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09-19-18, 10:54 AM
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Bilge Rat
 Join Date: Dec 2017
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How can I save the game?
I have been plying this for a while now but I am having trouble saving games and when they are saved there is no time stamp that shows which one is the latest version. I have another life besides this game and when I need to attend to it I would like to be able to save the game.
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09-20-18, 07:45 AM
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Helmsman
 Join Date: Jun 2018
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You cannot save while playing a mission but you can save your campaign progress when viewing the campaign map between missions or you can use the auto save file that updates before the start of each mission.
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09-20-18, 10:46 AM
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Captain
 Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: AZ & DC
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I don't save because it saves just prior to a mission. IF I really screw up the mission, I just immediately do a CNTL-ALT-DEL and close the program. When I enter back in, it takes me to the beginning of the same mission.
Not so much anymore, but it makes me complete that mission to continue the campaign. Another thing is that I have been using the Quick Mission Editor to set up scenarios. It is not a very developed editor in relation to mission requirements. I would love to be able to place a certain target at a spot (port) and have defenses that I have to get through. Maybe in the future. |
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09-22-18, 08:47 AM
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Helmsman
Join Date: Jun 2018
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The mission editor could definitely be improved - Being able to save and load missions for one.
Also, the AI for the various groups needs work. Whenever I create multiple sub groups, those subs stay clustered tightly together until I fire my first torpedo into that group. Groups selected to be aggressive need to be aggressive and immediately begin to search and engage. Those selected to be defensive need to act defensively by not staying clustered together like fish in a barrel. I would like to see the next generation editor add support to string individually created missions together as campaigns. With the ability to save these, we can share them and we are golden for new content for as long as we'd like. |
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09-22-18, 10:34 AM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
 Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy
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welcome aboard!
EM1(SS)!
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08-01-21, 11:38 PM
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Watch
 Join Date: Jun 2007
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Saving your Progress through a Campaign
The method I employ to save my progress during the course of a Cold Waters campaign is cumbersome, but it does the trick:
1) Launch a campaign and as soon as you get to the strategic map, hit ESC and then SAVE and then QUIT. This should take you to the Main Menu. 2) Create a desktop shortcut to the location of the CW save files: [Drive]\Users\[User Name]\AppData\LocalLow\Killerfish Games\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign001. You should see a saved file already in the campaign001 folder - the save you just created. It's called Autosave. If you're running a mod like More Playable there may be a second save file in there, but you really only need to focus on the Autosave file. 3) Create a new desktop folder and name it 'CW Saves' or whatever. Within that folder, create a new folder named, for instance, '1 Mission 1' - your strategic map save. Then copy the Autosave file from the campaign001 file into your new folder '1 Mission 1' (you may get a warning notice but it's okay). 4) Relaunch your campaign, click LOAD, Autosave should be highlighted, select it with LOAD. You should return to your position on the strategic map. 5) Play until you reach an engagement and you arrive in battle mode. EXIT twice to pause the game. 6) Now create a new folder in 'CW Saves' named '1 Mission 2' - your combat save. Then look at the campaign001 folder, and you'll see a new Autosave - check the time created, you'll see it's newer than the last one. So then copy the new Autosave into your new folder '1 Mission 2'. IN THIS MANNER, you can preserve 2 saves per mission - an initial strategic map location of your choice, and the commencement of the engagement. Wash and repeat and you will end up with a collection of Autosaves that will enable you to replay at any stage of your campaign. Want to restart at a certain point? Just open the savegame/campaign00# folder, delete the contents, and then copy the Autosave of your choice into it and launch the game. 
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08-01-21, 11:43 PM
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Watch
Join Date: Jun 2007
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10-06-22, 12:45 AM
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Ace of the Deep
 Join Date: Jul 2002
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Now, if you want something that pretty much can automatically create date/time checkpointed saves. Well, you could do this. This is WinBatch.
