External Cargo for merchants

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by JapLance

I'm checking the external cargo that can be added to the merchants through the mission editor, and while the system is quite easy to understand, I have a question I couldn't find any reference to in the SH3 or SH4 forums

[CargoEntry 1]
NodeName=Ext Oil
LinkName=Lazi02
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231
CargoType=1

What is that CargoType field? In the stock files it can be 0,1 or 2, but no clue about what it means. Any help would be welcome

not sure where you found that entry...SH3, perhaps? i could not find this anywhere in SH4.

if you know about the next four paragraphs, then i apologize for the repetition.

In SH4 and through the ME, certain ships have the capability of varying their internal and external cargo.
those two "types" of cargo (internal v external) have separate sets of values. these parameters and values are only valid when used in the MIS files that are generated by the ME.

external cargo is limited to three subtypes, freight, ammo, and fuel.
internal cargo can have as many as fourteen subtypes, from ext.oil to engine fuel.

each set of subtypes is numbered 0 to n.

when you see the parameter CargoExt or CargoInt set to a value of -1, that means that there is none. you will see this in the warship entries of the MIS files.