[REL]Sofu Gan (Lot's wife) - Page 2

aanker · 01-28-10, 09:43 PM

That's gotta be it - lol - (man, this is a rough crowd to please......)

OK, it looks like a nice day for a cruise:

the result:

It's close - 290' - 300' above sea level when it should be 325' +/-

If one wants to pick it apart further, the north - south, east - west measurements are off as well, and the precise shape is a little different too.

Like I have said, this is meant to be a representation of Sofu Gan, I built it for myself, and thought I would share it if anyone else wanted it.

I'm so happy to finally see Lot's Wife in SH4 !! I've been intrigued by Sofu Gan since 2002 when I first saw it in our mission orders and looked it up.

Happy Hunting!

Art

virtualpender · 01-28-10, 10:20 PM

Aanker, well played!

Thanks again for this one.

Nisgeis · 01-29-10, 02:18 PM

OK, I think in your first screenshot, the sub is closer to the camera than the rock, so it made the rock look smaller. It looked fine in the WIP thread, so I wondered what had happened to it :-).

keltos01 · 01-29-10, 02:48 PM

joea · 11-08-10, 04:36 PM

Wow just like-what's the name-a similar formation in the Atlantic that GWX added! Good job.

CCIP · 11-08-10, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joea

Wow just like-what's the name-a similar formation in the Atlantic that GWX added! Good job.

You mean Rockall?

aanker · 11-08-10, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joea

Wow just like-what's the name-a similar formation in the Atlantic that GWX added! Good job.

Thanks, it is the little things (well, Sofu Gan is huge) but it is the little things people have added that make SH4 nicer for me. Up-ping the immersion factor.

Happy Hunting!

Art

Bubblehead1980 · 11-08-10, 07:43 PM

Little confusing to those of who do not reguarly fool around with game files, so not easy to tell what to do exactly....I enabled the Sofu Gan mod with JSGME.Opened the campaign.loc in RSRD with notepad as said, found this:

[MapLocation 459]
Type=1
Priority=0
Title=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife
Heading=123.000000
OnLand=false
ShowOnMap=true
FirstRenderStep=false
FileName2D=None.dds
FileName3D=Small_Pacific_Harbor_IV.dat
LocationName=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife
MinObjTerrainHeight=0
MaxObjSlope=0.000000
GameEntryDate=19380101
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
Font=FPCond18.dds
FontColor=255
UseDetColor=false
ZoomStart=50
ZoomEnd=1
ScaleOnZoom=true
Scale1024=1.000000
Long=16842640.000000
Lat=3576380.000000

So what next? Read it and see if says if sofu gone is already in .loc file just have to " (above this part):

[EditorParams]
InitLongOff=-11607000.000000
InitLatOff=5980500.000000
ZoomIndex=0
Prefix=

Do a search in your Campaign_LOC.mis file for: Sofu. Maybe your mod already has Sofu Gan in this file and you only need to paste in the above block of code into the file to show this model by replacing the block of code if it exists in the middle of he file etc.

The above confuses me a bit.HELP!

aanker · 11-08-10, 08:34 PM

OK, if I understand you right, you found Sofu Gan in your Campaign_LOC.mis file. Is this right?

If so, I would try...

Make a copy of that Campaign_LOC.mis file your RSRD mod (or whatever it is) that is using that file and already has the name Sofu Gan in it, and put that copy in my JSGME ready Sofu Gan mod where it belongs in the Sofu Gan folder in the MODS folder replacing my Campaign_LOC.mis file.

Then make this edit in the copied Campaign_LOC.mis file using a text editor:

In your Sofu Gan block, your [MapLocation 459] find the line:

FileName3D=Small_Pacific_Harbor_IV.dat

and change it to:

FileName3D=SofuGan.dat

Then enable the SofuGan mod with JSGME. This will be on top of (or after) RSRD.

Hope this helps and that I understood your question.

Back up your files and don't edit an enabled file in a mod. Uninstall my SofuGan mod while editing it, then enable it after you made the changes above.

Happy Hunting!

Art

aanker · 11-08-10, 08:47 PM

Using the technique above, replace your 459 Sofu Gan block with this 459 block using a text editor - don't include the dashes:

Edit the copy of the Campaign_LOC.mis file 459 Sofu Gan block you put in the Sofu Gan mod.
----------------------------------------------
[MapLocation 459]
Type=0
Priority=0
Title=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife
Heading=123.000000
OnLand=false
ShowOnMap=true
FirstRenderStep=false
FileName2D=None.dds
FileName3D=SofuGan.dat
LocationName=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife
MinObjTerrainHeight=0
MaxObjSlope=1.000000
GameEntryDate=19380101
GameEntryTime=0
GameExitDate=19451231
GameExitTime=0
Font=FPCond18.dds
FontColor=255
UseDetColor=true
ZoomStart=50
ZoomEnd=1
ScaleOnZoom=true
Scale1024=14.377808
Long=16842640.000000
Lat=3576380.000000
Height=0.000000
----------------------------------------------

Happy Hunting!

