - fighting, allowing for more specialized ships, knowing the AI will point the rear of its ship at the wreck, because that's where the hint block is pointing, instead of contorting around like a drunk at an open bar. Taking the idea a step further, scaling the block could give the AI a hint as to how far away this block should be from the target - possibly allowing some ship shapes not currently feasible.

No problem, glad I could help!

So I took a look at the relevant file in the mod you linked, and since your primary concern is about volume, it'll probably be easier if I show you what that mod changed, then you can change the numbers yourself to find the right balance. To start with, the file you need to open is located in Avorion/data/scripts/lib/ and the file name is galaxy.lua Before opening, make a copy of the file and rename it galaxy.lua.orig or something to that affect. Once you have that open scroll down to line 73 : return shipVolume The mod simply multiplied shipvolume by 2: return shipVolume * 2 The next change is on line 132 : function Balancing_GetEnemySectorTurretsUnrounded(x, y) return Balancing_GetSectorTurretsUnrounded(x, y) * 1.5 end The mod changed 1.5 to 6 : function Balancing_GetEnemySectorTurretsUnrounded(x, y) return Balancing_GetSectorTurretsUnrounded(x, y) * 6 end This essentially increases the number of turrets ships have, and the location of the change, inside the function Balancing_GetEnemySectorTurretsUnrounded, means it only affects 'enemy' ships. The last change is made on line 179 : local maximumHP = Balancing_GetSectorShipHP(0, 0) The mod changed the value of maximumHP by dividing by 2: local maximumHP = Balancing_GetSectorShipHP(0, 0) / 2 This change is related to the first change, since a ships volume plays a role in it's total hp. This is where you can tweak how much of a 'bullet sponge' you want enemies to be: divide by 2,3,4 etc to make them softer, multiply by 2,3,4 to make them tougher (or any value in between) Keep in mind that the function Balancing_GetSectorShipHP already multiplies the volume of the ship by 4 to get the HP value, so even dividing it by 2 still means it has twice as much HP. You can tweak any of the number listed here or even in the rest of the file (make sure to make a backup) to find something that suits you.

If you tell me which mod is outdated, I'll take a look. No promises - but if it's not to complex a mod, I could probably update it. As for the "I would love a few things to be honest" section, I'm sure most people would love that - even the developers - but the way the game works right now, the number of objects the game keeps track of - bullets, each and every block in each and every ship, every block in every station/asteroid/wreck, every dust cloud/satellite/loot object - it would make the most advanced chip choke to do what you ask. On top of that you have multiplayer, and every byte in the objects I just described would need to be communicated to every other player - plus ping, plus lag, plus plus plus - I'm sure the developers will pack as much in as possible - but you need to keep your expectations within reason.

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Thanks for this! Just to be clear, this makes music 100% random all the time - no battle/mode specific music (yet) when in battle/space?

Small update for new mining/salvaging turrets. Updated from MassCraxx a few posts up. DetailedTurretTooltips-0.024.4.zip