Battle of Bismark Sea

peabody · 03-17-08, 04:55 PM

Just finished my first single mission: Battle of the Bismark Sea, if anyone is interested. There is a nice air battle at the beginning if you have an external camera to watch it. Better cheer for the planes because anything left is up to you to take care of. Has a refit station so if you run out of torps, you can reload and if your quick enough intercept the convoy before it reaches Lae.
It has a Briefing and Objective on the game load screen. Let me know how you like it good or bad!

http://home.roadrunner.com/~peabody/SH4/SM15 Bismark Sea.zip

edit: Took out some of the planes, at times they were sinking ALL the ships.

Peabody

charlyVII · 03-25-08, 08:29 AM

Hi Peabody,
I'm not just answering to your mission "Battle at Bismarck Sea". I downloaded it and it worked--great!
But I got some problems in creating own missions. The missins work but until now I didn't succeed in getting a picture on the briefing table right from the mission index. I put the same tga-name as mentioned in the briefing section of "Language Localization", I put the # in front and after the name, even the picture size (400x256 or 512x256pixels) should be OK and the size in KB is about 132KB. The text is displayed OK and the mission works but no picture??
Do you have any advice? I dont know what else to do!
charlyVII

Rockin Robbins · 03-25-08, 09:25 AM

I'm doing my first attempts at playing with the mission editor and you have my respect there!

peabody · 03-25-08, 11:30 AM

Thanks Rockin I appreciate that. I was going to do a Bigger mission as if we had paid attention to all the warnings and the Pacific Fleet was put on alert and put out to sea. But the problem is Pearl Harbor, the destroyed ships remain so I'm still thinking of a new idea.

charlyVII,
I would like to see your missions when you get them done. As for the picture, it is fairly simple but not if you don't know how.

1. The name in the "Language Localazation" MUST be EXACTLY the same as the name in the mission folder. When you install the mission you add an "SM## My Mission" to the folder name, then "SM## My Mission.mis" and "SM## My Mission.tsr". You know that because you said the missions work. BUT if you add "SM## picture.tga" it will not match the name in "Language Localization" and it will not show, unless you do have an SM## in the "Language Localization", but if you change it, it won't show. For example if you name it "SM 15 My Mission.tga" then when you go to install it and you have a 15 and you change the name to "SM 16 My Mission.tga" it doesn't match and won't show. So the simple solution is don't use any SM number on the .tga file (you don't need one)and I added a "Readme" file in my mission .zip file that says not to change the .tga filename.

2. #My Mission.tga#0,0,400,256
must go on a line by itself, you can not add anything else to that line. Notice there is no comma between the # and the first 0. And it must be in the "Mission Briefing", don't put it in the "mission title", that is what shows on the left side, the picture goes on the right side which is the "mission briefing".
You can put:

Date
Mission name
#My Mission.tga#0,0,400,256
Briefing:
This is what you are suppose to do in this mission. Don't screw it up or you sub will be destroyed and you will be kicked out of the Navy.

In other words you can add info before and after the picture as long as the Picture info is on a line by itself.

3, the numbers are the coordinated of the upper left and lower right of the picture. So it starts at 0,0 and ends at 400,256. So it start 0 pixels from the left and 0 pixels from the top. and it ends at 400 pixels from the left and 256 pixels from the top. So put the 0,0 then width of the pic first and the height of the pic second.
So, the #My Mission.tga# is the name of the picture file. and 0,0,400,256 is the position of the picture file on the briefing page. I set mine to 400,256 because I looked at others and that what size they were so i used that. But I just did a test and other sizes will work, but I don't know how big you can go.

4. I have Photoshop Elements and it allows 16bit,24bit and 32bit .tga either compressed or uncompressed. The only one I could get to work was 16bit uncompressed.

I hope you understand all my gibberish. I gave you a lot of info because I don't know what the problem is. If you still can't get it to work, give me a link to download the mission and photo and I will try to fix it for you. Even if your mission isn't done, it doesn't matter if I'm just fixing the picture so it will show. I'm pretty sure it is just a simple mistake.

Peabody

charlyVII · 03-25-08, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peabody

4. I have Photoshop Elements and it allows 16bit,24bit and 32bit .tga either compressed or uncompressed. The only one I could get to work was 16bit uncompressed.

I hope you understand all my gibberish. I gave you a lot of info because I don't know what the problem is. If you still can't get it to work, give me a link to download the mission and photo and I will try to fix it for you. Even if your mission isn't done, it doesn't matter if I'm just fixing the picture so it will show. I'm pretty sure it is just a simple mistake.

Peabody

Peabody,
thanks a lot for your detailed informations. I am pretty shure I did everything as you described except probabely the shape of the tga-file (16-, 24- 0r 32bit). I also got the picture via a photoshop and I will check it out and let you know.
No problem to send you the mission, if I succeed to load it up. I've never done that but probably can learn it. I'll let you know.
charlyVII

charlyVII · 03-25-08, 04:08 PM

Hi Peabody,
checked the mission over and over and couldn't find a mistake. But nevertheless there should be at least one. Even if I use a picture which works in other missions it does not work in mine! So it could not be the picture itself. It must be my fault, but I don't see it.

