Campaign scripting, I really have to hand it to Ubi

Ducimus · 05-03-07, 12:21 PM

Going through the campaign files a bit more closely, and i really have to give ubi some good words.

First, not only are thing seperated by year and content to make editing, tracking down, disparing things by timeline more easily done, but Harbor traffic... WOW.

Gone are the days of static scripting harbor traffic. Harbor traffic is RANDOM. I mean, i saw it in game, but it never really clicked until i looked at the file. Works just like an RND layer.

So no more situations on raiding a harbor and knowing exactly whats in it because you were in there a few weeks ago. Harbor content changes.

Well done, im loving this.

heartc · 05-03-07, 12:32 PM

I agree and feel that the campaign is a huge improvement over what we had in SHIII. You get the impression this world out there is really alive. Well done.

FAdmiral · 05-03-07, 12:45 PM

I just started a new single patrol (my sub only) with my starting base of
Manila, Jan. 1, 1942. There was absolutely NO allied ships in the harbor.
This told me that the game had it right. With the Japanese AI almost there,
all allied ships had cleared out. 2 days later I got a Fox message that Manila
had fallen. I am testing this patrol to check on the spawned randon layers....

JIM

Egan · 05-03-07, 01:28 PM

The new file system is a vast improvement over the SH3 version altogether. It's so much easier to edit stuff when you don't have every bit of scripted shipping, say, in the same file.

05-03-07, 12:21 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Campaign scripting, I really have to hand it to Ubi Going through the campaign files a bit more closely, and i really have to give ubi some good words. First, not only are thing seperated by year and content to make editing, tracking down, disparing things by timeline more easily done, but Harbor traffic... WOW. Gone are the days of static scripting harbor traffic. Harbor traffic is RANDOM. I mean, i saw it in game, but it never really clicked until i looked at the file. Works just like an RND layer. So no more situations on raiding a harbor and knowing exactly whats in it because you were in there a few weeks ago. Harbor content changes. Well done, im loving this.

05-03-07, 12:45 PM	#3
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I just started a new single patrol (my sub only) with my starting base of Manila, Jan. 1, 1942. There was absolutely NO allied ships in the harbor. This told me that the game had it right. With the Japanese AI almost there, all allied ships had cleared out. 2 days later I got a Fox message that Manila had fallen. I am testing this patrol to check on the spawned randon layers.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

05-03-07, 12:32 PM	#2
heartc Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Munich Posts: 562 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	I agree and feel that the campaign is a huge improvement over what we had in SHIII. You get the impression this world out there is really alive. Well done.

05-03-07, 01:28 PM	#4
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	The new file system is a vast improvement over the SH3 version altogether. It's so much easier to edit stuff when you don't have every bit of scripted shipping, say, in the same file.