NYGM 3 Super-mod (Current: 3.6 F, January 13th 2015)

[Dani]

Thanks for the fast answer.
I never had reloaded all 6 externals at once. I'm reloading only if wind is 5 m/s or less, so there is a very rare oportunity and time to take them all inside the boat. So I'm ok with the change.
Can I ask what else your plan for the next patch?

[Stiebler]

After the release of IABL's new merchant fleet, I have decided to consolidate NYGM releases to make it easier for users to try out the new ships.

Therefore all the old versions of NYGM version 3 (3.2, 3.3B, 3.3C) are now consolidated into NYGM3_New.7z, and the opening page of the mod when loaded will show version '3.4'.

A few changes requested by users in this thread have been added, including H.sie's hull damage mod (previously available only as part of Hitman's GUI package for NYGM).
Hitman's GUI package and his Mediterranean campaign files are now included as optional extras within the documentation folder of NYGM3_New, and therefore are no longer available as stand-alone items to download.

Another key change is that IABL's original merchant fleet for NYGM has been given a big overhaul. Users should download the new package (IABLShipsforNYGM_New.7z), and discard the old (iablships_nygm3_2010.7z). The old IABL package is not compatible with NYGM3_New!

The most important change to the NYGM 3_New package concerns the campaign_RND.mis file. This was originally fixed, to show definite ships in specified convoys. (The reason was to make bug-testing easier after crashes-to-desktop caused by defective ships - however, NYGM has been completely stable in this respect for a long time now.)

Now most (but not all) of the definite merchant ships have been changed to generic types. Thus convoys you encounter will contain a much more mixed selection of ships, including those imported from outside NYGM. I have made some key changes to the zones.cfg file so that NYGM is now more tolerant of ships not designed originally for NYGM.

The change to generic merchants has resulted in some other changes to convoys. Some convoys were so fast (> 12 kts) that only fast merchant ships can maintain their positions. If some of these ships can be changed to generic types, there might be ships that can make only 8 kts maximum, or 11 knots maximum, in these fast convoys, so the convoy will disintegrate. Therefore NYGM3_New now lacks any convoy that has an *average* speed faster than 9 kts.

This also makes possible the use of IABL's current MSM-Interim-Beta merchant fleet http://www.filefront.com/16730755/MFM-Interim-Beta.7z with NYGM.

However, if you do use this package, then:
a) Do NOT install NYGM existing small merchant fleet of highly tested IABL ships.
b) DO install the NYGM fix for MSM-Interim-Beta.
c) Even so, this Beta merchant fleet is NOT guaranteed to be stable with NYGM (unlike NYGM's existing IABL merchant fleet, which is guaranteed).

All these mods can now be downloaded from my signature.

Happy hunting.
Stiebler.

[Dani]

In your overlay for MSM-Interim-Beta merchant fleet ,in the cfg file for ship M01B there is no 2DCompartments entry. This is the only ship without it.
Should it be this way?
And just to be sure,if I install the MSM-Interim-Beta merchant fleet with your fix ,these ships will be in convoys?

And thanx for the new NYGM

[Stiebler]

@Dani:

In your overlay for MSM-Interim-Beta merchant fleet ,in the cfg file for ship M01B there is no 2DCompartments entry. This is the only ship without it.
Should it be this way?

Well spotted. I had not noticed that error.

The original .cfg file for the M01B in the MSM-Interim-Beta mod, from which the NYGM overlay was created, also lacks the 2DCompartments entry.

It will be necessary to seek advice from IABL about how to fix this missing information. I shall make a post in his merchant shop sticky thread.

EDIT: In the meantime, copy and paste the M01A 2DCompartments into the M01B eqp file. From previous examples of IABL's ships, this should be correct.

And just to be sure,if I install the MSM-Interim-Beta merchant fleet with your fix ,these ships will be in convoys?

Yes, these ships will be in convoys.

Stiebler.

[Corsair]

Thks for update, Stiebler. Downloading and installing right away. I am currently on stand by in Lorient awaiting new patrol orders, just the right time to install new files...

[Wolf52]

I'm encountering a strange problem with my IXB right now. I have 3.4 installed, and this patrol (my 3rd with this boat) I am having major depth keeping problems. I just attacked a convoy off of Gibraltar on the atlantic side, and after I attacked (and sunk) three ships i proceeded to go ahead flank down to the limit of the yellow region on my depth gauge. Normally, i can just hit silent running once i level off and i can stay there for as long as i want. However, this time I just kept on dropping like a stone. I fed the order through again to a higher depth, but i still kept slipping. Only when i make 5 knots or faster can i keep depth or make progress towards the surface. I cant really figure out why this would suddenly happen, the only thing ive done differently this patrol is dock and refuel at one of the u boat tenders at a spanish port. Any ideas?

[Stiebler]

@Wolf52:

This is an old, and well documented, problem caused by a bug with SH3 which is more obvious in NYGM.

Crash-dive-blues:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...6&postcount=48

Stiebler.