[TEC] SH5 Mission Editor Q&D Tutorial

Ablemaster · 03-14-10, 04:39 AM

Anyone know how to change the start time ie time of day as no matter what i change it to it always seems to start at 1200 midday, although my clock says 0000. Tried to start a misssin at 1000 changed the times everywhere i could think of but still starts at 1200. Anyone else noticed this?

kylania · 03-14-10, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Ablemaster

Anyone know how to change the start time ie time of day as no matter what i change it to it always seems to start at 1200 midday, although my clock says 0000. Tried to start a misssin at 1000 changed the times everywhere i could think of but still starts at 1200. Anyone else noticed this?

I ran into that problem, you need to edit the mission file with a text editor and set Current Time to whatever you wanted it to be.

There's five fields for it.

Year=1942
Month=5
Day=13
Hour=8
Minute=0
CurrentYear=1940
CurrentMonth=1
CurrentDay=1
CurrentHour=0
CurrentMinute=0

That's what it defaults to in the *.misge. Just edit the Current ones to match the details above it.

Ablemaster · 03-14-10, 05:17 AM

Thanks Kylania, will do that cheers.

longdog499 · 03-14-10, 06:57 AM

Thanks for the excellent tutorial kylania and your answer to Ablemaster also solved a problem I was getting after setting up a single mission where no matter what month I used in the drop down calender I was getting winter land and tree textures. The date also needs to be altered in the Mission File which solves the texture problem.

Ablemaster · 03-14-10, 12:40 PM

Asking to be pointed in the right diretion here, been working on a mission for some time now its almost done, works fine and loads up no problems, just dont know how to get my own picture up on the briefing screen not sure where to start here, as in when you choose your mission from the list in Historical missions then click on the one you want then to the right of it is the brief and usually a map of operations.Getting my own map there is what im after any help appreciated.

Heres the map id like to place in the briefing screen.

sergei · 03-14-10, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ablemaster

just dont know how to get my own picture up on the briefing screen not sure where to start here

I had a quick look at the tsr file for one of the supplied missions, The Fate of U110.

Opened into notepad it looks like this.

[Text]
MissionBriefing=<title>The Fate of U-110</title>|<subtitle>May 9th, 1941, The Atlantic</subtitle>||#u110.dds#0,0,470,372 |U-110 and U-201 were attacking convoy CB318 in the North Atlantic, when an escorting corvette responded with depthcharges. Severely damaged and forced to surface, the commander of 110 was surprised by two more destroyers on the attack run. You are the captain of U-201 and your mission is to urgently assist and prevent the destruction or capture of U-110. ||<subtitle>MAIN OBJECTIVE</subtitle>|Destroy all ships attacking U-110 before it is either sunk or captured!
MissionTitle=The Fate of U-110
obj=<b>DESTROY ALL THREE WARSHIPS ATTACKING U-110</b>||U-110 is under attack by 3 escorts! Hurry up and help them before it its either sunk or captured!

See in the first line the entry #u110.dds#
That is the link to the mission map. In that mission folder is a dds file called u110.
Amend your tsr file to include this image link.
Copy one of the map dds files from another mission into your mission folder, paste your map into it, rename it what you want, and amend the above entry accordingly.

I haven't actually tried this yet, I'm just surmising from what I see in the tsr file and mission folders.
Let us know how you get on.

W_clear · 03-16-10, 02:33 AM

no plb

reaper7 · 03-16-10, 05:13 PM

Just a quick post in case it hasn't been mentioned before.
But I couldn't get my Game mission to save as .misge (Only option was .mis) untill I selected from the menu options Player=Axis (Default was Player=Allies).
Once changed was able to select between .mis and .misge

kylania · 03-16-10, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by reaper7

Just a quick post in case it hasn't been mentioned before.
But I couldn't get my Game mission to save as .misge (Only option was .mis) untill I selected from the menu options Player=Axis (Default was Player=Allies).
Once changed was able to select between .mis and .misge

Yeah, I was talking to makman94 about this eariler. I'm considering putting this slide in my tutorial, but not sure if it makes sense. Comments?

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In the mission editor you'll run across Project Names, Mission Names and Mission File Names. Here's how they work:

You'll need a Project somewhere to gain access to working with missions. For single
player missions however they aren't strickly required. You can have a single player mission without having all the campaign and project files along with it.

When you start a new mission you'll give it a name. That name will appear in the right side of the mission editor. The end user won't see this name though, they'll see the Mission
Title you set for it.

The most important thing is that your mission folder and mission file match. Like this:

\data\SingleMissions\MyMission folder should have at minimum MyMission.misge and MyMission.tsr in it. That's all you need. The tsr file is created when you save the mis.

