How to start near your patrol location like in SH1!

Sheppard · 05-21-08, 01:03 AM

Okay, if you want to start near your patrol location, like you did in SH4, some editing is required.

Go into:

\Data\UPCData\UPCCampaignData

and open up Flotillas.upc

(don't worry, it's just a TXT file renamed differently)

You'll see some stuff; but what you want to look for is:

DepartureDescriptionOut1

Replace the value for that flotilla's DepartureDescriptionOut1 in there with:

16887670, 2520495, 236 - A little bit south of Iwo Jima

And when you start the game and pick "start outside harbor"; you will end up south of Iwo.

Please note that you have to repeat this for each flotilla base;

[Flotilla 1.Base 1]
ID= PearlHarbor

[Flotilla 2.Base 1]
ID= Manila

;[Flotilla 2.Base 2]
;ID= Corregidor

so on so on etc. Some more work is needed to find good patrol start points for non Pearl Harbor based boats; but this is a start.

Oh yes, you'll start with 100% fuel, unlike SH1, in which you had like 50% fuel....so just impose a self restriction, that you can only take your fuel down to what 60% or so.

05-21-08, 01:03 AM	#1
Sheppard Captain of the Nautilus Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 0	How to start near your patrol location like in SH1! Okay, if you want to start near your patrol location, like you did in SH4, some editing is required. Go into: \Data\UPCData\UPCCampaignData and open up Flotillas.upc (don't worry, it's just a TXT file renamed differently) You'll see some stuff; but what you want to look for is: DepartureDescriptionOut1 Replace the value for that flotilla's DepartureDescriptionOut1 in there with: 16887670, 2520495, 236 - A little bit south of Iwo Jima And when you start the game and pick "start outside harbor"; you will end up south of Iwo. Please note that you have to repeat this for each flotilla base; [Flotilla 1.Base 1] ID= PearlHarbor [Flotilla 2.Base 1] ID= Manila ;[Flotilla 2.Base 2] ;ID= Corregidor so on so on etc. Some more work is needed to find good patrol start points for non Pearl Harbor based boats; but this is a start. Oh yes, you'll start with 100% fuel, unlike SH1, in which you had like 50% fuel....so just impose a self restriction, that you can only take your fuel down to what 60% or so.