[WIP] Day of Infamy

[CapnScurvy]

Originally Posted by fireftr18

Will this be a stand alone super mod, or will it be an add on type of super mod?

A stand alone super mod. My goal is incorporate as many ideas for better play as can be added, with the hope of having as large an impact on gameplay as one modification can.

For instance, some of the work done by fellow modders have actually diminished gameplay by causing memory lag due to having too large of an image to display an element of the game. Either the image is physically too large, or has elements that don't need to be in the image.....like mip maps that don't need to be rendered. The game can only use 2 gigs of ram memory unless you use an app like Large Address Aware to force it to access more (if your computer has more memory than 2 gigs). Making a smooth running modification is just as important as making one at all. If an image can be used with a 1024x1024 size, why make it 2048x2048? It's this kind of attention to detail that I hope can make for a better game.

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Originally Posted by Longknife

If you need any help I would be happy to jump in where ever you need it.

Longknife, I would appreciate your help!

I envision getting ideas through this thread that may take several of us to accomplish. I'm open to suggestions and welcome help in any form. I don't think there's a deadline for us, yet pushing along toward a goal at least is a step in the right direction.

[Fearless]

Greetings CapnScurvy,

Is it possible to have some playable surface ships implemented in your super mod?

I'm currently commanding the New_Mexico class BB as well as the Montana BB utilising TMO and RSRD and enjoying it very much.

[avers]

Hey guys, I have a small idea, I don't like the three battleship wrecks in Pearl, I think they should either be removed entirely or removed after a certain amount of time after Pearl Harbour, or redone.

[pdiddy]

Another thought...seems like standard operating procedure was to have some kind of escort when departing (and approaching) home ports. Don't know if there would be any interest in this, but I think it would be cool to have the first part of your mission be to rendezvous with a friendly destroyer just outside of Midway (or Pearl, Brisbane, etc.) and stay in formation with it for 50 miles or so (until it turned back) and we were officially on patrol!

(Would be much more difficult to meet up with an escort on the way home I'm thinking.)

As an aside, I like looking at the actual (albeit modern) charts of Pearl and Midway etc. here:
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineVie...werTable.shtml

[fred8615]

Just wanted to let you know I found NFL scores from WWII. It also appears we can add other NFL news too as during the war a couple of teams merged for awhile in order to be able to field full rosters. Others appear to have changed names, so it won't have to be just scores if you want.

Haven't looked for college football yet.

[Crannogman]

I've been working on the terrain file to make the coral atolls more ... atoll-esque. Truk had already been done, so I started with Midway and plan to do Palau and the Marshall-Gilberts next. I'm simultaneously revising the RSRDC routes to not run aground so much. Are you interested in incorporating the end result?

[CapnScurvy]

Originally Posted by Crannogman

I've been working on the terrain file to make the coral atolls more ... atoll-esque. Truk had already been done, so I started with Midway and plan to do Palau and the Marshall-Gilberts next. I'm simultaneously revising the RSRDC routes to not run aground so much. Are you interested in incorporating the end result?

Yes.

If you've looked at RSRDC's Truk Island ship route terminal ending, you'll see many times they end outside the coral reef's. The trouble is trying to navigate the few "gateways" between the reef to enter the harbor without running aground; or running into another AI ship that's either coming in, or going out the same passage. If you've already looked at Truk and fiddled with the waypoints/reef obstacles, then I won't need to do them......or any other you chose to look at. Thanks!

Looking at a couple of Campaign ship routes.....here's what I mean:



The ship route the mouse cursor is pointing to MAY not run aground as it passes the nearby island mass. The same route further along.......I don't think so! Lucky it's near the terminal end of this merchants route



Same with the Task Force that's making a route through the Jap Islands in early 1943.......not going to make it plowing through this smaller island.

[Crannogman]

Originally Posted by CapnScurvy

Yes.

If you've looked at RSRDC's Truk Island ship route terminal ending, you'll see many times they end outside the coral reef's. The trouble is trying to navigate the few "gateways" between the reef to enter the harbor without running aground; or running into another AI ship that's either coming in, or going out the same passage. If you've already looked at Truk and fiddled with the waypoints/reef obstacles, then I won't need to do them......or any other you chose to look at. Thanks!

Looking at a couple of Campaign ship routes.....here's what I mean:



The ship route the mouse cursor is pointing to MAY not run aground as it passes the nearby island mass. The same route further along.......I don't think so! Lucky it's near the terminal end of this merchants route



Same with the Task Force that's making a route through the Jap Islands in early 1943.......not going to make it plowing through this smaller island.

Exactly. I think I've had to modify every file I've opened so far

[JacqueShredo]

Can't wait Capn! I've been a huge fan of your work. The OTC mod really helped me get back into SH4. I love it