[REL] FOTRS Ultimate Project

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

No additions from me. I might change things up a pinch on the sound files we use for "The Sound" fix, but later. cdrsubron7 & I are like two old hound dogs on the spawning problem, but we're slow (at least, I am - my legs are tired). We do have a scent though... more on that later.

You two are doing great work! Missions and campaigns make or break a mod. Remember, FOTRS 2.0 was made to be a multiplayer mod and so things that made that good can make single player really lousy, like dozens of nearly invincible hunter-killer groups!

Okay, FOTRS Ultimate v0.3 Beta EN goes off in ten minutes!

[Rockin Robbins]

Cauldron run appears to have come off without a hitch--very smoothly. It was done with Nautilus file manager under Ubuntu 16.04 Linux. Title screen was modified by GIMP with .dds plugin. .7z file made by Gnome Archive Manager, which handles more file formats than even 7z.exe:

• 7z (.7z)
• ar (.ar)
• ARJ (.arj)
• gzip (.tar.gz , .tgz)
• bzip (.tar.bz , .tbz)
• bzip2 (.tar.bz2 , .tbz2)
• xz (.tar.xz)
• compress (.tar.Z , .taz)
• Portable Executable (.exe, .dll)
• lzip (.tar.lz , .tlz)
• LZO (.tar.lzo , .tzo)
• JAR archives (.jar , .ear , .war)
• LHA archives (.lzh)
• RAR archives (.rar)
• StuffIt archives (.bin, .sit)
• tar
• ZIP archives (.zip)
• Zoo archives (.zoo)
• Single files compressed with gzip, bzip, bzip2, compress, lzip, LZO, xz
• ISO images (.iso) (read-only)
• DEB (.deb) (read-only)
• RPM (.rpm) (read-only)

And of course text editing was done by gedit text editor, somewhat like notepad++ for Windows.


I only have one small issue, and that's any possible conflict between max-peck's Razzle Dazzle and CapnScurvy's Air_Ship_Sound_2. I loaded Air_Ship_Sound_2 last. Since until I get a larger disk drive for Linux I won't be able to run SH4, I'll need crastestdummies to ensure that Razzle Dazzle didn't get stepped on. If it did I leave it to max-peck and CapnScurvy to fix and that should be very easy.


We're crunching the .7zip right now and the new FOTRS Ultimate v0.3 Beta EN will be up in 20 minutes.


Since we have very important work by Jeff_Groves, s7rikeback and others going right now to correct deeply embedded but crucial errors in FOTRS, This is not a public Beta. However, on receiving those updates and any possible updates from CapnScurvy, and mission updates from cdrsubron7 and propbeanie, we'll post v0.4 Beta as a a public beta after team testing.


If everything goes well with that we'll release v1.0 production version as the full-grown FOTRS Ultimate Edition and jump right into our plugin packages!

Have fun everybody! This is what mod teams live for.

[Rockin Robbins]

Upload to the super-secret Area 51 has just started. FOTRS_Ultimate_v0.2_Beta_EN.7z is 1.0 GB. The full FOTRS Ultimate folder in your SH4 Mods folder will be 3.6 GB. This thing is so big it's scary. I remember my first 1 GB hard drive. "How long will it take to back up such a monster?" was my question about that drive. Yikes!

Now it uploads over the Internet to Google Drive in 20 minutes.

[Rockin Robbins]

Dinner is served. Let the release torture cycle begin!

[cdrsubron7]

Have a favor to ask of you, Jeff_Groves

Could you change the all the CrewRatings in the Mis.files for me. Currently they are set to 3. Could you change it to 1.

[cdrsubron7]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Dinner is served. Let the release torture cycle begin!

I wonder if that giy ever gets dizzy.

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by cdrsubron7

I wonder if that giy ever gets dizzy.

I sure am also (and I'm dizzy watching him)... I'm ~fascinated~ how he never seems to tire...

ahem... I've got it downloaded RR... And we are now at the top of the world... SubSim world anyway, which is more important anyway

The test bed is loading, crash test dummie at the ready... let the sinking begin...

[s7rikeback]

All

Quick question please...

BB Iowa Super Battleship or normal Battleship ?


Beta 0.2 failing to load museum due to unit type errors from main cfg and roster configs.

[propbeanie]

s7rikeback, The Iowa itself, part of the Iowa Class (naturally) along with the Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin, were "Fast Battleships", according to my dad and Wikipedia - my dad is more authoritative than wikipedia... But some mods call them "Super" because they have the 3 turrets of 3x16" guns. If the South Dakota or North Carolina class are called "Super" in FotRS, then the Iowa is even more "super". I noticed in the mod that it has both, depending upon which file you look at. Should we put it up for a SumSim poll vote, or just do RR? I don't care either way. I'm thinking that the original intent of the mod was probably to have it be "Super".

