[REL] rudewarrior's "Just Follow Orders!" Mod - NOW 2.0

[Wreford-Brown]

Originally Posted by rudewarrior

Ok, so I don't think that is the question I am asking, so let me state it explicitly.

Let's say I start a patrol on 1 Jun 40. It will load a file in the folder SH3 Commander/Date/19400601. I patrol until 5 Jun 40, then save and quit the game completely. Lets say I have a file in SH3 Commander/Date/19400604. I run SH3 Commander and start the game again. Which file is it supposed to load? 19400601 or 19400604?

SH3 Commander loads all files before 19400604, i.e. it will load all files in 19400601 then load all files in 19400604. Unless you overwrite previous files you may end up with legacy information that you don't want.

The only way around this is by ensuring that all the files are named exactly the same but placed in different date folders. If the information is no longer valid, you'll need to overwrite it with a completely blank file, e.g if I have created an image.jpg file that I no longer need, I can replace it with another file named image.jpg or I need a completely empty jpeg file called image.jpg.

[rudewarrior]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

SH3 Commander loads all files before 19400604, i.e. it will load all files in 19400601 then load all files in 19400604.

Ok, so this is what it is not doing.

What it is doing in this case: It is only loading the files from 19400601 and not the files from 19400604. Why?

[Wreford-Brown]

Originally Posted by rudewarrior

Ok, so this is what it is not doing.

What it is doing in this case: It is only loading the files from 19400601 and not the files from 19400604. Why?

I honestly don't know, unless it's something to do with the date that SH3 loads vs. the date that your patrol starts. When you load through SH3 Commander, does the date in Cmdr show 5 Jun 1940?

[rudewarrior]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

I honestly don't know, unless it's something to do with the date that SH3 loads vs. the date that your patrol starts. When you load through SH3 Commander, does the date in Cmdr show 5 Jun 1940?

All it says is for the date is "After Sunday June 2, 1940." Technically I started the patrol on 2 Jun, but it shouldn't make any difference as that is still before 4 Jun.

[Wreford-Brown]

Originally Posted by rudewarrior

All it says is for the date is "After Sunday June 2, 1940." Technically I started the patrol on 2 Jun, but it shouldn't make any difference as that is still before 4 Jun.

Originally Posted by rudewarrior

Ok, so this is what it is not doing.What it is doing in this case: It is only loading the files from 19400601 and not the files from 19400604. Why?

If SH3 Commander says that the date is Sun Jun 2 1940 (box 4 on the right hand side of the initial SH3 Commander screen), it will load 19400601 and not 19400604 at it believes the date is 19400602.

[rudewarrior]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

If SH3 Commander says that the date is Sun Jun 2 1940 (box 4 on the right hand side of the initial SH3 Commander screen), it will load 19400601 and not 19400604 at it believes the date is 19400602.

It appears to me then that SH3 Commander does not read the date in the patrol, as I had originally thought. In mid-patrol, I have never seen box 4 say anything other than "After <patrol start date>." Have you seen it say anything other than that in mid-patrol? I know that if you are in base, it will show a current date, and I think it shows "N/a" if you are lost. Other than that, I don't think it says anything else.

It may be WAD.

[Wreford-Brown]

Originally Posted by rudewarrior

It appears to me then that SH3 Commander does not read the date in the patrol, as I had originally thought. In mid-patrol, I have never seen box 4 say anything other than "After <patrol start date>." Have you seen it say anything other than that in mid-patrol? I know that if you are in base, it will show a current date, and I think it shows "N/a" if you are lost. Other than that, I don't think it says anything else.

It may be WAD.

I haven't saved mid-patrol for a long time, so unfortunately can't comment.

I agree with you though - I don't think that SH3 Commander reads dates mid-patrol but I also don't see this as an issue. You wouldn't be sent new charts mid-patrol but would continue to receive radio messages, which seems to fit in with what you are trying to achieve and improves the realism of your mod.

By the way - WAD?