[REL] Merchant Fleet mod (Onealex mod version)

[Kal_Maximus_U669]

Hey kyle 9154 I tried I have "CtD" must start a career again or something escapes me maybe ..

[kyle9154]

Okay I will do some test careers at different times in the war and give you feedback, last time it all worked but since then there's been a new release of Onealex mod and I haven't even had time to play myself between helping run this Online Battle of the Atlantic mode with Alex and taking care of my aging father. Can you be more specific, did it crash before stating a patrol or mid-patrol?

[kyle9154]

Reuploaded download link

[kyle9154]

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[kyle9154]

DOWNLOAD LINK UPDATE https://1drv.ms/u/s!Apf4S8iaE41M8U9V...YuNOg?e=00tTmO

- Added the recognition manual pictures (.sil's) from the MFM Beta 4.1 version because they were better looking and even less size kb wise then the MFM 3.3.

- Added L02B and L03B from NYGM MFM mod pack and renamed them Large fast merchant type 02 & North Sands type cargo.

- Cleaned up a few wrong model files in some folders from original MFM 3.3 mod as well as deleted all the redundant french.log and german.log files as not needed with english text version of game.
Onealex has the french and german log files deleted from all his ships in his mod too as you don't need them when you have english.log file in each ship folder.

- Removed the light merchant 01-04 variants that were from the NYGM MFM pack because found too many of them spawning in convoys and their quite small and hard to hit from outside a convoy.
I only want to sink them as lone or coastal merchants and if they didn't spawn in convoys then i'd keep them, plus Onealex mod has enough light variations of merchants as it is.

- Reorganised recognition model by editing a few ship names, I removed class names such as SS Delhi type as i researched them and no such class of ship existed only the name of one ship. If it was a historical class of ship I kept the name like Hog Island class cargo, Great lakes class freighter, Granville type freighter etc. There was so Kawasaki class oilers in the atlantic as they were japanese line of ships so I made the names more generic or kept the ones that were historical.

Version was tested from all years of the war and with all flotillas/bases. It only adds 1-2 mins to your patrol start up load time, also is even more stable then the last version now.
I look forward to the feedback, good hunting

[Lugermann]

Link broken.

[kyle9154]

Originally Posted by Lugermann

Link broken.

main one on first post is working, i'll fix that one sorry for inconvenience.

All should be working now, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

- reorganised recognition model by editing a few ship names, I removed class names such as SS Delhi type etc as i researched them and no such class of ship existed only the name of one ship with that name. If it was a historical class of ship I kept the name like Liberty type cargo, Victory type cargo, Hog Island type cargo, Great lakes type freighter, Granville type freighter, the T2-A1's etc etc. There was so Kawasaki class oilers (changed to Large oiler) in the Atlantic as they were a Japanese class of tankers in the pacific war so I made the names more generic or kept the ones that were historical for realism purposes, same thing for Haruna class oiler renamed to Small oiler. If people can find common ship class types that were used in the Battle of the Atlantic that's not already included in this mod then i'll change the names of some generic ones provided the historical specifications of the class of ship match the model of the ship in the game.

[Doolar]

Just so I'm clear on this :
1 Is the MFM Rec Manual included or is it still a separate mod, added via JSGME as before ? (the 12/21 2021 version)

[kyle9154]

Originally Posted by Doolar

Just so I'm clear on this :
1 Is the MFM Rec Manual included or is it still a separate mod, added via JSGME as before ? (the 12/21 2021 version)

Rec manual is a separate mod and still okay to use if you want to have colour images in your manual but I prefer these black & whites ones as it goes with the rest (only a few of Onealex ships are in colour format inside rec manual) and its less mod weight but only minimal so its really up to you if you want to use it after MFM 3.3 Lite in jsgme.

What I did was get rid of those polygon looking ones from MFM 3.3 original and replaced ones that have texture of ship now, but the colour rec manual is good too just depends on your preference.

[kyle9154]

Final version (at least for a while) of MFM 3.3 Lite Onealex edition - main link on first post has been updated.
Just over 50 ships in total all tested and very stable, I have yet to find a crash so if you find one then let me know. Enjoy

-Added back S01B (small merchant type 04) and L03B (Large merchant type 03) from NYGM MFM pack as only them two had complete recognition manual sils with 45 and 0 degree angle diagrams.

-Added complete recognition manual sils- with angles for all ships thanks to Izgud MFM 3.3 Silhouettes.

-Renamed M26B, M27B, and T07B to North Sands-class fort cargo, Ocean-class Fort cargo and Dale-class oiler and made it only available for British roster as specs and looks are very similar.

-Renamed M17B to C1-M type cargo as specs and looks matched exactly, also renamed M21B to CAM type merchant.

-reorganised the names in recognition manual so little easier to scroll through

[kyle9154]

New version of MFM Onealex mod on first main post!!!!

-minor tweaks with ship names adding more historical ship class names based on the ships stats and looks if it matched historically. Example 'Small tanker type 01' name changed to Type T1-MT-M1 tanker, changed 'Large steamer' too 'Cameron class steamship' etc, etc.
I'm changing the generic names of the MFM ships that already came with Onealex mod instead of the ones that come with MFM 3.3 Lite as you'll notice them in your patrols more often then the other MFM ships because their included in both the .SCR.mis and the .RND.mis campaign files.
Other then that its the same good ol' Onealex MFM lite mod with just over 50 ship models and as always enable MFM 3.3 lite through JSGME application and paste/overwrite the 'ship names' file to your SH3/SH3 Commander Eng/Cfg folder.

[Doolar]

First off, Thank you for your continuing work on the MFM 3.3 Lite-Onealex Edition. I noticed in the MFM 3.3 Lite download there is a Ship Names.cfg file along with the Data folder. I also there was a separate Ship Names.cfg file on your download page. Are these one in the same ? The reason I ask was they were different in size, Megabyte wise. I did a quick side by side comparison and to me they look similar. But just making sure. Thanx Again

[kyle9154]

Originally Posted by Doolar

First off, Thank you for your continuing work on the MFM 3.3 Lite-Onealex Edition. I noticed in the MFM 3.3 Lite download there is a Ship Names.cfg file along with the Data folder. I also there was a separate Ship Names.cfg file on your download page. Are these one in the same ? The reason I ask was they were different in size, Megabyte wise. I did a quick side by side comparison and to me they look similar. But just making sure. Thanx Again

There is no other ship names.cfg file on my download page, if I had one earlier it has been removed. Please use the one that comes with the mod. Its so that proper ship names come up on your sh3Comander patrol log after your patrol instead of generic names like Medium merchant 28 sunk it will say SS John Brown for example.

[kyle9154]

An example from a patrol I finished today using long range type 9C Uboat attacking coastal waters of America in February-March 1942, first 2 were British ships sunk enroute to America and last one was a British ship sunk coming back home. All the rest were American ships and a good variety of historical class ships in the patrol with no duplicates (though duplicates are still seen sometimes like in convoys). Got back with only one torpedo remaining and 25% fuel left after almost 2 months on patrol (of the 21 torpedoes fired - 15 hit their mark, experienced 4 torpedo failures and 2 missed shots and all were either lone merchants or traveling in pairs)

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Apf4S8iaE41MgYgq...i-g4A?e=igxE9H
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Apf4S8iaE41MgYgo...5L9yw?e=DLFj6w

[kyle9154]

Yes the englishnames.cfg was missing from the sea folder and that would cause a ctd, thankyou and I don't know how it got removed but its back there now if you'll redownload it from main link.
- Thanks again for spotting that