There don't seem to be any RND files or that sort of thing any more. One the whole the campaign structure seems both simpler yet more complex and I'm not entirely sure how it all hangs together so far as I've only just started looking at it. Given the difficulty I had the other night with saving edited files (it kept saving a blank version...
) I'm probably going to have to do a refresher course to get used to it all again.
One of the nicest discoveries so far, though is that you know longer seem to need to create a huge locations.cfg for adding new ports - they can now be added directly into the apropriate .mis file in the editor...I'm sure CCIP, Nico and Jace will agree that this will save a massive amount of time and frayed nerves.
I want to get the Aleutian stuff in there. I also want to add patrols to the coast of IndoChina (several were conducted very early in the war but I have't seen one in game yet.) I'm not sure yet of the relation ships between the way the campaign assigns patrols and the link between the 'Contact reports' files and the 'Patrol objectives' files.
On the face of it, to create new patrol areas specific for the Aleutian base one would simply create a new 'Patrol Objectives .mis and .TSR file and alter the flotilla .UPC file accordingly. However, things being what they are I'm sure there is something else I'm not seeing.
There are a lot of map labels I would like to get in there too but I know nothing about DDS editing and my efforts so far have merely ended with huge blue or black squares appearing on the map...
On the plus side, most of the major naval engagements and invasions are already there. Editing them would be so much easier than doing them all from scratch but we shall see.
I have a list of things I want to do so I'll add the Aleutians in. I'm going to be reformatting in the next few days but once that's done I'll get down to business.
God. It's worse than drugs.