I'd like a Neutral ship to be created and NOT move but how?

I think I am using <add_ai type="DIR_THROTTLE" value1="0.0" value2="0.0" name="Ship" /> which tells the AI to point him at 0 degrees, and set 0 throttle. Seems to be working for me.

This creates the Neutral Ship

<create type="neutral" x="25856.0" y="0.0" z="34674.0" angle="0" name="USS Neutral Ship" hullID="7101" />

This clears the IA Stack

<clear_ai name="USS Neutral Ship" />

This place keeps the ship from going anywhere Notice that the value1 value2 value3 coordinates are the same as the neutrals ships X Y Z coordinates.

<add_ai type="POINT_THROTTLE" value1="25856" value2="0" value3="34674" value4="0.0" name="USS Neutral Ship" />

This will keep the ship were you want it to stay.

Thank you very much for the replies. I'm at work and will test this out in the AM when I get home (night shift in the ER).

Another quick question while I have you all here..for scripting purposes, is 0.0 the same as 0? I'm used to coding in another language and sometimes things get funky when decimals are added to certain values.

Example, if I set a variable to 1 is 1.0 the same thing? The mission editor program loves to set my values using a decimal, even if the trailing number is 0 and I wanted to be sure it wasn't going to mess anything up.

Example, if I set a variable to 1 is 1.0 the same thing? The mission editor program loves to set my values using a decimal, even if the trailing number is 0 and I wanted to be sure it wasn't going to mess anything up.

Yes value 1 and 1.0 are the same.

Great! Thanks!

You can always set the maximum speed to zero, but you need to do that in a code block after the block that created the ship.

Could you show me an example line of that please?

"Havok in the Hamak Sector" starts with a neutral ship called Acme Arms Dealer that is parked at a station. I do it by giving that ship a really slow topSpeed.

Here is an excerpt from the code:

<start name="Havoc in the Hamak Sector 1.65">
<create type ="neutral" hulltype="5" x="11990" y="0" z="80010" raceKeys="USFP friendly" hullKeys="Transport Cargo" name="Acme Arms Dealer" angle="175"/>
<clear_ai name ="Acme Arms Dealer"/>
<add_ai name ="Acme Arms Dealer" type ="POINT_THROTTLE" value1="12000" value2="0" value3="80000" value4=".1"/>
</start>


<event name="Starring Cressida Neal">
<if_variable name="starring1" comparator="!=" value="1"/>
<set_variable name="starring1" value="1"/>
<set_object_property name="Acme Arms Dealer" property="topSpeed" value=".001"/>
</event>

See how I created the ship in the Start block but set its maximum speed in a subsequent Event block? That is important. Later in the mission I do the same thing with three enemy ships.

is it just the topSpeed property that needs to be set in a second block, or do any Set Object Propertys need to be set in seperate block from the Create block?

I believe it is just the topSpeed property. This is a part of how the Artemis program works that Thom explained to me once, but I cannot remember the explanation.