[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by Larrywb57

 

15 January 1943, base time 16:32. Homeport is Pearl, the submarine is USS Gato.

This is the last ship in a convoy of six ships that started several hours ago. The vessel was ID as a 'Medium Split Freighter' which to me is riding a little bit high. The convoy consisted of a 'Destroyer Escort Tachibana, Hospital Ship, Heavy Cruiser Myoko Class, Large Tanker, Large European Tanker & Medium Split Freighter'. The first ship sank at Long. 150° 22' E. Lat. 7° 40' N. at 04:43 hrs. About 96.3 nm, a bearing of 280° from Moen. The convoy's heading was 330°, approximately 7 knots.

 

To the FotRSU Team. Thank you for the hard work that you continue to put into this project!

That particular ship can have a DisplacementVariation setting of over 6%, whereas the "average" ship will have a 2-4% variation. But that would only account for about half of the red you are seeing there... The main problem is most likely where the group spawned in relation to where you were when it "physically" generated, and my guess is that it was in the shallow water of one of the many channels inside Truk Lagoon. It's almost like ships "bounce" as they are spawned, and the "light in the skirts" or "heavy with the feet" is the result... not much we can do about it, except avoid Truk, but that would take away the fun of the area... thanks for the note on it, but it might be a group out of Japan that runs through Truk, or a group out of Java, or Singapore, or New Guinea, or even one that generated there or in the Marshalls and then runs through Truk. I am chasing down groups now, but my guess is that the group was "single-file" coming out of there?... ??

Originally Posted by Cdodders

I am trying to install the mod and having no joy getting it running. I have SH4 on Steam and have created a MODS folder in the SH4 folder and extracted the mod into there. I have made sure the mod isn't nesting in two folders. When I try to run SH4 it doesn't appear to have done anything

As Larrywb57 and KaleunMarco mentioned, there are several things that can go wrong.

1. Install folder cannot be inside a "Program Files" folder, including the default install folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam \SteamApps \common \Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacifc". If that's where you are with the install, you will have to move it. If SH4 is your only Steam game, or set of games, just un-install Steam and the games, and re-do the install in a folder you create. Most folks change the "Program File (x86)" portion of the path to "Games" or some-such, which then moves (naturally) your Steam Library to that folder. If you have a valid 2nd Hard Drive you could write to, use it for a 2nd Steam Library folder, and put SH4 there. See Moving a Steam Installation and Games on the Steam Support site, or THEBERBSTER's page, as suggested.
2. You have to use LAA on the SH4.exe file with this mod. It takes up too much RAM for its own good. This also means that you almost have to have a 64-bit version of Windows, and at least 4gig of RAM. If you have 4Gig of RAM, and a 32-bit Windows, let us know, and we can walk you through getting that to cooperate with you. See CapnScurvy's Windows10; Large Address Aware; SH4 Install for more on LAA, and on the Windows & SH4 install.
3. A really important point that many fail to do properly is empty the Save folder. The game runs from the information in the Save folder, and if it is not cleared prior to playing the modded game, then most of the new information is not brought in, due to JSGME and Windows not overwriting the old data. This applies even when removing a mod. So navigate to "C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4" and delete that folders contents. "UserName" is what you log into Windows with, and "Documents" might be "My Documents", depending upon your Windows version. The game will re-create the folder the next time it starts. You do lose any previous career and other game info, as well as your screen resolution and other gameplay settings.

As pointed out by Larrywb57 and KaleunMarco, THEBERBSTER's SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFO <> DOWNLOAD LINKS -STICKY INDEX links can help with more than just FotRSU. He is currently not active here, but has a note to PM him if you have any questions. FotRSU mod-specific info can also be found in the first post here in Fall of the Rising Sun Ultimate - Full Release, or on the download page for it, or has been pointed out, in the Support folder of the mod. There is a "01_FotRSU_Support_TOC.bat" file in the game folder after activating FotRSU, which fires up "01_FotRSU_TableOfContents.pdf" in the Support folder of the mod, or just open any of a number of pdf files in the Support folder.