Overview

M_Gine ("mission engine") is a framework that will procedurally generate missions. Players can accept these missions, usually provided by NPC factions, and do them alone or in groups. The mod is fully multiplayer/server capable.

Basic structure

• Every mission has one or more tasks.
• Tasks can be mandatory or optional
• Tasks can have preconditions: Other tasks that need to be completed first.
• If all mandatory tasks are complete, the mission is successfull
• If at least one mandatory task fails, the mission fails.

Type of missions

Right now 3 types of missions exist:

• patrol: fly to a bunch of sectors
• scout: scan a bunch of sectors
• transport: load at station A, bring to station B

More types of missions are planned/in developement.

Interaction with missions

Press left-control + m to open the mission GUI.

Map navigation:

• left click marker to center on it/select mission
• right click to set waypoint to the marker

Inspecting missions:

• all missions in state "OPEN" (unclaimed+public) are marked with a questiontag on the map.
• if you are within 16 sectors, you can see the mission in detail, it will also show in the GUI list "available"

Accepting mission:

• you have to be in the missions start sector (marked with questiontag)
• you can not be at war with the faction that offers the mission
• the mission has to be unclaimed
• for transport: you can not be at war with the faction that receives the cargo

Mission cycle:

• After 22 to 37,5 minutes, unclaimed missions are deleted and replaced with new ones.
• Every mission is update once a second.

Known limitations:

• some missions require existing NPC stations. In a new universe, only the homebases of the NPCs exist. Do some scout missions to uncover => spawn more stations, to get more variation
• The mod was built with WarpSpace in mind, if you use the vanilla jump mechanic, missions will be quick and probably boring

Known bugs:

• missions do not get saved across server/game restarts
• finished missions do not show up in their GUI list.
• the "invite" and "kick" buttons dont work
• super rare: missions get desynched between players and 2 players get shown different info.

Planned for the near future:

• "Search and destroy" mission
• Multiple players per party
• Reputation with factions that influences reward/type of missions/peace+war with faction
• Admin commands for debugging and config control