[REL] SH5 Starshells patch

Husksubsky · 11-15-13, 02:25 AM

I tested the mission(tried even at TC 32 till I died and no CTD

)
I saw a flare each time I hit is that right?
I tried again and surfaced. I saw one white , then a red flare was shot up when the boat explodad..I m happy with that

Rongel · 11-15-13, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Husksubsky

I tested the mission(tried even at TC 32 till I died and no CTD

)
I saw a flare each time I hit is that right?
I tried again and surfaced. I saw one white , then a red flare was shot up when the boat explodad..I m happy with that

Finally! I'm glad you got it working!

Destroyers and some merchants fire starshells if they spot you or a torpedo or an explosion. Red distress flare is fired when a certain damage zone has been damaged/destroyed. You should have seen several white flares, when the destroyers start to fire them, probably around 5-10 flares together.

Husksubsky · 11-15-13, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rongel

Finally! I'm glad you got it working!

Destroyers and some merchants fire starshells if they spot you or a torpedo or an explosion. Red distress flare is fired when a certain damage zone has been damaged/destroyed. You should have seen several white flares, when the destroyers start to fire them, probably around 5-10 flares together.

Yes Im happy now.

I only saw one starshell. I kept staring at the sky while they hammered me with shells. All times one white starshell..and the red distress flare.Might it be me using Real Environment?does particles or objects need to be 100 percent?I think I put most graphics stuff like couple of notches down
Wasn t there something in IRAI ..39 :"I want to see the starshells" and an instruction. I never did anything with those files

Fx 22 it was:

HTML Code:

; Edited by TheDarkWraith for FX_Update_0_0_22
; Edited on 8/5/2013 @ 1830


  To add the Starshell shooting gun to a ship (class) do the following. You will have to do this to every ship (class) you want this added to. It will appear on every ship spawned from that class. The Starshell gun has 60 rounds of Starshells, each lasting 1 minute in duration in the sky when launched.

         TheDarkWraith


  First disable the 'FX_Update_x_x_x_ByTheDarkWraith' mod via JSGME. Next navigate to \Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS\FX_Update_x_x_x_ByTheDarkWraith\data\Sea and open up the folder of the ship you want to add the Starshell gun to. In that folder will be a file called xxx.eqp (where xxx=the class of the ship). This is the ship's equipment list. I'll use the NLL (large merchant) as an example. Opening up the NLL.eqp file in notepad gives us:

[Equipment 1]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19400131

[Equipment 2]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=4.5In_Mk9_US
StartDate=19400201
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 3]
NodeName=M02
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19400131

[Equipment 4]
NodeName=M02
LinkName=4.5In_Mk9_US
StartDate=19400201
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 5]
NodeName=A01
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19400131

[Equipment 6]
NodeName=A01
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19400201
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 7]
NodeName=A02
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19400131

[Equipment 8]
NodeName=A02
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19400201
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 9]
NodeName=A03
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19410531

[Equipment 10]
NodeName=A03
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19410601
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 11]
NodeName=A04
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19410531

[Equipment 12]
NodeName=A04
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19410601
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 13]
NodeName=A05
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19410531

[Equipment 14]
NodeName=A05
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19410601
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 15]
NodeName=A06
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19410531

[Equipment 16]
NodeName=A06
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19410601
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 17]
NodeName=A07
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19410531

[Equipment 18]
NodeName=A07
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19410601
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 19]
NodeName=A08
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19410531

[Equipment 20]
NodeName=A08
LinkName=20mm_single_Oerlikon
StartDate=19410601
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 21]
NodeName=L01
LinkName=reflector_base
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 22]
NodeName=L02
LinkName=reflector_base
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231





;SH5 FX Update
[Equipment 23]
NodeName=M90
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

;SH5 FX Update
[Equipment 24]
NodeName=M91
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

;SH5 FX Update
[Equipment 25]
NodeName=M92
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

;SH5 FX Update
;below reserved for AI torps

[Equipment 26]
NodeName=M93
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

...


