Trouble with FC Def Tool

SylvrDragon · Post by **SylvrDragon** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:29 pm

Whenever I try to add boxes to my ship it add blue boxes so huge that they cover the entire SSD! Any clue what's wrong?

Andromedan · Post by **Andromedan** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:44 am

The problem is the edge detection for the FC Online Ship Def Tool. Try using Overlay Mode.

SylvrDragon · Post by **SylvrDragon** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:06 am

Yea, I already got it working. It won't let me upload the darn thing though.

Andromedan · Post by **Andromedan** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:26 am

What happens when you attempt to upload it?

SylvrDragon · Post by **SylvrDragon** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:35 pm

Nothing. I go to the library, hit upload def and then I upload it and wait, for the few seconds it takes, to finish uploading. After it said it was done I create a game and went to add a unit as normal, but the ship wasn't in the library. I checked both squadron and fleet scales under both the user defined category and under the Klingon category. I looked several times and tried uploading several times and every time I find nothing.

Andromedan · Post by **Andromedan** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:59 pm

Uh, that is because uploading it to the library does not add it immediately to the library. It is a submission to have it added to the library.

I still need to add the idead of local libraries so that you can do what you want.

SylvrDragon · Post by **SylvrDragon** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:13 pm

So it has to be approved or something?

Sweeper · Post by **Sweeper** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:02 pm

Yup. New Defs also have to meet the 3 month T/F laid out by SVC. So, if the def you submitted was, say, the D5D from Briefing #1, the earliest it could show up is May.

I still wish for a return of the old Text based def tool that was a part of SFBOL 2x. It'd make using new ships a lot easier as all you'd have to do is input the amount of boxes and what type the boxes are. Granted, it might take a bit of a work-around due to the way the client uses Defs for combat and systems, but working around things is something we FCOL players are getting used to...

SylvrDragon · Post by **SylvrDragon** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:54 pm

Sweeper wrote:... but working around things is something we FCOL players are getting used to...

Too true my friend. We're MUCH more resourceful and capable than we're given credit for.