Home port wherever

[Sniper297]

Reading some non fiction as well as fiction, I noticed it was common practice for a WWII fleet boat to leave Pearl, patrol an area, then go to Brisbane instead of returning to Pearl. Or get orders in Brisbane to patrol the Marianas and go to Pearl instead of returning to Australia - then get a radio message ordering a turnaround at Midway instead, canceling the previous order to return to Pearl.

Has anyone looked into changing the flotilla transfer protocol in the game to allow all bases to be "home port", so you have the option of ending the patrol at any base? As it currently stands you have one and only one home port, and you need to be there a minimum number of months and patrols (6 months, 3 patrols in the basic.cfg file) before you can request a transfer.

I don't know which files would need to be changed but I would like the option to transfer at whim simply by going into any base and selecting end patrol.

[Hambone307]

I believe you would have to go into the files and change the dates that the ports are available. As to which file, I'm not sure. The most I have done is alter torpedo damage for giggles and grins.

[KaleunMarco]

sniper,

i have been looking for a way/fix/patch to make Guam/Marianas a home base but cannot find a way to do it. if you find a way or figure it out please let me know.

mark

[sfc]

looking through several files shows me that it would be real hard to make those changes. very thing shows either pearl or fremantle as flotilla headquarters.
I guess if it was possible to add more flotilla headquarters than it would make them as possible home ports. I'll look at that and get back to you.
it would sure help with the long trips out and return, those bug me too.

[sfc]

I finally figured out how to make midway a homeport, the only problem with this fix is if you try to leave port from the tender or dock- it puts you out to sea about 50km, if you choose to leave from outside of port-you are at sea about 10km from midway.
this changes the pearl homeport to midway around june 29th 1942.
the file you need to add this is to is the Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\UPCData\UPCCampaignData\flotillas.upc
paste the below over the listing at the start of the file which shows only pearl is a homeport

[Flotilla 1.Base 1]
ID= PearlHarbor
NameDisplayable= Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
ExternalBaseName=Pearl Harbor
AvailabilityInterval= NULL, 1942-06-28
DepartureDescription1= -18954703, 2562919, 45.918098 ; Enum of available points, choose one randomly each time a patrol is started
DepartureDescription2= -18954874, 2563059, 46.252201
DepartureDescriptionOut1= -18957616, 2548824, 242.189346 ; Enum of starting points for when the player selects the option to start outside the base

[Flotilla 1.Base 2]
ID= Midway
NameDisplayable= Midway
ExternalBaseName= Midway
AvailabilityInterval= 1942-06-29, NULL
DepartureDescription1= 21867308, 3386167, 267.488647
DepartureDescription2= 21867861, 3384261, 0
DepartureDescriptionOut1= 21899908, 3381216, 210.175903

by making this change it should not effect other mods if make backups of your orginal upc file.
if someone could tell me how to upload this whole file I would, but the site says the file is too big for a txt file.
hope this helps you all.
may also try to fix Guam as a later home port, its just trying to find close map coord in that file.
I'll try to get the leave from tender/dock better, but will take time.

[KaleunMarco]

sfc

what are the departure descriptions?
what do the parameters indicate?
i am working on a Guam home base that hopefully will compatible with TMO 2.5.