   What we are looking for are the ';SH5 FX Update' entries. They will be NodeNames 90-93. Now Nodes 90-92 are for the PA announcements and horns/whistles and Starshell gun. NodeName 93 is reserved for my upcoming AI torps mod. Now to get the Starshell gun we have to add the new equipment to the .eqp file. For the Starshell gun it's '5InchStarShellGun'.. Let's say we add this as our new equipment for NodeName 90. It would then look like:

;SH5 FX Update
[Equipment 23]
NodeName=M90
LinkName=5InchStarShellGun
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

  Save the file and close it. Enable the mod via JSGME and enjoy the new ship's Starshell lobbing gun. This will be present on any large merchant the game spawns.

Rongel · 11-15-13, 04:48 AM

Yep, you don't need to edit the equipment files, they are all right. It sounds to me that the destroyers weren't firing starshells, only the one merchant in your test.

You could check your IRAI settings (data/scripts/AI/ship-weapons.aix), it should look something like this:

Code:

###################################################################################################
#
#    Ship weapons:
#

strategy ShipFire(Ship)
 {
    precond
    {
        Ship:ContactPresenceIs(PRESENCE_SENSORS, 0) or (Ship:ContactPresenceIs(PRESENCE_LOOSING, 0) and Ship:GetContactLostTime() <= 360.0)
    }
    strategies
    {
        DC,
        Cannons,
        CannonsAtSubmerged,
        #CheckStarshellEnable,
        ShipFireStarShells,
        ShipFireStarShellsDistance
    }
}

strategy DC(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        Ship:ContactIs(SUBMARINE) or (Ship:ContactIs(UNITUNKNOWN) and Ship:GetContactDepth() <= -4.0)        #SUBISSUBMERGEDDEPTH
    }
    strategies
    {
        DCRacks,
        HHogs,
        DCThrower
    }
}

strategy DCRacks(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        Ship:CanFireDCRacks() and Ship:GetContactDepth() <= -4.0 and Ship:GetCurrentSpeed() >= 2        #SUBISSUBMERGEDDEPTH
    }
    action
    {
        Ship:FireDCRacks();
    }
}

strategy HHogs(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        Ship:CanFireHHogs()
    }
    action
    {
        Ship:FireHHogs();
    }
}

strategy DCThrower(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        Ship:CanFireDCThrowers()
    }
    action
    {
        Ship:FireDCThrowers();
    }
}

strategy Cannons(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        Ship:CanFireCannons()
    }
    action
    {
        Ship:FireCannons();
    }
}

strategy CannonsAtSubmerged(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        (Ship:ContactPresenceIs(PRESENCE_LOOKOUT, 0) or Ship:ContactPresenceIs(PRESENCE_SONAR, 0)) and (Ship:ContactIs(SUBMARINE) or Ship:ContactIs(UNITUNKNOWN)) and Ship:GetContactDepth() <= 0.0 and Ship:GetContactDepth() >= -20.0 and Ship:GetContactRelDist() <= 8000
    }
    action
    {
        Ship:FireCannons();
    }
}

#strategy CheckStarshellEnable(Ship)
#{
#    precond
#    {
#        (Ship:ContactPresenceIs(PRESENCE_SENSORS, 0) or Ship:ContactPresenceIs(PRESENCE_LOOSING, 0)) and Ship:GetContactRelDist() <= 10000
#    }
#    action
#    {
#        Ship:EnableStarshells();
#    }
#}

strategy ShipFireStarShells(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        Ship:CanFireStarShells() and Ship:GetContactRelDist() <= 10000
    }
    action
    {
        Ship:FireStarShells();
    }
}

strategy ShipFireStarShellsDistance(Ship)
{
    precond
    {
        Ship:GetContactRelDist() <= 10000
    }
    action
    {
        Ship:FireStarShells();
        #Ship:ShipWaitAction(10)
        Ship:TimeEventHappen(5);
    }
}

Main thing is that FireStarShells and ShipFireStarShellsDistance is unchecked!

11-15-13, 02:25 AM	#1
Husksubsky XO Join Date: May 2008 Location: oslo,Norway Posts: 424 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	I tested the mission(tried even at TC 32 till I died and no CTD ) I saw a flare each time I hit is that right? I tried again and surfaced. I saw one white , then a red flare was shot up when the boat explodad..I m happy with that Last edited by Husksubsky; 11-15-13 at 02:40 AM.