Campaign Questions!

[Reece]

Ah I see the light, I knew the Longitude/Latitude were, but completely ignored the left values & it is these that appear in the LND file & the right values in the cfg file. I didn't know about the Locations folder with the tga's & that is a big help I think I will print these out to a little booklet for quick reference! I will try starting from the "new base" then, as a test.
Many thanks.

[Reece]

This is turning into a nightmare!! First of all I ended up with 3 Ports superimposed I then deleted the entries from the LND file via notepad & entries in Locations .cfg, opened LND with SH3 editor and checked, all back to scratch with Malmo existing in black print & showing Soerabaja file. So I put the Cursor pointer just below the Port (can't get a snapshot to show!) near the name (who knows where to actually put it! & wrote down the settings. Entered these with notepad:

Locations.cfg:

[Location 507]
Long=12.937448
Lat=55.606365
Heading=350
OnLand=false
ShowOnMap=true
FileName=Soerabaja
LocationName=Malmo

Campaign_LND.mis:

[Unit 1114]
Name=Malmo
Class=NavalBase
Type=407
Origin=Sweden
Side=0
Commander=0
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
CfgDate=19380101
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=true
DockedShip=false
GameEntryDate=19380101
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=1552500.000000
Lat=6672790.000000
Height=5.850000
Heading=0.000000
Speed=0.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
RandStartRadius=0.000000
NextWP=0

Then ran SH3 editor & I now have the original port showing with the new added Port miles out to sea, in a NW direction, nowhere near the pointer values.

I placed the left values to the LND file & the right ones to the Locations.cfg!
Don't know what to do at this point, should the Port already exist and if so should I create over the top? Totally confused!
Please advise.
Reece.

[rowi58]

Originally Posted by Reece

This is turning into a nightmare!!
Locations.cfg:

[Location 507]
Long=12.937448
Lat=55.606365
Heading=350
OnLand=false
ShowOnMap=true
FileName=Soerabaja
LocationName=Malmo

Campaign_LND.mis:

[Unit 1114]
Name=Malmo
Class=NavalBase
Type=407
Origin=Sweden
Side=0
Commander=0
CargoExt=-1
CargoInt=-1
CfgDate=19380101
DeleteOnLastWaypoint=true
DockedShip=false
GameEntryDate=19380101
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
EvolveFromEntryDate=false
Long=1552500.000000
Lat=6672790.000000
Height=5.850000
Heading=0.000000
Speed=0.000000
CrewRating=3
DelayMin=0
ReportPosMin=-1
ReportPosProbability=100
RandStartRadius=0.000000
NextWP=0

Then ran SH3 editor & I now have the original port showing with the new added Port miles out to sea, in a NW direction, nowhere near the pointer values.

I placed the left values to the LND file & the right ones to the Locations.cfg!
Don't know what to do at this point, should the Port already exist and if so should I create over the top? Totally confused!
Please advise.
Reece.

Hi Reece,

i copied your lines to my Locations.cfg and *LND.mis to see if it is correct. Just a little bit down and to the rigth and it is perfect. The name Malmo apears and it is the Soerabaja-layout.



I also checked your LND.nis values. No Problem. Same remarks as above. So try with the values of the screenshot Lock at the black DOT in the harbour-layout. I think that marks the center (or node). Perhaps some little adjustment.

I think it looks very good. I normaly need more than 3 trials to find the final place.

greetings
rowi58

[Reece]

Hi, yes that is where it ends up but had to figure out how to get a snapshot so I could show you what mine looks like, note the black dots:

Mine shows that a Port exists there already but is not in the LND Layer a search in notepad shown nothing there but the new one I'm adding. this includes the Locations.cfg. At this point I will do a search (*.*) of the entire data folder & subfolders for Malmo to see if I can find another accurence.
Just by the way will let you know that using XP's search for this task fails, the program doesn't work!! typical Microsoft! explains a lot of past problems with the computer, I always assumed it worked!
Thanks for your continued help.

Edit. Completed the search and reveals only the LND & Locations.cfg files contain "Malmo".

[Reece]

Hi got it at last, a simple error, I was searching for Malmo & Konigberg, should have been Malmö & Königberg! Wont make that mistake again, these Ports already existed in the Locations.cfg file!
Thanks very much for your patience & help.
Cheers.

[rowi58]

Originally Posted by Reece

Hi got it at last, a simple error, I was searching for Malmo & Konigberg, should have been Malmö & Königberg! Wont make that mistake again, these Ports already existed in the Locations.cfg file!
Thanks very much for your patience & help.
Cheers.

Hi

thats what i want to tell you, but someone (i myself i think) canceld my internetconection while i was writing the answer. So you are first.



"know i can see your problem. Someone has jusr put a harbour right there. To find it, open the "Locations.cfg" with your "Notepad", go to the menu "Search" and search for Soerabaja: it must apears (minimum) 3-times (one for the original Soerabaja and 2-times for the harbours above. If you have found the "secound" Malmo, look at the name of this location. Perhaps it is writen Malmö (with the german "ö" or search for Malm).

The black DOTs on the map represent some cities and industries. Someoe put the files (for example) "City_FR_GR" from the folder data/Terrain/Location round there:

[Location 331] ; St.Nazaire-City
Long=-2.368824
Lat=47.281700
Heading=200
OnLand=true
FileName=City_Fr_Gr
LocationName=St.Nazaire

If you cancel the last line or do not edit it (what is "standard" in SH3), the location-name would not be shown on map, only the black DOT.

The guy who addedt Malmö ito the Location.cfg did not add ia NavalBase to the LND_Layer. Thats why you can not find Malmö in the LND_Layer (only your ew base is there - look at rhe green mark that represents a naval base)."

greetings
rowi58

[Reece]

Yes you are correct, when I found Malmö, there were a few entries for cities & factories! I had to cut and paste to get the "oomlahs - probably spelt wrong) I don't know the key combo for that character.
Cheers.