[REL] Tougher Aircraft

shad43 · 04-13-07, 07:35 PM

EDIT: If you are using this mod please leave comments regarding it's effectivness.
I am considering this a WIP and will continue to work on it.

Tougher Aircraft (1.2 compatible)
----------------
April-13-07

Made possible by timetravaller & nvdrifter

(This mod is compatible with SH4 v1.1)

>>>>>Install with JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler<<<<<

I haven't seen this as a stand alone mod, so here
it is for those who want to use it.

The purpose of this mod is to increase the toughness
of enemy aircraft, in vanilla SH4 my AA gunners can
usually drop an enemy plane on it's first pass.
They are just to easy to put down.
Rather than nerf the guns I elected to increase the
planes HP. It has been doubled, this of course makes
the planes much harder to put in the drink, at the
very least it takes longer.
Works very well for me.

I have also included my own version of a modified
airstrike.cfg & contacts.cfg, If you don't like or
want to use them simply delete the mods Cfg folder
before installing.

Location of affected files
--------------------------

\Data\Air\*.zon

\Data\Cfg\airstrike.cfg & contacts.cfg

This mod "will" conflict with any mod that alters the same files.

shad43

D/L
http://mpgtext.net/subshare/534Tougher%20Aircraft.zip

Ducimus · 04-13-07, 07:38 PM

No zones.cfg?

shad43 · 04-13-07, 07:59 PM

Yeah I looked at that, lots O settings...tweaking the zon files alone seemed to have a good effect.

If you add them up zones shows different hp totals than the zon files do?
I was worried that tweaking one without the other might have no effect but it seems to work for me. (I'll let the community help me beta test it)

Ducimus · 04-13-07, 08:54 PM

Basically every ship, or plane is made up of different individual building blocks if you will, or "zones". Engineroom, cargo hold, wing, cockpit, etc. The hitpoints for the planes components aren't supposed to be any singular sum, but just individual pieces of it. (locational damage if you will) By adjusting the hitpoints on these pieces you can dictate how easy or hard a component on a ship or plane is to destroy, and/or add some really cool special effects. You can even effect how fast or slow ships sink, or how much boyancy a ship compartment gives. Overall a pretty powerful file, do give it a look

shad43 · 04-13-07, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Basically every ship, or plane is made up of different individual building blocks if you will, or "zones". Engineroom, cargo hold, wing, cockpit, etc. The hitpoints for the planes components aren't supposed to be any singular sum, but just individual pieces of it. (locational damage if you will) By adjusting the hitpoints on these pieces you can dictate how easy or hard a component on a ship or plane is to destroy, and/or add some really cool special effects. You can even effect how fast or slow ships sink, or how much boyancy a ship compartment gives. Overall a pretty powerful file, do give it a look

Thanks for the tip Ducimus

I'll check into it further...been looking at so
many different things, modding can be addicting

Ducimus · 04-13-07, 09:23 PM

>>modding can be addicting

Hehhe tell me about it. The zones file will be pretty hard to understand without something to compare it to, id d/l some of the SH3 mods that deal with that file and compare them to a stock sh4 zones.cfg. Only reason i mentioned it to begin with was, i was it just struck me odd that one wasnt included, they usually are. It really depends on what you want to accomplish though.

If our purposes of planes not dying so fast, then upping their hitpoints is probably enough. If you wanted to delve more into "subs didnt shoot down alot of aircraft" type of mod, then you could jack the HPs way up, so the only way to shoot down an aircraft would be to destroy a critical component, which is alot harder to do comparitvley.

04-13-07, 07:35 PM	#1
shad43 Frogman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: six feet under Posts: 301 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	[REL] Tougher Aircraft EDIT: If you are using this mod please leave comments regarding it's effectivness. I am considering this a WIP and will continue to work on it. Tougher Aircraft (1.2 compatible) ---------------- April-13-07 Made possible by timetravaller & nvdrifter (This mod is compatible with SH4 v1.1) >>>>>Install with JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler<<<<< I haven't seen this as a stand alone mod, so here it is for those who want to use it. The purpose of this mod is to increase the toughness of enemy aircraft, in vanilla SH4 my AA gunners can usually drop an enemy plane on it's first pass. They are just to easy to put down. Rather than nerf the guns I elected to increase the planes HP. It has been doubled, this of course makes the planes much harder to put in the drink, at the very least it takes longer. Works very well for me. I have also included my own version of a modified airstrike.cfg & contacts.cfg, If you don't like or want to use them simply delete the mods Cfg folder before installing. Location of affected files -------------------------- \Data\Air\.zon \Data\Cfg\airstrike.cfg & contacts.cfg This mod "will" conflict with any mod that alters the same files. shad43 D/L http://mpgtext.net/subshare/534Tougher%20Aircraft.zip Last edited by shad43; 04-20-07 at 02:38 PM.*

04-13-07, 07:38 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	No zones.cfg?

04-13-07, 07:59 PM	#3
shad43 Frogman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: six feet under Posts: 301 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Yeah I looked at that, lots O settings...tweaking the zon files alone seemed to have a good effect. If you add them up zones shows different hp totals than the zon files do? I was worried that tweaking one without the other might have no effect but it seems to work for me. (I'll let the community help me beta test it)

04-13-07, 08:54 PM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Basically every ship, or plane is made up of different individual building blocks if you will, or "zones". Engineroom, cargo hold, wing, cockpit, etc. The hitpoints for the planes components aren't supposed to be any singular sum, but just individual pieces of it. (locational damage if you will) By adjusting the hitpoints on these pieces you can dictate how easy or hard a component on a ship or plane is to destroy, and/or add some really cool special effects. You can even effect how fast or slow ships sink, or how much boyancy a ship compartment gives. Overall a pretty powerful file, do give it a look

04-13-07, 09:23 PM	#6
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	>>modding can be addicting Hehhe tell me about it. The zones file will be pretty hard to understand without something to compare it to, id d/l some of the SH3 mods that deal with that file and compare them to a stock sh4 zones.cfg. Only reason i mentioned it to begin with was, i was it just struck me odd that one wasnt included, they usually are. It really depends on what you want to accomplish though. If our purposes of planes not dying so fast, then upping their hitpoints is probably enough. If you wanted to delve more into "subs didnt shoot down alot of aircraft" type of mod, then you could jack the HPs way up, so the only way to shoot down an aircraft would be to destroy a critical component, which is alot harder to do comparitvley.