[Hitman]

To continue here the discussion initiated in another thread, I have opened this one.

To remember previously discussed stuff, we can conclude that version 1.0 of the game is better for single player than the patched 1.1

Here is a list of improvemets and drawbacks ( Please anyone interested feel free to add anything ), so we can give a bit of feedback and hints for those who want to use it:

///////////// PROS: ////////////////////////////////////

-Sonar range of the player?s sub is a realistic 18-20 miles instead of nearly 50
-Resupply works
-DDs are more aggresivve and random in their behaviour and search patterns
-DDs return to formation after they looose you instead of dropping completely from the main group


///////////// CONS ( And fixes fro them ): //////////

-1.0 freezes or crashes sometimes with Win XP.
FIX: Set the Shell.exe and Sim.exe of the game to compatibility with W98SE in the Win XP properties label

-1024 mode has a corrupted graphic in the depth gauge ( The red/yellow/green lines from the dial appear in the middle of the screen)
FIX: Set the priority of the background to 1 in the Navigation.DSF file for 1024

-Ships tend to run aground and loose their waypoints when attacked.
FIX: No real fix for this, but convoy behaviour can largely be improved when ships are sparated by bigger distances ( Min 1000 metres ), like Floater?s KT does

-DDs are too good and kill you always:
FIX: Apply some enhencement mods or reduce values of sonar to realistic detection ranges. Use CB?s DesV5, Fletcher?s mod, or NWS files pack. You can also use Redwine?s realistic depth charges mod, and reduce the sonar sensitivity of the DDs through the sim.INI file.

-Graphics do slow down a bit: This can happen in older computers. No fix for this

-Most of the watermods and Vicker?s fireball and similars do not work: This is something to be tested carefully. May be a little tweak can make them compatible, but it?s the highest price to pay for the use of this version. However, there are still some working mods out there, and all the periscope mods should work well.

Thanks

[Hitman]

Resuming here from the other topic:

[Beltza]

What are you thinking about? To return to this version?

[Hitman]

I am already playing only version 1.0 in single

I like it much more than version 1.1

Cheers

[MLF]

Hitman

What is the date stamp and size of the Sim.exe you use?

MLF

[Floater]

[Hitman]

[Floater]

[Fletcher]

Hitman:

Interesting observations. Too bad the patch introduced so many new problems.

Floater:

I have tried to crack the limits to the number of campaign missions that appear in the scroll bar for mission selection, just using the game files, but no go. Currently, the maximum number of campaign missions that can be displayed is 20. This severely limits a campaign designer to the number of missions he can include in a campaign.

However, would it be possible to make a small program that when run, would allow for a campaign to contain more than 20 missions, and that would allow the player to see all of the missions that makup that one campaign?

If it is possible to do this, then this would allow for campaigns to contain many more missions than the standard number of 20. Possibly increase the number of missions per campaign to say 30 or 50.

Also, would it be possible to have your new KT contain a list of RoE in a drop down menu that a player could access so he could add them to ships in a mission?

Cheers!

[CB..]

[Hitman]

[PapaNours]

Version 1.0 and KT only ?

[Floater]

Fletcher:

How would you suggest increasing the limit on campaign missions? It seems to me that 20 is a reasonable maximum number of missions for a campaign, anyway - more important, I think is the issue of random and branching campaigns, and SH3 might blow all consideration about that out of the water (excuse the pun).

As for ROE orders in KD/KT, that's near the top of the list for the next-but-one version - it didn't make into the next version because I ran out of time. An extra tab on the "Plot Properties" form, with all ROE parameters available, or just the default ROE - that's the idea. I don't know if or when I'll implement it, though.

CB:

I'm afraid I've never played with wolfpacks, so I can't help with the radio messages without further work. I just did some testing with some of the "%s" bits in the stock messages and took it from there, so you get the sinking reports from Kriegstanz missions.

Unfortunately, that feature wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped.

Hitman:

I'd really like to try a mission like that, so I can observe an AI sub from external view. Do you happen to have an SDF that allows that to be done? If so, could you email me a copy, please?

[CB..]

[MLF]