Coral Sea Patrol

[FAdmiral]

I am just finishing a "Coral Sea" patrol where your sub leaves Port Moresby
on the 5th of May. I have tried to make all the TFs original but the game
just doesn't have some of the ships needed so I did the best I could. I set
the routes as close to historical as I could from pics in my extensive WW2
library of books. Since aircraft won't attack other aircraft and the carriers
don't have the large air flight formations, I had to fudge on some of that too.
All in all, despite some of the shortcomings, it works out fairly well. If you patrol
in the area I have marked, you should see some air & naval battles. Best of all,
you can join in to sink or damage some of them yourself....

JIM

[ReallyDedPoet]

Very nice, look forward to it:up:

RDP

[FAdmiral]

Ok, did a little more fudging with the larger air formations by putting in
some random air flights of from 6 to 12 planes. I set them all to 75% so
that they will not appear 100% of the time. Put some minefields in the
shallow waters to give the appearence of the enemy invasion forces
having to go around the land tip and not take any shortcuts. It should
be almost finished. I will test it tonight and hopefull if all goes right, I
can post if for DL sometime tomorrow....

JIM

[FAdmiral]

Ok, the patrol works fine but I can't get the TGA pic file to load when
the game is at the opening screen (no pic). Othwise it is way better
and much more historical than the "Battle of the Coral Sea" the devs
put in as a mission. All they did was to put ships/planes from both
sides in the Coral Sea....

JIM

[dean_acheson]

where do we d/l this?

[FAdmiral]

I will set it up here thru Filefront when I get it completely done...

JIM

[tater]

It would be cool to replace the campaign coral sea with this, possibly

[FAdmiral]

That might work !! Since Port Moresby is not a regular resupply port for
American subs, I put an American sub tender ship there docked with 2
Clemson escorts also docked. I even added 2 docked (next to tender)
older S-Boats to add some flavor. I put a Tambor class boat in for the
player but the mission always give me a P-class. I don't know what's up
with that?? I have everything done and working except for the dumb
TGA file from the SCDsee program. It just won't display for some reason.
I guess I could release it without it, it's just for show on the opening
screen anyway...

JIM

[dean_acheson]

to me a historically correct campaign would be lovely.

[FAdmiral]

OK, here are the 2 files for the single patrol (not single mission)
Make a folder with the same name and place files into it.
Place the folder into the "Single Patrol" folder. You should see the
mission when you load the game....

http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/ (http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/)

Download the 2 files from the URL above.

JIM

[clayp]

OK, here are the 2 files for the single patrol (not single mission)
Make a folder with the same name and place files into it.
Place the folder into the "Single Patrol" folder. You should see the
mission when you load the game....

http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/ (http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/)

Download the 2 files from the URL above.

JIM

Did all of the above and it wont show in game..All of the other folders in there have 3 files in them..So what do I do??

[FAdmiral]

Make sure that the name of the folder that you put the 2 DLed files into
has EXACTLY the same name. Make sure you put that folder into the
"Single Patrol" folder and not the "Single Missions" folder. The 3rd file
is just the TGA pic file and only is a display at the opening screen of
where the battle takes place.....

JIM

[ReallyDedPoet]

Thanks again for this, d\l now :yep:

RDP

[clayp]

Make sure that the name of the folder that you put the 2 DLed files into
has EXACTLY the same name. Make sure you put that folder into the
"Single Patrol" folder and not the "Single Missions" folder. The 3rd file
is just the TGA pic file and only is a display at the opening screen of
where the battle takes place.....

JIM

I did that sir and it wont show up...I'm running RFB 1.28 is that stopping it??

[FAdmiral]

I wouldn't think that RFB would stop it from showing up but may stop it
from completing the load of the patrol. Can you name some of the other
folders that are in where you have the "Coral Sea" folder? At the opening
screen when you load the game, are you clicking on "War Patrol"?

JIM

[clayp]

I wouldn't think that RFB would stop it from showing up but may stop it
from completing the load of the patrol. Can you name some of the other
folders that are in where you have the "Coral Sea" folder? At the opening
screen when you load the game, are you clicking on "War Patrol"?

JIM

Under "War Patrol" in game is..
Hunt for Wounded Bear
Php Attack
Lifeguard
Cloak and Dagger
Hellcat

I made a folder and call it "WP6-Coral Sea" and put the 2 files inside and named them the same as the folder and it does not show up in game...:-?

