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Old 09-11-17, 09:45 AM   #3571
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You've got the general idea correct. The game doesn't "draw" any 3D artwork until it has to. So, while you're cruising about the ocean, and are outside of what we guess is about a 30k radius circle, the game just tracks the RGG Groups as a whole, as numbers, not as individual ships in those groups. Once you get inside that "drawing" radius, then it will do the necessary calculations as found in the RGG Properties page and the "Define Group Contents" settings in the ME. If you look at the file in a text editor, you can see it all in one place. This "technique" is one of the reasons SH4 runs better than SH3, and even the earlier versions of SH4 (v1.3 and earlier). The game will then draw the vessels as necessary to be seen by the player at the horizon (20k). However, a bad "call" to one vessel in the whole group can and does bring the whole game down. Narrowing down the possibilities is key to finding an issue. If it crashes every time at the same place every time, then you'd look at all of the 80-100% generating ships - OR - something to do with the land, if you're withing 30k of the land mass, say a gun emplacement... but I don't think you're within that range... maybe... What we've found with FotRSU is that the amount of vessels and / or airplanes generated can definitely affect your computer. When Truk was all messed up in earlier versions, there would be 100 plus vessels all congregated in the atoll, from about 4 or 5 groups, and it didn't crash on my computer, but it sure was slow, to the point that one airplane may well have crashed me. I'd say one airplane is worth four ships as far as computer-intensive goes, just my guess. So look for airbases nearby also, that might have a bad plane call or CFG...
BTW, what does ReportPosMin=-1 do? does that mean SH4 will never report the convoy's position or that it will constantly update the position?
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Old 09-11-17, 10:06 AM   #3572
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That's a "dual-purpose" setting. The -1 is basically a "No" setting. Anything zero or above sets the ReportPosProbability= into motion. Those together then report in your text box and show on the Nav Map, where the group is, and the direction headed, with a time delay for the report from the ReportPosMin(utes) setting. You want a few set to show, such as might be seen by a "spy" or coastwatcher, but not too much, or it'll look like stock, with 50 groups a minute being reported...
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Old 09-30-17, 04:32 AM   #3573
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I have a question to creator this big mod. Why are enemy harbours not defended? There are no destroyers around the harbour, no land battery. You just going to any harbour and get free tonnage. It's a cool that there are some different merchants or other vessels, but no defence, why?
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Old 09-30-17, 04:35 AM   #3574
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Is there some mod where harbours have a traffic and good defence?
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Old 09-30-17, 11:30 AM   #3575
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Lurker assumed you would play the mod "fairly and squarely" - but he probably got tired of editing the mod. I mean, after all, there are thousands of ports out there... Read-up some in that PDF file that I sent you the link to, and see if you can determine how to do it yourself. By the time you do about 20 of the ports, you'll forget what you did in the first one, and it'll be a surprise next time you go into that port... Do one hundred ports, and you'll forget them all within a few days... - at least, I forget things quickly...

Traveller's Mod probably has the most "harbor patrols" and gun installations in it, but it is a Fleetboat side mod that sits on top of TMO / RSRDC. You could use it to get ideas from, though.
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Old 11-02-17, 11:25 AM   #3576
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Old 01-05-18, 09:28 PM   #3577
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Default Happy New Year & i cannot find my home port..

Hello Subsimmer,
first of all a happy new year 2018 and happy hunting !

i'm playing OM in it's latest version and managed stay alive within this campaign :

2nd (subs assigned Type IX / IXB / IXC)
[Homeports: Wilhelmshaven 1939-01-01 to 1940-06-30, Lorient 1940-07-01 to 1944-09-01 transfer to the 33rd in Flensburg]

But it's now 18th October 1944 and the map shows me no more "home base" after the fall of France... and i cannot therfore end the operation...
Flensburg is unfortunatly not activated as an home base, what can i do ?

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Old 01-06-18, 12:00 PM   #3578
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According to what my CareerStart and Flotillas files show for the game, the 33Flotilla and Base are active 1944-06-15 through 1945-05-15. All four subs (F14VIIC, IXC, IXC40 & IXD2) show NULL-NULL for their active dates (they all transfer in from elsewhere), which means that they're available the same as the Base and Flotilla dates. All four of the boats also show a Transfer setting of NULL, which means they do not automatically transfer anywhere, so unless you requested a transfer, Flensburg should still be your home port. However, other things can influence that. ie: What other mods have you got active? Did you request a transfer?
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Old 01-06-18, 12:18 PM   #3579
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Old 01-06-18, 10:38 PM   #3580
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Old 01-07-18, 07:45 AM   #3581
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Default My subsim career and lost homebase

Hello all, thanks for the warm welcome !

to my career, i do occasionally hunting since the old days when GATO was availble on the IBM PC ;-)... i startet to play with SHIII, now capaingning trough OM (the reason i am doing SH4 !!!) and dreaming of a crash free modern OM/SH4 with graphics beyond SH5 and real data (convoy, waether) as well as with all relevant nations like UK or France in WW2 !!! And WW1 as an variant of that game....

Regarding the homebase i tried to get an tansfer thoughout the career but never a transfer was offered to me.... Can i tweak a configuration file to force having Flensburg as a home base ? Could be my GME modlist be a problem? BTW any suggestion appriciated to enhance the mod list, beside the mandatory mods and the german translation (i am austrian)...

PS. Also i lost the stopwatch displaying in the mid of the career....

regards and thank a lot Sascha

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The files to do that are in the Save folder, and I can't recall off the top of my head which ones you'd have to alter.

It would be a good idea for you to open JSGME, click on "Tasks..." and then "Export activated mods list (to)". If you've got v2.3, it'll now be on the clipboard. If you've got v2.6 (which you should - it's better), click on the "Clipboard" choice, and then "Paste" (<Ctrl><V>) that in the text box here for your next post.
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Old 01-07-18, 06:39 PM   #3583
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There you go:

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\MODS]

OpsMonsun_V705
OMv705_to_V720
OMv720_Patch5
OMEGU_v300
OMEGU_v300_Patch7
OM-OMEGU-Deutsch
Magnified Hud Dials for OM+OMEGU_Medium
OM_Med_Env
OM_Harder_Escort_L2
Befehle
TorpedoFix
WaBoWarnung
BoldFix
AOBF 16-9 Res
AS_for_OMv103

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Old 01-08-18, 08:21 AM   #3584
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I do not recognize some of your mods. I assume you've gotten them from other sites. From what I could find on one of them (might not be the same mod), it is for old versions of SH4. Just be sure that what you're loading is in fact, compatible with OM. Lurker was rather adamant about what he considered "compatible", so if something doesn't specifically state it is compatible, de-activate it, and see what you get. The specific ones I can't find are:

1. Befehle (stock game language fix? If so, it's pre-v1.5)
2. TorpedoFix (there are a several of these - which one and why?)
3. WaBoWarnung (?? "WaBoWarning"...)
4. BoldFix (the name is familiar, but I cannot fully remember it)

As for the crew fully speaking the German language (other than "Passing thermal layer"), Brigodoon tried this one German Speech Fix in the thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...96#post2534896
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Old 01-18-18, 10:19 PM   #3585
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Just one question besides: The Interior of the type II and type XXIII looks very cool, but from which type is it taken? I cannot find any Interior pictures of them on the Internet.
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