[TEC] Observation about zones.cfg

U-Bones · 04-07-07, 04:32 PM

I am using blackberry, pardon terse replies until Monday.

I wanted to figure out what compartment mapped to the deck watch so I tagged each piece of equip (not just compartments) with a diff value. I then saved a sub and looked in the save file. I was shocked that each compartment used the exact same value - and one not even from a compartment. I repeated with 3 more subs and ran out of time.

All I am saying is that all compartments use a single value from zones.cfg for crit float. I was not drawing any conclusions so much as throwing out a million new questions... We are not in Kansas anymore Toto.

I now wonder how everything else is mapped.

As for odd damage, I do not think it is related - the saves I have looked at indicate undisplayed hull damage - it just unfortunately has weird ways of appearing to be heavy without flooding - no other compartments have to be showing unrepaired damage when this happens (of course sometimes it does). Damage Control has several bugs I think, but before we get a good handle on it mapping out the variables is neccessary.

Crit floatation is simply the damage percentage at which compartment flooding started in SH3 - I would hesitate to assume it does the same thing in SH4 until I look at a bunch of saves.

I will not be able to test more until Monday night, but I am pretty sure there is more to come now we know zones.cfg is being used in such an unconventional manner.

04-07-07, 04:32 PM	#7
U-Bones Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Treading Water Posts: 847 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	I am using blackberry, pardon terse replies until Monday. I wanted to figure out what compartment mapped to the deck watch so I tagged each piece of equip (not just compartments) with a diff value. I then saved a sub and looked in the save file. I was shocked that each compartment used the exact same value - and one not even from a compartment. I repeated with 3 more subs and ran out of time. All I am saying is that all compartments use a single value from zones.cfg for crit float. I was not drawing any conclusions so much as throwing out a million new questions... We are not in Kansas anymore Toto. I now wonder how everything else is mapped. As for odd damage, I do not think it is related - the saves I have looked at indicate undisplayed hull damage - it just unfortunately has weird ways of appearing to be heavy without flooding - no other compartments have to be showing unrepaired damage when this happens (of course sometimes it does). Damage Control has several bugs I think, but before we get a good handle on it mapping out the variables is neccessary. Crit floatation is simply the damage percentage at which compartment flooding started in SH3 - I would hesitate to assume it does the same thing in SH4 until I look at a bunch of saves. I will not be able to test more until Monday night, but I am pretty sure there is more to come now we know zones.cfg is being used in such an unconventional manner.