conus00
10-23-13, 02:09 PM
Hi all,
after a long time I have finally finished this mod. It's a small one (in terms of size) but extremely huge one considering the time I have spent on it.
Anyway, what is it?
Everytime I play SH3/SH4 I feel like I'm all alone in the sea and there is no war going on on the land. This has been addressed, to certain extent, by Lehmann's Radio news but I felt like taking the idea MUCH further....
During surfing the net I stumbled upon http://www.worldwar-2.net/ and got an idea. Why not create mod which will inform you about events happening in the war on almost day-to-day basis?
What does it do?
The mod expands \Data\Campaigns\Campaign\messages_en.txt (and in case of SH4 \Data\Campaigns\CampaignGE\messagesGE.txt) by VAST amount of data about actual events taking place and informs you about the progress of the war.
It is set up that, on days where there is something new to report, you receive (around 23:00 depending on your TC) message like this:
23:01 Radio Message
From: BdU
To: U-99
1939/09/02 OKW has issued the following announcement: Joint ultimatum was given to Germany to withdraw her troops from Poland within twelve hours or find herself at war with Britain and France. The Luftwaffe raided Warsaw. German troops captured the Jablunka pass in the Tatra mountains. Fighting continued for the strategic peninsula of Westerplatte at the mouth of the Vistula River. A massive attack was launched by 60 Stuka dive bombers of the II and III Stukageschwader Immelmann directed at crushing the garrison. Sweden issued a declaration of neutrality. German Ministers at Sweden, Norway, gave a declaration that Germany would respect the integrity of Sweden and Norway.
Pros and Cons
I play games mostly to entertain but also to educate myself so I believe that this mod adds huge immersion in the game (making you feel like you are part of living and breathing world). The down side is that the news are "too accurate", meaning they are known right the day they happen and to fairly deep details.
I realize that this mod will be love/hate type of the deal so use it if you like or don't, but please, respect the HUGE amount time I have invested to create it. As always comments and (positive) criticism is welcome.
Installation
Because your radio message file might have been already modified by another MODs there is no way to make this JSGME ready. Download the file, open it in Notepad and copy and paste the content into destination file.
SH3: \Data\Campaigns\Campaign\messages_en.txt
SH4: \Data\Campaigns\CampaignGE\messagesGE.txt
NOTE: The files for SH3/SH4 have slightly different structure so, please, make sure that you are attaching the correct one ;)
Download:
SH3 file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/rqtcr9ufc4eqy76/Attach_to_messages_en.txt
SH4 file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0x08qstdc2vy483/Attach_to_messagesGE.txt
Last note: Considering the huge amount of typing and also the fact that I was retyping all the info from present tense to past tense, typos are bound to happen. I'm currently testing the mod in SH4 and killing them. LOL
I would really appreciate help with this one. If you find a typo please either shoot me an IM with "day" of the typo and "what it says" and what it "should say" or post the info in the thread. It will take a while but I'm positive that eventually this might become typo-free mod. Thanks!
after a long time I have finally finished this mod. It's a small one (in terms of size) but extremely huge one considering the time I have spent on it.
Anyway, what is it?
Everytime I play SH3/SH4 I feel like I'm all alone in the sea and there is no war going on on the land. This has been addressed, to certain extent, by Lehmann's Radio news but I felt like taking the idea MUCH further....
During surfing the net I stumbled upon http://www.worldwar-2.net/ and got an idea. Why not create mod which will inform you about events happening in the war on almost day-to-day basis?
What does it do?
The mod expands \Data\Campaigns\Campaign\messages_en.txt (and in case of SH4 \Data\Campaigns\CampaignGE\messagesGE.txt) by VAST amount of data about actual events taking place and informs you about the progress of the war.
It is set up that, on days where there is something new to report, you receive (around 23:00 depending on your TC) message like this:
23:01 Radio Message
From: BdU
To: U-99
1939/09/02 OKW has issued the following announcement: Joint ultimatum was given to Germany to withdraw her troops from Poland within twelve hours or find herself at war with Britain and France. The Luftwaffe raided Warsaw. German troops captured the Jablunka pass in the Tatra mountains. Fighting continued for the strategic peninsula of Westerplatte at the mouth of the Vistula River. A massive attack was launched by 60 Stuka dive bombers of the II and III Stukageschwader Immelmann directed at crushing the garrison. Sweden issued a declaration of neutrality. German Ministers at Sweden, Norway, gave a declaration that Germany would respect the integrity of Sweden and Norway.
Pros and Cons
I play games mostly to entertain but also to educate myself so I believe that this mod adds huge immersion in the game (making you feel like you are part of living and breathing world). The down side is that the news are "too accurate", meaning they are known right the day they happen and to fairly deep details.
I realize that this mod will be love/hate type of the deal so use it if you like or don't, but please, respect the HUGE amount time I have invested to create it. As always comments and (positive) criticism is welcome.
Installation
Because your radio message file might have been already modified by another MODs there is no way to make this JSGME ready. Download the file, open it in Notepad and copy and paste the content into destination file.
SH3: \Data\Campaigns\Campaign\messages_en.txt
SH4: \Data\Campaigns\CampaignGE\messagesGE.txt
NOTE: The files for SH3/SH4 have slightly different structure so, please, make sure that you are attaching the correct one ;)
Download:
SH3 file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/rqtcr9ufc4eqy76/Attach_to_messages_en.txt
SH4 file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0x08qstdc2vy483/Attach_to_messagesGE.txt
Last note: Considering the huge amount of typing and also the fact that I was retyping all the info from present tense to past tense, typos are bound to happen. I'm currently testing the mod in SH4 and killing them. LOL
I would really appreciate help with this one. If you find a typo please either shoot me an IM with "day" of the typo and "what it says" and what it "should say" or post the info in the thread. It will take a while but I'm positive that eventually this might become typo-free mod. Thanks!