Webster

i would say a third of the files open with notepad but some dont make sense but most do.

the following off the top of my head are a list of files notepad opens: mis, misge, tsr, cfg, eqp, sns, upc, and a few others i cant remember



misge are done with mission editor, they arent visable unless you select the german mission folder the the box will look empty but its not, look at the file types line and select misge file types and then the mission will show up.

you can manually edit them using notepad, which you will need to do occassionally if your mission dates arent in line with ships available at the time. for those cases you will manually edit the "cfgdate" so the item you want will appear at the time and place you chose even if it wasnt available in real life at that time.



here is a further explanation about this mission editor issue that is best fixed only by manually editing the file:

a most common cause for confussion when creating missions with mission editor is not having the correct sub you selected when the mission was created.

if you dont get the sub you chose in mission editor when you run the mission here is how to fix the problem.
mission editor will always use the cfg date of the oldest ship you use in building your mission for the "cfgdate" of your sub. if its before the date your sub entered the war then this causes the game not to use the sub of your choosing but instead revert to the default porpoise type sub.
you can tell this error because you will see the porpoise sub listed in the mission directory.
to fix this, open Data/ SingleMissions and then open the mission file your working on.
now open the "MIS" file (or MISGE) with windows notepad and manually change the "CfgDate" to match the same numbers it shows for "GameEntryDate".


this is what a porpoise class sub looks like in a mis file

[Unit 1]
Name=_US Porpoise#1
Class=SSPorpoise
Type=200
Origin=American
Side=0
Commander=1
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
CfgDate=19380101 <<< this number means - 1938=year / 01=month / 01=day
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=false
DockedShip=false
GameEntryDate=19380101
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19451115
GameExitTime=0
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=15984316.000000
Lat=2029342.000000
Height=-17.000000
Heading=134.113556
Speed=5.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
SecondsUntilReport=-10.150150
HighPrioContact=false
RandStartRadius=0.000000
TacticalUnit=false
AvailStartDate=19380101
AvailEndDate=19451231
NextWP=0


this is what the salmon class looks like in a mis file

[Unit 1]
Name=USS Grouper
Class=SSSalmon
Type=200
Origin=American
Side=0
Commander=1
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
CfgDate=19420301 <<< to use the salmon in a 1938 mission just change this date to 1938 so it reads 19380101
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=false
DockedShip=false
GameEntryDate=19380315
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=-21493264.000000
Lat=3726281.000000
Height=-16.5000000
Heading=4.081214
Speed=5.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
RandStartRadius=0.000000
NextWP=0

NOTE - i always use 0101 for month and day because that way i dont have to think about the mission dates just the year but you can use the correct month and day of the mission if you wish.


this same mission editor conflict can cause ships not to show up in missions.

if a ship doesnt appear in a mission at the time and place you chose then its "cfgdate" is not in line with the mission date so look at the list and find the ship and make sure you edit it to have the same "cfgdate" as your sub does.