Many tweaks and additions to make the early game more playable.New sm…

…aller basic hulls, new pre-made ship designs, less outrageous monsters, less star-less star-lane nodes, all ships require shipyards.

svn path=/trunk/FreeOrion/; revision=4246

changelog.txt

@@ -12,20 +12,23 @@ New Features / Improvements:
  ~ Reduced file save size by using binary format (instead of semi-readable text).
 
 Balancing:
- ~ Decreased cost of colony pods by 25%.
+ ~ Decreased cost of colony pods by 20%.
  ~ Unexplored systems block resource sharing between planets, preventing players from knowing about a hostile presense in a system before exploring it.
  ~ Ships no longer have functional detection when moving on starlanes.  Ships must be in a system to detect objects.
  ~ Planets can be seen, although without details, by any object in their system, regardless of detection and stealth.  Detection strength above planet stealth gives details about the planet.
  ~ Planets do not increase their shield, troops, or defense meters on a turn they are attacked.
  ~ Fleets must end a turn's movement if they arrive at a system that contains hostile fleets and no friendly fleets.
  ~ Increased base detection of all hulls to at least 5.
+ ~ 
 
 Content:
  ~ Added a lot of minor "native" species, a few of which have extended descriptions.
  ~ Experimental addition of various space monsters
+ ~ ~ Added domesticateable space monster nests.
+ ~ Added Small & Medium basic hulls (smaller and cheaper than standard)
+ ~ ~ Improved, usually cheaper, pre-made ship designs
  ~ Added Computronium Moon & Damaged Computronium Moon specials.
  ~ Added automatic terraforming to Gaian planets
- ~ Added domesticateable space monster nests.
  ~ Added guard ships sometimes to Gaian, Ancient Ruins, & Computronium specials.
 
 Graphics:

default/eng_stringtable.txt

@@ -5971,6 +5971,11 @@ Sensors
 DT_SENSORS_DESC
 Ultimate detection
 
+FU_BASIC_TANK
+Extra Fuel Tank
+FU_BASIC_TANK_DESC
+Allows an additional jump.
+
 FU_DEUTERIUM_TANK
 Deuterium Tank
 
@@ -6097,6 +6102,7 @@ Distortion Modulator
 SP_DISTORTION_MODULATOR_DESC
 Distinguishes natural geometric irregularities from enemy ships by manipulating space-time distortions caused by all objects in the vicinity.  All objects within 0 uus have max stealth reduced by 20.  The effect is non-stacking.
 
+
 ##############
 # Ship Hulls #
 ##############
@@ -6333,6 +6339,16 @@ SH_SOLAR_DESC
 
 Requires a Basic Shipyard, an Energy Compressor and a Solar Containment Unit at the planet where it is built.'''
 
+SH_BASIC_SMALL
+Basic Small Hull
+SH_BASIC_SMALL_DESC
+Basic Small Hull
+
+SH_BASIC_MEDIUM
+Basic Medium Hull
+SH_BASIC_MEDIUM_DESC
+Basic Medium Hull
+
 SH_STANDARD
 Standard Hull
 

default/planet_specials.txt

@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ Special
             activation = AND [
                 Planet
                 Not OwnedBy AnyEmpire
-                Random probability = 0.10
+                Random probability = 0.05
             ]
             stackinggroup = "KRAKEN_NEST_STACK"
             effects = [
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ Special
             activation = AND [
                 Planet
                 Not OwnedBy AnyEmpire
-                Random probability = 0.16
+                Random probability = 0.08
             ]
             stackinggroup = "SNOWFLAKE_NEST_STACK"
             effects = [
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ Special
             activation = AND [
                 Planet
                 Not OwnedBy AnyEmpire
-                Random probability = 0.12
+                Random probability = 0.06
             ]
             stackinggroup = "JUGGERNAUT_NEST_STACK"
             effects = [

default/premade_ship_designs.txt

@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@ ShipDesign
     name = "SD_TROOP_SHIP"
     description = "SD_TROOP_SHIP_DESC"
     lookup_strings = true
-    hull = "SH_STANDARD"
-    parts = "GT_TROOP_POD"
+    hull = "SH_BASIC_SMALL"
+    parts = [
+        "GT_TROOP_POD"
+        "SH_DEFENSE_GRID"
+        ]
     graphic = "misc/generic.png"
     model = "fighter"
 
 ShipDesign
     name = "SD_SCOUT"
     description = "SD_SCOUT_DESC"
     lookup_strings = true
-    hull = "SH_STANDARD"
-    parts = "DT_OPTICAL_SCANNER"
+    hull = "SH_BASIC_SMALL"
+    parts = [
+        "DT_OPTICAL_SCANNER"
+        "FU_BASIC_TANK"
+        ]
     graphic = "misc/generic.png"
     model = "fighter"
 
@@ -68,9 +74,9 @@ ShipDesign
     name = "SD_MARK1"
     description = "SD_MARK1_DESC"
     lookup_strings = true
-    hull = "SH_STANDARD"
+    hull = "SH_BASIC_MEDIUM"
     parts = [
-        "DT_OPTICAL_SCANNER"
+        "SR_LASER"
         "SR_LASER"
         "SH_DEFENSE_GRID"
     ]
@@ -81,9 +87,9 @@ ShipDesign
     name = "SD_MARK2"
     description = "SD_MARK2_DESC"
     lookup_strings = true
-    hull = "SH_STANDARD"
+    hull = "SH_BASIC_MEDIUM"
     parts = [
-        "DT_OPTICAL_SCANNER"
+        "SR_ION_CANNON"
         "SR_ION_CANNON"
         "SH_DEFENSE_GRID"
     ]

default/preunlocked_items.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+Item type = ShipHull name = "SH_BASIC_SMALL"
+Item type = ShipHull name = "SH_BASIC_MEDIUM"
 Item type = ShipHull name = "SH_STANDARD"
 Item type = ShipHull name = "SH_COLONY_BASE"
 Item type = ShipPart name = "SR_LASER"
 Item type = ShipPart name = "SH_DEFENSE_GRID"
+Item type = ShipPart name = "FU_BASIC_TANK"
 Item type = ShipPart name = "CO_COLONY_POD"
 Item type = ShipPart name = "DT_OPTICAL_SCANNER"
 Item type = ShipPart name = "GT_TROOP_POD"