[TEC] SH5 Mission Editor Q&D Tutorial

kylania · 03-12-10, 02:36 PM

I've made up a quick and dirty step by step tutorial for the SH5 Mission Editor. It's all pretty basic. Place a ship, turn it into a convoy, place the player, do some triggers and events and stuff.

There's a few problems that aren't working quite how I wanted them, Objectives and the Radio Contact Report, but this will hopefully be a good starting point for new users.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions!

You can download the PDF from here:

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=do...g5N2FhNTYxMDlh

Updated 4/9/2010:
Added information about Player Side changing *.misge vs *.mis saving.
Added information about viewing harbor overlays thanks to peri_reis' information.
Added information about Objectives

Also see this thread for lots of other good information about the Mission Editor and how to do things:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=163364

Ablemaster · 03-12-10, 02:41 PM

Kylania this is excellent work, just looked through your tutorial, very good. Sure this will help many of us, thankyou.

digitizedsoul · 03-12-10, 04:45 PM

WoW! Stunning effort kylania!

Will you please add this link to my [TEC] Mission Editor Discussion thread? I would love to have it included in the wealth of information already growing in that thread.

Thanks for your effort and time to produce this great doc!

lynx · 03-12-10, 09:22 PM

I like to make my own missions to play with the friendly in multiplayer, certainly your tutorial on the Mision Editor it is helpful for my.

Thank you very much Kylania, good work!

Safe-Keeper · 03-12-10, 10:32 PM

Many thanks. So you don't have to check a "Human-controlled" box any more when placing subs, the game just assigns the ones available to players?

That was driving me nuts, thought there was something I had overlooked. Will try creating a mission now.

kylania · 03-12-10, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

Many thanks. So you don't have to check a "Human-controlled" box any more when placing subs, the game just assigns the ones available to players?

That was driving me nuts, thought there was something I had overlooked. Will try creating a mission now.

You do, but it's a drop down on the left side under Properties. To be honest I haven't tried a multiplayer mission yet. Still trying to work out how the objectives work in single player. They aren't doing what I expect them to do.

Sender · 03-13-10, 05:05 AM

Thanks, it will be very useful!

coronas · 03-13-10, 07:36 AM

Easy & usefull!
Thanks, kylania!

Ablemaster · 03-13-10, 10:19 AM

Done a couple of missions now, did one with 24 merch plus escorts, an historical mission, every time i find the convoy a couple of my DD are burning or sunk and the convoy seems in disarray. Remember the same problems from sh4 and 3 also. I'll keep trying can get the missions working fine just seems end results much the same though. Cant put it down to air raids etc, guess its just the scripting may adjust the screen and distances again and see how it gets on.

Safe-Keeper · 03-13-10, 11:14 AM

Quote:

You do, but it's a drop down on the left side under Properties. To be honest I haven't tried a multiplayer mission yet. Still trying to work out how the objectives work in single player. They aren't doing what I expect them to do.

Yeah, found the AI/HUMAN setting on my own, guess I didn't read the doc thoroughly enough

.

bigboywooly · 03-13-10, 04:50 PM

Very nice
Single missions and MP are written almost identical to SH3 and 4 though nice to see map notes will finally work ingame

Ablemaster · 03-14-10, 04:39 AM

Anyone know how to change the start time ie time of day as no matter what i change it to it always seems to start at 1200 midday, although my clock says 0000. Tried to start a misssin at 1000 changed the times everywhere i could think of but still starts at 1200. Anyone else noticed this?

kylania · 03-14-10, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ablemaster

Anyone know how to change the start time ie time of day as no matter what i change it to it always seems to start at 1200 midday, although my clock says 0000. Tried to start a misssin at 1000 changed the times everywhere i could think of but still starts at 1200. Anyone else noticed this?

I ran into that problem, you need to edit the mission file with a text editor and set Current Time to whatever you wanted it to be.

There's five fields for it.

