[TEC] Mod Tools, HowTo

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Drifter

Why is this thread so dead? I mean, does no one here realize the potential for the ability to now script in SH5?!

This is BIG news. Wake up people!

The first post was made at 0342 hours, my time, which is central US. That would be 2242 in London, where people are going to bed.

Your post was made at 0755 my time, so people here were just getting up. The reason this thread was so dead was because everyone was asleep.

[kapitan_zur_see]

tools for modders right out of the box! big suprise indeed! can't wait to try them out

awesome news

[Vorkapitan]

Hi Mates,

I'm trying to edit "Page Default Hud.py". What tools do I use?

I'm currently in the "menu editor" but can't find a reference to this file anywhere.

Thank you!

[skwasjer]

You can edit the scripts via the Script editor. Run the game in a window, then right click on the title bar to start the editor (one of the menu items). Each time you save the script it is reloaded so it's easy to test...

[Vorkapitan]

Sywasjer,

I was trying do do this "Open up Silent Hunter 5\data\scripts\menu\Page Default Hud.py
Search for:
def SetMiniMap( boolvalue ):
Look down a few lines and change these values to True:
Code:
PageDefaultHud_MapGroup_ParallelCourseButton.Visib le = False
PageDefaultHud_MapGroup_InterceptCourseButton.Visi ble = FalseThat's it."

I can't find it/or the method to do it.
Thanks for the info.

[gutted]

I'm sorta lost.

I was looking to add a thing or two into the UI. As a alittle "test" for myself i was just gonna do something simple like put an image onto the TDC page, and i was gonna have it rotate with the scope. Well I THOUGHT it would be pretty easy, as i have the mod that enables the TDC dials (by DarkWraith).. and i could just look at how the bearing dial works by peeking in the files that came with the mod.

No Joy.

I've got the graphic showing in-game no problem using the menu editor. But looking through the files that came with the TDC mod.. i just dont see where the bearing dial's hand is tied to the scope anywhere. I've looked through the .ini files, i've looked at the relevant scripts.. and i just dont see it.

If i could figure this one example out, it would go a long way to understanding how the UI modding works.

[reaper7]

Hi Gutted are you trying to port the AoB calculator into SH5. Nice good luck with it.

Being going over this thread trying to figure out how to mod stuff into the UI, but its all gone over my head.
Maybe someone like a Dev or TheDarkWraith (No1 in UI mods to date) could do up a bacic tutorial on say getting in a custom dial and tying it into the interface. Hint hint... Please

[gutted]

I eventually intend to do that if i haven't given up on UI modding by then LOL.

Right now im just trying to figure it out, and see if i can get something spinning on the screen.

[SteveTRM]

These have obviously been left in by the devs - i personally dont think its a mistake by them - perhaps they where pissed with UBI soft aswell lol.

SH5 may have lots of bugs and many have moaned about its problems but to have access like this to a game is worth every penny i paid for it.

It has huge possiblities to the point where previous versions of Silent Hunter could be added to the game, i wonder how long it will be before some of the excellent modders here port over SH4 uboat missions lol

Perhaps SH5 will be the last in the series - but look what they have given us, all we need now is to get rid of the DRM!

[java`s revenge]

I want to deepen me into modding. I want to make dutch navy ships.
Maybe this is the beginning.

[chrysanthos]

well i guess i have to wait until a playble battleship builds.....since i cant do it because no one helps:/

[MiTon]

Hello!

I hope it's the right place to ask, but I've got a problem triggering an action from a new checkbox. Maybe someone can help?

Here the situation:

To toggle SpeechRecognition on/off I created a new checkbox with the MenuEditor.
Located above the PageDefaultHud_Feedback_BottomBar_ToggleAdvancedCk (NewUI)
It's showing ingame and I can click it.

