Flak Mission 2 Using meso trainer

[Elbmek]

I cant get past flak mission 2, the waves of Thulls outside the research stn with jack. I have tried two tips; use fix.bat file in Meco - no go. And add line tempNumber=1 in the battlemission.lua file. It seems stupid to see that there are so many fans out there who have abandoned the game becuase of the failure to complete this flak gun sector.

[Elbmek]

There must be a way somewhere to increase the power/range of the flak gun??

[Elbmek]

I have been looking at previous problems, just how many people visit here on a daily basis? I am beginning to think its hardly ever used, if so, what is the point?

[BanOphobia My Struggle]

Due to the leveling in this game If you do the Flak missions sooner than later it is supposed to reduce the numbers. So it seems you need to focus on the story missions and rush through the game. I like to go at my own pace in space trading games. So I know I am going to have to try the ini edit myself anyway in vanilla. The guide I found states it this way;

temp.Number = 1

[Elbmek]

thanks very much. I have restarted the game alongside the mesa one as original, will try your suggestion first too. Appreciated. Where do I find ini edit?

[BanOphobia My Struggle]

Location is: Steam\steamapps\common\DarkStar One\lua\mission\BattleLib

Guide: https://www.gog.com/forum/darkstar_one/flak_missions_work_around

[BionicWolf]

Originally posted by elbmek:

thanks very much. I have restarted the game alongside the mesa one as original, will try your suggestion first too. Appreciated. Where do I find ini edit?

I used then reposted the "workaround" as this mission stopped me dead in my spacepants-

http://steamcommunity.com/app/12330/discussions/0/481115363863186824/

[Red Spot]

It is very doable without cheats/edits.
Just shoot 1 bullet at each ship and target the next, do not spray untill the ship explodes as you are overkilling each and every ship with every shot beyond the first. Thats pretty much all there is to it.

[BanOphobia My Struggle]

Well yes anyone can try to "git gud" against bad game design if you want to I suppose, but why would anyone want to?

[Elbmek]

i have two battlelib.lua files, one is battlelibmod.lua

[Elbmek]

this is my battlelibmod.lua

-- Erzeugt einen Wing anhand einer Wingdefinition
BattleLib.CreateWing = function( BG, Data )
NDebug.Message({Message="Creating wing "..Data.WingId})

local wing_id = Data.WingId
local restore = Data.Restore

if not BG.Defs[ wing_id ] or BG.Wings[ wing_id ] then
return
end

local wing_def = BG.Defs[ wing_id ]

local use_define
local def = wing_def.Create
if not def then
def = wing_def.Define
use_define = true
end

if restore then
BG.Wings[ wing_id ] = NWing.Create( {
WingType = def.WingType,
Number = restore.Number,
PosType = POSDESCR_EXPLICIT,
Position = restore.Position,
Race = def.Race,
Names = def.Names } ).Wing
else
local temp = MissionLib.CopyTable( def )
if def.Object then

it is dfferent from battlelib.lua, could that line above 'Number = restore.number' be the culprit,

[wwiiikitten]

If you used a trainer, you most likely overleveled. The amount of ships coming at you and their difficulty is directly linked to your own level. The workarounds above might help, but basically, the flak missions are a good reason not to power level.

YMMV.

[Elbmek]

ok anybody got a post flak 2 mission save I can have??? Whatever I try, its not working. Anybody got a save, I will send email addy to the successful donor!!! ;)

[UglyBird]

'Cheat Happens' got a trainer that will get you past the FLAK mission no problem.
That is what I did to keep on playing.

[Elbmek]

started again but now stuck in canyon shield.

[BanOphobia My Struggle]

This game isn't all that good for all this fuss lol. I'd rather do a re-run of good old Freelancer anyday.