Wake Island Mission and some questions

[peabody]

Originally Posted by Bramtyr

well crap.

Know how to increase warships' and coastal guns' nighttime detection/engagement range? i need it to about 6000 yards/meters nightime, fair conditions.

i'm still pretty sure they engage each other. all my tests have been in on Wake Island with its oversized harbor facilities... so there is still a chance the warships at sea are engaging the harbored ships in the lagoon.

You could try the Data\cfg folder for the Sim.cfg file that may give you what you need, I don't know if it will affect coastal gus. There is a [Visual] Light factor setting???????
I don't know for sure, I have had trouble finding stuff in this mess. There are so many things the game doesn't even use and so much duplication of files it is crazy!!

Good luck

Peabody

in the data/ land folder you will find the coastal guns, i cant remember which one but the sim or zon file will have the range for the gun. it wont fire if target is out of range. i dont think anyone has ever checked to see if the guns were set at the correct ranges so i suggest you have a look, you may have a mod fix there.

[peabody]

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

in the data/ land folder you will find the coastal guns, i cant remember which one but the sim or zon file will have the range for the gun. it wont fire if target is out of range. i dont think anyone has ever checked to see if the guns were set at the correct ranges so i suggest you have a look, you may have a mod fix there.

One of the probelms is the AA platforms. In the Land folder and in the Mission Editor they list four guns and you select from a dropdown list. But of the four guns listed only one actually exists in gunsradar.dat, the 2pdrQuadruple and it doesn't work worth a hoot. The other guns don't even exist and when you use them and place a platform it is empty.
I tried putting in some other 'similar' style guns (AA) and they didn't work. Didn't even appear and one crashed the game.

Thank you for the info on the range setting. I was thinking it might be in sensor settings, but I think it makes more sense to check the range first..

Peabody

Peabody

[Bramtyr]

Cool! I'll have to look into it-- I haven't been able to touch SH4 in the past week as i need to reinstall it after a full windows reinstall... and PAX was this weekend. But yeah, a a land units fix mod would be neat for SH4...

I'm curious how one would go about fixing the small coastal battery (so its a 3-inch gun, or Japanese equivalent) to appear properly and function, along with getting anti-air to work

[peabody]

Originally Posted by Bramtyr

Cool! I'll have to look into it-- I haven't been able to touch SH4 in the past week as i need to reinstall it after a full windows reinstall... and PAX was this weekend. But yeah, a a land units fix mod would be neat for SH4...

I'm curious how one would go about fixing the small coastal battery (so its a 3-inch gun, or Japanese equivalent) to appear properly and function, along with getting anti-air to work

I tried a couple of other guns for the missing AA and they didn't work. The one I mentioned above is still the only one that will work. We could adjust the range and the reload times and include for the AA. The coastal bunkers only use 3"? that won't hurt anything more than a Sampan.
Peabody