Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2013941)

I don't like it.. :O:
authors' names at the first place? :shifty:

Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2013941)

I've set only HE shells for 20mm Flaks (AP=0) as you mentioned earlier..
now the problem is - gunners are too slowly switching from AP to HE because AP at the first place as default and they don't have enough time before the aircraft's first approach..
the question is - how can I remove AP shells from the .sim file at all? I can't do it using Goblin.. new tool which you sent me didn't open weapon's controller in the .sim..
GR2 editor?
or is this not possible?

EDIT: or at least how to swap AP and HE?

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2014012)

Or better, you can set the AP shells designation to 'none'. In this way the game woud know that the gun has not AP shells assigned, and would use HE shells as default ordnance... or at least I think so :03:

Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2014023)

EDIT: I'm a blind mouse.. I've tried that without merged shells.dat and.sim.. now I'll try it with shells files..

Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2014051)

is there a way to swap rows in the .sim.. AP and HE..?

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Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2014051)

Okay..

method with designation 'none' - not working
because AP still remains the default..

Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2014051)

method with assign ammo type - working.. but..
it's virtual method.. on the game screen I still see AP on the first 'default' place.. I know that there are HE shells, not AP.. but.. uncomfortable..

Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2014051)

is there a way to swap rows in the .sim.. AP and HE..?

Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2014051)

EDIT: it may be controlled by Page...py, though :hmmm:

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith (Post 2014074)

Good question. I would bet that changing their order via hex editor would do it :up:

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2014080)

Hehe, I knew you had to pop up with one of your unhortodox methods ;)

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith (Post 2014081)

Not unorthodox at all. Study the .sim file in hex editor for it and you'll see that the shells are listed in order - just like they are seen in Goblin. Coincidence? maybe, maybe not.

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith (Post 2014107)

which file and which item are you trying to change the shell layout on?

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2014112)

I ignore which file Volodya is currently working on. What we are trying to achieve is switching the default ordnance from AP to HE shells.

Personally I think that the easier way to do it would be switching AP and HE settings in Goblin, and then changing addresses 533, 534, 55B and 55C respectively to 48, 45, 41 and 50. This is relative to the file I have used as example (20mm_C30.sim).

I am not sure that after this tweak Goblin Editor would be still able to read correctly the controller, so this one should be the last change. What do you think? :hmm2:

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith (Post 2014116)

nevermind. Just picked the first one and shuffled the shells around in the .sim file. Result: no change. Looks to be hard coded to AP, HE, AA, then SS. It was worth a try :D

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith (Post 2014117)

Why don't you just set the AP shell type to nothing in goblin and it's amount to 0 so it will ignore the AP shells?

Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2014051)

method with designation 'none' - not working
because AP still remains the default..

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2014121)

This was my first guess, but unfortunately it didn't work:

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith (Post 2014122)

Hmm :hmm2: I'll verify that.....give me a few...

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2014123)

Okay, take your time :up: