How to change start location of your sub? As well as time of day.

[propbeanie]

Sorry 'bout that... "Random Generated Group". They're the little yellow boxes in the picture above, from the US_HarborTraffic file. The green ones are the regular ships, already chosen, with a set time, from the US_NavalBases file. RGG can have a spawning percentage as a group, and with the individual ships in the group. btw, you can't directly "set" the time of departure for your boat.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Sorry 'bout that... "Random Generated Group". They're the little yellow boxes in the picture above, from the US_HarborTraffic file. The green ones are the regular ships, already chosen, with a set time, from the US_NavalBases file. RGG can have a spawning percentage as a group, and with the individual ships in the group. btw, you can't directly "set" the time of departure for your boat.

well...it works. i followed your direction in using the MissionEditor to find a lat/long location, edited the Flotilla.UPC file and now i am able to depart from the position that i wanted. thank you.


btw, one CAN directly set the departure time of the boat. edit the CareerTrack.UPC file that will be in use at the time of departure. change the line PatrolStartDateTime= by following the date-time format already in place. the caveat is to be sure that one doesn't set the new departure date/time to conflict with the CurrentDate= otherwise you get to go The Big Nowhere (crash city).

[propbeanie]

Are you talking about the CareerTrack.UPC in the Save folder?

[Barkerov]

I would have thought that was the easiest way to change the mission start time.
I routinely change the start date when I'm in port and I've never had an issue with it.

[propbeanie]

Are you messing in the Save folder though Barkerov? I ask for curiosity.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Are you talking about the CareerTrack.UPC in the Save folder?

yes.

[propbeanie]

OK, thanks mark bonamer.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

OK, thanks mark bonamer.

just so there is no misunderstanding, the only time a player would want to change the time is while his boat was at his home base between patrols.

changing that value at any other time would probably be disastrous.
{lol} time of departure? {lol} not time to ef' up your patrol. {lol}

[Barkerov]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Are you messing in the Save folder though Barkerov? I ask for curiosity.

Yes and I only ever do it in port.