Year=1942
Month=5
Day=13
Hour=8
Minute=0
CurrentYear=1940
CurrentMonth=1
CurrentDay=1
CurrentHour=0
CurrentMinute=0

That's what it defaults to in the *.misge. Just edit the Current ones to match the details above it.

Ablemaster · 03-14-10, 05:17 AM

Thanks Kylania, will do that cheers.

longdog499 · 03-14-10, 06:57 AM

Thanks for the excellent tutorial kylania and your answer to Ablemaster also solved a problem I was getting after setting up a single mission where no matter what month I used in the drop down calender I was getting winter land and tree textures. The date also needs to be altered in the Mission File which solves the texture problem.

03-12-10, 02:36 PM	#1
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 117 Uploads: 0	[TEC] SH5 Mission Editor Q&D Tutorial I've made up a quick and dirty step by step tutorial for the SH5 Mission Editor. It's all pretty basic. Place a ship, turn it into a convoy, place the player, do some triggers and events and stuff. There's a few problems that aren't working quite how I wanted them, Objectives and the Radio Contact Report, but this will hopefully be a good starting point for new users. Please let me know if you have any suggestions! You can download the PDF from here: https://docs.google.com/uc?export=do...g5N2FhNTYxMDlh Updated 4/9/2010: Added information about Player Side changing .misge vs .mis saving. Added information about viewing harbor overlays thanks to peri_reis' information. Added information about Objectives Also see this thread for lots of other good information about the Mission Editor and how to do things: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=163364 __________________ Last edited by kylania; 04-09-10 at 10:28 PM. Reason: v1.1 Update

03-12-10, 02:41 PM	#2
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Kylania this is excellent work, just looked through your tutorial, very good. Sure this will help many of us, thankyou. __________________

03-12-10, 10:32 PM	#5
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Many thanks. So you don't have to check a "Human-controlled" box any more when placing subs, the game just assigns the ones available to players? That was driving me nuts, thought there was something I had overlooked. Will try creating a mission now. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

03-13-10, 07:36 AM	#8
coronas Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Asturias, España Posts: 1,168 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Easy & usefull! Thanks, kylania! __________________

03-13-10, 10:19 AM	#9
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Done a couple of missions now, did one with 24 merch plus escorts, an historical mission, every time i find the convoy a couple of my DD are burning or sunk and the convoy seems in disarray. Remember the same problems from sh4 and 3 also. I'll keep trying can get the missions working fine just seems end results much the same though. Cant put it down to air raids etc, guess its just the scripting may adjust the screen and distances again and see how it gets on. __________________

03-12-10, 04:45 PM	#3
digitizedsoul Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 125 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 1	WoW! Stunning effort kylania! Will you please add this link to my [TEC] Mission Editor Discussion thread? I would love to have it included in the wealth of information already growing in that thread. Thanks for your effort and time to produce this great doc!

03-12-10, 09:22 PM	#4
lynx Mate Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canary Island Spain Posts: 53 Downloads: 506 Uploads: 0	I like to make my own missions to play with the friendly in multiplayer, certainly your tutorial on the Mision Editor it is helpful for my. Thank you very much Kylania, good work!

03-13-10, 05:05 AM	#7
Sender Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 11 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Thanks, it will be very useful!

03-13-10, 04:50 PM	#11
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Very nice Single missions and MP are written almost identical to SH3 and 4 though nice to see map notes will finally work ingame __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-14-10, 04:39 AM	#12
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Anyone know how to change the start time ie time of day as no matter what i change it to it always seems to start at 1200 midday, although my clock says 0000. Tried to start a misssin at 1000 changed the times everywhere i could think of but still starts at 1200. Anyone else noticed this? __________________

03-14-10, 05:17 AM	#14
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Thanks Kylania, will do that cheers. __________________

03-14-10, 06:57 AM	#15
longdog499 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wales U.K. Posts: 119 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the excellent tutorial kylania and your answer to Ablemaster also solved a problem I was getting after setting up a single mission where no matter what month I used in the drop down calender I was getting winter land and tree textures. The date also needs to be altered in the Mission File which solves the texture problem.