The program below that remaps the keyboard for easy use that you can always keep one hand on the mouse; it is AutoHotKey. IntControl(72, 0, 0, 0, 0); Normal handler (exit) WhoAmI="CW Mgr" If WinExist(WhoAmI)Then Exit WinTitle(WinName(), WhoAmI) WinHide(WhoAmI) ; ----- Definitions ------ Interval=1 FrapsEXE="C:\Program Files (x86)\Fraps\fraps.exe" FrapsPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Fraps" HotKeyScript="D:\User\MK\Software\Games\Cold Waters\Utility\ColdWatersKeys.exe" SystemTrayRestart="C:\Program Files\SystemTrayRefresh\SystemTrayRefresh.exe" SaveDirLeft = "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame" GameEXE="D:\User\MK\Software\Games\Cold Waters\Utility\CW URL launch.exe" GamePath="E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters" GameName="Cold Waters~" UtilDir=DirGet() CoveredList="" CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign001", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign002", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign003", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign004", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign005", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign006", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign007", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign008", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign009", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign010", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign011", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign012", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign013", @TAB) CoveredList=StrCat(CoveredList, "E:\Games\Steam Cold Waters Data\Cold Waters\savegame\campaign014") DirCount=ItemCount(CoveredList, @TAB) ; ----- See If Saves Should be Purged ----- Notice="" Notice=Strcat(Notice, "Keep the various save directories directory? ", @CR, @CR) Notice=Strcat(Notice, "YES = Keep all game history.", @CR) Notice=Strcat(Notice, "No = Purge all game history.", @CR) Notice=Strcat(Notice, "Cancel = Exit out.", @CR) Beep UserResponse=AskYesNo('CW Mgr', Notice) If UserResponse==@No Then For DirIndex = 1 to DirCount DirName=ItemExtract(DirIndex, CoveredList, @Tab) SourceDir=StrCat(DirName) If DirExist(SourceDir) Then Mask=StrCat(SourceDir, "\*.sav") FileDelete(Mask) Mask=StrCat(SourceDir, "\*.bat") FileDelete(Mask) End If Next EndIf ; ----- Start game ---- Run(FrapsEXE,"") RunShell(GameEXE, "", ".", @NORMAL, @NOWAIT); must RunShell WinWaitExist(GameName, -1) WinActivate(GameName) Run(HotKeyScript,"") Delay(2) WinActivate(GameName) WinShow(GameName) Delay(10) While WinExist(GameName) ; ------- Capture Screens ----- ErrorMode(@OFF) FileMove ("E:\FRAPS\ScreenFrap\*.jpg", "E:\FRAPS\ScreenFrap\CWFraps", @TRUE) ErrorMode(@CANCEL) CurrentDir=DirGet() DirChange("E:\FRAPS\ScreenFrap\CWFraps") ShotFileName=FileItemize("ColdWaters*.jpg") If ShotFileName<>"" Then CancelFlag=@False IntControl(72, 1, 0, 0, 0); 01/26/22 fix to use error handler Prompt=StrCat("Enter The Suffix Text") WinShow(WhoAmI) SaveSuffix=AskLine("SaveSuffix", Prompt, "", 0) WinHide(WhoAmI) Goto SKIP :CANCEL WinHide(WhoAmI) CancelFlag=@True :SKIP If CancelFlag Then FileDelete(ShotFileName) Else Base=StrSub(ShotFileName, 12, 19) If SaveSuffix<>"" Then NewFileName=StrCat(Base, " ", SaveSuffix, ".jpg") Else NewFileName=StrCat(Base, ".jpg") End If FileRename(ShotFileName, NewFileName) Beep() End If WinActivate(GameName) End IF DirChange(CurrentDir) ; ------- Checkpoint Saves ----- FoundIt=@false CurrentDir=DirGet() For DirIndex = 1 to DirCount DirName=ItemExtract(DirIndex, CoveredList, @Tab) SourceDir=StrCat(DirName) If DirExist(SourceDir) Then DirChange(SourceDir) Mask=StrCat(SourceDir, "\*.sav") SaveList=FileItemize(Mask) SaveCount=ItemCount(SaveList, @TAB) For SaveIndex = 1 to SaveCount SaveName=ItemExtract(SaveIndex, SaveList, @Tab) attr=FileAttrGet(SaveName) If StrSub(attr, 2, 1) == "A" Then BaseName=FileTimeGetEx(SaveName, 2) ReplaceName=StrClean(BaseName, ":", "", @False, 1) ReplaceName=StrSub(ReplaceName, 1, 14) ReplaceName=StrCat(StrSub(ReplaceName, 3, 6), " ", StrSub(ReplaceName, 9, 6), ".sav") TargetName=ReplaceName ;Message("Debug1", SaveName) ;Message("Debug2", TargetName) FileRename(SaveName, TargetName) FileAttrSet(TargetName, "a") ; clear the flag FoundIt=@True SetFile="cwsetenv.bat" If FileExist(SetFile) then ; Get rid of old output FileDelete(SetFile) End If HandleOut=FileOpen(SetFile, "APPEND") LineOut=StrCat("setx CWSAVEDIR ", '"', SourceDir, '"') FileWrite(HandleOut, LineOut) FileClose(HandleOut) RunShell("cwsetenv.bat", "", "", @HIDDEN, @WAIT) If FileExist(SetFile) then ; Get rid of old output FileDelete(SetFile) End If End If If FoundIt Then Break Next End If If FoundIt Then Break Next DirChange(CurrentDir) TimeDelay(Interval) End While ; ----- Kill AutoHotKey ----- Addextender("wwprc44i.dll") Goto SkipKill ProgramEXE="AutoHotKey|" Processlist=tListProc() ; get list ptr1=StrIndexNC(processlist,ProgramEXE,0,@fwdscan) ;Message("Debug list",Processlist) While ptr1<>0 ; terminate while processes left ptr2=StrIndex(processlist,"|",ptr1,@fwdscan) ptr3=StrIndex(processlist,@tab,ptr2,@fwdscan) if ptr3==0;if last item in list pid=Strsub(processlist,ptr2+1,-1) ptr1=0 ; last one killed else pid=Strsub(processlist,ptr2+1,ptr3-ptr2-1) ptr1=ptr3 ; set up for next process ptr1=StrIndexNC(processlist,ProgramEXE,ptr1,@fwdsc an) endif ;Message("Debug pid",pid) hProcess=tOpenProc(pid,3) ; mark able to terminate TKillProc(hProcess) ; terminate TCloseProc(hProcess) ; terminate End While :SkipKill ProgramEXE="fraps|" Processlist=tListProc() ; get list ptr1=StrIndexNC(processlist,ProgramEXE,0,@fwdscan) ;Message("Debug list",Processlist) While ptr1<>0 ; terminate while processes left ptr2=StrIndex(processlist,"|",ptr1,@fwdscan) ptr3=StrIndex(processlist,@tab,ptr2,@fwdscan) if ptr3==0;if last item in list pid=Strsub(processlist,ptr2+1,-1) ptr1=0 ; last one killed else pid=Strsub(processlist,ptr2+1,ptr3-ptr2-1) ptr1=ptr3 ; set up for next process ptr1=StrIndexNC(processlist,ProgramEXE,ptr1,@fwdsc an) endif ;Message("Debug pid",pid) hProcess=tOpenProc(pid,3) ; mark able to terminate TKillProc(hProcess) ; terminate TCloseProc(hProcess) ; terminate End While Delay(1) Run(SystemTrayRestart, "") ProgramEXE="fraps64.dat|" Processlist=tListProc() ; get list ptr1=StrIndexNC(processlist,ProgramEXE,0,@fwdscan) ;Message("Debug list",Processlist) While ptr1<>0 ; terminate while processes left ptr2=StrIndex(processlist,"|",ptr1,@fwdscan) ptr3=StrIndex(processlist,@tab,ptr2,@fwdscan) if ptr3==0;if last item in list pid=Strsub(processlist,ptr2+1,-1) ptr1=0 ; last one killed else pid=Strsub(processlist,ptr2+1,ptr3-ptr2-1) ptr1=ptr3 ; set up for next process ptr1=StrIndexNC(processlist,ProgramEXE,ptr1,@fwdsc an) endif ;Message("Debug pid",pid) hProcess=tOpenProc(pid,3) ; mark able to terminate TKillProc(hProcess) ; terminate TCloseProc(hProcess) ; terminate End While Delay(1) Run(SystemTrayRestart, "") --------------------------------- #NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases. SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory. #SingleInstance force #Persistent #NoTrayIcon SetTitleMatchMode 3 Game01 = Cold Waters TimerInterval = 1000 SetTitleMatchMode 1 CoordMode, Mouse, Screen SetTimer, ScriptDone, %TimerInterval% return ScriptDone: IfWinNotExist,%Game01%, ExitApp Return #IfWinActive, Cold Waters, F9:: ;View Static { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 300 Send {F4 Down} Sleep 300 Send {F4 Up} Sleep 300 Send {LShift Up} Return } F10:: ;View Event { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 300 Send {e Down} Sleep 300 Send {e Up} Sleep 300 Send {LShift Up} Return } F11:: ;View Bearing { Send {u Down} Sleep 300 Send {u Up} Return } `:: ;HUD { Send {F10 Down} Sleep 300 Send {F10 Up} Return } 5:: ;Cut Wire { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 300 Send {4 Down} Sleep 300 Send {4 Up} Sleep 300 Send {LShift Up} Return } 6:: ;SAM { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 300 Send {Space Down} Sleep 300 Send {Space Up} Sleep 300 Send {LShift Up} Return } 7:: ;Peri up/dn { Send {0 Down} Sleep 300 Send {0 Up} Return } 8:: ;Peri view { Send {p Down} Sleep 300 Send {p Up} Return } 0:: ;Radar up/dn { Send {8 Down} Sleep 300 Send {8 Up} Return } -:: ;Active Sonar { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 300 Send {a Down} Sleep 300 Send {a Up} Sleep 300 Send {LShift Up} Return } =:: ;Towed Array { Send {Backspace Down} Sleep 300 Send {Backspace Up} Return } Backspace:: ; Mark Kratzer { Send `b Sleep 200 Sleep 200 Send M Sleep 200 Send a Sleep 200 Send r Sleep 200 Send k Sleep 200 Send {space} Sleep 200 Send K Sleep 200 Send r Sleep 200 Send a Sleep 200 Send t Sleep 200 Send z Sleep 200 Send e Sleep 200 Send r Sleep 2000 Send {Enter} Return } q:: ;Decrease depth { Send {PgUp Down} Sleep 50 Send {PgUp Up} Return } w:: ;Decrease depth less { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 50 Send {PgUp Down} Sleep 50 Send {PgUp Up} Sleep 50 Send {LShift Up} Return } e:: ;Log { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 300 Send {l Down} Sleep 300 Send {l Up} Sleep 300 Send {LShift Up} Return } i:: ;LLTV { Send {o Down} Sleep 300 Send {o Up} Return } a:: ;Increase depth { Send {PgDn Down} Sleep 50 Send {PgDn Up} Return } s:: ;Increase depth less { Send {LShift Down} Sleep 50 Send {PgDn Down} Sleep 50 Send {PgDn Up} Sleep 50 Send {LShift Up} Return } d:: ;Previous contact { Send {y Down} Sleep 300 Send {y Up} Return } f:: ;Next contact { Send {t Down} Sleep 300 Send {t Up} Return } z:: ;Mark Send {Control Down} Sleep 300 Send {i Down} Sleep 300 Send {i Up} Sleep 300 Send {Control Up} Return x:: ;Manual Send {Control Down} Sleep 300 Send {m Down} Sleep 300 Send {m Up} Sleep 300 Send {Control Up} Return c:: ;Previous console { Send {; Down} Sleep 300 Send {; Up} Return } v:: ;Next console { Send {' Down} Sleep 300 Send {' Up} Return
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10-06-22, 12:52 AM
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Ace of the Deep
Join Date: Jul 2002
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The in game help which happens by the MMB CLK brings up the following for reference.
   
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War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)! |
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10-06-22, 07:24 AM
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Machinist's Mate
 Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Argentina - Entre Rios
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"Fire!!! that the People look at us! " - Admiral Guillermo Brown. Order prior to the "Battle of Los Pozos" that took place on June 11,1826 in the Rio de La Plata,in front of the city of Buenos Aires, in an area of relative greater depth and to the view from the population. Was a combat between a flimsy Argentine Squadron and the powerfull Brazilian Empire Fleet.It was a victorious day for the Argentine navy.William Brown was the first Admiral of the newly formed Argentine Navy.Born in Ireland and argentine by adoption.A great patriot. |
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10-06-22, 07:25 AM
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Machinist's Mate
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Argentina - Entre Rios
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Quote:
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"Fire!!! that the People look at us! " - Admiral Guillermo Brown. Order prior to the "Battle of Los Pozos" that took place on June 11,1826 in the Rio de La Plata,in front of the city of Buenos Aires, in an area of relative greater depth and to the view from the population. Was a combat between a flimsy Argentine Squadron and the powerfull Brazilian Empire Fleet.It was a victorious day for the Argentine navy.William Brown was the first Admiral of the newly formed Argentine Navy.Born in Ireland and argentine by adoption.A great patriot. |
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11-01-22, 07:11 PM
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Random#
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: TX
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Just saw this... Fantastic! One of the things limiting my plays of Cold Waters has been the inability to save during the campaign. At this stage in life I have maybe 1.5 hours of uninterrupted gaming time in a single session. I can't finish an entire campaign mission in this time.
I'll be giving this a try. It may be just the thing I need! |
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