Flamingskull5000
SOH-CM-2024
Can anybody tell me if Daiwilletti's Coastal Ship Spawn package works in ETO?
Coastal Ship Spawn
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Daiwilletti
Charter Member
Hi Flamingskull,
I am away from home for a few days but the package should work really well in any install.
However I see I've utilised the "spawns" column in the global layer and some people are uncomfortable making mods and anyway if you don't have MS Excel or similar its not so easy modifying the global layer csv file.
The thing is, I'm not totally sure its necessary. You could take the modified sub pen and port facilities, and add the spawns, and try them in ETO. The ship xdps can go in ETO but apart from the sub xdp are probably optional - I included the ship xdps in stock to ensure there were working small ships of the "patrol" type.
As for the frontend.xml in the missions folder - that is a little bit of fun for stock cfs3 - it enables spawns to appear in the ui while you are watching the pilot stooge about on the opening scene. Sometimes if your air.spawns file allows enemy bombers to spawn over friendly territory, you can watch your airfield get bombed before you've even selected a mission!
So for ETO, I would start by adding the spawn files, facility files and ship xdp files if the same ships are in ETO, and see if the coastal shipping spawns without the need to mod the global layer.
Let us know if it works! It definitely would work if you modified the global layer files too but I'm suggesting a simplified process to save you the trouble.
I am away from home for a few days but the package should work really well in any install.
However I see I've utilised the "spawns" column in the global layer and some people are uncomfortable making mods and anyway if you don't have MS Excel or similar its not so easy modifying the global layer csv file.
The thing is, I'm not totally sure its necessary. You could take the modified sub pen and port facilities, and add the spawns, and try them in ETO. The ship xdps can go in ETO but apart from the sub xdp are probably optional - I included the ship xdps in stock to ensure there were working small ships of the "patrol" type.
As for the frontend.xml in the missions folder - that is a little bit of fun for stock cfs3 - it enables spawns to appear in the ui while you are watching the pilot stooge about on the opening scene. Sometimes if your air.spawns file allows enemy bombers to spawn over friendly territory, you can watch your airfield get bombed before you've even selected a mission!
So for ETO, I would start by adding the spawn files, facility files and ship xdp files if the same ships are in ETO, and see if the coastal shipping spawns without the need to mod the global layer.
Let us know if it works! It definitely would work if you modified the global layer files too but I'm suggesting a simplified process to save you the trouble.
Flamingskull5000
SOH-CM-2024
Thank you. I will give it a go this afternoon and report back!
Flamingskull5000
SOH-CM-2024
Changed the lines in the global layer files and put spawns etc in the proper folders, but I got no ships!
Daiwilletti
Charter Member
Hi flamingskull,
If you PM me I will give you my email address. If you can send me copies of the modified facility files, the spawn files and the global layer.csv for your ETO install, I will take a look at them. By the way,
just a reminder that the csv is era- specific, and you need an era-specific gsl.lib file too. Did you delete bdp files for any ship xdps changed?
And which coastal facility were you flying near to?
Which era are you testing in?
Should be able to get it sorted pretty quickly now that I am back home. I haven't checked the subs and patrols to see if they can spawn in earlier eras, either. So many variables!
If you PM me I will give you my email address. If you can send me copies of the modified facility files, the spawn files and the global layer.csv for your ETO install, I will take a look at them. By the way,
just a reminder that the csv is era- specific, and you need an era-specific gsl.lib file too. Did you delete bdp files for any ship xdps changed?
And which coastal facility were you flying near to?
Which era are you testing in?
Should be able to get it sorted pretty quickly now that I am back home. I haven't checked the subs and patrols to see if they can spawn in earlier eras, either. So many variables!
Flamingskull5000
SOH-CM-2024
Ah, I will try running the bdp. zapper and see what happens.........................
Daiwilletti
Charter Member
Hi Flamingskull,
I have uploaded an addon creating coastal shipping for Era 3 of ETO. It is in CFS3 Other Missions and Campaigns, just as per previous package for stock CFS3.
It test very nicely, especially using the lovely sounds of Hairyspin's new Tempest II!
I have uploaded an addon creating coastal shipping for Era 3 of ETO. It is in CFS3 Other Missions and Campaigns, just as per previous package for stock CFS3.
It test very nicely, especially using the lovely sounds of Hairyspin's new Tempest II!
