Work in Progress-Thermal layers...RELEASED

[JScones]

Good use of the Random folders Hemisent!

Curiously though, why are the folders dated 19391201, and not 19390901? It means there are no thermal layers modelled for the first three months of the war.

From reading this thread I may need to develop a "Random folder user's guide" for modders to follow!

One thing I will point out, although it won't be an issue for most users running SH3Cmdr R2.4 (if anyone's running an earlier release, why?!), is that if you have say 5 random folders with a different version of say SIM.CFG in each, and you then add this mod inclusive of 10 folders, you'll need to consider the impact this will have on the SIM.CFG randomisation. For example...

You start with:
\Random\0\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\1\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\2\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\3\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\4\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
which copies in a different version of SIM.CFG every time SH3Cmdr is loaded. You then add this mod and end up with:

\Random\0\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\0\19390901\data\Library\AI_sensors.dat
\Random\1\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\1\19390901\data\Library\AI_sensors.dat
\Random\2\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\2\19390901\data\Library\AI_sensors.dat
\Random\3\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\3\19390901\data\Library\AI_sensors.dat
\Random\4\19390901\data\SIM.CFG
\Random\4\19390901\data\Library\AI_sensors.dat
\Random\5\19390901\
\Random\6\19390901\
\Random\7\19390901\
\Random\8\19390901\
\Random\9\19390901\

This means that now a random number between 0 and 9 will be generated. If say 8 is generated, you won't get an AI_sensors.dat (which is correct), however, you also won't get a SIM.CFG - in other words the stock SH3 SIM.CFG will be used.

This may be OK, but this may also not be OK. To fix this is simply a matter of duplicating your SIM.CFG files into the newly created 5 to 9 Random folders.

Hope this is clear. Anyway, if you have any q's you know where I am!

Originally Posted by FullFathomFive

Not being able to use random thermals with the "realistic career" setting is well worth the trade off!

If you always run SH3 via SH3Cmdr with the "Realistic Career" option checked, running this mod will make no difference to your career length whatsoever.