Edit, I changed the:

LocationName=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife

line above to match your RSRD line.

Bubblehead1980 · 11-08-10, 09:48 PM

I got it, thanks much

joea · 11-09-10, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

You mean Rockall?

Yes, the name slipped my mind.

hotrod1525 · 11-10-10, 08:31 AM

Where is this landmark or sea mark, I dont know how to convert to degrees and minutes? And thanks to all of you for these wonderful mods.

aanker · 11-10-10, 12:01 PM

I added a tiny X to the Chart/map because too many folks had a hard time locating Sofu Gan..
-------------------------------------
I purposely did not include an "X marks the spot" because the Lot's Wife, Sofu Gan, or Sofu Iwa text is right there if you zoom in a little. Plus you get the excitement of finding it yourself.

If you zoom out to the "small squares" of Lat & Long you will see Tokyo. Tokyo is approx 35-30 N, and almost 140E. You can find Tokyo, right? Count down 6 "squares" from Tokyo to the 29N - 30N, 140E - 141E "square" and zoom in a little. There is shallow water that rises up 1,000's of feet from the ocean floor at that location and Sofu Gan is on the highest pixel.

I know I made a screenshot of the map so I'm going to go find it and add it to this message. So I don't get nit picked on this, I realize Lat/Long are not squares and the Earth is an oblate spheroid, but for SH4 remedial geography I'm callin' them squares and that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Close up:

The Dev's really got this close.

Regarding detail, USS Tuna did a special mission in the Java Sea area on Sanbergelap Island and if you zoom in real close that tiny island is on the SH4 map too. I truly believe they had intentions of going into much more detail with SH4 including these landmarks - if only they had the budget.

Well, good luck finding Lot's Wife - I'm confident now that you will.

Happy Hunting!

Art

hotrod1525 · 11-11-10, 11:01 PM

Thank you so much aanker, I found it. I plan to visit on my way home from patrol and if it is not there I will use your mod and go visit out on my next patrol.

01-28-10, 09:43 PM	#16
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	That's gotta be it - lol - (man, this is a rough crowd to please......) OK, it looks like a nice day for a cruise: the result: It's close - 290' - 300' above sea level when it should be 325' +/- If one wants to pick it apart further, the north - south, east - west measurements are off as well, and the precise shape is a little different too. Like I have said, this is meant to be a representation of Sofu Gan, I built it for myself, and thought I would share it if anyone else wanted it. I'm so happy to finally see Lot's Wife in SH4 !! I've been intrigued by Sofu Gan since 2002 when I first saw it in our mission orders and looked it up. Happy Hunting! Art __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."

01-29-10, 02:18 PM	#18
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	OK, I think in your first screenshot, the sub is closer to the camera than the rock, so it made the rock look smaller. It looked fine in the WIP thread, so I wondered what had happened to it :-). __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

01-29-10, 02:48 PM	#19
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	__________________ "Honorable Builder of Sinking Ships"

11-08-10, 08:34 PM	#24
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	OK, if I understand you right, you found Sofu Gan in your Campaign_LOC.mis file. Is this right? If so, I would try... Make a copy of that Campaign_LOC.mis file your RSRD mod (or whatever it is) that is using that file and already has the name Sofu Gan in it, and put that copy in my JSGME ready Sofu Gan mod where it belongs in the Sofu Gan folder in the MODS folder replacing my Campaign_LOC.mis file. Then make this edit in the copied Campaign_LOC.mis file using a text editor: In your Sofu Gan block, your [MapLocation 459] find the line: FileName3D=Small_Pacific_Harbor_IV.dat and change it to: FileName3D=SofuGan.dat Then enable the SofuGan mod with JSGME. This will be on top of (or after) RSRD. Hope this helps and that I understood your question. Back up your files and don't edit an enabled file in a mod. Uninstall my SofuGan mod while editing it, then enable it after you made the changes above. Happy Hunting! Art __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."

