Not flying the flag

[Cap'n Pugwash]

Hey-ho.
I downloaded SubFlags_0_0_6_byTheDarkWraith, and I installed it in the usual way using JSGME. Seeing a flagstaff but no flag, I checked the Sub eqp files, and the startdate and enddate, though I am not sure what I need to do with them. Also looking into the .dds files didn't help me at all - merely had me reaching for the rum. I guess I need some serious guidance here, if anyone would be kind enough; a complete idiot's guide would be appreciated.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Pugwash

Hey-ho.
I downloaded SubFlags_0_0_6_byTheDarkWraith, and I installed it in the usual way using JSGME. Seeing a flagstaff but no flag, I checked the Sub eqp files, and the startdate and enddate, though I am not sure what I need to do with them. Also looking into the .dds files didn't help me at all - merely had me reaching for the rum. I guess I need some serious guidance here, if anyone would be kind enough; a complete idiot's guide would be appreciated.

change the startdate to 19380101 and ensure the enddate is 19451230

[Cap'n Pugwash]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply (and also for the mod!)

Yes, I had checked the dates, and changed them where necessary. What I'm not sure about is:
1. Do I have to take out the text with your instructions between the linkname and the startdate eg ; if no flag is enabled.....?
2. As I am in a 7b boat at the moment, I did the eqp files for the 3 x 7b boats. Is this right?

I'm sorry if there is something obvious that I'm missing, but I'm not used to going into files yet. Glad to be learning, though.

Slainte

Pugwash

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Pugwash

Hi,

Thanks for the reply (and also for the mod!)

Yes, I had checked the dates, and changed them where necessary. What I'm not sure about is:
1. Do I have to take out the text with your instructions between the linkname and the startdate eg ; if no flag is enabled.....?
2. As I am in a 7b boat at the moment, I did the eqp files for the 3 x 7b boats. Is this right?

I'm sorry if there is something obvious that I'm missing, but I'm not used to going into files yet. Glad to be learning, though.

Slainte

Pugwash

send me the files and let me know which flags you want enabled and I'll update those files and send them back to you. Then you can review and learn from it

[Cap'n Pugwash]

Hi, and thanks again for taking the trouble to help a duffer.

All I am trying to do is to have a bog standard ensign flying abaft the conning tower (like the one I see in Stoianm's tutorial videos). I think the files you want me to send are the ones in the equipment files once I have installed the mod. Here is the partial one for the 7b boat. If this is not what I should be looking at, please let me know. It could easily be that I'm not setting this up right.

Steep learning curve for me, right?

Slainte

Pugwash


[Equipment 8]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=NULL
StartDate=19450101
EndDate=19451231

;first AA Mount

[Equipment 9]
NodeName=A01
LinkName=20mm_C30_Soclu,data\Objects\Guns\20mm_C30
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19391231

[Equipment 10]
NodeName=A01
LinkName=20mm_C30_2_Soclu,data\Objects\Guns\20mm_C 30_2
StartDate=19400101
EndDate=19451231


; Edited by TheDarkWraith

[Equipment 11]
NodeName=M97
LinkName=Turm_flagstaff
; if no flags are enabled you can disable the flagstaff by setting the start date to 19451230.
; if a flag is enabled then ensure the flagstaff is visible by setting the start date to 19380101
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 12]
NodeName=M98
LinkName=Turm7B_Flag_1
; make the start date equal 1 less then end date to disable flag. For this a start date of 19451230 would disable the flag (this is top flag)
; make the start date equal 19380101 to enable the flag
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

[Equipment 13]
NodeName=M99
LinkName=Turm7B_Flag_2
; make the start date equal 1 less then end date to disable flag. For this a start date of 19451230 would disable the flag (this is bottom flag)
; make the start date equal 19380101 to enable the flag
StartDate=19451230
EndDate=19451231

; THE END

[TheDarkWraith]

those entries are correct and should show flag #1. What do you have in \data\Textures\TNormal\tex with the mod enabled? Do you see any entries for 7B?

[Cap'n Pugwash]

Yes, there is an entry for 7B and for 7B_2

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Pugwash

Yes, there is an entry for 7B and for 7B_2

open them up with an image viewer and see what they look like (ensure they aren't blank)

[Cap'n Pugwash]

This is where I get really embarrassed. Can you suggest an image viewer I can use to open .dds files? They are not blank anyway as there is plenty code.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Pugwash

This is where I get really embarrassed. Can you suggest an image viewer I can use to open .dds files? They are not blank anyway as there is plenty code.

GIMP I believe can open .dds files. I use Photoshop so I'm really not much help in this area.

[Cap'n Pugwash]

OK thanks. I'll have to try to find something. I may be gone for some time....
Thanks for your patience.

[Trevally.]

A lot of folk here use Paint.net - with dds add on.
Its free

[Cap'n Pugwash]

I don't know whether my previous reply came through. I tried to send a screen dump of what I got when I opened the 7B dds file with Paint.net.

Thanks for the info, Trevally. I haven't yet worked out how to get the add on for.dds, so that might account for the shot.

[Cap'n Pugwash]

Sorry TDW,

Sending the screen dump obviously didn't work. What I saw was a shot of the conning tower, and the deck and flak guns. There was some lebelling, but no text to read. The back ground was chequered. Probably because I don't have it set up right yet for .dds.

[Trevally.]

For instance, a DirectDraw Surface file type plugin, (originally by Dean Ashton) and an Ink Sketch and Soften Portrait effect (originally by David Issel) were added to Paint.NET in version 3.10.

If you have v3.10 or higher - dds is in there already