The coressponding Lines in Page Default Hud.ini look like this:

[G0A I278]
Name=ToggleSpeechRecCk
Type=1033;Check box
ItemID=0xA1E0001
ParentID=0xA1E0000
Pos=253,-4,18,20
Zone= 255 46 18 20 0 1 0xA1E0000 0.952727 -0.29 0xA1E0001 -0.5 0.5 0 0
Materials=8
Display=2;Linear
Mat 0=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 0=0.178711,0.105469,0.0175781,0.0195313
Mat 1=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 1=0.178711,0.128906,0.0175781,0.0195313
Mat 2=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 2=0.178711,0.105469,0.0175781,0.0195313
Mat 3=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 3=0.178711,0.128906,0.0175781,0.0195313
Mat 4=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 4=0.178711,0.105469,0.0175781,0.0195313
Mat 5=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 5=0.178711,0.128906,0.0175781,0.0195313
Mat 6=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 6=0.178711,0.105469,0.0175781,0.0195313
Mat 7=data/menu/gui/layout/hud3.dds
Crop 7=0.178711,0.128906,0.0175781,0.0195313
MatFlags=0x9
TexFmt=0x0
Font=21
Text=0
TextPosFlags=0x2
TextOffsetY=8,8,8,8
TextFlags=0x0
CheckBoxWidth=0
StatesColors=0xCDBEB4FF, 0xCDBEB4FF, 0xCDBEB4FF, 0xCDBEB4FF

In Page Default Hud.py I added the these lines (the ... arent' there )

from SpeechRecognition import ToggleSpeechRecognitionOnOff

...

def PageDefaultHud_Feedback_BottomBar_ToggleSpeechRecCk_Clicked():
    ToggleSpeechRecognitionOnOff()

...

def InitializeScript():

....

PageDefaultHud_Feedback_BottomBar_ToggleSpeechRecCk.Clicked += PageDefaultHud_Feedback_BottomBar_ToggleSpeechRecCk_Clicked

...

def UnloadScript():

...

PageDefaultHud_Feedback_BottomBar_ToggleSpeechRecCk.Clicked -= PageDefaultHud_Feedback_BottomBar_ToggleSpeechRecCk_Clicked

Now I' getting namespace errors:

So what went wrong importing Speech Recognition.py???

Called from Speech Recognition.py the command is working like expected!

What's the minimum of code needed for a new button like this? What did I miss?

What would be needed if I wan't to add a new group?

Thanks in advance!

Greets

MiTon

[TheDarkWraith]

If SpeechRecognition hasn't been 'opened' yet then it isn't initialized/valid. You must initialize it first either by opening it or using the MakeSureIsLoaded function of the ScriptManager.

[MiTon]

Thx for sharing your knowledge TDW!
It's realy appreciated!

Sorry for these dumb questions! Have been awake for over 30 hours, so concentration dropped quite low
But I think I'm making slow but steady progress understanding Python and SH5 internals


I may be misunderstanding, but since SpeechRecognition is started by the initScript it should be initialized from start, cause I can use it "out of the box".

See here:

def InitializeScript():
    if SHSpeechEngine.IsSupported:
        global speech
               
        Game.SubmarineCommands.CommandWasGiven += test_CommandGiven
        Game.SubmarineCommands.DelayedCommandWasGiven += test_DelayedCommandGiven

        try:
            
            if speech == None:
                speech = SHSpeechEngine("de-DE")
                speech.Confidence = 0.70 
                speech.OrderReceived += speech_OrderReceived
                speech.Start()
            
        except:
            pass

Ok. Open like this:

from SpeechRecognition import SpeechRecognition
SpeechRecognition.Visible = True

"MakeSureIsLoaded".
The name sounds promissing, already.

Will give it a try!


I have an other question related to the MenuEditor!

Under "Item text" you can find a dropdow list for localized strings, which seems to read menu.txt. I added my strings there but they don't show up in the dropdownlist?


Is there an other place to define those strings or do I have to set them through

SpeechRecognition_SpeechRecognitionSettings_ConfidenceLevelText.Text = "TEST"

?

Could be a strange bug since I'm having an other issue, as you can read in my post to NewUI:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=6956


Thx again!

[MiTon]

Hi there!

How can I import standard python modules? They don't seem to be available in the ScriptManager.
Is there a way?

For example, I'd like to use this:

import os.path
from os.path import abspath as abspath

If I have to build a custom dll, what IDE would you recommend? IronPython Studio, eclipse (pydev)?

regards


MiTon