Editing damage in SH4 save games

LeeVanSpliff · 06-24-08, 09:20 AM

Greetings guys.

Been reading this forum for quite a while. This time I can't find the answer to my question so here goes:

I'm sailing my S-18 Class around the Solomons (fairly high difficulty, everything but external cam and stabilizer view). I got hit by a few bombs (this is the first time I've had time to take a campaign very far so I was a bit of a moron on the whole radar thing), but I managed to stop the flooding and keep my boat alive. One of my diesel engines took full damage though and I assumed that I'd have to limp my way home on one engine.

When I found out that I couldn't move I browsed these forums and read somewhere that it is not possible to run on one engine. Since I'd rather like to continue my mission with the hull damaged and wounded crew members I thought I'd edit the save game and change the damage from 1 to 0.99 (first time I edit a save game in one of the Silent Hunter games, so I'm a bit of a newbie).

I identified the right save folder by checking the save game name in the ReplayInfo.rep file, read through the ActiveUserPlayerUnits and found my engine with 1.000000 damage. I changed this to 0.999000, saved and loaded up the game, but the engine was still damaged beyond repair. I also tried 0.000000 damage, but to no avail. I also reduced the DamageHitpointsConsumed to 0 (from 100).

Could anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm also wondering if it could have anything to do with these lines (I've noticed that the numbers at the end are somewhat higher than for the other pieces of equipment):

Code:

DamageDescription1=NULL,0,0.2,0,1,1,small malfunction,0,0,NULL,0.3,0.4,12.6879
DamageDescription2=NULL,0.2,0.6,0,1,1,Misaligned Axis,0,0,NULL,0.5,0.4,15.2271
DamageDescription3=NULL,0.6,1,0,1,1,fuse blown,0,0,NULL,1,0.2,19.785

I know that I could just reload an older save game, but I'd rather keep my damaged sub and learn a bit about how the save games are structured.

Hope someone can help!

06-24-08, 09:20 AM	#1
LeeVanSpliff Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 127 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Editing damage in SH4 save games Greetings guys. Been reading this forum for quite a while. This time I can't find the answer to my question so here goes: I'm sailing my S-18 Class around the Solomons (fairly high difficulty, everything but external cam and stabilizer view). I got hit by a few bombs (this is the first time I've had time to take a campaign very far so I was a bit of a moron on the whole radar thing), but I managed to stop the flooding and keep my boat alive. One of my diesel engines took full damage though and I assumed that I'd have to limp my way home on one engine. When I found out that I couldn't move I browsed these forums and read somewhere that it is not possible to run on one engine. Since I'd rather like to continue my mission with the hull damaged and wounded crew members I thought I'd edit the save game and change the damage from 1 to 0.99 (first time I edit a save game in one of the Silent Hunter games, so I'm a bit of a newbie). I identified the right save folder by checking the save game name in the ReplayInfo.rep file, read through the ActiveUserPlayerUnits and found my engine with 1.000000 damage. I changed this to 0.999000, saved and loaded up the game, but the engine was still damaged beyond repair. I also tried 0.000000 damage, but to no avail. I also reduced the DamageHitpointsConsumed to 0 (from 100). Could anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm also wondering if it could have anything to do with these lines (I've noticed that the numbers at the end are somewhat higher than for the other pieces of equipment): Code: DamageDescription1=NULL,0,0.2,0,1,1,small malfunction,0,0,NULL,0.3,0.4,12.6879 DamageDescription2=NULL,0.2,0.6,0,1,1,Misaligned Axis,0,0,NULL,0.5,0.4,15.2271 DamageDescription3=NULL,0.6,1,0,1,1,fuse blown,0,0,NULL,1,0.2,19.785 I know that I could just reload an older save game, but I'd rather keep my damaged sub and learn a bit about how the save games are structured. Hope someone can help!