Rockin Robbins, the AFB_P38J_shp.dds and the ALBS_PBY5A_shp.dds are both overwriting themselves when expanded with 7zip... no biggie I'm sure, but it does that.

max-peck, are you still looking for that Patrol changes stuff? I finally had one, and I did get a circle drawn on the map for me, which I then made my own circle, just in case... I'm sorry for not having gotten one sooner, but I've been doing a bit of "crash" test dummy stuff - emphasis on the "crash" and the "dummy" parts...

[Rockin Robbins]

Found out I had enough room for the GFO version. Got that installed and now running a new career with success at 4096x headed out from Fremantle. Had a problem loading a save, probably because of configuration changes.

All I'm waiting for is the larger disk and I'm ready to go!

[s7rikeback]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

s7rikeback, The Iowa itself, part of the Iowa Class (naturally) along with the Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin, were "Fast Battleships", according to my dad and Wikipedia - my dad is more authoritative than wikipedia... But some mods call them "Super" because they have the 3 turrets of 3x16" guns. If the South Dakota or North Carolina class are called "Super" in FotRS, then the Iowa is even more "super". I noticed in the mod that it has both, depending upon which file you look at. Should we put it up for a SumSim poll vote, or just do RR? I don't care either way. I'm thinking that the original intent of the mod was probably to have it be "Super".

Rockin Robbins, the AFB_P38J_shp.dds and the ALBS_PBY5A_shp.dds are both overwriting themselves when expanded with 7zip... no biggie I'm sure, but it does that.

max-peck, are you still looking for that Patrol changes stuff? I finally had one, and I did get a circle drawn on the map for me, which I then made my own circle, just in case... I'm sorry for not having gotten one sooner, but I've been doing a bit of "crash" test dummy stuff - emphasis on the "crash" and the "dummy" parts...

I was thinking also Super - I will change things my end. And see what RR says? when good to go either way - I will upload a JSGME file with changes..

[propbeanie]

The Museum loads OK on my big computer, so long as I start things with that Game Booster thingie. After I run the computer with that, I usually have to re-boot the system in order to get certain things to work properly afterwards... If I don't use the booster, the Museum crashes on load. As it is now, it takes even longer than before to load. I have not tried the Museum on the little dual-core machine upstairs yet. I also have not tried a new campaign or even a Quick Mission yet, but will tonight... More later.

Good luck with the GFO, and also with the new hard drive there Rockin Robbins...

[s7rikeback]

Originally Posted by s7rikeback

All

Quick question please...

BB Iowa Super Battleship or normal Battleship ?


Beta 0.2 failing to load museum due to unit type errors from main cfg and roster configs.

Ok I have sorted the Iowa unit type out, it was self inflicted.

What i did was move the BBIowa.cfg from the Data / Roster / American Folder - to the Data / American / Sea Folder which is a cfg with a unit type of 11.

Yet the BBIowa.cfg in the Data / American / Sea Folder has a cfg with a unit type of 20 - so i over wrote the unit type 20 with a unit type 11.

One problem solved..

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

s7rikeback, The Iowa itself, part of the Iowa Class (naturally) along with the Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin, were "Fast Battleships", according to my dad and Wikipedia - my dad is more authoritative than wikipedia... But some mods call them "Super" because they have the 3 turrets of 3x16" guns. If the South Dakota or North Carolina class are called "Super" in FotRS, then the Iowa is even more "super". I noticed in the mod that it has both, depending upon which file you look at. Should we put it up for a SumSim poll vote, or just do RR? I don't care either way. I'm thinking that the original intent of the mod was probably to have it be "Super".

Rockin Robbins, the AFB_P38J_shp.dds and the ALBS_PBY5A_shp.dds are both overwriting themselves when expanded with 7zip... no biggie I'm sure, but it does that.

max-peck, are you still looking for that Patrol changes stuff? I finally had one, and I did get a circle drawn on the map for me, which I then made my own circle, just in case... I'm sorry for not having gotten one sooner, but I've been doing a bit of "crash" test dummy stuff - emphasis on the "crash" and the "dummy" parts...

By all means, let's get the community's ideas on whether we call Iowa a super-battleship or not. I would just classify them all as "battleships" and let everybody argue whether they are "super" or not!

But any time we can involve the community on a personal taste issue, we should take advantage!

[s7rikeback]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

By all means, let's get the community's ideas on whether we call Iowa a super-battleship or not. I would just classify them all as "battleships" and let everybody argue whether they are "super" or not!

