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audessy · 02-05-10, 12:46 AM

After about 10 hours of messing with variables I finally figured it out. Although it is an awkward way of making it happen I have finally found a solution.

I'm currently playing Chinese U-47's Warship mod with GWX 3.0. After having fun for a while it was disappointing to engage another battleship and having them go boom really soon and it was over or likewise.

When a compartment is destroyed it's automatically game over FYI. No mods that I know of have completely defeated this in SH3. Only suppressed it to a less annoying level.

I'm probably not releasing a file. Though it is easy enough to do yourself. This way there will be no conflicts with your installations.

The logic is, not to have compartments flood at all. Instead use the equipment to cause flooding.

I'll explain what I did.

1. I used skwas silent 3ditor to edit the .zon file of my Bismarck. I gave it a small amount of armor around 10, about 2 million hitpoints. To make your ship destroyed finally you must set the CrashDepth to a shallow number like 50. Set the crash speed to a number relative to your hitpoints. 250,000+ in my case would cause it to take that damage every second below 50m.

2. Open zones.cfg in silenthunterIII\data with notepad. Use the find tool (ctrl+f) to find "uboat". In here you'll find your rooms and quarters that flood and bring you death. Set them to a ridiculous amount of hitpoints and armor so they can't be destroyed (for sub users wanting realism: adjust as you see fit). Also set flotability to 0.

3. Once done with that go back through everything under "uboat" in zones.cfg and find equipment that you would like to cause flooding. I noticed my engines, compressor, and pumps were being damaged most so I chose them. Give them flotability. I used flotability=25. You may want to experiment and change these values later.

Try it out with a basic mission.

Here's a screenshot of my results.

This is my bissy sinking with... most of my crew still alive. Thank you Mr. HMS Revenge

At 416 meters still alive I thought to myself "Hmm... maybe I should've set the crashspeed".

WARNING: Here's the drawback. You can't see your flooding state. Your ship will start to list without you knowing unless you're on the bridge, in the command room or in external view.

I hope some more professional modders out there can make use of this info. Just thought I'd take a break from dissecting sh3 and share this with you.

02-05-10, 12:46 AM	#1
audessy Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 133 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Breakthrough! No instant death screen! After about 10 hours of messing with variables I finally figured it out. Although it is an awkward way of making it happen I have finally found a solution. I'm currently playing Chinese U-47's Warship mod with GWX 3.0. After having fun for a while it was disappointing to engage another battleship and having them go boom really soon and it was over or likewise. When a compartment is destroyed it's automatically game over FYI. No mods that I know of have completely defeated this in SH3. Only suppressed it to a less annoying level. I'm probably not releasing a file. Though it is easy enough to do yourself. This way there will be no conflicts with your installations. The logic is, not to have compartments flood at all. Instead use the equipment to cause flooding. I'll explain what I did. 1. I used skwas silent 3ditor to edit the .zon file of my Bismarck. I gave it a small amount of armor around 10, about 2 million hitpoints. To make your ship destroyed finally you must set the CrashDepth to a shallow number like 50. Set the crash speed to a number relative to your hitpoints. 250,000+ in my case would cause it to take that damage every second below 50m. 2. Open zones.cfg in silenthunterIII\data with notepad. Use the find tool (ctrl+f) to find "uboat". In here you'll find your rooms and quarters that flood and bring you death. Set them to a ridiculous amount of hitpoints and armor so they can't be destroyed (for sub users wanting realism: adjust as you see fit). Also set flotability to 0. 3. Once done with that go back through everything under "uboat" in zones.cfg and find equipment that you would like to cause flooding. I noticed my engines, compressor, and pumps were being damaged most so I chose them. Give them flotability. I used flotability=25. You may want to experiment and change these values later. Try it out with a basic mission. Here's a screenshot of my results. This is my bissy sinking with... most of my crew still alive. Thank you Mr. HMS Revenge At 416 meters still alive I thought to myself "Hmm... maybe I should've set the crashspeed". WARNING: Here's the drawback. You can't see your flooding state. Your ship will start to list without you knowing unless you're on the bridge, in the command room or in external view. I hope some more professional modders out there can make use of this info. Just thought I'd take a break from dissecting sh3 and share this with you.