Found it.

Data\UPCData\UPCUnitsData

Three files, Weapons.upc, UpgradePacks.upc and UnitParts6Sargo.upc (your favorite sub, or all subs if you're ambitious)

Availability dates, change the first number to 1941-12-01 or anything before December 7 1941 to have it available at 1941 career start. Late war conning tower is needed for a forward AA gun, since both the early and mid war towers still had the upper helm station which was sawed off and converted to a forward gun platform in later years.

So just drop those files in?
 

type them out in that folder? "Deer in the Headlight look"

No, they're .upc files, copy them to a backup folder, then go back to the SH4 folder and right click on one, select "Open With" from the popup window, select Notepad and edit each file like you would any other text file. If you make a m!$tAkE just copy the file from the backup folder to replace the bad one. Main thing is it requires a little tinkering, for example you change the AcceptedTypes=USLightAA to AcceptedTypes=USHeavyAA in the sub UPC file, then sit there banging your head wondering why you can't have that gun, later find out the availability date in the other two files needs to be changed to before the career start date so it's listed in the upgrade options.

As for your other problem, might want to google that sound card, find stuff like this;

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-4...-w-5-1-speaker

No its not that.
 

Was working until I started changing files in and out today testing the engine sounds. So yeah think I messed up some sound files. Did a test on my speakers they are all working. Thats way to much hacking for me I would ruin my game maybe I could give you my teamspeak address and you could talk me through it if you use teamspeak.

Oh ok I see what your saying so I just need to alter the dates only right?

Example WeaponInterval= 1941-12-01, 1942-12-01 - change all the dates 1941?

Trust me kid, if you can figure out how to register for a forum and type posts you can edit simple UNICODE files in notepad. Copy the files or the whole folder to a backup someplace, then it's easy to restore if you screw something up.

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That's all it is, the upgrades pack UPC says the earliest date SJ-1 radar will be available is July 1943, change 1943 to 1941 and you get it at the start. Same with the late war conning tower, change from 1942 to 1941 and get it from the career start. Save, exit, test in game, crash, SH4 has encountered a problem and needs to close. :/\\!! Go to the backup folder and copy the file or files, paste them into the SH4\Data\UPCData\UPCUnitsData folder, why yes I want to overwrite. Start game and check, all fixed like before, exit game and try again. How do you think everyone else learns how to do this stuff? Trial and error, gnashing teeth when you have to delete the entire game and reinstall 100 times per year, then you learn to be religious about making backups before you start hacking. Got enough disk space with 500 gigs, so these days I fire up WinZip and zip the entire game folder when I install a new game, so I have a safe backup of the entire thing available if I get sloppy about backing up right before I hack something then discover I saved it in the wrong game folder and screwed that one up beyond repair.


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I don't use the Salmon class anymore, but this was my first attempt - only 20mm available because I didn't change the types from light to heavy, or change the conning tower so I could have a forward AA gun. Screwing it up mostly does that type of thing and nothing really disastrous, easily fixed by editing again or restoring the original file from the backup.

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...45506896_n.jpg

That's the current Sargo in December 1941.

Somehow all my save files are corrupt now
 

I guess to much changing in and out mods. So yeah gotta start over now. Been a really ^%&&^ day. There went my Gato :shifty:

Hoping I don't have to do a reinstall. I lost sound files to alot of things in the game for some reason nothing related to sound card or speakers because they where there before I started testing and trying different sound mods.

"Sigh" Tis is life....:nope:

If save files are corrupt I just go into the

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim Ward\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg

and delete both the \RichSavedGames folder and \SaveGames folder, all saves gone, start new career. You can also make a backup of the SH4 folder from My Documents and delete the corrupted SH4 folder to replace with the backup, good idea to do that before installing new mods or hacking files, if you have career progress you really want to save that's the way to do it. Testing mods will sometimes cause the game to crash if you try to load a savegame that was expecting something else, with sound files or textures that's usually not a problem.

Another restore backup example;

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...68660469_n.jpg

This involves Silent 3ditor so it's a little more complicated than editing text files, but I'm poking around in there and have no idea what I'm doing, just changing assorted numbers here and there to see what happens (here goes nuthin, FIRE IN THE HOLE!). Changed one only exhaust port for testing, too tedious to change them all when I'm just trying to see what the results are. Even smokes underwater now.

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...42988075_n.jpg

Since I have no clue what I'm doing right now I'm not gonna bother trying to fix that, just copy the original NSS_Sargo.dat from the backup folder to \Data\Submarine\NSS_Sargo and start over. :up:

You where right.....
 

Was the speakers. I had to update the drivers so In my fit of rage I uninstalled before trying that so I still lost all my saves...............

Owell at least its working now.

That smoke doesn't look right would have to be more and a wider stream like his but darker and taller. Once again look at this vid see where its coming off the side there and that just one at high rpm his is close just needs to be darker and abit taller maybe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae3G8z5isxs Just my 2 cents. So now I have to start a 7gig dl at least I still have one copy installed. I need to figure out how that damn multish4 thing works the read me is crazy worded and I am no programmer I am a artist I am about to start trying to learn how to skin. When I get that down you will see some nice skins.

