"SH3Gen" Campaign enhancement (version 0.6.0)

GlobalExplorer · 04-05-06, 01:52 PM

@zz: Thanks! And good to hear.

@Von Helsching: Thank you for your suggestions, here are my thoughts.

Dynamic updates are not planned .. because this would require constant Alt-Tabbing. Not the grandest concept, as people are already complaining that Sh3Gen requires to Alt-Tab.

Campaign spanning several patrols, sorry, I dont know either. I dont want to give up the abstract way I handle data, which makes Sh3Gen suited for any campaign mods around. Another problem is that the campaign data which I access doesnt contain enough info, so I would have to make to much guesswork.

What I am thinking of is an option to generate a completely new set of radio messages for each patrol, which would contain pieces of the usual target info (similar to the intelligence update), possibly as well as virtual uboats that give updates about sinkings and more. I hope to make a draft for this and update the thread about what I think is possible. Mind however that at this stage it is just an idea I have not decided yet if I will do it, and god forbit when.

What do you think, would it be in the interest of this mod to incorporate radio messages? I ask because for this I would have to give up the totally "clean" architecture that doesnt add stuff to ShIII. Rewriting the radio message file would, of course, never be 100% compatible with other radio log mods, though I would of course offer the usual backup/rollback functions. Its just that this is a step I am not too eager to make, because now Sh3Gen integrates so nicely with other mods. But, on the other hand, it would not alter much and possibly be very much more athmospheric if, for the first time, you would get radio messages about things that are actually there.

Let me know what you think, I can still keep this open for the future, but it could be done one day. Any ideas/feedback welcome.

GE

P.S. About the UBoats sinkings and/or virtual Uboat traffic, I would have to build a UBoat database first, anybody interested to help me with this? No coding required, only some interest to collect enough data from the various sources.

04-05-06, 01:52 PM	#11
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	@zz: Thanks! And good to hear. @Von Helsching: Thank you for your suggestions, here are my thoughts. Dynamic updates are not planned .. because this would require constant Alt-Tabbing. Not the grandest concept, as people are already complaining that Sh3Gen requires to Alt-Tab. Campaign spanning several patrols, sorry, I dont know either. I dont want to give up the abstract way I handle data, which makes Sh3Gen suited for any campaign mods around. Another problem is that the campaign data which I access doesnt contain enough info, so I would have to make to much guesswork. What I am thinking of is an option to generate a completely new set of radio messages for each patrol, which would contain pieces of the usual target info (similar to the intelligence update), possibly as well as virtual uboats that give updates about sinkings and more. I hope to make a draft for this and update the thread about what I think is possible. Mind however that at this stage it is just an idea I have not decided yet if I will do it, and god forbit when. What do you think, would it be in the interest of this mod to incorporate radio messages? I ask because for this I would have to give up the totally "clean" architecture that doesnt add stuff to ShIII. Rewriting the radio message file would, of course, never be 100% compatible with other radio log mods, though I would of course offer the usual backup/rollback functions. Its just that this is a step I am not too eager to make, because now Sh3Gen integrates so nicely with other mods. But, on the other hand, it would not alter much and possibly be very much more athmospheric if, for the first time, you would get radio messages about things that are actually there. Let me know what you think, I can still keep this open for the future, but it could be done one day. Any ideas/feedback welcome. GE P.S. About the UBoats sinkings and/or virtual Uboat traffic, I would have to build a UBoat database first, anybody interested to help me with this? No coding required, only some interest to collect enough data from the various sources. __________________