Task force question

clayp · 12-01-09, 11:16 PM

For the first time since I started playing this game I have hooked up with an American task force just N/W of Gudelcanel..My question is there anyway to find out exactly where this task force is going?

Laconic · 12-01-09, 11:27 PM

You could tail it until it gets wherever it's going. Or you could peek at the campaign layers, but it might be hard to find an individual task force.

clayp · 12-01-09, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Laconic

You could tail it until it gets wherever it's going. Or you could peek at the campaign layers, but it might be hard to find an individual task force.

Well I'm right in with them cruising around 12 knots..I wouldnt have any idea about checking the campaign layers..I guess I'll just have to travel and see where we end up...A fight I hope...

Laconic · 12-02-09, 12:03 AM

You should have an application called "Sh4MissionEditor.exe" in your Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\ directory. Start it, go to File -> Open Normal Mission and go to your Data\Campaigns\Campaign folder. Depending on what year/time of the year it is, you want to open either 42a_US_Taskforce.mis, 42b_US_Taskforce.mis, 43a_US_Taskforce.mis, or BattleofGuadalcanal.mis. (The "42" and 43" is the year, the "a" is January-July [I think], and the "b" is August-December [again, I think].)

With that open, you can look and see where task forces are scripted to be and go. Press "X" to center the screen on your mouse, and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. You should be able to see square, named formations and little black track marks. The formations are task forces and the little black track marks are the waypoints for the task forces. Find the area you spotted the task force in-game and see what waypoints go through it. If you click on a waypoint you'll highlight the path of whichever taskforce it belongs to. Using that, you can find which task forces go through the area and where they're going, but there may be more than one in the area.

Oh, and by the way DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, and DON'T SAVE ANYTHING. (Or better yet, make a backup copy before you look at it.)

(Edit- And yes, I did cheat this way to find the TF in my other thread

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magic452 · 12-02-09, 02:18 AM

Laconic: You should have a little red box in your video saying "I CHEATED"

Magic

Laconic · 12-02-09, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by magic452

Laconic: You should have a little red box in your video saying "I CHEATED"

Magic

Hey! It was for educating porpoises only!

(Yeah right...I'm a pause whore, too...)

clayp · 12-02-09, 12:13 PM

Laconic thanks buddy.....

gimpy117 · 12-02-09, 01:17 PM

yea you should tag along for fun

Laconic · 12-02-09, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by clayp

Laconic thanks buddy.....

Aye, no problem.

12-01-09, 11:16 PM	#1
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Task force question For the first time since I started playing this game I have hooked up with an American task force just N/W of Gudelcanel..My question is there anyway to find out exactly where this task force is going? __________________ clayp

12-02-09, 02:18 AM	#5
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Laconic: You should have a little red box in your video saying "I CHEATED" Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

12-02-09, 12:13 PM	#7
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Laconic thanks buddy..... __________________ clayp

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gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	yea you should tag along for fun __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

12-01-09, 11:27 PM	#2
Laconic Soundman Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	You could tail it until it gets wherever it's going. Or you could peek at the campaign layers, but it might be hard to find an individual task force.

12-02-09, 12:03 AM	#4
Laconic Soundman Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	You should have an application called "Sh4MissionEditor.exe" in your Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\ directory. Start it, go to File -> Open Normal Mission and go to your Data\Campaigns\Campaign folder. Depending on what year/time of the year it is, you want to open either 42a_US_Taskforce.mis, 42b_US_Taskforce.mis, 43a_US_Taskforce.mis, or BattleofGuadalcanal.mis. (The "42" and 43" is the year, the "a" is January-July [I think], and the "b" is August-December [again, I think].) With that open, you can look and see where task forces are scripted to be and go. Press "X" to center the screen on your mouse, and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. You should be able to see square, named formations and little black track marks. The formations are task forces and the little black track marks are the waypoints for the task forces. Find the area you spotted the task force in-game and see what waypoints go through it. If you click on a waypoint you'll highlight the path of whichever taskforce it belongs to. Using that, you can find which task forces go through the area and where they're going, but there may be more than one in the area. Oh, and by the way DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, and DON'T SAVE ANYTHING. (Or better yet, make a backup copy before you look at it.) (Edit- And yes, I did cheat this way to find the TF in my other thread )