So my only hope is to try to upload. I'll see.
charlyVII

03-17-08, 04:55 PM	#1
peabody Admiral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York State, USA Posts: 2,390 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 7	Battle of Bismark Sea Just finished my first single mission: Battle of the Bismark Sea, if anyone is interested. There is a nice air battle at the beginning if you have an external camera to watch it. Better cheer for the planes because anything left is up to you to take care of. Has a refit station so if you run out of torps, you can reload and if your quick enough intercept the convoy before it reaches Lae. It has a Briefing and Objective on the game load screen. Let me know how you like it good or bad! http://home.roadrunner.com/~peabody/SH4/SM15 Bismark Sea.zip edit: Took out some of the planes, at times they were sinking ALL the ships. Peabody __________________ System Spec: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, PentiumD Dual Core Presler 945 3.4Ghz, Gigabyte Geforce 7600GS, 2-1GB Corsair XMS2 800Mhz in Dual Channel, 2-WD 250 SATA 3Gb/s, Onboard Realtek HD 7.1 Audio, DVD ROM, DVD burner, Hiper 580 Watt Power supply, WinXP SP2. Last edited by peabody; 03-25-08 at 11:30 PM.

03-25-08, 08:29 AM	#2
charlyVII Watch Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bavaria Germany Posts: 15 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	How to get a picture into the mission's screen??!! Hi Peabody, I'm not just answering to your mission "Battle at Bismarck Sea". I downloaded it and it worked--great! But I got some problems in creating own missions. The missins work but until now I didn't succeed in getting a picture on the briefing table right from the mission index. I put the same tga-name as mentioned in the briefing section of "Language Localization", I put the # in front and after the name, even the picture size (400x256 or 512x256pixels) should be OK and the size in KB is about 132KB. The text is displayed OK and the mission works but no picture?? Do you have any advice? I dont know what else to do! charlyVII

03-25-08, 09:25 AM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Awesome peabody! I'm doing my first attempts at playing with the mission editor and you have my respect there! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

03-25-08, 11:30 AM	#4
peabody Admiral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York State, USA Posts: 2,390 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 7	Thanks Rockin I appreciate that. I was going to do a Bigger mission as if we had paid attention to all the warnings and the Pacific Fleet was put on alert and put out to sea. But the problem is Pearl Harbor, the destroyed ships remain so I'm still thinking of a new idea. charlyVII, I would like to see your missions when you get them done. As for the picture, it is fairly simple but not if you don't know how. 1. The name in the "Language Localazation" MUST be EXACTLY the same as the name in the mission folder. When you install the mission you add an "SM## My Mission" to the folder name, then "SM## My Mission.mis" and "SM## My Mission.tsr". You know that because you said the missions work. BUT if you add "SM## picture.tga" it will not match the name in "Language Localization" and it will not show, unless you do have an SM## in the "Language Localization", but if you change it, it won't show. For example if you name it "SM 15 My Mission.tga" then when you go to install it and you have a 15 and you change the name to "SM 16 My Mission.tga" it doesn't match and won't show. So the simple solution is don't use any SM number on the .tga file (you don't need one)and I added a "Readme" file in my mission .zip file that says not to change the .tga filename. 2. #My Mission.tga#0,0,400,256 must go on a line by itself, you can not add anything else to that line. Notice there is no comma between the # and the first 0. And it must be in the "Mission Briefing", don't put it in the "mission title", that is what shows on the left side, the picture goes on the right side which is the "mission briefing". You can put: Date Mission name #My Mission.tga#0,0,400,256 Briefing: This is what you are suppose to do in this mission. Don't screw it up or you sub will be destroyed and you will be kicked out of the Navy. In other words you can add info before and after the picture as long as the Picture info is on a line by itself. 3, the numbers are the coordinated of the upper left and lower right of the picture. So it starts at 0,0 and ends at 400,256. So it start 0 pixels from the left and 0 pixels from the top. and it ends at 400 pixels from the left and 256 pixels from the top. So put the 0,0 then width of the pic first and the height of the pic second. So, the #My Mission.tga# is the name of the picture file. and 0,0,400,256 is the position of the picture file on the briefing page. I set mine to 400,256 because I looked at others and that what size they were so i used that. But I just did a test and other sizes will work, but I don't know how big you can go. 4. I have Photoshop Elements and it allows 16bit,24bit and 32bit .tga either compressed or uncompressed. The only one I could get to work was 16bit uncompressed. I hope you understand all my gibberish. I gave you a lot of info because I don't know what the problem is. If you still can't get it to work, give me a link to download the mission and photo and I will try to fix it for you. Even if your mission isn't done, it doesn't matter if I'm just fixing the picture so it will show. I'm pretty sure it is just a simple mistake. Peabody __________________ System Spec: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, PentiumD Dual Core Presler 945 3.4Ghz, Gigabyte Geforce 7600GS, 2-1GB Corsair XMS2 800Mhz in Dual Channel, 2-WD 250 SATA 3Gb/s, Onboard Realtek HD 7.1 Audio, DVD ROM, DVD burner, Hiper 580 Watt Power supply, WinXP SP2.

03-25-08, 04:08 PM	#6
charlyVII Watch Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bavaria Germany Posts: 15 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Hi Peabody, checked the mission over and over and couldn't find a mistake. But nevertheless there should be at least one. Even if I use a picture which works in other missions it does not work in mine! So it could not be the picture itself. It must be my fault, but I don't see it. So my only hope is to try to upload. I'll see. charlyVII