SP Mission "Royal Flush", by The Avon Lady, v1.05

[The Avon Lady]

I've posted the download and ReadMe info for the mission on this thread (http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=43443).

Rotten tomatoes welcome! :88)

[capt_frank]

downloading now!

thanks! :D

[joea]

Me too, thanks a lot.

[Twelvefield]

Just a side note to Avon Lady, and way off topic:

I went to your website and found it very land-mine intensive. I really hope you didn't take those pictures yourself with you being behind the camera viewfinder looking at all those mines! It just makes my skin crawl to think that one could be walking along and minding one's own business when all of the sudden you realise you are in the midst of a minefield.

If you choose to move somewhere more peaceful, you and your family are more than welcome to come join us in Canada. We are having a big nationwide promotion to get immigrants, and the only land mines you are likely to step in come from the bums of the neighborhood dogs.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Downloaded! :up:

[Duke of Earl]

@Avon Lady... tried it out and got lucky... 2 torps each, set for under keel, mag pistol.. but, then again, I only use 70% difficulty... on the egress, I received the 'congratulations' message from BdU way before I had acutally reached AK93... by the way, what is the experience level of the DD's?... they seemed to be very green...

Cordialement, Duke of Earl

[The Avon Lady]

Just a side note to Avon Lady, and way off topic:

I went to your website and found it very land-mine intensive. I really hope you didn't take those pictures yourself with you being behind the camera viewfinder looking at all those mines! It just makes my skin crawl to think that one could be walking along and minding one's own business when all of the sudden you realise you are in the midst of a minefield.
These were taken by my husband during a 4x4 trip. Relax! The area is well mared with a beaten path. The first pic on the site is from a minefield that goes back to the 1948 war, along the border with Egypt. The following pics are of dummy mines, taken at a military expo.
If you choose to move somewhere more peaceful, you and your family are more than welcome to come join us in Canada. We are having a big nationwide promotion to get immigrants, and the only land mines you are likely to step in come from the bums of the neighborhood dogs.
Thanks but we would never think of leaving here. It's our home. And so many people have the wrong impression. Our children can go out of the house day and night and play in the park or ride their bikes. The only thing that keeps me worried is when they cross the street. Sure beats what my husband and I grew up with back in the States.

That's not to say things are coming up roses here but day by day, we're just fine, thank you.

But, yes, I like Canada. Always have.
I received the 'congratulations' message from BdU way before I had acutally reached AK93...
I'll investigate.
by the way, what is the experience level of the DD's?... they seemed to be very green...
Everyone else think I should maximize their lethality?

Your wish is my command! :yep:

[joea]

Well I too got the message before reaching the grid, the DD did damage me but I dropped bold and snuck away perhaps a bit too easily. Great mission though, got the first liner ... this is alos a good "practice" mission for manual torpedo aiming. Thanks a bunch. :up:

[The Avon Lady]

Mission updated. See 1st post for download link (same as before).
Change Summary:
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1.02 - Enemy escort's crew ratings increased from VETERAN to ELITE.

1.02 - Corrected egress map zone's radius.

1.02 - Corrected trigger and event logic.

[martes86]

Just curious... why did you name it "Royal Flush"? :hmm:

Cheers :rock:

[The Avon Lady]

Just curious... why did you name it "Royal Flush"? :hmm:
The names of the targets are the Queen Victoria and the Duchess of York.

[martes86]

Oh, now I can imagine the flush... :-j

[Floater]

This sounds like an excellent mission, but I can't get it to run. When the loading progress bar is near the end I get the old 'Don't send' type of crash. :cry:

I've installed it in the folder specified - called 'Royal Flush' - and copied in the Media.cfg file from another SP mission folder. Any idea what the problem might be? It must be something I'm doing wrong, since everyone else seems to have no trouble.

No mods installed, and SH3 otherwise working fine. The version of the mission is 1.01.

[The Avon Lady]

This sounds like an excellent mission, but I can't get it to run. When the loading progress bar is near the end I get the old 'Don't send' type of crash. :cry:
Beats me! :hmm:
I've installed it in the folder specified - called 'Royal Flush' - and copied in the Media.cfg file from another SP mission folder.
The Media.cfg file is useless. Delete it and out of curiosity see if that makes a difference. But you never need that file. Read the sticky FAQ posts on the Mission Editing forum section.
Any idea what the problem might be? It must be something I'm doing wrong, since everyone else seems to have no trouble.

No mods installed, and SH3 otherwise working fine. The version of the mission is 1.01.
That's what everyone had until today. Now 1.02 is available. Might as well download the new version, no?

What version do you have SH3 patched to? Pardon my asking but are you using a no-CD crack?

[Deep-Six]

I will give it a spin later on tonight. :D

[Floater]

AvonLady:

At first, I didn't have the Media.cfg file in there, and thought that might be the problem. So, removing it is unlikely to help any.

SH3 is patched to 1.04, and there isn't a no-CD crack or anything like that.

I've looked through the stickies in there (that's where I came across Jim's suggestion to copy Media.cfg), but can't see anything related to this problem.

When I get time, I'll try 1.02 and report back - thanks for the help. I was hoping to use 1.01, because I'm not a very adept player, and the elite DDs would probably rip me a new ... aft torpedo hatch. ;)

[Floater]

Update:

I've installed 1.02, got rid of "Media.cfg", and still the same problem. Other SP missions load just fine. Aaaargh! :huh:

There's nothing unusual about my setup - SH3 straight out of the box with the latest patch - normal sort of P4/ATI hardware, plenty of RAM and HDD. Baffling.