But any time we can involve the community on a personal taste issue, we should take advantage!

To start things off - here is a list of the ships not used in the maru mod.

I have gone throught 1 by 1 over the last two weeks...

BBAH=Super Battleship Germania Class
BBFuso=Super Battleship Fuso Class
BBMontana=Super Battleship Montana Class
BBNewJersey=Super Battleship New Jersey Class
BBYamato=Super Battleship Yamato Class

NLCVP=Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel

GeAuxCruiser=SS Widder - open to suggestions on name ?
JPAuxCruiser=Toro Maru - open to suggestions on name ?

MLOkinoshima=Heavy Minelayer Okinoshim Class

BBAlabama=Battleship Alabama Class
BBBismark=Battleship Bismark Class
BBColorado=Battleship Colorado Class
BBIowa=Battleship Iowa Class
BBIse=Battleship Ise Class
BBIseConv=Battleship Ise (Late War) Class
BBKingGeorgeV=Battleship King George V Class
BBKongo=Battleship Kongo Class
BBNagato=Battleship Nagato Class
BBNelson=Battleship Nelson Class
BBNevada=Battleship Nevada Class
BBNewMexico=Battleship New Mexico Class
BBNorthCarolina=Battleship North Carolina Class
BBPennsylvania=Battleship Pennsylvania Class
BBQueenElisabeth=Battleship Queen Elisabeth Class
BBRamillies=Battleship Ramillies Class
BBRevenge=Battleship Revenge Class
BBTennessee=Battleship Tennessee (Late War) Class
BBTennesseeEarly=Battleship Tennessee (Early War) Class

BBTirpitz=Battleship Tirpitz Class
BBWestVirginia=Battleship West Virginia Class

BCGrafSpee=Battlecruiser Graf Spee Class
BCRepulse=Battlecruiser Renown Class

CVShinano=Fleet Carrier Shinano Class
CVAkagi=Fleet Carrier Akagi Class
CVEnterprise=Fleet Carrier Enterprise Class
CVHiryu=Fleet Carrier Hiryu Class
CVIllustrious=Fleet Carrier Illustrious Class
CVKaga=Fleet Carrier Kaga Class
CVSaratoga=Fleet Carrier Saratoga Class
CVShokaku=Fleet Carrier Shokaku Class
CVSoryu=Fleet Carrier Soryo Class
CVTaiho=Fleet Carrier Taiho Class
CVUSEarlyWar=Fleet Carrier Wasp Class
CVUSSEssexCV9=Fleet Carrier Essex Class

CVEAkitsu=Escort Carrier Akitsu Class
CVEAttacker=Escort Carrier Attacker Class
CVEBogue=Escort Carrier Bogue Class
CVECasablanca=Escort Carrier Casablanca Class
CVEKaiyo=Escort Carrier Kaiyo Class
CVEShoho=Escort Carrier Shoho Class
CVETaiyo=Escort Carrier Taiyo Class
CVSChitose=Seaplane Tender Chitose Class

CABaltimore=Heavy Cruiser Baltimore Class
CADeutschland=Heavy Cruiser Deutschland Class
CAFurutaka=Heavy Cruiser Furutaka Class
CAKent=Heavy Cruiser Kent Class
CALutzow=Heavy Cruiser Lützow Class
CAMaya=Heavy Cruiser Maya Class
CAMogami=Heavy Cruiser Mogami Class
CAMyoko=Heavy Cruiser Myoko Class
CANorthampton=Heavy Cruiser Northampton Class
CAPensacola_II=Heavy Cruiser Pensacola II Class
CAPensacola=Heavy Cruiser Pensacola Class
CAPortland=Heavy Cruiser Portland Class
CAQuincy=Heavy Cruiser Quincy Class
CATakao=Heavy Cruiser Takao Class
CATone=Heavy Cruiser Tone Class
CANewOrleans=Heavy Cruiser New Orleans

CAPr26bis=Light Cruiser Maxim Gorky Class
CLAgano=Light Cruiser Agano Class
CLAtlanta=Light Cruiser Atlanta Class
CLBrooklyn=Light Cruiser Brooklyn Class
CLCleveland=Light Cruiser Cleveland Class
CLDido=Light Cruiser Dido Class
CLFiji=Light Cruiser Fiji Class
CLKuma=Light Cruiser Kuma Class
CLNaka=Light Cruiser Naka Class
CLOmaha=Light Cruiser Omaha Class
CLYubari=Light Cruiser Yubari Class

