Cannot change from manual targeting

shegeek72 · 08-05-17, 09:05 PM

Starting over, ver. 1.5, GFO, RSRD. Cannot stop game from selecting manual targeting. I deselect it in options when starting game and hit save. Doesn't stick. Tried editing gameplaysettings.cfg in documents/SH4/data/cfg, but the game always changes it back to manual targeting. There's another gameplaysettings.cfg in Silent hunter 4 wolves of the pacific/data/cfg but it doesn't have custom settings. Help! Thanks!

Gray Eagle · 08-05-17, 09:46 PM

I am having the same issue. Manual targeting stays set regardless of what I do in options checkboxes. It states the settings are saved, yet does not offer the custom setting selection in drop down menu when choosing difficulty settings ..after setting up what I want to start with. Grrr. I hate the generic 'easy' setting just to be able to bypass manual targeting. -just sayin.

Aktungbby · 08-05-17, 11:24 PM

Gray Eagle!

Welcome back Shegeek72! after a long silent run!

shegeek72 · 08-06-17, 04:21 AM

Thanks Aktungbby! Good to be hunting the high seas again.

I finally got manual targeting turned off! Here's what I did.

There are several gameplaysettings.cfg scattered throughout SH4. Besides documents/SH4/data/cfg/ and Silent hunter 4 wolves of the pacific/data/cfg/, also in saved games!

documents/SH4/data/cfg/savegames/xxxxxxxx/ (latest save)

and...

documents/SH4/data/cfg/savegames/xxxxxxxx/UPCinitial/

I changed them all to my desired settings (all the same obviously) then started SH4, went to options, gameplay settings and made sure the settings matched my edits, then hit accept changes! Voila! No more manual targeting! HTH!

razark · 08-06-17, 04:56 AM

Are y'all setting the difficulty in career games by using the radio on the shelf in the office?

Gray Eagle · 08-06-17, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by razark

Are y'all setting the difficulty in career games by using the radio on the shelf in the office?

O heck NO!! .. I am such a dweeb

(embarrassed look) ..and it's not just manual targeting ..I *like* the event camera and the external view

(runs off to the office to click on that damn radio)

shegeek72 · 08-06-17, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

Are y'all setting the difficulty in career games by using the radio on the shelf in the office?

Difficulty should be able to be changed mid-game. Otherwise, why have gameplay settings options?

razark · 08-06-17, 06:45 PM

The settings can be changed mid-career, but not mid-patrol or mid-mission.

Whether or not it should be, that is the way that it is.

Rockin Robbins · 08-06-17, 07:13 PM

I was out when we all voted on this.....

shegeek72 · 08-06-17, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

The settings can be changed mid-career, but not mid-patrol or mid-mission.

They can with my hack above.

fireftr18 · 08-06-17, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shegeek72

They can with my hack above.

I knew the settings could be changed by going directly to the cfg file. I wish the developers had set it up so that a player could readily switch from auto-targeting to manual and back again. I prefer auto-target, but some situations are best with manual.

razark · 08-06-17, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by shegeek72

They can with my hack above.

Well, when you're willing to edit the save file, 100,000 ton patrols are also a possibility, I guess.

shegeek72 · 08-06-17, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

Well, when you're willing to edit the save file, 100,000 ton patrols are also a possibility, I guess.

My intention wasn't to hack THAT way. Just to reset the game play options.

08-05-17, 09:05 PM	#1
shegeek72 WAV Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 603 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	Cannot change from manual targeting Starting over, ver. 1.5, GFO, RSRD. Cannot stop game from selecting manual targeting. I deselect it in options when starting game and hit save. Doesn't stick. Tried editing gameplaysettings.cfg in documents/SH4/data/cfg, but the game always changes it back to manual targeting. There's another gameplaysettings.cfg in Silent hunter 4 wolves of the pacific/data/cfg but it doesn't have custom settings. Help! Thanks!

08-05-17, 09:46 PM	#2
Gray Eagle Nub Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 4 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I am having the same issue. Manual targeting stays set regardless of what I do in options checkboxes. It states the settings are saved, yet does not offer the custom setting selection in drop down menu when choosing difficulty settings ..after setting up what I want to start with. Grrr. I hate the generic 'easy' setting just to be able to bypass manual targeting. -just sayin. __________________ Frank P. 'Gray Eagle' Williamson -Lead Artist for Air Warrior by Kesmai -3d Artist for NASCAR series by Papyrus -Vietnam Era USAF Veteran -Retired Geezer (GET OFF MY LAWN!!)

08-05-17, 11:24 PM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,987 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! Gray Eagle! Welcome back Shegeek72! after a long silent run! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

08-06-17, 04:56 AM	#5
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Are y'all setting the difficulty in career games by using the radio on the shelf in the office? __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

08-06-17, 06:45 PM	#8
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	The settings can be changed mid-career, but not mid-patrol or mid-mission. Whether or not it should be, that is the way that it is. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

08-06-17, 04:21 AM	#4
shegeek72 WAV Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 603 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	Thanks Aktungbby! Good to be hunting the high seas again. I finally got manual targeting turned off! Here's what I did. There are several gameplaysettings.cfg scattered throughout SH4. Besides documents/SH4/data/cfg/ and Silent hunter 4 wolves of the pacific/data/cfg/, also in saved games! documents/SH4/data/cfg/savegames/xxxxxxxx/ (latest save) and... documents/SH4/data/cfg/savegames/xxxxxxxx/UPCinitial/ I changed them all to my desired settings (all the same obviously) then started SH4, went to options, gameplay settings and made sure the settings matched my edits, then hit accept changes! Voila! No more manual targeting! HTH!

08-06-17, 07:13 PM	#9
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I was out when we all voted on this..... __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS