tater, have you done anything to the mid-1944-1945 layers? Every time I try to load a campaign from one of those dates, the game kicks me back to the desktop.

No, and I've never tried them. Will look and see.

Did you work on the east china sea area in early 1942? I ran into a Akitsu CVE on Feb 15, 1942 doing 5 knots (at 127E, 28N approximately). It may have had something funny happen to it because a rather large group of warships was out in front of it doing what had to have been way more than 5 knots (not sure, it was pitch black and I never could ID any ships or get a good speed estimate). They passed and then roughly 20 to 30 minutes later the lone CVE showed up. I was able to close on it and it definitely was doing 5 knots, 'cause I nailed him with that solution.

Maybe it ran into something and damage reduced it's speed.

Akitsu Maru could be around randomly in 1942. Perhaps some sank in a storm? Every once in a while I have seen wierd stuff, stock, and modded.

Hmm, that's strange, then. At first I thought it may have something to do with the equipment loadouts of the late-war boats (e.g., SJ-1 and improved SD radar), but the earlier 1944 campaigns that have that equipment as default load up just fine. Could it be a change in the designation of one of the AI units (minesweeper, was it?) that's causing this problem?

Maybe. I started a 44 campaign, It's late feb, no prob so far.

tater

Hey tater,

Thanks for this mod. This kind of campaign editing to more historical standards is what really made SH3 so immersive for me. And your historical knowledge seems to be better than the average bear's. I also know (well don't know, but strongly suspect) that this kind of task is mind numbingly boring. So again, thanks for taking the campaign on! Can't wait to get back to my gaming PC and try this out.

Oh, and does this mod add any traffic to the Dutch harbor area?

PD

Tater, great job! Can I apply this over RFB without any ill effects? What about just the .MIS files for the timeframe of the campaign I'm in right now?

Yeah, I bet it is about exciting as watching paint dry, thanks again tater:up:

RDP

Haven't add Aleutian traffic yet. This is a Q&D set, honestly, I used the existing groups' paths. Aleutians need traffic, Marshalls need traffic... and apparently I need to find out what is blowin 44 up, lol.

LukeFF, what month exactly is your problem?

Is it always the same day?

If it's in the campaign layers, it could be ugly to spot.

The symptoms for LukeFF sound very similar to sh3 when a ship was included
in mission/campaign that wasnt in the player roster. just a suggestion.


[edit] dumb of course that would have collapsed him in the beginning. sorry tater.

OK. Made a quick mission (most layers are set to load for single missions as well as campaigns). Moved started date around. If the mission starts before August 1, 1944, it works. You can start the 31st of July, and go forward, it is only if the start date is > 19440801.

Says to me it is maybe a Campaign.cfg issue.

tater

All the 44b layers start 19440801 in campaign.cfg, and all the groups actually load after that that I have checked. I need to check the coastal traffic, which I did NOT change for those years, though ships hitting a net shouldn't crash the game, just crash and burn themselves.

I will pull the 44b layers and see if it crashes, then add them back one at a time and figure which it is. I only added one entry for campaign.cfg, it was my stop and go test with coastal steamers on china coast. It isn't that.

Hmmm.

Pulled all the 44b missions (forcing default versions). Still crashes. It isn't the traffic.