Pitch algorithms in large part tend to be really bad and sound terrible. Any pitch modifications you want to make should be done manually in something like Audition for maximum quality, then use those sounds as alternates for the main one.

I try to avoid using straight random pitches, though. I use pitch benders and micro stretches as well as compressor changes to make different variations of the same sound.

Ok, In rebellion is there a way to disable the choice of loyalist or rebel forces?  And simply have it be 2 simple races?  

Thanks for answering my newb questions.  

Cheers

Is there a way to disable that screen that prompts for Loyalist/Rebel then?  I just want a simple drop down box with 3 choices and that's it.  Not the secondary window of faction choice.  

Ah, sorry I was not being very clear with what I was trying to do.  It's been a long day last thing I should be doing is modding.  Thank you! Much Appreciated

http://reference-files.soase.x90x.net/Reference_Files_Reb_v1.52/GameInfo/GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef

search for

playerTypeCount 7

and

validPictureGroups 3
pictureGroup "PlayerPhase"
pictureGroup "PlayerPsi"
pictureGroup "PlayerTech"
validThemeGroups 4
themeGroup "PlayerPhase"
themeGroup "PlayerPsi"
themeGroup "PlayerTech"
themeGroup "NPC"

planetItemType
	designName "Tech:CapitalShip:Colony"
	entityDefName "CAPITALSHIP_TECHCOLONY"
planetItemType
	designName "Tech:CapitalShip:Support"
	entityDefName "CAPITALSHIP_TECHSUPPORT"
planetItemType
	designName "Tech:CapitalShip:Siege"
	entityDefName "CAPITALSHIP_TECHSIEGE"
planetItemType
	designName "Tech:CapitalShip:Transport"
	entityDefName "CAPITALSHIP_TECHTRANSPORT"
planetItemType
	designName "Phase:Titan:Loyalist"
	entityDefName "TITAN_PHASELOYALIST"
planetItemType

Entity Modifiers are not modifiable in any way. There is only Energy Weapon Cooldown and Physical Weapon Damage if your ships weapons happen to be divided in a way so that only the weapons you want boosted are in one of those categories.

The way can give extra damage to a weapon type is by using the "ApplyBuffOnWeaponFired" instant action type, like incendiary shells, then have the buff deal extra damage for you. However, note this only does raw damage, it cannot do a percentage like boost like the entity modifiers.

Does using CAPITALABILITY as a regular weapon's AttackType cause the game to throw any errors/whine? As I've confirmed it appears to work without issue, though I don't know if this works well under the hood.

As for why I'm using it as an AttackType, got a weapon that has no advantages or disadvantages for hitting a given armor type, and I noticed that CAPITALABILITY can fill that job.

So then this is actually a flexible, totally unused, AttackType? If so, that's even better.

Well now that I reread your post, do you mean the list of stuff in the Gameplay.constant files (antilight), not weapon type (laser)? Either way I think its unused, but I am less confident in the Gameplay.constant case.

This is what I was inquiring about with reference to the entry being "flexible". Karma to both of you for solid answers.

No, but you might need to have different construction ships for each starbase.

What exactly do you mean by that?

Uh, depends what you want to do. You can indirectly do this by A. Making the building unbuildable, but spawn them in at the beginning of the game for things like homeworlds, or if you just want a unique structure you could make them captureable. If you really want the structure to be buildable, you can B. make it require so many tactical/logistics slots that only one type of planet could support it, but that is a bit crude.

Hmm, how different are these things? You can only really change how a given starbase looks through the regular starbase upgrades or research, you can't really induce a change via an ability from another ship. You could do things like double its weapons damage with other constructor ships though.

Really you'll probably just have to play around with it yourself, much of Sins modding is figuring out how to get your general goal to fit with what the game can do. It will almost never turn out exactly how you envision it in your head (until you're one of us olde veterans who already know the limitations through painful experience ), but I think you can get close enough with this.

I don't know if I am just mentally challenged or what but I have tried the past few days to cure the problem of getting 

Failed to convert '' to an enum value. 

error to stop.  I have checked all the strings values...cross referenced with my files...checked the count.  \

Also I have checked the brush manifest to no avail.

Nothing seems to work.  No idea what I can do next. 

Any ideas =/?