You'll also note that the mission editor saves as *.mis. You'll need to change that to *.misge in order to see the missions in game. Do this when you save or later in Windows Explorer.

I'm not really happy with the wording. :/ Also think I need more about the project, but still fuzzy myself about them.

Currently I just have a blank Project I use essentially to start the editor, haven't made a campaign yet, but soon!

LukeFF · 03-16-10, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reaper7

Just a quick post in case it hasn't been mentioned before.
But I couldn't get my Game mission to save as .misge (Only option was .mis) untill I selected from the menu options Player=Axis (Default was Player=Allies).
Once changed was able to select between .mis and .misge

Thanks! I was wondering how to go about this.

tonschk · 04-17-10, 06:16 AM

Thank you , this is very helpful

04-25-10, 01:07 PM

Just made my first custom mission in order to practice manual TDC.

Great tutorial, thank you!

Royale-Adio · 07-24-10, 01:22 PM

Hi.

Recently, I added a T3Cinnamon Tanker that belonged to belgium, with a few waypoints near Dunkirk. When I went there to see my changes, the ship did not appear on my map and it still had the brittish flag.

How do I fix this?

zoom4010 · 03-12-12, 09:06 AM

hey man
thanks for the tut
it worked for me with the singlemissions
but i am having troubles making multiplayer missions
i put the mission in the "multimissions" folder
but i can't see it in the multiplayer menu in the game
thanks for help

YoYo · 09-10-15, 12:55 PM

Hello,

I back to SH5 from the poor release + Wolves of Steel. The new game!

Id like to create simply test missions but always Im in Long/Lat 0' 0'

(not in my position from Editor) . Any ideas why?

Mission:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/71wlur

Btw. I see that I registered 10 years ago

.... ! Yep, it was great time with SH2 and 3.

03-14-10, 04:39 AM	#1
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Anyone know how to change the start time ie time of day as no matter what i change it to it always seems to start at 1200 midday, although my clock says 0000. Tried to start a misssin at 1000 changed the times everywhere i could think of but still starts at 1200. Anyone else noticed this? __________________

03-14-10, 05:17 AM	#3
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Thanks Kylania, will do that cheers. __________________

03-14-10, 12:40 PM	#5
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Asking to be pointed in the right diretion here, been working on a mission for some time now its almost done, works fine and loads up no problems, just dont know how to get my own picture up on the briefing screen not sure where to start here, as in when you choose your mission from the list in Historical missions then click on the one you want then to the right of it is the brief and usually a map of operations.Getting my own map there is what im after any help appreciated. Heres the map id like to place in the briefing screen. __________________

03-16-10, 02:33 AM	#7
W_clear Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 111 Uploads: 0	no plb Last edited by W_clear; 03-16-10 at 03:30 AM.

04-17-10, 06:16 AM	#11
tonschk Admiral Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,200 Downloads: 172 Uploads: 0	Thank you , this is very helpful __________________ What we do in life echoes in Eternity

03-14-10, 06:57 AM	#4
longdog499 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wales U.K. Posts: 119 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the excellent tutorial kylania and your answer to Ablemaster also solved a problem I was getting after setting up a single mission where no matter what month I used in the drop down calender I was getting winter land and tree textures. The date also needs to be altered in the Mission File which solves the texture problem.

03-16-10, 05:13 PM	#8
reaper7 sim2reality Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: AM 82 Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 30	Just a quick post in case it hasn't been mentioned before. But I couldn't get my Game mission to save as .misge (Only option was .mis) untill I selected from the menu options Player=Axis (Default was Player=Allies). Once changed was able to select between .mis and .misge

04-25-10, 01:07 PM	#12
rededge Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Just made my first custom mission in order to practice manual TDC. Great tutorial, thank you!

07-24-10, 01:22 PM	#13
Royale-Adio Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 238 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 5	Hi. Recently, I added a T3Cinnamon Tanker that belonged to belgium, with a few waypoints near Dunkirk. When I went there to see my changes, the ship did not appear on my map and it still had the brittish flag. How do I fix this? __________________ Lurking In The Dark...

03-12-12, 09:06 AM	#14
zoom4010 Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	hey man thanks for the tut it worked for me with the singlemissions but i am having troubles making multiplayer missions i put the mission in the "multimissions" folder but i can't see it in the multiplayer menu in the game thanks for help

09-10-15, 12:55 PM	#15
YoYo Ensign Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 228 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 2	Hello, I back to SH5 from the poor release + Wolves of Steel. The new game! Id like to create simply test missions but always Im in Long/Lat 0' 0' (not in my position from Editor) . Any ideas why? Mission: https://www.sendspace.com/file/71wlur Btw. I see that I registered 10 years ago .... ! Yep, it was great time with SH2 and 3.