Goodbye Tonnage Bar!

[vdr1981]

No more that distracting thing in my game...

This patch for OHIIv2.5 with banned tonnage bar (Alleluia!) is aiming to allow all players , even with stuck tonnage bar issue, to experience OHII in full power, with fully free, open and nonlinear gameplay with multiple area of operations visible almost all the time.
Even though the patch is optimized for the people with infamous tonnage bar bug (which is almost everyone these days) I could recommend it for anyone else who is annoyed by arcade looking tonnage bar, a really strange feature of SH5 IMO.
Should we receive crosses to complete the missions ?
That's not necessary...Small crosses (aka value points ) are only used to unlock missions and to define victory /defeat message between campaigns, and that's all. Now, all missions are date controlled and defeat message can be changed to more appropriate one, so those crosses are not important anymore . What's important is overall tonnage from anywhere in the world, tankers and capital ships...
Note: First Deployment mission is only visible for one day and it doesn't support any additional missions...

IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Make sure to be ON PATROL when deadline date of last mission is reached, preferably somewhere at the open seas without AI units in your vicinity . This is important so be careful if you use mods like "Change Days in Port"... .
You can check campaign ending dates in OHII Campaign dates document or in the main OHII thread.

Tips:
True carrier progress depends on:
- Promotional points for the crew - secondary patrol missions, spy infiltration ect, tonnage...
- Points for new equipment - number of sunk ships/tonnage from anywhere in the world
- New sub offer - Rating points gained by sinking capital ships and tankers anywhere in the world, high tonnage patrols, medals...
- Medals - Overall tonnage, sinking of capital ships , high tonnage patrols...

*One more suggestion though...It's good idea to manually edit defeat message located in SH5/data/menu/menu.txt file
You should find these lines

7610=X out of Y victory points obtained. You have failed to achieve the strategic goals  established by High Command. The war continues, but Germany will deeply feel this setback  and the enemy grows stronger.

579=Incomplete
580=Complete
581=Failed

and replace it with something like this...

7610=X out of Y victory points obtained. The results in this campaign enhance our position in  the war. The enemy is not defeated yet and they will certainly adapt and come back to the  battle with new weapons and tactics.

579=Pending
580=Completed
581=Finished

These messages suit almost any tonnage scored by captain. It's not really fair for captain to receive "you suck" message only because his missions/value points tonnage are not recorded correctly...However , this step is not necessary...

Changelog:
-Fixed small issue in campaign.cfg files that can prevent few macro objectives to be date activated (space behind "=" mark)
v0.1
First Deploymend objective is now invisible

Credits:
Trevally & SH5 modding community, for their epic job on initial OHII development
vdr1981, idea for this patch and removing goddamn tonnage bar...

Download
Available in 3 different versions depending of which modlist you use...
Check contained readme documentation to see how and when to activate patch/addon...
http://www.mediafire.com/download/eu...paign+v0.1.rar

[Sailor Steve]

Good. I wasn't remotely realistic.

How'd you do it?

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Good. I wasn't remotely realistic.

How'd you do it?

I've edited Page navigation map.ini file trough SH Menu Editor...

[test_m4a1]

Well done, looks awesome

Could You possibly upload this edited file or make a small mode for JSGME?

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by test_m4a1

Well done, looks awesome

Could You possibly upload this edited file or make a small mode for JSGME?

Yes, I could do that...For now it's included in TWoS 1.03-Patch 4 , to hear some impressions. You can take the file from there to test it if you like ...

[vdr1981]

First post is updated...S!

[luke_scott]

The modlink is dead can you give me a new one

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi luke
That is an old link you are referring to.
You need to check this out.
The Wolves Of Steel Mega Mod (TWOS) By vdr1981 > Thread (Posts 1 & 2)
Peter

[totheorder]

I there a valid link for the stand alone mod "no tonnage bar"? I am putting together a custom modlist.

Thanks

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi tto
OHII v2.5 - No Stupid Tonnage Bar_Free Style Campaign v0.1_NewUIs v7.5.0

Can't find the mod you are looking for send me a PM as I probably have it in my mod store archive.
Also check out my tutorial download section.
Peter

[Sjizzle]

aloha any1 still have a good download link for OHII v2.5 - No Stupid Tonnage Bar_Free Style Campaign_IO Strat.Map_Magui because i cannot find it anymore on my PC