The icons that appear on the map are found in <game install>data\menu\gui\units.

Look for the tga files with UnitMship and UnitWship in the names. Three files for each.

A ini or txt file?

The icons are tga files.

You shouldn't be seeing colored contact icons with GWX. They should be all gray.

I don't use gwx.
Only the maplocations + ships.

I am searching for a text file, where I can adjust the appearing of ships.

When they appear and where.

It's not in the contacts file.

Or is it?

Ah, ok. By "appearing of ships" do you mean graphically on the map ?

Is the milkcow mod (2005 )you posted the link compatible with v161b?

Should be but not sure as it was made much earlier than H.sie's patch. However, H.sie's patch only affects how the milk cow function works; it doesn't add them to the game like the other mod does.

If you choose to use the milk cow mod, be sure to look at it's files as there are some that will overwrite and/or be overwritten by others possibly.

Anything can be made to work with anything but it may require editing to do so.

Side note here without intention to derail:

Just to add to what John is saying, both GWX and NYGM also include Milk Cows in their respective campaign files as they stand.... so you won't need to add them if you use either.

I'm not sure about NYGM, but in GWX the F1 function key in-game will tell you when and where they are available... to include resupply ships that essentially work the same way. I'm sure that John can comment on their inclusion/use in NYGM.

Thanks Kpt. Yes, NYGM's F1 key works the same.

Bacchus, are you aware of these mega mods ? If file editing doesn't appeal to you, give GWX 3.0 a try. It's an outstanding piece of work with a simple install.

NYGM is a great mod too, but without the install ease of GWX if that is something one desires/needs.

I do more editing and less playing.

All that is known to me.

But I take only out of the mods what is really of need
To make the game look better but to not kill the real-time weather trigger that provides the simact 2016.


Gwx 30 will not work with real-time weather.

I can't stand the game withweather windchange all 5 days. It's horror stuck bug aaaaahhhhhh

Yes it's probably my English.

I want to have the colored ships more often and much more of them on the map.
And to choose for example sectors where they pop up.


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It's a question of quality not quantity

The file contacts.cfg controls the icons appearing on the map. <game install>data\cfg.

Increasing the range will show more contacts the map. I think that's what you want ?

To answer your other question, there are quite a few Germans on the site, and even a German sub-forum towards the bottom of the main page.

Your English isn't bad though.

GWX, and any SH3 install, will work with simact 2016. Simply copy it into the game at your main game folder.

I do not say it does not work with gwx!

I do say it's Killin the real-time trigger that provides the simact16 in the stock.

By the way I'm no German.

It's one of my natives.

Hehe

With copying some stock files from library into the library for the gwx ships(gwx - library folder) that I needed to make the ships work. I have changed the searchlights.

My gwx30 gold( searchlights all the time and daytime I think. The ones that shine on the flags.

I have now no searchlights.

I hit a bigger ship with torpedo .

After hit searchlights turned on( but different only two and not on the flags(good looking)) an then turned off.

2 torpedos hit. Ship is not going down goes away. Searchlights off.

What do you think.

Will it work ok for all ships?