[REL] Merchant Fleet Mod for Silent Hunter 3

Stiebler · 07-25-10, 03:23 AM

JSGME will not un-install any file that is not identical to that in the mods folder (I hope you follow those double negatives - to put it another way, JSGME will only un-install files that are identical to those in the original mod folder.)

The files un-installed are not copied back to the original mods folder - they are simply deleted once it is confirmed they are identical to the originals. So JScones' original idea must have been to prevent users deleting accidentally any files in the SH3 data folder, files which might have been further modified by hand. After uninstalling the original mod with JSGME, any user-altered file from the mod therefore remains in place to prevent accidental loss.

So Sailor Steve's problem with rolling back IABL's merchant ships can have one of two probable causes:
1. You have altered files in the main silenthunteriii\data\sea folders, relating to IABL's ships. This seems to be most unlikely, since you would have to alter a lot of ship files!
2. At some point, an earlier version of IABL's ships was loaded with JSGME, not rolled-back properly (after a computer crash, for example), and then a revised edition of IABL's ships added. Thus you would have similarly named ship folders, but different files. Then you attempted to roll-back the original IABL ships mod. Depending on the order in which these events occurred, you might not roll back all the files of the original IABL mod, or you might roll back files from folders with the same ship names as the new IABL mod, leaving behind any sea/roster folders from the original IABL mod not overwritten by the new mod.

I hope I've made the explanation clear.

Stiebler.

Sailor Steve · 07-25-10, 10:51 AM

Actually that is quite clear, and once explained seems like the probable cause. I certainly have tried to install it before, from the very first beta release. I've uninstalled and reinstalled SH3 several time since then, but I quite possibly haven't deleted every relavent folder every time.

Thanks for the explanation.

07-25-10, 03:23 AM	#1
Stiebler Fuel Supplier Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,237 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 4	JSGME will not un-install any file that is not identical to that in the mods folder (I hope you follow those double negatives - to put it another way, JSGME will only un-install files that are identical to those in the original mod folder.) The files un-installed are not copied back to the original mods folder - they are simply deleted once it is confirmed they are identical to the originals. So JScones' original idea must have been to prevent users deleting accidentally any files in the SH3 data folder, files which might have been further modified by hand. After uninstalling the original mod with JSGME, any user-altered file from the mod therefore remains in place to prevent accidental loss. So Sailor Steve's problem with rolling back IABL's merchant ships can have one of two probable causes: 1. You have altered files in the main silenthunteriii\data\sea folders, relating to IABL's ships. This seems to be most unlikely, since you would have to alter a lot of ship files! 2. At some point, an earlier version of IABL's ships was loaded with JSGME, not rolled-back properly (after a computer crash, for example), and then a revised edition of IABL's ships added. Thus you would have similarly named ship folders, but different files. Then you attempted to roll-back the original IABL ships mod. Depending on the order in which these events occurred, you might not roll back all the files of the original IABL mod, or you might roll back files from folders with the same ship names as the new IABL mod, leaving behind any sea/roster folders from the original IABL mod not overwritten by the new mod. I hope I've made the explanation clear. Stiebler. __________________ NYGM Tonnage War Mod - More than a mod: it's an experience!

07-25-10, 10:51 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Actually that is quite clear, and once explained seems like the probable cause. I certainly have tried to install it before, from the very first beta release. I've uninstalled and reinstalled SH3 several time since then, but I quite possibly haven't deleted every relavent folder every time. Thanks for the explanation. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo