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Notewire · 09-12-06, 06:20 AM

Panthercules, I am right where you are as of last night. I was able to make manual entries. I did learn that by using the | key it gives a line break, and I was able to finally alter my game log - but it only reads the file whne the game loads. Like you, I need to find out what will happen when the game adds a new entry. I think that will work out though - by using the line break I am able to enter all my information in one entry, so if the game adds another it should just add on. I was able to enter about a dozen lines of text into my Log Entry=0 that showed up as times and events.

The advantage is, every time I exit the game, when I restart - I can read what happened in my last play session with that particular U-Boat - by just looking at the log that sits on my weapons officers desk. Also, my information on each patrol will be saved with my career, so I can read them all from my Kaluen's desk back in Kiel. I think this is a big breakthrough, but I suppose we have yet to see how it interacts with computer log entries. If it doesn't work, I may just keep an alternate text file and rename after the patrol is complete.

Anyway, I had a screenshot all lined up to show my breakthrough, only to see you have beaten me to it - hopefully our combined efforts will yield something fruitful! I will let you know how it works when I sink something (which I didn't execute last night).

Regards and thanks,
Yarre Notewire.

09-12-06, 06:20 AM	#7
Notewire Soundman Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 143 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Breakthrough Panthercules, I am right where you are as of last night. I was able to make manual entries. I did learn that by using the \| key it gives a line break, and I was able to finally alter my game log - but it only reads the file whne the game loads. Like you, I need to find out what will happen when the game adds a new entry. I think that will work out though - by using the line break I am able to enter all my information in one entry, so if the game adds another it should just add on. I was able to enter about a dozen lines of text into my Log Entry=0 that showed up as times and events. The advantage is, every time I exit the game, when I restart - I can read what happened in my last play session with that particular U-Boat - by just looking at the log that sits on my weapons officers desk. Also, my information on each patrol will be saved with my career, so I can read them all from my Kaluen's desk back in Kiel. I think this is a big breakthrough, but I suppose we have yet to see how it interacts with computer log entries. If it doesn't work, I may just keep an alternate text file and rename after the patrol is complete. Anyway, I had a screenshot all lined up to show my breakthrough, only to see you have beaten me to it - hopefully our combined efforts will yield something fruitful! I will let you know how it works when I sink something (which I didn't execute last night). Regards and thanks, Yarre Notewire.