[REL] Convoy Map for TMO

[sergei]

An alternative pull down map to the one used in TMO 2.0.

I found a blank version of this map whilst rooting around the game folder looking for something else.
So I recoloured it, and added a rough approximation of TMO's convoy routes.
(Checked using the 42b Convoy layer, at the limit of Japanese expansion)

Version for TMO Only
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2658/mapabz.jpg

Version for TMO+RSRD (checked using the '42 convoy layer)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5001/maptmorsrd.jpg

Download
TMO ONLY:http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=2735
TMO+RSRD:http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=2739

EDIT: Please note that the above maps are not absolutely tits on accurate, but are close enough to get you in the ballpark.
They show convoy routing only. Task forces, invasion forces and single merchants may well use different routes.
Also note that they represent the situation in late '42, when the Japanese Empire was at the zenith of it's expansion. As the war drags on, fewer of these routes will be used.

[AVGWarhawk]

Hey hey...very cool. :D I'm getting myself one. Thank you very much!

[sergei]

Just realised something.
This will show you the routes used pretty well if you are running TMO only.
If you are using TMO+RSRD, the routes are not accurate.
I'll knock up a RSRD version tomorrow.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work :up:

[Jan Kyster]

Nice! Thank you very much! :salute:

[irish1958]

Thanks, Sergei
Awaiting the RSRD version. I sometimes play SH4 with just TMO, but I usually use RSRD.
Is a version for "We Dive at Dawn" possible for that TO?

[sergei]

Updated first post.
RSRD version now available.

[cdrsubron7]

Great job, sergei. :yeah:

[rosentorf]

awesome...was waiting for this a long time!! Thanks!!

[Hydra]

sergei, you da man:up:

[Roger Dodger]

Is this the same pull-down map attached to the radio I got with TMOv2? I never noticed it before, but its really handy. At least I know if I'm in the right area now.

Oops! I should have re-read post #1 again. Answered my own question. I do like yours for RSRDC better, and will D/L it right away. Much better detail. I assume I have to be in port before installing??? That's OK though. I'm on my way back to Freemantle as we speak.


God Bless Electric Boat

[Ducimus]

They show convoy routing only. Task forces, invasion forces and single merchants may well use different routes.

They do. I could have sworn i had more traffic coming in/out of truk. :hmmm:

[Mikemike47]

They do. I could have sworn i had more traffic coming in/out of truk. :hmmm:

Could you have taken the traffic out by accident? I remember you had a More Merchant Traffic Mod for overhaul 1.9 from April, 2010. The 1941-44 jap_merchant.mis files in the campaign folder was changed. Perhaps traffic was eliminated by overhaul version 2.0. If these files may be the cause, send me a private email message and I will gladly send the compressed file to you.

Thanks for all of your hard work once again to make SH4 more enjoyable.
Signed a long time Trigger Maru fan,
Mike

[sergei]

They do. I could have sworn i had more traffic coming in/out of truk. :hmmm:

You do, but not in the convoy layer I think.

42b Singles Layer
Plenty of single merchant traffic going into and out of Truk.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3694/42bsingles.jpg

But I decided not to put the singles routes on the map as well, else it would just end up a mess of criss crossing lines.

Having said that, I will probably end up re-doing the TMO only version.
I was working from a screen grab of the ME (see shot) rather than having the ME open at the same time so that I could zoom in to check details.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9782/convoys42.jpg
As you can see from the shot, I feel I have over simplified TMO's convoy routing, and a few routes I can see on my map are just plain wrong.

[sergei]

I do like yours for RSRDC better

Only use it if you are actually running RSRD, not just because you prefer the look of it!

[Armistead]

Good job. Having played RSRD a long time, looks good, see all my honey spots.

[irish1958]

Sergei,
Thanks for the maps;
:rock:

[Roger Dodger]

Only use it if you are actually running RSRD, not just because you prefer the look of it!


TMO + RSRDC (Never leave home without 'em)


God Bless Electric Boat

[sergei]

TMO + RSRDC (Never leave home without 'em)

Good man.
I was just making sure :03:

[Roger Dodger]

I just tried to install 3D TDC and Radar Range Unit. From what I had been reading on the other thread about this mod, it sounds really kool. Note that I am using only TMO and RSRDC in my MOD list. Also, the MOD hasn't been noted as being compatable, but Ducimus said that it shouldn't cause any problems (I think I read that right).

I installed the MOD (in port), then tried it out using the 'Single War Patrol' #1 (Pogey). The TDC and RADAR came right up, and seem to be working together OK. Then I tried using the Radio/Convoy pull-down map, and all that would show was the extreme lower left corner of the map - no radio at all, just the corner of the map. TMO does change the UserRadio.dds file (verified by loading Convoy Map for TMO + RSRDC ), but the 3D TDC MOD has nothing to do with that particular file.

I disabled the 3D TDC mod, and loaded up again. The Radio/Convoy Map work just fine (either the TMO or the RSRDC model). I tried several times more, always with the same result.

Has anyone else noticed this behaviour, or am I just unique?

[sergei]

Are you running an earlier version of the radar mod?
It is now up to v1.02
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1901

Earlier versions had their own menu.ini.
Nisgeis has removed this file from later releases.

Using earlier versions the menu.ini re-sized the nav map tools and chronometer. It's entirely feasible it also changed the radio, as it is this file that the contain the entries that attach the map to the radio.
(Please note Nisgeis, I haven't tested this - I'm just theorising:03:)

Try v1.02 Radar mod Roger Dodger, and report back if it still doesn't work.

EDIT: I've just read the release history.
The menu.ini was removed from v1.01 onwards -
'v1.01 update. - Relocated displaced send sonar range and send sonar bearing switches. Removed menu files to make it kinder to TMO.'

[Nisgeis]

What version did you have? The first version probably would cause a problem, but the latest updtaed version v1.02 should work fine, or at least shouldn't alter any of the relevant files. Sergei uses the radar mod, so it should work OK. You don't have to wait to be in port to install it either, it can be installed at any point.

EDIT: Sergei beat me to it! I was theorising too :-).

[Roger Dodger]

What version did you have? The first version probably would cause a problem, but the latest updtaed version v1.02 should work fine, or at least shouldn't alter any of the relevant files. Sergei uses the radar mod, so it should work OK. You don't have to wait to be in port to install it either, it can be installed at any point.

EDIT: Sergei beat me to it! I was theorising too :-).

Thanks Sergei and Nisgeis. Indeed, I have the earlier version. I'll D/L the newest edition and give it another try. BTW, where is the tutorial? There is several mentions of it in this thread, but I haven't found the location.

Thanx again.

[Mike`]

hm, would this work for RFB + RSRDC too?
would be nice to have a map on the boat there aswell :D

[diesel97]

Bump.

[Soundman]

Thanks for the bump ! I like it and would have never discovered this otherwise. :up:

[I'm goin' down]

Now I cannot get lost (or can I?)

[Uboatman]

Loaded mod up for TMO2.0:up:

Have a small request though, as someone who is not familiar with the Pacific would you be able to do the map to include the time zones so I can easier figure out what the real time is? Please:DL

[fitzcarraldo]

Loaded mod up for TMO2.0:up:

Have a small request though, as someone who is not familiar with the Pacific would you be able to do the map to include the time zones so I can easier figure out what the real time is? Please:DL

Same request, please!

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[General Tso]

Thanks for the mod sergi. My single biggest problem (at least with the game :D) is that I can't find convoys. Hopefully this will help to alleviate that problem.

[jscharpf]

Bumping this because it's awesome if you play TMO&RSRD
I was too lazy to download it so I just printed out the map :oops:

And now those buggers can no longer hide from me..

muahahahahahahah:stare::stare::stare::stare::stare ::stare::stare::stare::stare::stare::stare::stare: :stare::stare:

[Larrywb57]

Just what I needed when I go back to TMO.

[Tombomsee]

Great, thanks a lot, exactly what I have been looking for ! :up:

[darthpeace]

Ahoy Cap's.

Bumping this thread to ask if this mod works with tmo 2.5. If not is there any alternative mod, picture, map, gif, youtube video, hard case book or anything that will keep me from sailing lonely in pacific.

Thanks a lot :subsim:

[propbeanie]

I don't see why it wouldn't. All it is is a replacement for the "UserRadio.dds" file in Data \ Menu \ Gui, and is basically the same picture as what is already in TMO 2.5, but with less coloring.