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Is it possible to make a station have no graphic, or an invisible one?

EDIT:
Never mind, I found out myself.
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Please delete the thread then, or write up an explanation for others.
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:lol:

harsh crew around here, eh?

So, there's usually some kind of image tag in a station xml struct. The easiest way to create an 'invisible' station is to set the X and Y to 1. Then whatever image the station is using, only a 1 pixel portion of it is shown and that is often in the mask and so 'invisible'. Ta da!
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this is exactly what i do to, because if you remove the image tag the game crashes on loading.

But, is the station intangible to ? It would be nice to have an invisible station that can be hit.
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It's not completely intangible I think, just very, very small.
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digdug wrote:this is exactly what i do to, because if you remove the image tag the game crashes on loading.

But, is the station intangible to ? It would be nice to have an invisible station that can be hit.
Well:
just make the mask with luminosity 1, and make the station all black: sure, it inperceptibly darkens the stars behind it, but that's not a problem: you could simply make an OUTLINE of the station if it is really a concern.
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Hi schilcote,

There is a question what is the purpose of a invisible station, would it be a pirate station? :?:
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appleseed wrote:Hi schilcote,

There is a question what is the purpose of a invisible station, would it be a pirate station? :?:
No, it was for the modding competition. Why do you ask?
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invisible stations are good for managing and running events, like making a pirate fleet attack or keeping a trade route going.

the player won't be able to see it, or destroy it most likely, so it is almost guaranteed to stay there doing it's job.
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You also need to make it planet scale or it will show up on LRS and the map.
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just make 2 1x1px image that is all black. then code the xml to use that image. tada! invisible station.
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