[wip]New repeat patrol fix
 

I've been quietly working on a new repeat patrol fix, which i think is a little more robust then my previous. Although im not sure how it will work out. The idea is to present TWO missions for the game to choose from, and have them available on a 3 month window, before shutting those down, and opening two more missions for the next 3 months. This way, the game concievably always as a choice between A, or B, and is forced to choose C, or D, after the next 3 month rotation. I have two worries however.

- i'll bet what happends more often then not is the game always picks one assignment over the other

- 3 month window on missions. Might be too wide of a window. ALthough I found it neccessary because on a 2 month window, quite frankly pickings on missions so they arent consecuitive become a bit slim.

However, there is no forcing of special missions, either the game picks them, or it doesnt. Heres the template ill be using for pearl harbor for this version, tell me what you think.

FWIW, over 50% of PH patrols (in RL) were to the Truk blocade in 1942. I think it dropped between 1/3 and 1/2 in 1943.

tater

For what its worth, heres the fremantle template, still have to do brisbane.

Feel free to nuke me again :D

I'll be by Bikini or Eniwetok, heheh.

Looks good though.

tater

Im not a modder or anything, so please dont flame me if this is stupid;) , but would it be possible to have an option to pick from the two missions when given next patrol orders? That way the game wont "force" a repeated mission on us.

The game doesn't have an option like that that I know of.

Note that the "ObjectiveCode=" links to a general area. If there are 5 Java Sea missions, for example, and you pull that again, then you still only have a 20% chance of a repeat.

tater

Unfortuntely thats how the game works.

Heres a quick explanation on how it does: (using hypothical names)

In stock, In each sub base (flotilla), each sub type has around 5 areas that it will randomly get. These are mission groups, based on geogrpahical area.

Area 1
Area 2
Area 3
Area 4

Each of these mission groups has a subset of mini missions that are also randomly assigned.

Area 1 through 7
- X number ofPhoto
- X number of insert spy
- X number of sink
- X number of patrol

The game is first supposed to randomly pick an area, and then once it has, supposed to randomly pick a mission from that area.

Obviously, it doesnt alway vary the area assigments as much as one would like. If it did, none of this work would be neccessary.

Maybe it's fixed in the 1.4 hinted at in th other thread.

(the reworking of stuff again boggles the mind)

tater

Im wondering if it really is.

This post
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...15&postcount=4

and this post:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...28&postcount=3

Make me think otherwise, given the source of those two posts.

Given the can of worms inside the whole flotillas/patrol objectives/PatrolObjectives (missions themselves)/DynamicCampaign stuff, I'd be surprised if the cause wasn't as simple as some typoed values copied and pasted someplace.

Maybe they simply can't figure out what is causing the problem...

Oh beleive me i know all about this can of worms. I still have to go through the objectives.upc file and make sure im not assigning some before their entry date. A couple in fremantle i KNOW i am, so that file will be part of this mod too.

Repeat missions
 

FWIW for anyone interested. Latest career has me in PH and I've had 4 straight
SpecOps insertion missions to Okinawa. 4 straight:hmm: . Can't wait to supply the Division with tanks and artillery.

RHJ