Hi WB !

A new suggestion from me for an new .mis File: "Testpilot1978" released a new converted airplane from SH5 to SH3, the "Avro Anson", read here: http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums?...619#2431030619

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?8dopqc64e5b8lcb

Best regards,
Magic:salute:

Oh yes indeed ..we are :yeah: Thank tou very much for all these wonderful works!!!

Yet another VonDos offering for you tonight. HS Gradisca:

http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...Gradisca-1.jpg

More and more and more! :woot::woot::woot::woot::woot:

Many thanks, WB!

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

Is anyone in touch with Testpilot, maybe on the German forums?
I've scripted another six of his aircraft and have sent a couple of PMs but haven't yet heard anything back.

Maybe he's on vacation...

I´ll send Testpilot an PM on german ubi forum with the link on this post in the next minutes...

@ WB, I have a question:

I want to know if the merchants scripted in the MIS files appears also randomly in the game. The ships (for instance, Titanic) - in museum - appears as "merchant". Is the Titanic in the random layer, plus the scripted layer (merged with MIs file)?

The reason of my questions is I want to have some of the scripted ships in the WB mis files, also in random layer. Is it possible?

Many thanks!

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

RMS Titanic is a unit type 103 (troop transport). Any random convoy that asks for a British type 103 will have a chance of spawning the Titanic.

While I was testing my Wilhelmshaven mod over a year ago I came across a convoy full of troop transports - this included four SS Normandie, two RMS Queen Mary and a couple of other ships. While it gives awesome tonnage it wasn't very realistic so my personal install has all VonDos' ship types changed to prevent them appearing except in the _SCR file. Beware that if you just change the ship files you'll CTD because you need to change the _RND and _SCR files as well. This is time consuming to say the least!

Many thanks, WB. Are these changed types included in your MIS mods?: I put in englishnames.cfg the "TIT" ship, is this name the type of ship?

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

In order to change the ship type you need to dig into the .cfg file in the Sea folder then change every occurrence in the _SCR file (this is possible in notepad, but very time consuming). I change to type 100 (replenishment) as those ships are scripted few and far between so you may see one in a convoy but are more likely not to.

For my mods I use the normal VonDos model then re-mod it for my own use. Just a personal quirk that fits in with the way I like to play. You can only have so many 100,000 ton patrols before it gets boring!

Testpilot has very kindly given me permission to script any of his aircraft into SH3. Scripting aircraft can be challenging as their locations and actions during WW2 were often poorly recorded ('active in the Baltic Sea area' is often as prescriptive as it gets). It is also possible to over egg their locations and dispositions and flood the air with aircraft too early in the war, so I've gone for _RND files with a percentage chance of the aircraft spawning rather than a straight script.

I'm still trying to get my head around the airbase.cfg files to find an easier solution to the problem, but in the meantime the first of Testpilot's aircraft is the Beriev MBR-2:
http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...erievMBR-2.jpg

Great thread! Appreciate the time and effort, (and the add-ons aren't too bad either)... ;)

Many thanks WB for the .mis file from this great airplane ! :up:

Tonight's offering? VonDos' SS Arandora Star:

http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...doraStar-1.jpg

Enjoy!

Magic,

Sorry for the very late reply - I was on a family vacation in Berlin (wonderful city) and I'm only just trawling back through some threads.

Testpilot's Avro Anson uses the same file names as GWX so anyone using GWX will find this Anson simply overwrites the stock GWX model but will still be scripted. I'll start working on a non-GWX version so others can enjoy Testpilot's work.

Also, thank you for getting hold of Testpilot on the German Ubi forums. He's given me permission to script all of his aircraft into SH3 so I've got a fair amount of work ahead. If you find any other aircraft or ships on the German Ubi forums please give me a link. Ich lebe in Deutschland aber mein Deutsch ist schrecklich!