[REL] Patrol Routine Scripts

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Reediting this message after I realised I was editing wrong menu.cfg file.

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

You can exceed 32 inside the sub but you have to edit your \Documents\SH5\data\cfg\main.cfg file:
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I believe 3DRender is the value that will need to be changed to be able to exceed 32 inside the sub.

Edited and works, thanks a lot. Still trying to work out what some of the other lines mean. Main concern right now - how to make the _sound_ make behave in TC > 32 as it was TC =< 32. Now all the sounds are "fast forwarded" in an irritating, non-immersive and unacceptable manner whenever TC > 32 in 3Dmode. Can't find an option to change that though.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Shameless bump with something useful in it:

When you use my "sonar check" series scripts with default game/TDW's mod settings, your TC does NOT drop to x1 when a contact is established (for me it silently drops to TC x32, which is much too much). Here is what I did to change this default behaviour:

Find your TheDarkWraithUserOptions.py file (located in \MODS\NewUIs_TDC_4_3_0_ByTheDarkWraith\data\Script s\Menu - a MUST READ), which you can edit with Notepad, find the line that says:

TCxOnMessageBoxText =

and make sure the value is True, i.e. the line looks like that after you edit it:

TCxOnMessageBoxText = True

This will let some messages displayed in your message box drop the TC.

Then find the line that says:

TCxOnMessageBoxTextDesiredTCLevel =

and input any TC you want the game to drop to when message is received. You can set it to 0 if you want the game paused, other values must be generally powers of 2, i.e.: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 and higher. Mine is 1:

TCxOnMessageBoxTextDesiredTCLevel = 1

The last step is telling your game on what messages it should drop the TC. Find the line that says:

TCxOnMessageBoxTextNumbers = [ 9200,9201,9202,9203,9204,9205,817,4800,4801,9206,9207,9208,9209,9210,9211,9212,7666,7667 ]

The numbers are associated with records from menu.txt file. The default set that TDW put here is somewhat narrow - no idea why. I added MUCH more values to this line, and now my game does drop to 1 whenever something of significance happens. You can find out your own best set up by going through menu.txt, or you can just copy my one:

TCxOnMessageBoxTextNumbers = [ 810,811,812,813,814,815,816,817,819,4202,4203,4352,4353,4354,4355,4517,4518,4723,4800,4801,4806,4912,5879,7636,7637,7638,7639,7642,7644,7645,7666,7667,8000,8001,8002,8004,8005,8006,8007,8008,8009,8010,8011,8012,8013,8014,8015,8016,8017,8018,8019,8020,8021,8022,8023,8024,8025,8026,8027,8028,8029,8030,8031,8032,8033,8034,8035,8036,8037,8038,8039,8040,8041,8042,8043,8044,8045,8046,8047,8048,8049,8050,8051,8052,8053,8054,8057,8058,8062,8063,8064,8065,8066,8067,8068,8069,9200,9201,9202,9203,9204,9205,9206,9207,9208,9209,9210,9211,9212 ]

All lthe values I added are explained below:

#810=Ship sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#811=Aircraft spotted! Bearing %03d! %s
#812=Submarine sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#813=Coastal defenses sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#814=Single contact! Bearing %03d! %s
#815=New contact, %s %s %s Bearing %03d! %s; xls: 834, 838-841, 850-851, 852, 853, 855, 862-864
#816=Radio Report Received! %s %s, %s, Course %s, Speed %d KTS!
#817=Detecting radar signals!
#819=Sir, we've sighted a liferaft. Bearing %03d! %s
#4202=Convoy sighted.|Estimated speed %d knots.|Estimated course %d degrees.
#4203=Task Force sighted.|Estimated speed %d knots.|Estimated course %d degrees.
#4352=Oh, my God!!!
#4353=God help us!!!
#4354=We're going to die!!!
#4355=Alaaaaaarm!
#4517=Pressure hull breached!!!
#4518=We cannot stop the flooding!!!
#4723=Last waypoint reached!
#4806=Enemy radio message intercepted!
#4912=Nearest sound contact: %s %s! %s Bearing %03.0f! %s;type,speed,aspect,bearing,range
#5879=CO2 level is critical, sir!
#7636=Convoy sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#7637=Escort sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#7638=Capital ship sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#7639=Unidentified ship sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#7642=U-Boat sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#7644=Periscope sighted! Bearing %03d! %s
#7645=Smoke on the horizon! Bearing %03d!
#7666=Task Force sighted!
#7667=We have a task force in sight!
#; Chief engineer.
#8000=Periscope repaired!
#8001=Periscope damaged!
#8002=Periscope destroyed!
#8003=Batteries now operational!
#8004=Batteries damaged!
#8005=Fore Battery disabled!
#8006=Aft Battery disabled!
#8007=Compressor repaired!
#8008=Compressor damaged!
#8009=Compressor destroyed!
#8010=Diesel engines repaired!
#8011=Port Diesel engine damaged!
#8012=Starboard Diesel engine damaged!
#8013=Diesel propulsion not functional!
#8014=Dive planes repaired!
#8015=Dive planes damaged!
#8016=Dive planes inoperational!
#8017=Propeller repaired!
#8018=Propeller damaged!
#8019=Propeller destroyed!
#8020=Rudder repaired!
#8021=Rudder damaged!
#8022=Rudder jammed!
#8023=Rudder is not responding!
#8024=Electric engines repaired!
#8025=Port Electric engine damaged!
#8026=Starboard Electric engine damaged!
#8027=Underwater propulsion not functional!
#8028=We have flooding!
#8029=We have heavy flooding
#8030=Flooding is out of control!
#8031=Flooding is under control!
#8032=Main Pump repaired!
#8033=Main Pump damaged!
#8034=Main Pump disabled!
#8035=Hydrophone out of action!
#8036=Hydrophone back on line!
#8037=Pressure hull repaired!
#8038=Pressure hull taking damage!
#8039=Pressure hull breached!
#8040=Pressure hull heavily damaged!
#; RadioMan.
#8041=Radar damaged, sir!
#8042=Radar destroyed, sir!
#8043=Radar repaired, sir!
#8044=Radio damaged, sir!
#8045=Radio destroyed, sir!
#8046=Radio repaired, sir!
#8047=We are diving too deep!
#8048=We are below critical depth!
#; Sound guy
#8049=New contact,
#8050=unknown type
#8051=warship
#8052=merchant
#8053=escort
#8054=destroyer
#8057=but I can't make out what it is
#8058=New contact, %s bearing %03d!; xls: 834, 860
#8062=I'm picking up something, but I can't make it out.
#8063=Deck gun is out of order.
#8064=Deck gun operational.
#8065=Flak gun operational.
#8066=Flak gun damaged.
#8067=Hydrophone damaged!
#8068=Torpedo tube %d is damaged! ; xls: 1093
#8069=Torpedo tube %d repaired! ; xls: 1097

