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Originally Posted by DirtyHarry3033

Yeah I know the event camera can be turned off. Stupid me, I started the patrol with it on though and as mentioned, it can't be turned off until you're back in port :( Next patrol, it is history!!! I wouldn't mind so much, it if would "remember" the position you drag it to, so next time it wouldn't be in the way...

Ackdavis, I've tried hacking the .cfg files also with no joy. Soon as I load the save game, the .cfg is reset to what I started my patrol with. I figure there is another file somewhere with the "patrol settings" and it automatically overwrites the main.cfg when you load the saved game.

Are you using the main.cfg found in the My Documents/SH4 folder? The one in the install directory is only read once and does not control your settings. I've made other changes in the .cfg and had them take effect. Just the event camera variable doesn't seem to work. I suspect the sim doesn't actually read the event camera setting from the main.cfg, but from another file.

For mid-patrol, you might try changing it in one of the various gameplaysettings.cfg files in My Documents/SH4. One of those should be for you current campaign.

AKD, actually it was the \My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\GameplaySettings.cfg that I was editing, now that I check ;) It contains these entries:

[Current]
LimitedBatteries=true
LimitedCompressedAir=true
LimitedO2=true
LimitedFuel=true
RealisticRepairTime=true
ManualTargetingSystem=true
NoMapUpdate=false
RealisticSensors=true
DudTorpedoes=true
RealisticReload=false
NoEventCamera=false
NoExternalView=false
NoStabilizeView=false
MPShowPlayerNames=true
MPShowTorpedoes=true

[MiscSettings]
MeasurementUnits=imperial

These look to be the same ones you can set up in your office at HQ. No matter what I did to this file though, the changes were always undone as soon as I loaded a saved game.

DH

I like the ideas you have about the reconization manual. I would also like to see a hot key for battle stations. Its just odd only being able to call for it in 1 screen.

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Originally Posted by DirtyHarry3033

there are also gameplaysettings.cfg files in the save games. might be worth toying with those, as well.