Cyclops-type Collier in GWX3

Canovaro · 08-17-11, 01:20 PM

I can't find it anywhere in the mission editor.
How can I create a mission with this type of ship?

Hmm when I manually edit the mission file, I can change another ship to a Collier:
Type=100
Class=PRT
In the mission editor it then appears as a Collier.

Sailor Steve · 08-17-11, 03:20 PM

The Cyclops is listed in the 'Sea' folder as AC-4. It might be in the Mission Editor under that name.

It's two bad that in real life there were only four of them.

Jimbuna · 08-18-11, 05:36 AM

You'll find the Cyclops in ME in Sea/Environmental 'MC Cyclops'

Canovaro · 08-18-11, 02:04 PM

Ah thanks!

Jimbuna · 08-18-11, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Canovaro

Ah thanks!

No problem, your most welcome

Missing Name · 08-24-11, 12:36 PM

I've modified it somewhat so that it appears as a "Large Collier" in service with larger navies.

For some reason, the environmental AC-4 shows up as a ghost ship of sorts in my game. It's got transparent textures and has no hitbox. I can sail right through it!

Sailor Steve · 08-24-11, 12:48 PM

That's because the original disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. It's an environmental object because it's supposed to be a ghost ship.

Missing Name · 08-24-11, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's because the original disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. It's an environmental object because it's supposed to be a ghost ship.

Ahhhh... so it is a ghost ship. Two others from the class also vanished in the Triangle... but I think that huge, tall system of cranes would have made them unstable in the first place.

Does anyone know how to add weapons to the regular Cyclops-class (NOT the ghost ship)? I've made it so it appears in convoys but it's never armed.

Wreford-Brown · 08-28-11, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Missing Name

Does anyone know how to add weapons to the regular Cyclops-class (NOT the ghost ship)? I've made it so it appears in convoys but it's never armed.

Try changing the type to Type=103. You'll have to rescript in ME or adjust by opening the campaign files in notepad or you will CTD.

Type=100 rarely appear (although they're more prevalent later in the war)
Type=103 are the mainstay of the _RND file, so you may see multiple Cyclops in a convoy.

As there were only four, Type=100 is more realistic but Type=103 will let you test that it's working properly.

08-17-11, 01:20 PM	#1
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Cyclops-type Collier in GWX3 I can't find it anywhere in the mission editor. How can I create a mission with this type of ship? Hmm when I manually edit the mission file, I can change another ship to a Collier: Type=100 Class=PRT In the mission editor it then appears as a Collier. Last edited by Canovaro; 08-17-11 at 02:05 PM.

08-17-11, 03:20 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The Cyclops is listed in the 'Sea' folder as AC-4. It might be in the Mission Editor under that name. It's two bad that in real life there were only four of them. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-18-11, 05:36 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You'll find the Cyclops in ME in Sea/Environmental 'MC Cyclops' __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-24-11, 12:36 PM	#6
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	I've modified it somewhat so that it appears as a "Large Collier" in service with larger navies. For some reason, the environmental AC-4 shows up as a ghost ship of sorts in my game. It's got transparent textures and has no hitbox. I can sail right through it! __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

08-24-11, 12:48 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's because the original disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. It's an environmental object because it's supposed to be a ghost ship. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-18-11, 02:04 PM	#4
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Ah thanks!