Here's an update on the status of 3.09...
RL had me bogged down for the last month, but I'm back now and able to do mod work again. The SCX imports are "in progress," but I don't want to be misleading...they may be "in progress" indefinitely. Even if TLAM and I did put the hours in I can't say with any certainty we'd ever tie up the loose ends and get a working DB out of it. There's also a lot of doctrine work that needs to be done, LW is the only one as far as I'm aware that can do it, and... well... he does answer his email on occassion. But actual doctrine work is unlikely to be forthcoming at this point.
Here's what I know I can do. As a stopgap measure to hold everyone over for the real deal, I can fix the CIWS bug, fix some minor DB errors, add a few things here and there, and enter the new damage scalings into the DB. In fact, I've done that already just today. And, instead of trying to get the whole SXC imports done at once, I can add models gradually, testing any new platforms as they are added and maintaining a working and releaseable database throughout the process.
But what I don't know is whether it should be released. I don't know if I can slap the LWAMI name on it. I don't know that I'd have the same rights to the SCX models as LW does if I created a 2nd working database and a separate release. I don't know that it would be accepted as widely as LWAMI 3.08 is. And the last thing we need as a community is greater fragmentation caused by competing mod versions.
So what do you guys think?
Here's the basic changelog for the quick-fix database:
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Downed Pilot
FCR SL changed from 83 to 0
Radar SL changed from 40 to 0
*Added DownedPilotBeacon and Distress Beacon sensor
Changed from unique object type to Surf, makes them detectable by visual sensor
***Set Downed pilots to side NEUTRAL to prevent them from getting on the LINK***
Oil Rig
Now targetable, BB audio, sonar profile
TLAM range reduced to 900nm.
Bear tailgun now fires in rear arc instead of forward
Both SS-N-27 ASMs now have the same model
Fixed position of ESSM on Spruance
SET-65 now equipped on Yugo SSM. SET-65 range adjusted to 16km at 40kts.
Added Whidbey Island class LSD
Added Chi Teh DDG
Increased range of ASROC to 10nm
Added PJ-10 Brahmos; equipped on Rajput DDG
ESSM given ASUW capability
Sub-Launched antiship missiles can now be engaged by FFG CIWS, but do not give TIW alerts
Ship armor/Weapon damage has been dramatically rescaled using an extrapolation of real life results.
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PS: I tried to do an SM-1 substitution twice, but both of those databases caused DW to crash while loading missions.