11-08-10, 08:47 PM	#25
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	Your 459 block Using the technique above, replace your 459 Sofu Gan block with this 459 block using a text editor - don't include the dashes: Edit the copy of the Campaign_LOC.mis file 459 Sofu Gan block you put in the Sofu Gan mod. ---------------------------------------------- [MapLocation 459] Type=0 Priority=0 Title=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife Heading=123.000000 OnLand=false ShowOnMap=true FirstRenderStep=false FileName2D=None.dds FileName3D=SofuGan.dat LocationName=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife MinObjTerrainHeight=0 MaxObjSlope=1.000000 GameEntryDate=19380101 GameEntryTime=0 GameExitDate=19451231 GameExitTime=0 Font=FPCond18.dds FontColor=255 UseDetColor=true ZoomStart=50 ZoomEnd=1 ScaleOnZoom=true Scale1024=14.377808 Long=16842640.000000 Lat=3576380.000000 Height=0.000000 ---------------------------------------------- Happy Hunting! Edit, I changed the: LocationName=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife line above to match your RSRD line. __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day." Last edited by aanker; 12-06-10 at 12:25 PM.

01-28-10, 10:20 PM	#17
virtualpender Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 381 Downloads: 281 Uploads: 0	Aanker, well played! Thanks again for this one.

11-08-10, 04:36 PM	#20
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Wow just like-what's the name-a similar formation in the Atlantic that GWX added! Good job.

11-08-10, 07:43 PM	#23
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,115 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	Little confusing to those of who do not reguarly fool around with game files, so not easy to tell what to do exactly....I enabled the Sofu Gan mod with JSGME.Opened the campaign.loc in RSRD with notepad as said, found this: [MapLocation 459] Type=1 Priority=0 Title=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife Heading=123.000000 OnLand=false ShowOnMap=true FirstRenderStep=false FileName2D=None.dds FileName3D=Small_Pacific_Harbor_IV.dat LocationName=Sofu Gan / Lot's Wife MinObjTerrainHeight=0 MaxObjSlope=0.000000 GameEntryDate=19380101 GameEntryTime=0 GameExitDate=19451231 GameExitTime=0 Font=FPCond18.dds FontColor=255 UseDetColor=false ZoomStart=50 ZoomEnd=1 ScaleOnZoom=true Scale1024=1.000000 Long=16842640.000000 Lat=3576380.000000 So what next? Read it and see if says if sofu gone is already in .loc file just have to " (above this part): [EditorParams] InitLongOff=-11607000.000000 InitLatOff=5980500.000000 ZoomIndex=0 Prefix= Do a search in your Campaign_LOC.mis file for: Sofu. Maybe your mod already has Sofu Gan in this file and you only need to paste in the above block of code into the file to show this model by replacing the block of code if it exists in the middle of he file etc. The above confuses me a bit.HELP!

11-08-10, 09:48 PM	#26
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,115 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	I got it, thanks much Last edited by Bubblehead1980; 11-08-10 at 10:37 PM.

11-10-10, 08:31 AM	#28
hotrod1525 Seaman Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 33 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	Where? Where is this landmark or sea mark, I dont know how to convert to degrees and minutes? And thanks to all of you for these wonderful mods.

11-10-10, 12:01 PM	#29
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	I added a tiny X to the Chart/map because too many folks had a hard time locating Sofu Gan.. ------------------------------------- I purposely did not include an "X marks the spot" because the Lot's Wife, Sofu Gan, or Sofu Iwa text is right there if you zoom in a little. Plus you get the excitement of finding it yourself. If you zoom out to the "small squares" of Lat & Long you will see Tokyo. Tokyo is approx 35-30 N, and almost 140E. You can find Tokyo, right? Count down 6 "squares" from Tokyo to the 29N - 30N, 140E - 141E "square" and zoom in a little. There is shallow water that rises up 1,000's of feet from the ocean floor at that location and Sofu Gan is on the highest pixel. I know I made a screenshot of the map so I'm going to go find it and add it to this message. So I don't get nit picked on this, I realize Lat/Long are not squares and the Earth is an oblate spheroid, but for SH4 remedial geography I'm callin' them squares and that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Close up: The Dev's really got this close. Regarding detail, USS Tuna did a special mission in the Java Sea area on Sanbergelap Island and if you zoom in real close that tiny island is on the SH4 map too. I truly believe they had intentions of going into much more detail with SH4 including these landmarks - if only they had the budget. Well, good luck finding Lot's Wife - I'm confident now that you will. Happy Hunting! Art __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day." Last edited by aanker; 08-16-15 at 03:43 PM.

11-11-10, 11:01 PM	#30
hotrod1525 Seaman Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 33 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	Found it Thank you so much aanker, I found it. I plan to visit on my way home from patrol and if it is not there I will use your mod and go visit out on my next patrol.