Editing Careers.cfg, Careers_0.cfg, etc

[Keelbuster]

I want to change my flotilla and base, in a current savegame in which my character is at port following a mission. I've been looking into Careers.cfg and Careers_0.cfg, and have seen entries for CrtBase and CrtFlotilla, and could easily change those to the desired settings from en_menu -etc. But, there are severall such entries (i.e. repetitions for each patrol, and they are present in both Careers.cfg and Careers_0.cfg) and I'm not sure which one(s) to change. I only want to edit the most current savegame/patrol. Has anyone done this before? If so, what's the structure of the Career.. cfg files?

KB

[JScones]

You can do it, but don't be surprised if SH3 gets upset and doesn't want to play, especially if you change it to a base that is not available at that point in time.

You'll need to edit the LAST entry (assuming you have not reverted to an earlier save at some point) in both Careers_0.cfg and Patrols_0.cfg.

In Careers_0.cfg:
CrtBase=7??
CrtPort=?
E01=data/emblems/subemblems/flotillas/?? flotilla.tga

In Patrols_0.cfg:
StartLocation=7??
EndLocation=7??
PatrolArea=????
Flotilla=9??

Remember what the values were for if your game crashes and you need to revert back to the original values.

[Keelbuster]

Jscones,

thanks! Seems to have worked. The only thing that didn't work was the patrol grid - I'm still NULL. And, when loading the save game, even though I'm now part of 29th flotilla, and with a start and end-base of La Spezia, I still have the reduced-access base screen. This may go away after I complete my NULL patrol. Hopefully, upon re-enterring my base I will be welcomed as a full member of 29th flotilla!

...

just loaded the mission and then ended it to test...Next mission, full access, but patrol grid of 0. I could always set it with SH3 commander. Hopefully it will revert to it's previous randomness. I've had trouble with patrol grids before, even without editing so who knows.

Cheers,

KB

[Keelbuster]

The patrol grid returned to random setting on the next patrol. Everything else seems to be in order.

Yay.

KB

[Keelbuster]

Uh...i think i was a little quick to conclude that things are okay following edit. It seemed to change my flotilla back to 7, sort of automatically while still keeping my base at spezia etc. When I tried to change my flotilla from 7 to 29 it crashed. Not so simple....arg.

KB