Question about YAML?

[Ironlegion]

Hi, I was told on YouTube with yet another mech lab I could spawn whatever mechs I can for free. In campaign or career mode like some kind of cheat? If so I'm looking where this feature is in options or mod options. Would like to start with clan mechs just for fun.

[ICE 9]

You can spawn any mech you want, in-game, so long the mech is in your hangar, or by using INSTANT ACTION. Otherwise, you still have to get it from salvage or purchase it with c-bills. Also, you can only get mechs that are available in the market on the (game) date, as specified by Battletech lore. I.e. you cannot get new technology before it becomes available in Battletech.

However, this can all be done with or without YAML. What YAML does, among other things, is it provides a vastly expanded selection of equipment and mech variants, (including clan, if you have the respective YAML clan mods installed). Again, equipment / mech variants available on any given date in the game are consistent with Battletech lore.

If you want to see what mech variants are available in the future, simply use the game's TIMELINE command. However, before you do this need to install MECH DELIVERY, which allows you to search for and purchase mechs and equipment at black market values (marked up at least 100%). You don't have to make a purchase to search. And if you want to find out if a mech variant becomes available at a later date, simply jump to the date that you think the variant becomes available using TIMELINE, then use MECH DELIVERY to search for it.

MECH DELIVERY also include equipment, weapons and ammo as well.

[Ironlegion]

OK, I kinda thought is was to good to be true. I at least appreciate your dedicated response.

[phfor]

Yeah, there's a way to cheat in mechs (it's technically for debugging, but eh, people use it how they want, single player games and that, doesn't matter) using YAML.

[lordpooky]

ice is wrong, simply hit f10 and use the command that it will list and the correct designation of the mech and it will spawn in your inventory. good luck and have fun.

[Ironlegion]

Took a while to figure how the commands work, regardless I thank you for your answer lordpooky!

[ICE 9]

Ditto.

Also, unless you are PC literate and are familiar with how user files are implemented in the game / mod, I would be very wary of any utility that requires a path... ...especially one coded by devs who do not bother to correct their own typos and neglect to provide a utility to backup said files. You would probably be better off doing it with DOS. At least that way you HAVE to know what you are doing and can backup files yourself.

[phfor]

Originally posted by ICE 9:

...especially one coded by devs who do not bother to correct their own typos

Don't go looking into the base game files, lol

[Explore]

Got to say, I feel for Ice 9 right now. Joins a thread to try to help someone, but the selected answer ends up starting with "Ice is wrong". You did give useful advice (just main point was off), don't stop helping :)

Having used YAML, I'm pretty confident about the ability of their devs. There's so much in it I never asked for, but wouldn't do without now. No bugs or crashes either. Haven't tried spawning mechs, but that's not exactly high level compared to the other stuff they have. Saving should be the only precaution needed.

[Stalectos]

Originally posted by Explore:

Got to say, I feel for Ice 9 right now. Joins a thread to try to help someone, but the selected answer ends up starting with "Ice is wrong". You did give useful advice (just main point was off), don't stop helping :)

Having used YAML, I'm pretty confident about the ability of their devs. There's so much in it I never asked for, but wouldn't do without now. No bugs or crashes either. Haven't tried spawning mechs, but that's not exactly high level compared to the other stuff they have. Saving should be the only precaution needed.

tbf the selected answer starts with "Ice is wrong" because Ice was wrong. before that answer was posted the selected answer was Ice because the topic creator believed them.