[WIP] Type IX for sh5

[mkiii]

Good news is things are progressing

Bad news is due to inexperience I made a fundamental mistake right at the very begining, which means doing everything again from scratch.

[OldCoder]

Must be gutting to have to start again if necessary, but just as some encouragement the screenshots look incredible!

[mkiii]

ok needed a break from bones and meshes, and Brest!
so I renamed all my 7c41 files to IXB, did roster names flotillas etc, and loaded it with mod enabler.

problem 1....still no conning tower on the sub, even tried putting it in the objects folder and linking to that....still no joy

problem 2 ...why is it screwing up my ui, on the face of it there is nothing in there that should do this, it must be a script thing,

on a positive note, it did not crash the engine, so not a complete disaster

disable the mod, all is back to normal.
on a stock game just get the no conning tower thing.

[vdr1981]

This must be a minor mistake in some file , I'm sure of it...
At the beginning of submarine upcge file you'll find few lines which defines stock and other available conning towers. Did you see them?
I can't copy paste parts of code. sorry, posting from phone...

[mkiii]

Originally Posted by vdr1981

This must be a minor mistake in some file , I'm sure of it...
At the beginning of submarine upcge file you'll find few lines which defines stock and other available conning towers. Did you see them?
I can't copy paste parts of code. sorry, posting from phone...

yes vecko seen those, Ihave altered everything that seems to need altering.

as a 7c41 the ct loads fine as you have already seen,
but as a ix using the same files no ct, I get the hull in the bunker and a messed up ui instead.

no time for it now, shower and bed, up at 5am for the start of nother glorious work week

[mkiii]

@ Vecko

[UnitPart 1]
ID= VIIC41Tower1
Type= VIIC41ConningTower ;Can only placed on unit parts slot of this type
NameDisplayable= VIIC41c1-Conning-Name
Info=VIIC41c1-Conning-Info
Notes=VIIC41c1-Conning-Notes
UnitPartInterval=NULL, NULL
ExternalLinkName3D= Conning_7c41_01,data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat7c41\Subma rine Parts\Conning_7C41_01
HullTextureNameOverride=NULL
HullLightmapTextureNameOverride=NULL
HullNormalmapTextureNameOverride= NULL
MenuSilhouetteTextureNameOverride= data\Textures\TNormal\tex\7C.dds
ImageIndex=2
TrackingID=103

each sub has its own numbered unitspart file 7c41 is unitparts3VIIC41

I made a new file called unitparts6IXB (next number in sequence after last sub in list)

my changes for IXB

[UnitPart 1]
ID= IXBTower1
Type= IXBConningTower ;Can only placed on unit parts slot of this type
NameDisplayable= IXB-Conning-Name
Info=
Notes=
UnitPartInterval=NULL, NULL
ExternalLinkName3D= Conning_IXB_01,Data\submarine\NSS_UboatIXB\Submari ne Parts\Conning_IXB_01
HullTextureNameOverride=NULL
HullLightmapTextureNameOverride=NULL
HullNormalmapTextureNameOverride= NULL
MenuSilhouetteTextureNameOverride= NULL
ImageIndex=2
TrackingID=103............I ALSO TRIED WITH THE LAST 2 ENTRIES DELETED, MADE NO DIFFERENCE

I loaded SH5 and if it CTD, I just went and looked through all the files again for any I had missed, until it loaded. FYI....even 1 wrong/missed entry in a single file would cause CTD

going to run file access monitor when sh5 loads, see if it throws any light on the situation,

[qiaoyech]

Don't remember much but [UnitPart 1] sounds like trouble. I seem to recall the IDs have to be unique.

Edit: nvm this is inside a different file.

ExternalLinkName3D= Conning_IXB_01,Data\submarine\NSS_UboatIXB\Submari ne Parts\Conning_IXB_01

You sure this node is correct? Has to exist in dat/zon i think.