how do i add new ships to campaign

[seaplate hitman]

i have past the third naval career in original game sh4 1.5 but never meeting the famous Yamato . in order to adding some new ships i add some famous passenger liner like Mary Queeen in japan but i never saw them in my all career ! why? who can do me a favor?

just adding the ship into the game wont make them spawn randomly


to do that you must add them to the campaign files as well


if you try lurkers RSRDC mod it adds a bunch of realistic ships that WILL appear in the game and it also changes the campaign files to eliminate all the unrealistic traffic so you wont see as many ships as you are used to.

what it will do is allow you to go to time and place a historic battle happened and see a fairly good representation of it.

as i understand it he didnt do every battle but im pretty sure he has all the well known ones and the merchant ships can also be found in the time and place they used as shipping lanes during the war so no more convoys everywhere, you will have to go where the shipping lanes are.

[seaplate hitman]

Dear sir:

The problem is how to add the new ships to campaign file ?

[runningdeer]

Hi, this may also be useful. It helped me find the Yamato, when I too was having no luck with ever seeing it. Read the replies in the following thread that I created for one way to find Yamato.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=151311

[seaplate hitman]

Thanks a lot
but i do not use TMO 1.7 now i used the original version 1.5 .i want to know how to add the new ships to campaign file ?

Originally Posted by seaplate hitman

Thanks a lot
but i do not use TMO 1.7 now i used the original version 1.5 .i want to know how to add the new ships to campaign file ?

i will rename your thread so it asks that question

[Ducimus]

If you've added the ship (or ships) to the roster correctly for whatever nation you want them in, then getting them to show up in game is a rather easy thing to do, though it can be tedious, depending entirely on the campaign files.

Assuming were talking about your standard traffic (troop, tanker, cargo), open whatever files are apporpriate for that unit type. (in the stock campaign files there are 3 different file types to look at, merchant, troop, and convoy).

In each of these files there are what is called random groups. Select one, right click, and define group contents. Now, if the campaign files your using are specifying SPECIFIC ships by name in these random groups, you've got alot of work ahead of you. You'll have to specifically add your new ships by name to each entry you want it to appear in.

If the campaign files are using generic entries, then it's basically going to spawn a random ship of whatever unit type there. (generic tanker, generic troop transport, generic cargo), in which case, you don't have to do anything, the game will randomly spawn it for you.

[seaplate hitman]

mang thanks for your kindly favor ! let me have a try

[seaplate hitman]

Dear sir ! i am sorry to say that i have done it but the result is disappointed no change in the game.
the course is i define the 43a_Jap_TroopConvoys.mis.Added the some new ships instead the original ships. and made some reference files as this order Data\Campaigns\Campaign. but the ships i encounter without angthing change
PS: i also find a problem is that i can not save the new mis file .The editor tools always warn me up valide error. Can you tell me why?

Thanks as well !

[peabody]

Originally Posted by seaplate hitman

Dear sir ! i am sorry to say that i have done it but the result is disappointed no change in the game.
the course is i define the 43a_Jap_TroopConvoys.mis.Added the some new ships instead the original ships. and made some reference files as this order Data\Campaigns\Campaign. but the ships i encounter without angthing change
PS: i also find a problem is that i can not save the new mis file .The editor tools always warn me up valide error. Can you tell me why?

Thanks as well !

The mission editor will tell you what the warnings and errors are. You MUST correct the Errors, it should still save with a warning. If you are trying to save a regular mission like 43a_Jap_TroopConvoys.mis, you may have an Error saying no player unit.
If this is that is the error, go to Mission/Parameters and check the box that says "Ignore Player Submarines" and try saving it.

Peabody

[seaplate hitman]

Dear sir !

Thanks a lot ! i will have a try ! i believe i can make it !

[seaplate hitman]

Thank you again sir. i made it !