Most probably some of this values are never used by game and do nothing, but this is not a problem for me.

[Farinhir]

So I have been trying to get this to work with TDWs UI which is of version 6.3 and I still have not seen any of the scripts show up. I can get krauter's and travelly's scripts going so I do not understand it at all. Any help would be appreciated.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Farinhir

So I have been trying to get this to work with TDWs UI which is of version 6.3 and I still have not seen any of the scripts show up. I can get krauter's and travelly's scripts going so I do not understand it at all. Any help would be appreciated.

he never updated them to the new version the mod expects. I had to make a fundamental change to the way the scripts were coded some versions back.

[Farinhir]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

he never updated them to the new version the mod expects. I had to make a fundamental change to the way the scripts were coded some versions back.

Thats ok. I was able to stumble upon travelly's scripts 0.3 which do some of what I was looking for. The reminders from this would be nice. I just do not know what is needed to update them else I would myself.

Only glitch I see with travelly's scripts (not really a glitch and not really his fault) is that I am now playing with real navigation and can not set waypoints, so I can not run his patrol script, which does a dive to check SONAR every hour, a turn to check baffles, then surfaces while performing an RtC command. The issue is it calls return to course and my navigator calls all stop since we do not have a plotted course. I am wondering if there is a way to add in a generic course plot. Basically, you would just set a true course as your plot and the return to course command would basically recall what course you were on. I do not know. I am just trying to figure out a workaround for this issue.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Farinhir

Thats ok. I was able to stumble upon travelly's scripts 0.3 which do some of what I was looking for. The reminders from this would be nice. I just do not know what is needed to update them else I would myself.

Only glitch I see with travelly's scripts (not really a glitch and not really his fault) is that I am now playing with real navigation and can not set waypoints, so I can not run his patrol script, which does a dive to check SONAR every hour, a turn to check baffles, then surfaces while performing an RtC command. The issue is it calls return to course and my navigator calls all stop since we do not have a plotted course. I am wondering if there is a way to add in a generic course plot. Basically, you would just set a true course as your plot and the return to course command would basically recall what course you were on. I do not know. I am just trying to figure out a workaround for this issue.

that's not going to be solved until I make the next MAJOR fundamental change to Automation - ability to define variables and call functions like I did with the tutorial feature. As it's going to be a daunting task of making this change it's going to take some time to do.

[Trevally.]

good spot Farinhir

When script runs a dive hydro check (o bearing) followed by a 90 deg starboard - hydro check then return to course.

This could be fixed by changing the "return to course" with a 90deg left turn and a set speed.

just delete lines:-

Return_to_course,0,0,0,0,0,0,5
Surface,0,0,0,0,0,0,5

and insert this:-

Set_new_course,-90,0,0,0,0,0,5
Surface,0,0,0,0,0,0,60

I will add a real nav search on patrol to v0.4

[Farinhir]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

that's not going to be solved until I make the next MAJOR fundamental change to Automation - ability to define variables and call functions like I did with the tutorial feature. As it's going to be a daunting task of making this change it's going to take some time to do.

@TDW.
Take your time. I am thankful for the awesome work you have already done.

@Travally.
Good call. This should fix my headache for now. At least the one from in-game stuff, not the one from sinus pressure.