OK, quick update & good news .....I managed to convert all the Ops Monsoon German campaign files into the allied campaign.... so now there is traffic etc in Atlantic & around the European shores.
I now need to do some work with dates in the files, and configure in my German AI subs to provide some interest to would be destroyer captains.
Also need to take a look at air traffic ... not seen anything show up yet but am crusing around in Sep 1939.
As for releasing just US ships, or German campaign, or wait until we can input better looking models of Bismark etc .... sorry, no ... not going to do that, you see the work to make the current list of ships playable, and then re-model damage, add player launchable depth charges, accurate radar capabilities etc .... it took so long that I'd rather release functionality over good looks. If we can find someone who can re-work textures or import Sh5 models, then fine, these cna be imported and then my damage models re-used. There are some ships in the current pack which look awful (decks of HMS Hood are awful) ... but the ship works. I'd also love to see a facelift Warspite (my favourite BB of all time)..... so I am up for making things better ... jsut don't want to cut out any of the already complete functionality.
For now the work with OM campaign is significant progress.... although making it fit / feel right when driving a surface ship could be tricky.
What I'm after now is a few basic ideas on how to structure some careers / mission objectives. I figure a destroyer career woudl be easy neough ... escort convoy, objective to sink as many U boats as possible etc ... but driver the bigger ships ... setting objectives which are meaningful is a bit more tricky. Any ideas ?
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