ship names in recog. manual
 

Hi,

Anyone knows where i can change the ship names which are shown in the recognition manual?
I would like to change the names of the merchants into their japanese names (which end on "... Maru")

I searched the entire SH4-directory but can not find them, so i guess it isn't text which is shown, but an image. (otherwise windows could find the text inside the files, i searched for "composite" and "freighter" but nothing is found...)

Regards,
fvd

I believe it's in: "Silent Hunter 4/Data/Roster/Names.cfg"

You can open that .cfg file with notepad, wordpad, word or any text editor :up:

It works great, the only downside to it is that the US merchants are now also called Maru.

This is a shot from my game..
http://www.oldsmobile1958.com/extra/real6.jpg

I know WernerSobe is working on ONI manual..
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=118477

If more people want this, I can make a JGSME mod of it for now.
Just untill something better pops up.

:up:

thanks
 

Hi guy's,

Thanks for your help.
I made some changes in the textfile.
I admit it would be much better if only the japanese freighters would be identified as "Maru" and not the American ships for example.

But i think these japanese names make the "feeling" of the game more realistic and genuine, isn't it?

Best regards,
fvd

I agree, a much more realistic feeling..
I just released my Maru rec manual.

There are now only 2 ships that are used for all countries.
Taihosan and Kasigan Maru. The rest is, or Japanese or US.

yes
 

FooFighters,

Yes, i've already seen your mod :)
I compared it with mine, they were almost the same.
Installed yours though :up:

O yeah; think you made one typing mistake:
KSS=Kagisan Maru (should'nt this be: KSS=Kasagisan Maru)???

Regards,
fvd

PS: you would'nt happen to kno wthe location of the file which contains the other ship data like spee, mast height etc.?
I would like to add the length of the ship, perhaps right under or above the speed of the ship.
At that position is some room to add this info.

I agree on the Kasagisan spelling, only I cannot find the mistake.
Maybe I corrected already ?

About the length, speed etc.. try Ducimus. I think he knows.

I found those values in the ship's .cfg files.
For example:
\SilentHunter 4\Data\Sea\NKLSS_Hakusika\NKLSS_Hakusika.cfg

[Unit]
ClassName=KLSSHakusika
3DModelFileName=data/Sea/NKLSS_Hakusika/NKLSS_Hakusika
UnitType=102
MaxSpeed=12
Length=135.6
Width=17.7
Mast=29.5
Draft=8.7
Displacement=8150
DisplacementVariation=700
RenownAwarded=250
CrewComplement=40
SurvivalRate=80
SurvivalPercentage=45


But I don't know if these values are used for the Rec-manual.

other one
 

Hi WilhelmTell,

No, i think it's another file which shows this ship data in the recog. manual.
Not 100% sure though...

Thanks,
fvd

FooFighters
 

FooFighters,

It's the second line in the Maru (freighters) section, just below al the warships.
Maybe you corrected it in your own version?

Greetings,
fvd