Coral Sea Patrol

FAdmiral · 06-20-07, 03:08 PM

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 · 06-20-07, 04:19 PM

Very nice, look forward to it

RDP

FAdmiral · 06-20-07, 06:11 PM

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 · 06-22-07, 03:35 PM

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 · 06-22-07, 08:04 PM

where do we d/l this?

FAdmiral · 06-22-07, 08:51 PM

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

JIM

tater · 06-22-07, 11:15 PM

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

FAdmiral · 06-23-07, 03:29 PM

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 · 06-23-07, 03:44 PM

to me a historically correct campaign would be lovely.

FAdmiral · 06-23-07, 04:26 PM

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/

Download the 2 files from the URL above.

JIM

clayp · 07-02-07, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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/

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 · 07-02-07, 07:46 PM

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 · 07-02-07, 07:51 PM

Thanks again for this, d\l now

RDP

clayp · 07-02-07, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

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

FAdmiral · 07-02-07, 09:30 PM

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

06-20-07, 03:08 PM	#1
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Coral Sea Patrol 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 __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

06-20-07, 04:19 PM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,817 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Very nice, look forward to it RDP __________________ Back in the Day

06-20-07, 06:11 PM	#3
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

06-22-07, 03:35 PM	#4
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

06-22-07, 08:51 PM	#6
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I will set it up here thru Filefront when I get it completely done... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

06-22-07, 08:04 PM	#5
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	where do we d/l this?

06-22-07, 11:15 PM	#7
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	It would be cool to replace the campaign coral sea with this, possibly

06-23-07, 03:29 PM	#8
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

06-23-07, 03:44 PM	#9
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	to me a historically correct campaign would be lovely.

06-23-07, 04:26 PM	#10
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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/ Download the 2 files from the URL above. JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

07-02-07, 07:46 PM	#12
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

07-02-07, 07:51 PM	#13
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,817 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Thanks again for this, d\l now RDP __________________ Back in the Day

07-02-07, 09:30 PM	#15
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org