Can someone explain Encounters_init.c?

[Mithridates]

Before I start messing with it, if anyone with <i>any</i> knowledge/ insight into what it does and how it does it, please share. (My ultimate goal is to make fleets much smaller, no more than 5 or 6 ships at the very very most and, if so, made up of class 6-4 ships.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I've had a quick look through it, but I can't say I quite understand it. Perhaps Pirate_KK can help you? You can try sending him a PM.

I am thinking that the <i>Enc_AddShips(rEnc, "Trade", 2, 3);</i> line defines the maximum number of ships in the encounter: <i>Enc_AddShips(rEnc, "Type", MinNumber, MaxNumber);</i>. Then the <i>Enc_AddClasses(rEnc, 1, 5, 6, 0, 0);</i> probably has something to do with the maximum class of the ships in the encounter, but I don't quite understand how.