Well I thought I had a good idea

fred8615 · 06-24-11, 03:27 PM

While playing a patrol in my current career I suddenly got the idea to see if I could expand the tooltip that comes up when you put the cursor over the sub image on the crew management screen, torpedo screen, etc. My idea was to add info on the sub so you could have it ingame. Like this:

USS Narwhal (SS-167)
Class: Narwhal
Commissioned: May 15th, 1930
Displacement: 2730 tons surfaced, 3960 tons submerged
Length: 371 feet
Beam: 33 feet 3.25 inches
Draft: 16 feet 11.25 inches
Maximum Speed: 17.4 knots surfaced, 8 knots submerged
Range: 9380 nm at 10 knots
Underwater Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots
Test Depth: 300 feet

I found the files I needed to edit, and this morning I was trying to actually create a mod to add it, hence the Narwhal info above. But I ran into a few problems.

The first was that the entire info above types out in the message when you start a career. This wasn't a biggie as it's a simple matter of editing the relevant entry in the menu.txt (which I intended to include in the readme). I realized it would also do this when you got a medal, but again it's a simple editing fix for that too.

My real problem is that everything types out when you get your Operational Orders when starting a patrol, when you send a message, or get a message specifically for your boat. And I can't find the part in the menu.txt to turn off the sub name in these. The career start message and the medals use #SUBMARINENAME# for the sub, but those are the only instances when it appears. I assume it's one of the dozens of uses of %s or %(letter) scattered throughout the menu.txt, but which one where, I have no clue. And I'm assuming it's in menu.txt cause I looked through every other file it could've possibly been in.

So I'm hoping maybe someone with a bit more knowledge can help me out? Otherwise this is gonna end up being one those great ideas that just doesn't work.

Like the magnetic exploder.

06-24-11, 03:27 PM	#1
fred8615 Saint of the seas Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sorrento, Louisiana Posts: 1,320 Downloads: 265 Uploads: 127	Well I thought I had a good idea While playing a patrol in my current career I suddenly got the idea to see if I could expand the tooltip that comes up when you put the cursor over the sub image on the crew management screen, torpedo screen, etc. My idea was to add info on the sub so you could have it ingame. Like this: USS Narwhal (SS-167) Class: Narwhal Commissioned: May 15th, 1930 Displacement: 2730 tons surfaced, 3960 tons submerged Length: 371 feet Beam: 33 feet 3.25 inches Draft: 16 feet 11.25 inches Maximum Speed: 17.4 knots surfaced, 8 knots submerged Range: 9380 nm at 10 knots Underwater Endurance: 10 hours at 5 knots Test Depth: 300 feet I found the files I needed to edit, and this morning I was trying to actually create a mod to add it, hence the Narwhal info above. But I ran into a few problems. The first was that the entire info above types out in the message when you start a career. This wasn't a biggie as it's a simple matter of editing the relevant entry in the menu.txt (which I intended to include in the readme). I realized it would also do this when you got a medal, but again it's a simple editing fix for that too. My real problem is that everything types out when you get your Operational Orders when starting a patrol, when you send a message, or get a message specifically for your boat. And I can't find the part in the menu.txt to turn off the sub name in these. The career start message and the medals use #SUBMARINENAME# for the sub, but those are the only instances when it appears. I assume it's one of the dozens of uses of %s or %(letter) scattered throughout the menu.txt, but which one where, I have no clue. And I'm assuming it's in menu.txt cause I looked through every other file it could've possibly been in. So I'm hoping maybe someone with a bit more knowledge can help me out? Otherwise this is gonna end up being one those great ideas that just doesn't work. Like the magnetic exploder. __________________ Frederick J. Barnett Radio Stations & Music Captain's Desk Photos FJB Camera Pre Pearl Harbor Career Start Office links, Info Boxes, & 50 cal Crew Rank Fix Sub Class Info Real Subs SH4 Randomizer Sub Images Office Images Sub Pinups & Pics 24 Hour Clocks Office Posters Nav Map Make-Over Add-ons FJB Navigation Maps Office Window Chronographs Someone's got to take the responsibility if the job's going to get done! Do you think that's easy?! - Gregory Peck, The Guns of Navarone.