Moral is listen to Sniper before uninstalling in a fit of rage.......:/\\!!

I just want 3
 

I have one setup now that is for TMO
I want one for OM
and one more for 1.5 with RSRD only

So I would only need to create one more .exe location

So I gotta figure that out tommorrow. I have to call it a night soon. Have to drive into the city ended up Mom did have a heart attack so I have to go and see what is going to be the deal I know they are going to do a cath on her. Just have to get details and check her house etc.

But would be cool to hear version 2 of the sound mod and take that guys mod and darken his smoke and maybe increase the volume and I think you would be happier its close to accurate if you look at where that Gato is blowing its exhaust its coming out the side like his.

:Kaleun_Wink:

Must have missed some dates
 

I changed all the first dates to 1941-12-01 I thought on all the upgrades but they didnt show up... Hummmm:shifty:

UnitPart 2]
ID= NarwhalConningHalfCut
Type= NarwhalConningTower
NameDisplayable= Half-cut Conning Tower
UnitPartInterval=1941-12-01, 1945-12-01
ExternalLinkName3D= data/objects/Conning_P_02
HullTextureNameOverride=data/Submarine/NSS_Sargo/NSS_Sargo_T01.tga
HullLightmapTextureNameOverride=data/Submarine/NSS_Sargo/NSS_Sargo_O01.tga
HullNormalmapTextureNameOverride= NULL
MenuSilhouetteTextureNameOverride= P_Class_02.tga


[UnitPart 3]
ID= NarwhalConningLateWar
Type= NarwhalConningTower
NameDisplayable= Cut Down Conning Tower
UnitPartInterval=1941-12-01, 1945-12-01
ExternalLinkName3D= data/objects/Conning_P_03
HullTextureNameOverride=data/Submarine/NSS_Sargo/NSS_Sargo_T02.tga
HullLightmapTextureNameOverride=data/Submarine/NSS_Sargo/NSS_Sargo_O01.tga
HullNormalmapTextureNameOverride= NULL
MenuSilhouetteTextureNameOverride= P_Class_03.tga

Some senile old geezer :salute: must have forgotten a file, the subname UPC file. Example for the Porpoise;

\Data\Submarine\NSS_Porpoise

Inside that open the NSS_Porpoise.upc file with notepad;

[UserPlayerUnit 1.UnitPartSlot 1]
ID=PorpoiseConningSlot
NameDisplayable=Conning Tower Slot
Type=NULL
AcceptedTypes=PClassConningTower
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault1= NULL, 1942-07-31, PClassConningEarlyWar
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault2= 1942-08-01, 1943-05-31, PClassConningHalfCut
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault3= 1943-06-01, NULL, PClassConningLateWar
ExternalNodeName3D= Z01

[UserPlayerUnit 1.UnitPartSlot 1]
ID=PorpoiseConningSlot
NameDisplayable=Conning Tower Slot
Type=NULL
AcceptedTypes=PClassConningTower
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault1= NULL, 1941-07-31, PClassConningLateWar
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault2= 1941-08-01, 1943-05-31, PClassConningLateWar
IDLinkUnitPartIntervalDefault3= 1941-06-01, NULL, PClassConningLateWar
ExternalNodeName3D= Z01

That gives you the late war conning tower at the start regardless what year you start.

Back on topic, diesel pack number two is up;

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=4359

Do i need to alter that along with all the others you told me?
 

weapons the upgrades etc?

Pretty sure. I started figuring this out when I first got the game, altered 22 zillion files with no clue what I was doing, restored backups, hacked again, failed to take notes and forgot what I did to get which result.

I have Flotillas.upc altered too, but that's for the new Asiatic career start mod. Also \Data\Roster\American\Submarine\SSSargo.cfg at some point in the past, but I looked at that one and it's just the available names - I like USS Scorpion so I changed all the names to that, so I start an Asiatic career with a Sargo I always get the same USS Scorpion instead of a random choice of lame fish names.

Well
 

I have changed every date in all those files you pointed out to the start date and its not allowing the tower upgrade therefore I can not get the flaks. the radar updates but the 5in does not show up. I dont know I mean I went through and look at all the interval dates and set them to 1941. Maybe the Narwhal is not able to be upgraded like that. You try it. I would be happy to email the copies of the note pad files that I edited so if I did miss something you can see it.

BTW the part 2 is sweet Sir!!!

Even did the above change in the Sub Narwhal upc still not getting anything.... Gotta be missing something....

Can't help you there, no gots Narwhal in SH4 1.4. I got;

S-18
S-42
Porpoise
Salmon
Sargo
Tambor
Gar
Gato
Balao

Also got a couple of Japanese subs in the \Data\Submarine folder, dunno why since I've never seen them as a career choice. From the original game since all the files are dated 2006 or 2007. :06: And forget email, no gots that either - since them yahoos from Yahoo took over the AT&T email, I haven't been able to log into my account for a month. :/\\!!

I'll extract the original unmodifed game and poke around with a Porpoise or Gato or something, this time take notes on what does what to which and who pays the bail if the cops come.