[REL] Cavite Help

[rhiles]

Does anybody have the correct starting point for Cavite naval base. You are started out at the Manilla docks, and I pass Cavite And The Rest of the subs on the way out. Any help with this question? Please!

[torpedobait]

It is what it is. Any campaign I've started from the Philippines has been from the Manila dock.

[Sailor Steve]

It is possible to adjust the starting point using the Mission Editor. I only know that because people who create mods adjust that sort of thing all the time. I'm sorry that I don't know how to actually do it myself.

[les green01]

open up the upc file There you will see this

four folders

UPCCampaignData
UPCCrewData
UPCLocalization
UPCUnitsData
lets open up the UPCCampaignData folder

Here you will see seven files open the one
called career start.


Ok, so at the top here we see this

[CareerStart 1]
ID= Beginning
NameDisplayable= 1941
StartTimeInterval=1941-12-08, 1942-02-01
BackgroundPic= 1941.tga
CareerStartBriefingText= The war has just started, and we're being beaten.
RenownOptions= 1000, 2000, 5000

[CareerStart 1.Flotilla 1]
ID= C1Flotilla1
NameDisplayable= Pearl Harbor
IDLinkFlotilla= PearlHarborCommand
IDLinkUserPlayerUnits= F1Porpoise, 4, F1Tambor, 5, F1Gar, 4
FlotillaBriefingText=
FlotillaCommonality= 1

[CareerStart 1.Flotilla 2]
ID= C1Flotilla2
NameDisplayable= Manila
IDLinkFlotilla= FremantleCommand
IDLinkUserPlayerUnits= F2Sboat, 6, F2Porpoise, 7, F2Salmon, 6, F2Sargo, 11
FlotillaBriefingText=
FlotillaCommonality= 2

The first entry above designates when your career starts and how much
money you have the second two entries are defining what flotillas
you can choose from for that start date.

So have a look closely at the first entry

NameDisplayable= 1941
(changeable)

StartTimeInterval=1941-12-08, 1942-02-01
(changeable)

BackgroundPic= 1941.tga
(changeable)

CareerStartBriefingText= The war has just started, and we're being beaten.
(changeable)

RenownOptions= 1000, 2000, 5000
(changeable)

WARNING: first of all, I'd like to say that I did this a long time ago, so I may have forgotten something. Just in case, ALWAYS back up the files I'm telling you to edit.

In the Silent Hunter 4\Data\UPCData\UPCCampaignData\flotilla.upc file you will find something like this:

[Flotilla 2]
ID= FremantleCommand
;NameDisplayable= Asiatic Fleet Submarine Force
NameDisplayable= Asiatic Fleet
AvailabilityInterval=NULL, NULL

[Flotilla 2.Base 1]
ID= Manila
NameDisplayable= Cavite Naval Base, Manila, Philippines
ExternalBaseName=Manila
AvailabilityInterval= NULL, 1941-12-23
DepartureDescription1= 14517308, 1746167, 267.488647
DepartureDescription2= 14517861, 1744261, 0
DepartureDescriptionOut1= 14449908, 1711216, 276.175903

The blue bits are the important parts to change (just open it with Notepad or any other plain text editor). First two set of numbers are coordinates and the third is your bearing. They dictate your starting point in career mode: the first two lines are inside the harbour, and the third is when you select to start already at sea to skip all the maneuvering in port.

Where can you check all those numbers? In the Mission editor.

Run the mission editor, open the file Silent Hunter 4\Data\Campaigns\Campaign\Campaign_LOC.mis and zoom in to Manila Bay. You'll see the docks of Manila and Cavite. The position of the cursor will appear at the bottom of the mission editor.



All you have to do is select the position you want your boat to appear in and change one set of coordinates for the other in the flotilla.upc file. It will probably take you a few tries to get the sub in the right position. Remember to adjust the bearing as well.

Finally, if more than one DepartureDescription is available, I think that the game chooses one randomly.

Hope this helps you.

PS: by the way, I'd say that Cavite docks are positioned in the wrong place in the stock game. Shouldn't they be on the inside of the peninsula?