patrol zone

[ducatitom]

:damn:
I have got a mission to patrol BF10 in GWX3.0.But I cant find it on the map
Is this a bug

[GoldenRivet]

sort of.

but not really.

patrol grid assignments no longer matter in GWX3

[ducatitom]

:|\\
So does it means I get no reward for patrolling anymore?Or is there a way I can bypass this bug by loading a new mission?

[A Very Super Market]

The "No renown for patrol" thing has been around since 2.1 . You can make your own patrol reward in a file somewhere, but I don't know :P

Someone more qualified will tell you though

[Silverleaf]

1) You must be in port before doing this.

2) Goto C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Cfg

3) Open Basic.cfg in notepad

4)Look for the following near the bottom:
[RENOWN]
RenownReachGridObjCompleted=0
RenownPatrolGridObjCompleted=0
CompletedPatrol=0

change to

[RENOWN]
RenownReachGridObjCompleted=50
RenownPatrolGridObjCompleted=100
CompletedPatrol=0 <--this one apparently has never worked..

or whatever floats your *ahem* boat. Then save..Voila !

Those are my settings - 50 for getting to the sector and 100 for completing - not a ton but IF you do 10 patrols that's 1500 renown - good for a few good men. It does work quite well.

Cheers,

[Pisces]

:damn:
I have got a mission to patrol BF10 in GWX3.0.But I cant find it on the map
Is this a bugI'm curious what year/date your patrol should start (and which flottila/uboat type). Those gridlocations are mentioned in data\Cfg\Flotilla.cfg. But there is no "BF10" in it so the intended location must be legitimate one and get corrupted along the way.

[ducatitom]

:oops:
I started my career in 1939 in the 2.Flotilla Wilhelmshaven
Boat VIIB

[Pisces]

As I suspected. These seem to be the ones that were intended (start of the war, 2nd flottila):

Aug1000=BF13
Aug1001=BF11
Aug1002=BF14
Aug1003=BF15
Aug1004=BF12

the numbers 1000-1004 seem to be related with a indexing system in the file. It has no relavance to a year or date, other than the month shown.

Hmm, you could try to spend 24 hours in each of them and find out which one is the real one. ;)

[ducatitom]

:hmm:
Thanks for the advice.I started a new career meanwhile with BF18 as patrol zone so hopefully it will not show up again.

[Wreford-Brown]

As I suspected. These seem to be the ones that were intended (start of the war, 2nd flottila):

Aug1000=BF13
Aug1001=BF11
Aug1002=BF14
Aug1003=BF15
Aug1004=BF12

the numbers 1000-1004 seem to be related with a indexing system in the file. It has no relavance to a year or date, other than the month shown.

Hmm, you could try to spend 24 hours in each of them and find out which one is the real one. ;)

JScones has very patiently explained this to me and the format is month, flotilla, year, submarine type, random grid

Where:
Month = Jan through Dec.
Flotilla = The flotilla index (0 to 7).
Year = The year (0 to 6). 0 = 1939 and 6 = 1945
Submarine type = Key for the sub in question. (0=II, 1=VII, 2=IX, 3=XXI).
Random grid = A way to randomise the allocated grid between 0 and 4.

I take absolutely no credit for this - JScones (the author of SH3 Commander and JSGME) is the guy who deciphered the code.

[bigboywooly]

For the above

Aug1000=BF13 indicates Flotilla 2 - 1st would have been 0 etc working down the list as Flotilla appear - Flotillas not starting in 39 will use 0 in their first year ie Flotilla 5 is Salamis 41 Oct5000=CO42

Aug1000=BF13 Indicates 1939 - 1 would be 1940 and so on

Aug1000=BF13 Indicates first entry in the list of patril grids - 01 the second etc


Make sense
lol

[Wreford-Brown]

For the above

Aug1000=BF13 indicates Flotilla 2 - 1st would have been 0 etc working down the list as Flotilla appear - Flotillas not starting in 39 will use 0 in their first year ie Flotilla 5 is Salamis 41 Oct5000=CO42

Aug1000=BF13 Indicates 1939 - 1 would be 1940 and so on

Aug1000=BF13 Indicates first entry in the list of patril grids - 01 the second etc


Make sense
lol

Almost right:
Aug1000=BF13 Indicates the patrol grid for a Type II.
Aug1000=BF13 Indicates the first random patrol grid.

This is the breakthrough that JScones has made - it means that patrol grids can be appropriate to the correct sub type. I was working on patrol grids for my 1939 XXI mod and JScones took the time to explain it to me in detail so I could get patrol grids allocated.