[REL] SH3 Log Mod; Beta testers required.

[ninja turtle]

Hi LGN1

Thanks for the reply and apologies for not getting back sooner. I've been tweaking a lot with the game yesterday to try and remove unrealistic notifications. Some work, some work if I have the discipline not to check, and some unfortunately don't. So far I've removed the sunk ship icon on the map, the 'K' key, ship hit by torpedo music, and I'm trying to change the patrol status so that only position and number of torpedoes are available (unfortunately once I sink a ship the patrol status won't update).

Anyway. Here's my current setting for ship names: SH3 Commander-Cfg-Ship names.cfg:

[SETTINGS]
RepeatWhenAllUsed=0
AddText=1

[TEXT]
AddAsNewLine=1
CargoTxt_en=Cargo:
CargoTxt_de=Fracht:
CargoTxt_fr=marchandise :
CrewTxt_en=Crew:
CrewTxt_de=Mannschaft:
CrewTxt_fr=équipage :
CrewLostTxt_en=Crew lost:
CrewLostTxt_de=Mannschaftsverluste:
CrewLostTxt_fr=équipage disparu :
CargoTyps_en=Coal,Timber,General Cargo,Grain,Iron Ore,Foodstuffs,Steel,Scrap Metal,Paper Products,Sulfur,Phosphates,Military Vehicles,Trucks,Aircraft,Explosives,Military Stores,Copper Ore,Sugar,Machinery,Bauxite,Coffee,Textiles,Mail/Packages,Tobacco,Wine/Spirits,Crude Oil,Gasoline,Aviation Fuel,Passengers,Troops
CargoTyps_de=Kohle,Holz,Fracht allgemein,Getreide,Eisenerz,Nahrungsmittel,Stahl,S chrott,Papierprodukte,Schwefel,Phosphate,Militärfa hrzeuge,Lastwagen,Flugzeuge,Sprengstoff,Militäraus rüstung,Kupfererz,Zucker,Maschinen,Bauxit,Kaffee,T extilien,Post/Pakete,Tabak,Wein/Spirituosen,Rohöl,Benzin,Flugbenzin,Passagiere,Tru ppen
CargoTyps_fr=charbon,bois,marchandise principale,grain,minerai de fer,denrées alimentaires,acier,ferraille,produits papiers,soufre,phosphates,véhicules militaires,camions,avions,explosifs,réserves militaires,minerai de cuivre,sucre,machines,bauxite,café,textiles,lettre s/colis,tabac,vins/spiritueux,huile brute,essence,carburant d'avion,passagers,troupes


I've also changed the ship names to what you suggest as per thumbnail. I'm assuming that I don't need to put the German version in as well? The drop down menu works but not the cargo / crew lost on SH3 Commander Personnel file and patrol log.

"For the ship-name feature to work properly it is neccessary to use exactly the same name for the type as in the EnglishNames.cfg/GermanNames.cfg in the Sea folder of the SH3 installation. I recommend to put a copy of the EnglishNames.cfg/GermanNames.cfg into the same folder as the executable. The log executable will read this file and offer all the names in a drop-down menu (the included EnglishNames.cfg/GermanNames.cfg is from GWX)."

Many thanks for putting some excellent ideas into my mind to make the game more realistic and immersive and to have the information to try and have a go.

[ninja turtle]

Hi LGN1

I think I've found what I was doing wrong for the ship cargo and crew losses not appearing in my Personnel file. I've just looked at the SH3 options in SH3 Commander start up and didn't have the "Career options-use real ship names in patrol logs" ticked. I've now done that and the previous ships sunk now have the information in my patrol logs. So once I'm back at sea and sink another ship I'll double check that it works.

Best regards

[Sailor Steve]

It's always the little things that come back to bite us. I wish I had a dollar for every time I've asked about a problem and then found it was something small I forgot to do.

"Is it plugged in?"

Anyway, I hope that fixes it for you.

[LGN1]

Hi ninja turtle,

does it work now?

Regards, LGN1

[ninja turtle]

Originally Posted by LGN1

Hi ninja turtle,

does it work now?

Regards, LGN1

Hi LGN1,

I'm been away from my U-Boat for the past few days and my daughter is visiting this week so I've not been able to double check with everything but I'm feeling hopeful that it works okay (due to an error on my part):

I think I've found what I was doing wrong for the ship cargo and crew losses not appearing in my Personnel file. I've just looked at the SH3 options in SH3 Commander start up and didn't have the "Career options-use real ship names in patrol logs" ticked. I've now done that and the previous ships sunk now have the information in my patrol logs. So once I'm back at sea and sink another ship I'll double check that it works.

So with a few more tweaks with my mods this weekend I'll hopefully be able to start a new career next week and report back to you, Sir.

[BigWalleye]

Hey, LGN1! Been enjoying SH3 Log for quite a few patrols. Just finished a patrol, opened SH3 Log v1.0 and oops! SH3 Log v1.0 won't create entry boxes. Seems to have some problem linking to my browser. SH3 Log v0.5 still works fine. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Do you need additional information?

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: Fixed the problem. For some reason, I had gotten an older version of SH3Log1.exe in the relevant /cfg folder. Put in the correct verson, dated 3/1/15, and all is good. SH3 Log is really a cool addition to the game. Thanks for putting it together.

I think Peter Norton has been "helping" me again.

[Tycho]

Hi, LGN1
I'm still very annoyed about the Navigation officer report of sinking ships.
No matter how you cover it, it still most of the time give me the fact of the sinking of the ship. And that spoils the whole idea!
So, I go in sh3.exe and found a way to stop that completely.
Then, I continue and made the captain's log, to not write about the sunken ships. Will continue to write about destroyed aircraft. This is about the ".clg" file. Now no needs to block access to the captain's log in game!
In "Log_#.cfg" the entry "Patrol results"will write corectly the number of sunken ships and the "Patrol tonage", so work great with your program.
Have a interest about this?