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Mentor

Jun 30, 2004 Renegade ++RIP++ link
I was just wondering what it entails.

Therefore I asked igor to help me and created a new char. So I would have access to the weapons, batts, ships that a newbie has.

so I used the /mentor invite "Igor" to ask him to be my mentor.
He then responds with /mentor accept "Renegade ++RIP++"

Now I get a message stating that he has accepted to be my mentor untill I reach a designated level. Only then I can rate him on his actions as a mentor. Although only with good or bad.

Now I grew tired of botting after level 1 combat. Drone 2s where to laggy for a stock bus as has been mentioned in different other threads.

Now my question is at what level of the trainee will the mentorship end can he rate his mentor? Is this at lvl 1/1/1/1 or just after he finished the beginner combatmissions?

A next question is if 1 person can ask multiple people to be their mentor. Or if it is limitted to 1. "/mentor doesnt give you a message if you give in a wrong command"

Another one if it might be possible to implement in charinfo a line with :

- mentor : xx
- student: yy

and a list command that tells you who is(are) your mentor(s) again.

And to top the third degree off, I got a question considering if the mentor or the student logs off, will he loose his possible reward or possible voting for that mentor. "ex: in case of a disconnection", so in short will the mentorstatus dissapear just as a mission would be cancelled?

PS: OT: could it be possible to get a pause button that sets timers of singleplayer missions on a halt. Would be beneficial if you accepted a continrouing timebased mission and the phone or your parents are calling you to give them a hand.
Jun 30, 2004 AlienB link
Pause?

you cant just pause space son!
Jun 30, 2004 Renegade ++RIP++ link
well it is a game, not a simulation.

Besides even in flightsimulator you can pause the game.

And I wasnt speaking in terms of the entire game, everybody else will still keep on moving, only your missiontimer will be paused and you cant move a muscle or do anything else for that mather.
Jun 30, 2004 Thanquol link
And if there is a pirate near by he will blast you out of the sky?

HT
Jun 30, 2004 Renegade ++RIP++ link
well you can always dock and then pause it ...
Jun 30, 2004 incarnate link
A mentee may only have one mentor at a time. If a mentee asks a new person to be their mentor, and they accept, it will replace their old mentor. Mentors persist across logoff. I'm not sure if the "mentor completion level" is defined in the current production game. It will eventually be something like "a sum of 4 for all levels" (1/1/1/1, 1/2/1/0, 4/0/0/0, etc) for the short term, and be tweaked as time goes on. I believe in the development version it's simply as soon as the character levels up in any skill.

Mentoring isn't completed yet, obviously. But that's the basics of what we're doing.
Jun 30, 2004 Renegade ++RIP++ link
I know it wasnt completed, I was just trying to test it to see if it worked correctly, but I cant test something if I dont know what has been implemented :D

Problem is, I levelled up in 1 skill namely combat. But this didnt end my mentee status. So if you are sure that it will let me vote after 1 skilllevelup and end menteestatus then it is a bit bugged. If this is not the case, then please could you nudge around a bit and look at what level it does end?

appreciated

cheers