Playable Asashio Destroyer

[peabody]

Playable Asashio Destroyer
(also works in Career Mode with German Campaign, just add it to the flotillas and career start files)



New Crewmanagement Screen with crew at Battlestations. I added additional crew, and also left one Damage Crew slot open in case you need to move people around.



Here is the readme, since nobody ever reads it.

IJN Asashio Destroyer
version 1B
11/8/2009
by Peabody

Playable Asashio Destroyer

Forward Deck Gun (Turret) is playable
2 Flak Guns are Playable
Built on a IXD2
Increased the crew size from a standard uboat crew
New CrewManagement Screens

Playable in Career, SingleMissions, Single Patrols (Multi-player not tested)

Damage model based on the IXD2, not completely accurate but it works. Still needs tweaking.

Will fire torpedos, but be warned, the top speed of the Asashio DD is faster than some of the torpedos. Don't blow yourself up. The Uzo is enabled to compute firing solutions. It fires torpedos forward, not sideways like a DD normally would, that ability is not fixed yet.

I have not found a way to silence the alarm during battle, but you don't notice it on the bridge.

Includes a single mission:

Asashio vs Convoy
Your mission is to destroy merchant ships (escorted) escaping to Australia. You will encounter a pair of ships, and then a convoy. If you choose to continue from there, you can look at the map and go north to your Subtender and resupply and there will be a convoy and some planes randomly generated every 3 hours heading in the same general direction as the previously encountered convoy. Play as long as you want. But remember you are not a Battleship, try to avoid hull damage, which can not be repaired. I have increased the strength a bit to compensate for the AI being better shots. Try to shoot from longer ranges if you are getting damaged. Normal damage to systems will be repaired, hull damage will not be repaired.

It should also work with any German Single mission where the 'sub' starts on the surface.

Bug reports can be made at Subsim.com in the forums or a PM if you prefer

Download:

http://www.filefront.com/14883429/As...Playable_1B.7z

OR here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...=1417&act=down
Peabody

[Task Force]

Ahhhh... cool.

[Lagger123987]

Can my custom ones be playable? Well, way back in the day, I make a ship pack to beef up the IJN ASW lines by modding four Asashios and some others ships, reason I pick Asashio because it have only one DC rack so...decided to add more in place of AAAs.

[TBear]

wooot......awsome tx alot...

These ships are transfering me into a surface buff lol......

[perico]

[Task Force]

so what do we add to the flotillas file?

[peabody]

Originally Posted by Task Force

so what do we add to the flotillas file?

In career start you change this line:

IDLinkUserPlayerUnits= F1Asashio, 1 (The link to the ID in flotilla, followed by quantity of ships/subs)

In the flotillas file change these

[Flotilla 1.UserPlayerUnitType 1]
ID= F1Asashio (This links to the name in careerstart.upc)
NameDisplayable= Asashio DD
AvailabilityInterval= NULL, NULL
IDLinkUserPlayerUnitType= NSS_Asashio (that is the ID from the NSS_Asashio.upcge file)

If you want it part of the MOD:
Inside the Data folder create a UPCDataGE folder
Inside that folder make a UPCCampaignData folder
Inside that copy the CareerStart.upc and Flotillas.upc and make the above changes

Peabody

[Task Force]

Rgr... thanks. Nice to fight for the axis above water, instead of below for a change.

[jt_medina]

Hi,

I have copied all the data files and when I choose the quick mission 'Asashio vs Convoy' I don't have the option to choose the Destroyer just the American subs as always.
I know all the files are where they are supposed to be copied on but I don't know how to choose the Destroyer because it doesn't appear even when I make my own quick mission with the mission editor I don't have the option to chose the destroyer.

Any help?

[keltos01]

cool !

keltos

[peabody]

Originally Posted by jt_medina

Hi,

I have copied all the data files and when I choose the quick mission 'Asashio vs Convoy' I don't have the option to choose the Destroyer just the American subs as always.
I know all the files are where they are supposed to be copied on but I don't know how to choose the Destroyer because it doesn't appear even when I make my own quick mission with the mission editor I don't have the option to chose the destroyer.

Any help?

I answered your PM about this, but for anyone else with problems, this is a Japanese ship but built using a German Uboat, so it only works if you have the Uboat Add on. Also it is set up to be enabled with JSGME. Here is the thread about it.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ighlight=jsgme

Also if you write your own missions DO NOT use the Asashio in the Sea tab. Use the one in the sub tab under Japan when you write the mission.

Peabody

[audessy]

Getting consistent game crashes from this. Can't finish even 1 patrol. Any ideas?

[peabody]

Originally Posted by audessy

Getting consistent game crashes from this. Can't finish even 1 patrol. Any ideas?

Need more information than that. Are you running any MODs? When does it crash. Does it happen at certain times or when you are doing certain things?

Peabody

[audessy]

No mods. Stock game. It crashed once when I launched a supply boat. Otherwise if often crashes when starting a new career.

[peabody]

Originally Posted by audessy

No mods. Stock game. It crashed once when I launched a supply boat. Otherwise if often crashes when starting a new career.

It has been a while, but if I remember right you can't do supply missions with a surface ship for some reason, but I forget what the reason was. I think there are a couple of things missing in the .dat file.

You mentioned you can't even finish one patrol, can you start a career and it crashes later, or do it crash before you can leave base?

Peabody