[Driscol]

Under "War Patrol" in game is..
Hunt for Wounded Bear
Php Attack
Lifeguard
Cloak and Dagger
Hellcat

I made a folder and call it "WP6-Coral Sea" and put the 2 files inside and named them the same as the folder and it does not show up in game...:-?


Hi, see my other post in reply to you under the RFB thread. I set it up as a "single mission" rather than a "war patrol" and it worked fine. It shows up under quick missions.

It should work under either single missions or war patrol. The only difference is that one uses a SM prefix and the other uses a WP prefix. The key is that the name and the number must match in the folder, the .tsr and the .mis.

[clayp]

Under "War Patrol" in game is..
Hunt for Wounded Bear
Php Attack
Lifeguard
Cloak and Dagger
Hellcat

I made a folder and call it "WP6-Coral Sea" and put the 2 files inside and named them the same as the folder and it does not show up in game...:-?


Hi, see my other post in reply to you under the RFB thread. I set it up as a "single mission" rather than a "war patrol" and it worked fine. It shows up under quick missions.

It should work under either single missions or war patrol. The only difference is that one uses a SM prefix and the other uses a WP prefix. The key is that the name and the number must match in the folder, the .tsr and the .mis.

I can get it to work in single mission but not in war patrol....:D

[FAdmiral]

When you added the WP6 to the files and the folder, then it did NOT match
the inner setup of the mission file. That's why it won't show up. If you just
name it all to "Coral Sea", it should work as advertised....

JIM

[clayp]

When you added the WP6 to the files and the folder, then it did NOT match
the inner setup of the mission file. That's why it won't show up. If you just
name it all to "Coral Sea", it should work as advertised....

JIM

I'll try it again...:cool:

[monegeetta]

Jim, just downloaded the files and put it in as a single patrol and as a war patrol. Worked perfectly, thanks. It is so much better than the original, who ever heard of a patrol starting in the middle of a battle. Must away to sea.

Steve

[Subject]

I have everything done and working except for the dumb
TGA file from the SCDsee program. It just won't display for some reason...Hi Jim! Thanks for the Patrol :rock:

Have been playing with the files and have uploaded a revised "version" here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2cbl2clec9g

To show map (sample):
MissionBriefing=Port Moresby harbor|May 5th, 1942|#Coral Sea.tga#0,0,400,256|You have loaded both fuel and ammo... etc.

/edit: new upload...

[clayp]

Link dosent work,shows the files but no way to D/L...

[Subject]

Upload changed in above post to http://www.mediafire.com/?2cbl2clec9g

Thanks. :up:

[clayp]

Thanks...:D

[Subject]

Right! :arrgh!:

Been playing with this Patrol - got intrigued how to get it to work :damn:
Your first unit must be players sub??
If many units are close - like in harbours - they can't be validated in Mission Editor (reporting min. distance must be 300 meter)?!?

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So first I removed all units and placed a Players Sub as first and only unit. Made it playable and with entry date as/or before patrol start. Now all types can be selected... :roll:

After validating all is okay, I manually added the other units in harbour through notepad... :roll:

All appears to be working now... :|\\
The new edition is uploaded here http://www.mediafire.com/?eg3gxmx10ws

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To Jim: sorry for hi-jacking your thread :oops:

There must be another way to do this? Anyone?

[FAdmiral]

To Jim: sorry for hi-jacking your thread :oops:

There must be another way to do this? Anyone?

Thats OK !! I ran the partol about a week ago and discovered many new things
myself. Watched many battles between air & surface forces. Had Vals & Zeros
drop on me many times but avoided them all. I even had 4 kates drop torps in
the water. I was at 100 feet when I watched the torps go right over me. If I
had been at PD, BOOM !! Many allied pilots were in the water but I could not pick them up. I will have to change the secondary objective to rescure operations.
Ended up sinking a Hvy. Cruiser, an Escort Carrier, a Passenger ship (troops)
and a med. frieghter for 26,000+ tons. I ran out of time so I had to quit with
those numbers. I will make changes to the mission & re-release it...

JIM

[Subject]

Watched many battles between air & surface forces. Had Vals & Zeros drop on me many times but avoided them all.... Many allied pilots were in the water but I could not pick them up. I will have to change the secondary objective to rescure operations.
Ended up sinking a Hvy. Cruiser, an Escort Carrier, a Passenger ship (troops)
and a med. frieghter for 26,000+ tons. I ran out of time so I had to quit with
those numbers. I will make changes to the mission & re-release it...