DD1936C=Destroyer Type 36K Class
DD1936A=Destroyer 36A Narvik Class
DD1936B=Destroyer Type 36 Class
DDA&B=Destroyer A&B Class
DDAkatsuki=Destroyer Akatuki Class
DDAkizuki=Destroyer Akizuki Class
DDAsashio=Destroyer Asashio Class
DDBagley=Destroyer Bagley Class
DDBenham=Destroyer Benham Class
DDBenson=Destroyer Benson Class
DDC&D=Destroyer C&D Class
DDClemson=Destroyer Clemson Class
DDFletcher=Destroyer Fletcher Class
DDFletcherII=Destroyer Fletcher II Class
DDFubuki=Destroyer Fubuki Class
DDFubukiII=Destroyer Fubuki II Class
DDGearing=Destroyer Gearing Class
DDHatsuharu=Destroyer Hatsuharu Class
DDJClass=Destroyer J Class
DDKagero=Destroyer Kagero Class
DDKamikaze=Destroyer Kamikaze Class
DDMahan=Destroyer Mahan Class
DDMatsu=Destroyer Matsu Class
DDMomi=Destroyer Momi Class
DDMomiII=Destroyer Momi II Class
DDMutsuki=Destroyer Mutsuki Class
DDNarvick=Destroyer Narvik Class
DDPorter=Destroyer Porter Class
DDShimakaze=Destroyer Shimakaze Class
DDShiratsuyu=Destroyer Shiratsuyu Class
DDSims=Destroyer Sims Class
DDSomers=Destroyer Somers Class
DDSumner=Destroyer Sumner Class
DDTribal=Destroyer Tribal Class
DDType7y=Destroyer 7y Class
DDV&W=Destroyer V&W Class
DDWakatake=Destroyer Wakatake Class
DDYugumo=Destroyer Yugomu Class
DDZClass=Destroyer Z Class
NDD_SU1=Destroyer SU1 Class

DEBType=Destroyer Escort B Class
DEBuckley=Destroyer Escort Buckley Class
DEChidori=Destroyer Escort Chidori Class
DEChidoriII=Destroyer Escort Chidori II Class
DECType=Destroyer Escort C Class
DEDType=Destroyer Escort D Class
DEEvarts=Destroyer Escort Evarts Class
DEJCButler=Destroyer Escort JC Butler Class
DERiver=Destroyer Escort River Class
COKaibokan=Destroyer Escort Kaibokan Class
DDMinekaze=Destroyer Escort Minekaze Class
MSNO13=Destroyer Escort Shimushu Class
SCSubchaser=Destroyer Escort Etorufo Class
DEAkikaze=Destroyer Escort Akikaze Class

FFBlackSwan=Frigate Black-Swan Class
FFBlackSwanElite=Frigate Black-Swan II Class
FFTacoma=Frigate Tacoma Class

COFlower=Corvette Flower Class
AuxSubchaser=Corvette Subchaser Class
DASirtori=Covette Kanamura Class
OldCorvette=Old Corvette

JPGunBoat01=Gunboat Atami Class
JPGunBoat02=Gunboat Hira Class
PCTrawler=Armed Trawler Naval Class
PTElco=Torpedo Boat Elco Class
PTSchnellboat=Schnellboat S-100 class

Iceberg=Large Iceberg
IcebergM1=Medium Iceberg
IcebergM2=Medium Iceberg
IcebergM3=Medium Iceberg
IcebergS1=Small Iceberg
IcebergS2=Small Iceberg
IcebergS3=Small Iceberg

LifeboatLarge=Large Lifeboat
LifeboatSmall=Small Lifeboat

NSampan01=Sampan
NSampan02=Medium Sampan
NSampan03=Big Sampan
FishingBoat=Fishing Boat
FishingBoat2=Trawler
JPFish01=Crab Boat
JPFish02=Fishing Boat
STUG=Small Tug Boat
TugBoat=Tug Boat
USTug=Big Tug Boat

APDManley=Manley Fast Troop Transport
LST=Landing Ship Tank Transport
LUSBremen=Bremen Class Troop Transport
NPL_RC=Hospital Troop Transport
NSHOS=Hospital Cargo Ship
PPE=Queen Elisabeth Class Troop Transport
PPQ=Queen Mary Class Troop Transport
TR=Big Troop Transport

KPMCSExpress=Medium Modern Freighter
KSQ=Coastal Composite Freighter
KSS=Small Split Freighter
LL=Liberty Freighter
M35R=Red Cross Freighter
VV=Victory Class Freighter

OMPaula=Medium Tanker
OTMS=T3-S2-A1 Class Tanker
OTMST2=T2-SE-A1 Class Tanker
T07US=Big Old Tanker

ASSubTender=US Sub Tender
VV2=Supply Ship Victory Class

slight problems with final testing, but working throught them slowly.