SH4 Mission Editor World Map Is Blank

[owner20071963]

Opened SH4 1.5 U-Boat Mission Editor,
Create a New Mission?
Yes,
Where are the Ports?
Where can You see A Named Port?
The World Map Is Blank :hmmm:
Just a World Blank Map,
Did the 1.5 add on Create this?

[Webster]

thats normal

what you have to do is first load the "Campaign_LOC" file from the campaign files, then all your ports will be show up on the map.

i agree with you it should automatically have this but it doesnt untill you load it. im sure there is a reason for it but i dont know why its left out.

[peabody]

Webster is correct, but I do it a little different. Campaign.LOC (which means "LOCations") is automatically loaded when you play the mission. So if you add it to your mission it gets loaded twice and makes the filesize bigger.

So I start with a 'New" mission with a blank map.

Then go to File/Merge.... and merge in Campaign.LOC, In the box that says "Merge as Saveable" leave the box UNCHECKED.

Then if you want to you can File/Merge.. and also merge in Campaign.NMS which will put in the Names of the oceans, seas, islands etc.

Then if you need them you can also merge in the US_NavalBases.mis or the anything else you want to show on the map.

And none of merged stuff will be saved with the mission, but it will get loaded when you play the mission. The game loads the Campaign files when you play a single mission, so you may see ships you didn't put in your mission.

Just one note: If you merge the Naval bases not all of them are available for the entire war. You would have to check the properties of the bases for the dates they will be there.

Peabody

[Webster]

Webster is correct, but I do it a little different. Campaign.LOC (which means "LOCations") is automatically loaded when you play the mission. So if you add it to your mission it gets loaded twice and makes the filesize bigger.




actually i think it was you who told me how to "see" the ports and locations when doing missions lol.

i just forgot about the file merge thing :damn: sorry about that owner20071963

its been a looong time since i did missions but what i did for myself was during a game i just went and screen printed some key map zones and used those as references when doing missions so i wouldnt forget stuff.

its also helpfull to google historic battles and they show you some good enough maps to be able to recreate them accurately in the game.