[Jace11]

you need one of the ship mods to run it cause it uses a new ship not in the original game.

[Floater]

you need one of the ship mods to run it cause it uses a new ship not in the original game.
Aha! Which mod?

[_Skii_]

Yep - causes my game to ctd when it loads up.

[The Avon Lady]

you need one of the ship mods to run it cause it uses a new ship not in the original game.
Argh! :damn: :damn: :damn:

Which ship(s)?

DDJClass? DDCClass?

I'll change it ASAP, if someone can tell me which one didn't come with the game.

Looking at my hardcopy recognition manual I won from UbiSoft ( :smug: ), both J's and C's are in. So are the troop transport and the passenger liner.

And I know the VIIB sub comes with the game! :88)

[The Avon Lady]

you need one of the ship mods to run it cause it uses a new ship not in the original game.
Argh! :damn: :damn: :damn:

Which ship(s)?

DDJClass? DDCClass?

I'll change it ASAP, if someone can tell me which one didn't come with the game.

Looking at my hardcopy recognition manual I won from UbiSoft ( :smug: ), both J's and C's are in. So are the troop transport and the passenger liner.

And I know the VIIB sub comes with the game! :88)
/bump

Any mod makers got an idea which unit does not come with the game? What defines a unit? Just the class or also the country?

Help appreciated.

[Gizzmoe]

Any mod makers got an idea which unit does not come with the game?

It´s the PTR (SS Duchess of York), it doesn´t come with the standard game. The ship is part of RUb and also the Merchant Pack.

[The Avon Lady]

Any mod makers got an idea which unit does not come with the game?

It´s the PTR (SS Duchess of York), it doesn´t come with the standard game. The ship is part of RUb and also the Merchant Pack.
Thanks. Big help! :up:

Can I simply change it from a PTR to a TR and retain it as Canadian, even though TROOP TRANSPORT is not in the editor's roster for Canada or must it be British?

[Gizzmoe]

Can I simply change it from a PTR to a TR and retain it as Canadian, even though TROOP TRANSPORT is not in the editor's roster for Canada or must it be British?

Yes, change it to TR, the nationality doesn´t matter.

[The Avon Lady]

Thanks, Gizzmoe! :up:

Mission updated. This should resolve the CTDs being reported by some people.

See 1st post for download link (same as before).
Change Summary:
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1.03 - Ship class PTR for Duchess of York is a mod-added ship class. Changed class to TR,
which comes included with the game.

[Syxx_Killer]

Is it the transport ship that comes with sergbuto's additional merchants mod? I've got that mod (but not RuB) so I should be ok, right?

[The Avon Lady]

Is it the transport ship that comes with sergbuto's additional merchants mod? I've got that mod (but not RuB) so I should be ok, right?
Just download the latest version from the 1st post. The mission now uses only standard ship classes.

[Floater]

Thanks, Avon Lady - that works fine now. Off to go hunting!

[Duke of Earl]

@Avon Lady... another lucky mission with version 1.02... I have the Transport mod installed, so no problems... DD's seem to be more aggressive now, which is good...

But, after sinking ONLY the Passenger Liner, I received 2 'congratulations' radio messages (while submerged) from BdU for sinking BOTH ships...

The other Transport was not sunk until much later in the mission (premature explosions on intial attack)...

Also, the phrasing of the 2 messages implies that BdU immediately knows that the Transports are sunk... might be better if the radio messages are rephrased as SOS intercepts transmitted in the clear from the sinking Transports.. not from BdU...

Cordialement, Duke of Earl

[The Avon Lady]

Thanks, Duke. I'll look into these.

[The Avon Lady]

But, after sinking ONLY the Passenger Liner, I received 2 'congratulations' radio messages (while submerged) from BdU for sinking BOTH ships...

The other Transport was not sunk until much later in the mission (premature explosions on intial attack)...
Found the bug. It was caused by reverting to official ship classes in the last fix.
Also, the phrasing of the 2 messages implies that BdU immediately knows that the Transports are sunk... might be better if the radio messages are rephrased as SOS intercepts transmitted in the clear from the sinking Transports.. not from BdU...l
The message is:

The Queen Victoria is going down! Primary objective achieved.

It's an in-game type of message - not a BdU communique. Same with the remaining messages.

Version 1.04 now available. Link and ReadMe in the thread's 1st post.
Change Summary:
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1.04 - Corrected objective class for sinking the Duchess of York. Error caused by the prior
ship class correction in v1.03.

[Syxx_Killer]

Finally got a chance to test the mission. It is pretty good. However, when I got near the group and J Class started to harass me. I decided I was going to duke it out with him, and after his initial DC attack I got him with a well placed magnetic fish. As soon as he started sinking I got two messages from BdU (while submerged) about sinking the liner and transport. I hadn't even attacked them yet. :88)

[The Avon Lady]

Finally got a chance to test the mission. It is pretty good. However, when I got near the group and J Class started to harass me. I decided I was going to duke it out with him, and after his initial DC attack I got him with a well placed magnetic fish. As soon as he started sinking I got two messages from BdU (while submerged) about sinking the liner and transport. I hadn't even attacked them yet. :88)
Stupid triggers and events! :hulk:

I'll check. :88)

[The Avon Lady]

Mission updated. See first post for download link (same as before).
Change Summary:
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1.05 - Minor correction of objective, trigger and event definitions.

[HEMISENT]

Thanks Avon Lady, Downloading now will give it a try in a few minutes.