Adding a carrier to Final Dawn in WoE

[marvinblue]

Hi all! I've downloaded the campaign Final Dawn, as well as everything that is associated (planes, skins, etc) including CVN75. I don't know how to make the CVN appear in the campaign. I have it assigned a target area in the ocean and it works perfectly in any mission created with the mission editor. However, when I selected a Hornet to fly in the campaign today, I'm based down on the bottom left hand corner of the map. I'm pretty sure there's no water down there!

 

So I had a look at the shipwreck add-on and got me thinking, so I added the carrier into GERMANYCE_TYPES.ini:

[TargetType100]

Name=CVN75

FullName=CVN-75 Harry S Truman

TargetType=MISC

ActiveYear=0

TargetValue=0

UseGroundObject=TRUE

DamagePoint=100.0

ArmorValue=500

ArmorType=2

GroundObjectType=CVN75

RepairRate=2.555

StartDetectChance=0

StartIdentifiedChance=0

IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0

MaxVisibleDist=150

DestroyedEffect=MediumFire

SecondaryEffect=SmallRocketGroundExplosion

SecondaryChance=100

 

and added this to GERMANYCE_TARGETS.ini:

[TargetArea335]

Name=Echo Station

Position=235390,757197

Radius=5657

ActiveYear=0

Location=1

Alignment=FRIENDLY

CarrierStation=TRUE

Target[001].Type=CVN75

Target[001].Offset=0.00,-0.00

Target[001].Heading=090

But nothing showed up. I've also changed the carrier's date in the data file and made it's avaliability common. How do I add it in?

 

TIA!!

[marvinblue]

Forgot to mention, I've forgotton all the contributor's names for all the stuff I've mentioned above. However, it's all top shelf gear! BZ to all that made this campaign possible; from skins to add-on planes, as well as all the little bits in between!! Without you all, this sim couldn't evolve the way it has!!

[marvinblue]

Can anyone out there provide some help.......?

Edited June 5, 2007 by marvinblue

[+FastCargo]

Read these threads, and take your time. Think about exactly what exactly each change accomplishes.

 

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=12137 <---- Knowledge base thread

 

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=19550 <---- Another example using WOE terrain

 

FastCargo

[marvinblue]

Thanks for the reply!! I'll have a look tonight and see what happens and let you know!

 

Thanks again!

[marvinblue]

Hi there! Thanks FastCargo, I followed your instructions to the letter in the Blood For Oil Pt. 2 thread and I'm happy to say that CVN-75 is there in the North Sea! Yay! However, I had to add a couple of lines to the GERMANYCE_TARGETS.ini as I found in the campaign, when I returned home my ship had definately sailed off without me! I tried to make a recovery to the nearest airfield, but ran out of fuel. D'oh!!

[TargetArea335]

Name=Echo Station

Position=235390,757197

Radius=5657

ActiveYear=0

Location=13

Alignment=FRIENDLY

CarrierStation=TRUE

Target[001].Type=CVN75

Target[001].Offset=0.00,-0.00

Target[001].Heading=090

The target[001] lines keep the carrier where it's meant to be. You don't have to add the code into GERMANYCE_TYPES.ini that I put down earlier, as this produces a stationary carrier that is also included with the moving version that you take-off from.

 

Thanks heaps FastCargo!!

 

P.S. If there are any moderators reading this thread, I reckon you should make FastCargo's tute from the Blood For Oil Pt. 2 thread an addition to the knowledge base.