[REL] FTT Career game fixes - standalone version

Ducimus · 05-01-07, 01:11 PM

The flotilla fixes from my FTT mod as a single file.

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Campaign career game fixes version 1.1
by ducimus

The following applies to all boats except the S class

- fixes forced retirement by removal of boat exit date in flotillas.
(Note, this only addresses retirement due to your boat type being retired.)

- Fixes repeating patrol error bug by scripting out 20+ assigments at 2 month intervals for the entire length of the war rather then 6 to 8 assignments randomly chosen by the game.

- workaround for pearl harbor flotilla in relation to the IDL bug. By starting outside harbor, your boat is now placed 240 KM West of the IDL, thereby avoiding the bug until you decided to return to port.

NOTE:
Their are different reasons why you might be retired in the course of a career game. This mod only address retirement due to your boat type being retired. It does NOT address other retirement causes.

http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/release/R...mpaign_Fix.zip

There ya go, quick n dirty by demand

Galanti · 05-01-07, 01:13 PM

uh, what happens if you started the career with an S-Boat?

CaptainCox · 05-01-07, 01:19 PM

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fixes forced retirement by removal of boat exit date in flotillas.

Thast brilliant man! thanks!

Bane · 05-01-07, 04:26 PM

Awesome! I've been given the same patrol three times in a row (my first three, good first impression

) and it was getting old. Thanks for this!

Ducimus · 05-01-07, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Galanti

uh, what happens if you started the career with an S-Boat?

No change i guess. I'll go back and fix the S boats later i suppose. Not hard, you can do it yourself if you wanted, just change the exit date to NULL and your fine.

Galanti · 05-01-07, 05:48 PM

No problem, I've done that. I thought maybe the fix didn't work for careers started with S-boats.

Ducimus · 05-01-07, 06:32 PM

It's posible the fix is not retroactive to existing careers. It depends on if the game keeps stored an exit date for subs in the save game files or if it reads the exit date "on the fly" from the flotilla file. Ive been so swamped, i havent had time to examine the saved game files to see.

Galanti · 05-01-07, 07:13 PM

Interesting, I set it to NULL for the S-class yesterday, played and saved. I just looked in my My Documents/SH4 folder and there is a UserPlayerContext folder, containg all sorts of UPC files. They were date stamped yesterday, at the the time of my last save. Inside the flotilla one was this entry:

[Flotilla 2.UserPlayerUnitType 1]
ID=F2Sboat
NameDisplayable=S-18 class
AvailabilityInterval=1900-01-01, 1999-12-31
IDLinkUserPlayerUnitType=S18
UnitTypeCommonality=6.000000
IDFlotillaLinkTransferTo=BrisbaneCommand

So NULL appears to set the date to the end of this century. Long enough for my purposes, I suppose.

So I guess we're okay with saved games, the engine will read in all the UPC files in the main game folder and write them to the My Docs save folders.

charlesmester · 05-02-07, 10:21 AM

Which file do you down load this to?

Regards

Chuck

CaptainHaplo · 05-02-07, 09:12 PM

You did it again mate - Great Job!

Good Hunting
Captain Haplo

Deep6 · 05-02-07, 10:44 PM

This is an immediate mod to add. Someone said they thought the exit dates on your original assigned boat might be the trigger, I was going to chang all of mine out to 1946 but did not have time to look into it.

leovampire · 05-04-07, 12:46 AM

Got the boot! I was in a New Class Balao with the newer style tower but after my 11th patrol only the 2nd one for this sub I was told the sub was being retired and so was I for less than satisfactory performance which I don't understand because I was running 55% realizm and compleated everything they ever wanted on all patrols and then some plus had over 1 million tons of shipping sunk and this was my 4th boat issued to me. Started in the Asiatic fleet and never requested a transfer away from Pearl once they gave me the Drum they sent me to Brisbain when I was finaly given the Balao then sent to Fremantle and then the boot!

Dave

Ducimus · 05-04-07, 12:59 AM

Did you start in an S boat?