JIMI'm finally relieved from duty in the Kriegsmarine, so I use your Patrol to get myself acquainted with my new american sub.
What an incredible weapon! :rock:

Took out an entire Task Force singlehanded! Good to be a freedom fighter! :smug:
Of course we got a little help, as the IJN got distracted by an US airattack.

Never seen so many airplanes before :o but hey! it keeps the crew on their toes.
Lots of aircombats and we rescued two pilots (had to swap out to SubSim to find out how on earth to pick up the poor sods) - very nice feature in SH IV!

Looking forward to test your revised Patrol. Very interesting scenario!

[FAdmiral]

OK, got the "Coral Sea" patrol to about where I want it. Working Good !!
Also revised an old patrol I did some time back called "Harbor Stealth". I had to make sure it would still work OK with patch 1.3. I am also testing a new patrol I just did called "Sink the Yamato". So far it has some exciting elements while hanging around Rabaul. This one is mostly shipping and not much in the way of aircraft like Coral Sea was. Hopefully I can post them up for DL in the next few days....

JIM

[FAdmiral]

Ok, my 3 pack of patrols is ready for downloading, get them here:

http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/ (http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/)


JIM

[ReallyDedPoet]

Ok, my 3 pack of patrols is ready for downloading, ge them here:

http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/ (http://hosted.filefront.com/FAdmiral/)


JIM

Thanks for this:up::up: d\l now.


RDP

[Subject]

Just finished my "Trigger Maru 1.4 Flavoured To Taste" :smug: so these shall be my testing Missions :rock:

Thanks a lot :up:

[Subject]

And! - they are not compatible with my "TMFTT"... http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/weeping.gif

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/biggrin.gif

But no problems when mod's disabled! :up:

Wonder if there's an explanation? Or can I do something?

[FAdmiral]

I would say if the patrol won't load with that mod installed, then something
is interfering with the way I have the patrol set up. Will the mod work with
your vanilla patrols from the game?

JIM

[Subject]

I've tested these patrols:

Coral Sea
Sink Yamato
Harbour Stealth
Taco ring the Bells

They all fail with mods enabled (TM 1.4 with additional stuff), but they do run fine with mods disabled...

WP01 through WP05 (org. SHIV patrols) all runs with mods enabled...

[FAdmiral]

Try to get back to the person who did the TM mod to see if he
has any ideas on why the mod won't work with editor created
missions or patrols. I will see if I can PM him too...

JIM

[tater]

It doesn't work because the SC and MS are changed from type=0 and type=5 to type=1.

If you open your mission in a text editor, find the SCs and MSs, and change their types to type=1 they will work fine in TM.

[Subject]

/edit aug. 8:

Do work for "Coral Sea", but not for the others... :doh:

So... Now I've split my mod into two parts, isolating campaign, roster and sea in one part. Doesn't take many seconds to enable/disable and now all missions and patrols works.

Thanks for the explanation, tater :up:

[FAdmiral]

I have been testing the "Sink the Yamato" patrol for the last week. I wanted to
see if the Yamato TF would indeed make all the stops that I had in the editor
makeup. I had its TF make a large circular patrol starting in Japan and then
ending in Japan but stopping at various ports for limited amounts of time. I knew
the best way to find it was to wait at a paticular spot on its route. What I didn't
know was when it would get there BUT I do now. I just sank the Yamato along with 22 other merchants (while I was waiting) also 1 DD by accident (should have been 23 merchants). Going by what tater had said about going .001 speed at a port, I deceided to try that feature to simulate the TF stopping at the port for
fuel or the like. The TF had approx. 6 port stops. ranging from the Philippines
to Palau to Rabaul, down the slot, around the Solomons and then on to Guam
and Saipan befor heading back to Tokyo. I started the patrol at Brisbane on
June 6, 1943. My tonnage was a modest 182,374. All in all, a very good patrol.
Side Note: I saw Adm. Halseys Carrier TF in my travels too. (it came from the
camapign layers, not my editor)

JIM

[FAdmiral]

BUMP

[Webster]

can you give us a good download link for these missions and any others you've done?

maybe even upload them here at subsim?

im especially interested in your coral sea mission it sounds great :up:

[Starforce2]

I can't get any of these downloads to work. We have author submit at http://silenthunter.filefront.com/ Plus , if you make improvements you don't need to go back and edit links everywhere you post because we can put an outdated message in the old one.

If you got air and surface battles I'd like to try it..assuming it works with stock.