Can you save/transfer ship designs?

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Is there a way to save or transfer ship designs? I spent several hours the other day creating this great new ship design, only to realize it was based around the cargo hull... I used the tiny block to start with (either from the collector's edition or DA) so that I would have the maximum amount of choices for the hull, so you'd think it was easy to make it say, a large hull, or whichever other hull type.

If I can't change the hull type, is there any way to keep the design for future games? I know that if I pick the same exact race, then I'll be able to keep it, but what if I choose another? The hull starting piece is just a block, it's universal, but when I start another race, the ship is nowhere to be found. Even in templates.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I used the tiny block to start with (either from the collector's edition or DA) so that I would have the maximum amount of choices for the hull, so you'd think it was easy to make it say, a large hull, or whichever other hull type.


Just find the .xml file for the design in My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\ships, and change the hull entry there to be whatever size you need.

I know that if I pick the same exact race, then I'll be able to keep it, but what if I choose another? The hull starting piece is just a block, it's universal, but when I start another race, the ship is nowhere to be found.


Just make a copy of the .shipcfg file for your design (also in the same location as above), and change the sN_ prefix to the appropriate one for the other race. You can also pick the same hull style you used when you made it when customizing your race in-game, independent of the race you use.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you use the prefix S99_ it should be available no matter which race you play.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
wow, great info, very useful to make those ships you want to use in all your games over and over.....
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I like those ships! Good job.