Trade Station As a Research Station

posted on August 2nd, 2008, 10:31 pm

hi i have added the research ability onto the trade station it kindda works but the research button is hidden and the only way to access the menu is by pressing B is there a way to allow the trade station to have the build button and research button along with the trade resources button so that it can build ships or research stuff

posted on August 2nd, 2008, 10:37 pm

Wait you have a trade station that can trade tech?! wow good going!!!

posted on August 2nd, 2008, 10:50 pm

yh its gonna be used for my mod the trade station builds 3 mining modulas one dilithium, one metal and one latinum (or multiples eg 2 dilthium and 1 metal or 3 latinums etc) but there is no build button so u need to press B to access the build menu

posted on August 3rd, 2008, 3:39 am

What do the modules do?

posted on August 3rd, 2008, 3:40 am

o hang on have i misunderstood this i thought you where making a trading station that can trade tech (eg give cloak to feds etc) not just a currency exchange?

posted on August 3rd, 2008, 9:07 am

well atm it researches tech (need to install the 2.5 patch) but it builds its pods (like research) but these pods are mining stations there are 3 types of mining stations one that handles dilithium on that handles metal and one that handles latinum (and you can build them in any combination this is to help with the freighter quing and to allow more specialised mining stations (also forces the freighters to use certain stations). the main node in which the stations build from is the trade station and in my tests it all works appart from o build button but the menu is there by pressig B

can this mino problem be solved so not only we get the trade menu and button but we also get the build/research menu and button

posted on August 3rd, 2008, 9:14 am

There is a file where you can specify the button order. I think its an odf, maybe a spirit file. So it is possible to change the order of the buttons, (priority of the buttons appearing).

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posted on August 3rd, 2008, 11:08 am

Last edited by Anonymous on August 3rd, 2008, 11:22 am, edited 1 time in total.

really i suppose i need further investigation into it

EDIT

ok still cant find anything so if any1 can help anymore than please help

posted on August 6th, 2008, 10:47 am

it might be in the button odfs odf/command or something like that. Make sure that no two buttons share the same spot along the bar.