playable ships in drop down box unknown?

[Trool323]

Hi, I've made some single patrols with the playable bismarck that I would like to upload for you all, but I'm having a time getting them to show up in the drop down menu for playable selection. all I see is "unknown" why is this? it's drivin me crazy :damn:

trool323, :hmmm:

[nautilus42]

Hi, I've made some single patrols with the playable bismarck that I would like to upload for you all, but I'm having a time getting them to show up in the drop down menu for playable selection. all I see is "unknown" why is this? it's drivin me crazy :damn:

trool323, :hmmm:

If you made a single_Mission in SH4 you also must script the CfgDate

i.e.

[Unit 1]
Name=_Bismarck#1
Class=SSBismarck
Type=200
Origin=German
Side=2
Commander=1
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
CfgDate=19390901
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=false
DockedShip=false
GameEntryDate=19390904
GameEntryTime=600
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=949500.000000
Lat=6476100.000000
Height=0.000000
Heading=0.000000
Speed=0.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
HighPrioContact=false
RandStartRadius=0.000000
TacticalUnit=false
AvailStartDate=19380101
AvailEndDate=19451231
NextWP=0

greetz

nautilus42

[DarkFish]

all I see is "unknown" why is this? it's drivin me crazy :damn:let me get this straight, you do see the ship in the drop down menu, only it is called "unknown"? And if you select this "unknown" unit you command a bismarck after loading the mission?

If you do than your problem is probably located in the bismarcks upcge file. Open it (data\submarine\subname\subname.upcge, subname in this case being something like "NSS_Bismarck") and look for the following line in the UserPlayerUnit 1 section:
NameDisplayable=It should at present say "unknown" if this is the problem. If it does, change it into "Bismarck".
If this entry isn't there at all add it.

[Trool323]

thanks guys, both of you had good advice. I had to change both files to get it to work..:up: