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Old 10-22-07, 09:19 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by billko
So you're saying that changing the activeplayerunits.upc file affects the game? I had always believed them to be leftover files from SH3 that had no effect, whatsoever, on the game, and there were plenty of people who thought the same. Maybe it is read in, but only some parts, like the sub conning tower, are actually used? (For instance, your ingame time and date never change in the activeplayerunits.upc file, yet it is obviously kept track of.)

Very interesting.

Bill
Absolutely. That's where I go to rename my crewmen from Niklos Tungsten G Claamescusci to Bob Smith (and the like).

As far as I can tell, the files in the actual game directories are just templates, and the "live" game data is stored in the user profile directories.

JD
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