Redwine · 05-19-07, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

NOTE:
Their are different reasons why you might be retired in the course of a career game. This mod only address retirement due to your boat type being retired. It does NOT address other retirement causes.

Sadly yes... i was enforced to retired after my first patrol

.

I will never understand why to fix a non broken thing....

SH III was fine on this... why to add this anoying feature into SH IV !!!

to fix a non broken thing...

leovampire · 05-19-07, 03:10 PM

If the game takes it's info from this file and that end date hasn't happend yet then it should work. I mean originaly it was set for NULL after the Mod. The only other thing I could see in the player career track was about renown and prestiage but there are ranks leading all the way up to rear Admiral set up for the Player so you should be able to continue after this change.

Dave

05-02-07, 10:44 PM	#11
Deep6 Gunner Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 95 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	This is an immediate mod to add. Someone said they thought the exit dates on your original assigned boat might be the trigger, I was going to chang all of mine out to 1946 but did not have time to look into it. __________________ Let\'s play Hide and Seek\'n\'Destroy!

05-04-07, 12:46 AM	#12
leovampire Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waterbury, CT. USA Posts: 2,336 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I down loaded and activated your Mod but Got the boot! I was in a New Class Balao with the newer style tower but after my 11th patrol only the 2nd one for this sub I was told the sub was being retired and so was I for less than satisfactory performance which I don't understand because I was running 55% realizm and compleated everything they ever wanted on all patrols and then some plus had over 1 million tons of shipping sunk and this was my 4th boat issued to me. Started in the Asiatic fleet and never requested a transfer away from Pearl once they gave me the Drum they sent me to Brisbain when I was finaly given the Balao then sent to Fremantle and then the boot! Dave

05-19-07, 03:10 PM	#15
leovampire Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waterbury, CT. USA Posts: 2,336 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't see why it would require a restart If the game takes it's info from this file and that end date hasn't happend yet then it should work. I mean originaly it was set for NULL after the Mod. The only other thing I could see in the player career track was about renown and prestiage but there are ranks leading all the way up to rear Admiral set up for the Player so you should be able to continue after this change. Dave __________________ AIR_BASE_NAV_MAP_MOD Reflections_on_the_Water

05-01-07, 01:13 PM	#2
Galanti Captain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 536 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	uh, what happens if you started the career with an S-Boat?

05-01-07, 04:26 PM	#4
Bane Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 119 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Awesome! I've been given the same patrol three times in a row (my first three, good first impression ) and it was getting old. Thanks for this!

05-01-07, 05:48 PM	#6
Galanti Captain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 536 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	No problem, I've done that. I thought maybe the fix didn't work for careers started with S-boats.

05-01-07, 06:32 PM	#7
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	It's posible the fix is not retroactive to existing careers. It depends on if the game keeps stored an exit date for subs in the save game files or if it reads the exit date "on the fly" from the flotilla file. Ive been so swamped, i havent had time to examine the saved game files to see.

05-01-07, 07:13 PM	#8
Galanti Captain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 536 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	Interesting, I set it to NULL for the S-class yesterday, played and saved. I just looked in my My Documents/SH4 folder and there is a UserPlayerContext folder, containg all sorts of UPC files. They were date stamped yesterday, at the the time of my last save. Inside the flotilla one was this entry: [Flotilla 2.UserPlayerUnitType 1] ID=F2Sboat NameDisplayable=S-18 class AvailabilityInterval=1900-01-01, 1999-12-31 IDLinkUserPlayerUnitType=S18 UnitTypeCommonality=6.000000 IDFlotillaLinkTransferTo=BrisbaneCommand So NULL appears to set the date to the end of this century. Long enough for my purposes, I suppose. So I guess we're okay with saved games, the engine will read in all the UPC files in the main game folder and write them to the My Docs save folders.

05-02-07, 10:21 AM	#9
charlesmester Loader Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 89 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Which file do you down load this to? Regards Chuck

05-02-07, 09:12 PM	#10
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	You did it again mate - Great Job! Good Hunting Captain Haplo

05-04-07, 12:59 AM	#13
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Did you start in an S boat?