Run Silent, Run Deep
The Campaign
Phase II
“Run Silent, Run Deep, the Campaign” (RSRDC) is a major rewrite of the campaign layers of SH4 and is designed to overcome the following major “stock” campaign problems:
- The various stock “battle” layers (i.e. BurmaJawa.mis, BattleOfMidway.mis, BattleofGuadalcanal.mis, etc) are sub-standard, not only from a ship content point of view but also from a track generation point of view and in my view completely un-reliable from a game play point of view. The reason for this is that these layers are written in a “Scripted” format that is completely unreliable when playing in “Career” mode.
- The various Taskforce, Convoy, and Merchant layers that are total devoid of reality.
- The mission objectives are sub-standard and need a major rewrite
- The Special missions are also sub-standard and need work.
RSRDC solves all these problems:
Installation / Compatibility
Use RSRDC_P2_v200 for stock 1.4
Use RSRDC_P2_TM_v220 for TM172
Use RSRDC_P2_RFB_v240 for RFB
RSRDC Phase II is a Rollup of all changes to RSRDC since release. “DO NOT” use “ANY” Phase I versions with this mod or you are going to get a CTD. Save games from Phase I “should work” with Phase II, except in the following cases:
Narwhal Campaign using TM172. Due to the rework of the Narwhal Stationing at Pearl Harbor ( 12/7/41 to 12/31/43 ) and Fremantle ( 1/1/44 to 9/1/45 ) plus new missions assignments, you will have to start a new campaign.
Campaigns starting at Mios Woendi. The position of this base was wrong and has now been corrected.
Phase II Overall Changes:
The major change is a complete rewrite of the “Single Merchant / Convoys” campaign layers that were originally in Phase I. Using the Senji Yuso Sendan Shi (Wartime Transportation Convoys History), by Shinshichiro Komamiya, RSRDC has recreated 1055 convoys from early 1942 to the end of war and rebuild all the single merchant and tanker shipping routes.
All IJN/USN battles / campaigns / ship movements have been recreated in all theaters from Dec 7 1941 to June 1 1944.
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RSRDC Detailed Changes from Phase I to Phase II
Air
B5N2_Kate
D3A1_VAL
A6M2_Zero
F1M_Pete
G4M_Betty
H6K
H8K
Revised weapons Loadouts from “Better IJNAF Bomb Loads version 1.3” by tater
Added Type3 Mark6 Airborne Radar to G4M Betty and H8K flying boats.
Added new Air_Visual sensors from TM172
New
G4M2
New version of the Betty that carries torpedos
Removed
F6F
Campaign:
Patrol Objectives
Added 20 New patrol and 1 New SpecOps Objectives
Main Campaign files
(a)XX_Jap_Convoys: These layers have been rewritten from scratch using Senji Yuso Sendan Shi
(b)XX_Jap_Merchants: These layers have been rewritten from scratch from Phase I
(c)XX_Jap_SubHunters: These layers are now 0 length files.
(d)XX_Jap_TaskForce: 41a, 42a, 42b,43a have been rewritten to show the historical movements of major IJN units (BB, CV, CA, CL and Task Groups). The 44a and 44b layers are CA/CL/DD based task groups and are “not” historically correct and are currently “place holder” for Phase III upgrade.
(e)XX_Jap_TroopConvoys: These layers are now 0 length files, IJN troop convoys are now part of XX_Jap_Convoys files
(g)“Battle Layers”: AleutiansCampaign.mis (new layer), BattleOfGuadclcanal.mis, BattleofMidway, BurmaJawa.mis, CoralSeaBattle.mis, NewGuineaCampaign.mis ( new layer) PearlHarborAttack.mis SolomonIslands.mis and EastAsiaCampaign.mis layer are rewritten to provide historically accurate recreations of these battles. BattleofPhilippine.mis, BattleofPhilippineSea.mis, BattleofTruk.mis, and are zero length files and are currently “place holder” for Phase III upgrade..
(h) Revised messages.txt
Special Notes/Known Problems:
(a) For those of you who enjoy “reverse engineering”, if you use the SH4MissionEditor on the “Battle” or “Task Forces” layers, under no circumstances make changes or select “ok” in the “Group Properties” window. If you do, you will cause
All the tracks within the layer to longer generate correctly. The reason is that I’m making “hand” edits to these files to ensure that the tracks generate “on time”
Library
Changes:
Bombs.XXX, DepthCharges.XXX and DepthCharges_IJN.XXX have revised settings
Added:
AI_Sensors_AB.dat (IJN Airborne radars)
AI_Visual_Sensors.dat (New visual sensors from TM)
Menu
“V220 & V240 Only”
Added a Defense Mapping Agency 5090 Maneuvering Board nomograph. This nomograph is very accurate and I use this in my personal build.
If you do not want to use it, go to the data directory in RSRDC and remove the “Menu” directory.
Roster
(a) various additions / changes of Air/Sea units in American / Japan directories.
Sea
Changes
Revised ship models for the following
Atlanta Class Light Cruiser
Benham Class DD
Bristol Class DD
Porter Class DD
Sims Class DD
Sumner Class DD
TYPED Coastal Defense Ship
New
Aikoku Maru Class Auxiliary Cruiser
TYPE A/B Coastal Defense Ship
TYPE C Coastal Defense Ship
Auxiliary Gunboat
Auxiliary SubChaser
Sokuten MineLayer
Clemson Class APD
Yubari Light Cruiser
PB 102 (ex USS Stewart DD224 )
PB 103-105-107 ( captured USN ships )
Otori/Tomozuru Torpedo Boat
Removed
Mastu DE
Submarine
Added Narwhal Class SS
UPCData\UPCCampaignData
The CareerStart.upc, Flotillas.upc and PatrolObjectives.upc have been revised to support Phase2.
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Credits Phase II
Tater
Better IJNAF Bomb Loads v 1.3 and modified to support RSRDC
IJN DC Mod, v0.92
XPC from ICL v0.78 and converted into Auxiliary SubChaser
Ducimus
Air_Visual sensors from TM172/TM173Patch
Narwhal Class SS
FooFighters
NDD_Benham_sil
NDD_Bristol_sil
NDD_Porter_sil
NDD_Sims_sil
NDD_Sumner
NCL_Atlanta
NDD_C&D_sil
NDD_J_sil
NDD_V&W
From “SHIV recognition manual by FooFighters”
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Testers : Tater, AVGWarHawk, FooFighters
Permissions:
- Absolutely nothing found within the RSRDC may be used for any commercial product of any size, shape or form.
- RSRDC is freeware, made by the SH4 modding community. All permissions of individual mods are subject to their author's permissions.
Links
RSRDC_P2_v200 for stock 1.4
http://files.filefront.com/RSRDC+P2+.../fileinfo.html
RSRDC_P2_TM_v220 for TM172
http://files.filefront.com/RSRDC+P2+.../fileinfo.html
RSRDC_P2_RFB_v240 for RFB
http://files.filefront.com/RSRDC+P2+.../fileinfo.html
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Required patch for all versions
Links
RSRDC_P2_Patch1_for_V200
http://files.filefront.com/RSRDC+P2+.../fileinfo.html
RSRDC_P2_Patch2_for_V220
http://files.filefront.com/RSRDC+P2+.../fileinfo.html
RSRDC_P2_Patch1_for_V240
http://files.filefront.com/RSRDC+P2+.../fileinfo.html