Reduced Merchant Ship Crew Visuals

[Mister_M]

Would be cool to post the NYGM values of each X_visual sensor (or your own version), along with the Sensors.cfg and Sim.cfg (in data/Cfg folder).

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Mister_M

Would be cool to post the NYGM values of each X_visual sensor (or your own version), along with the Sensors.cfg and Sim.cfg (in data/Cfg folder).

I don't have a way to post photos/screenshots but here are the files needed from a base NYGM install. S3D or Timetraveler's program are needed to view the ai_sensors.dat file, the relevant nodes are at the top of the list.
In terms of my own the only one I've ever been interested in is the merchant visual ability, so I just use the NYGM values as is for a 16k env. or halve the range for an 8k env.
I don't worry about different install sensors or sim.cfg settings in using a merchant node; I'm just interested in reducing it and a simple range and/or MaxBearing change will do that regardess. Fine adjustments not needed in other words in my opinion.
But if desired, one would look at the sim.cfg file vs. the sensors.cfg file; the sensors.cfg file is for one's crew, etc. whereas the sim.cfg file affects the ai visuals, etc.

[Mister_M]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

I don't have a way to post photos/screenshots but here are the files needed from a base NYGM install. S3D or Timetraveler's program are needed to view the ai_sensors.dat file, the relevant nodes are at the top of the list.
In terms of my own the only one I've ever been interested in is the merchant visual ability, so I just use the NYGM values as is for a 16k env. or halve the range for an 8k env.
I don't worry about different install sensors or sim.cfg settings in using a merchant node; I'm just interested in reducing it and a simple range and/or MaxBearing change will do that regardess. Fine adjustments not needed in other words in my opinion.
But if desired, one would look at the sim.cfg file vs. the sensors.cfg file; the sensors.cfg file is for one's crew, etc. whereas the sim.cfg file affects the ai visuals, etc.

Thanks !

[Jeff-Groves]

This is where the Scripting ability of 010 Editor would be VERY handy.


You tell it to search the cfg files for a given Type,
if found open the sns file and replace the O01 line with the new sensor.

A Complete install adjusted in probably less then a minute!

[Jeff-Groves]

Here's a quick example on how to do it.

//------------------------------------------------
//--- 010 Editor Script File
//
//      File: Silent Hunter AI Adjuster
//   Authors: Jeff Groves
//    E-mail: Privateer@GMX.US
//   Version: 1
//   Purpose: Script to change the AI Sensors on Merchant Ships
//  Category: Change Code for SH3/4
//  History: 
//   1    2022/1/24 Jeff Groves
//------------------------------------------------
    int i, X;
    char Y[20];

    X = InputRadioButtonBox( "Select your search", "You are about to Find all Merchent Ships", 0, "Abort", "Merchant Ships");
     
     if( X != 1)
      { 
        Y = "Abort";
         End; 
      }

       else

      {  
        Y = "UnitType=101"; 
      }

    Printf( "You searched for %s\n", Y );

    TFindInFilesResults r = FindInFiles( Y, InputDirectory( "Select Folder to search", "C:\\" ), "*.cfg" );
   
      for( i = 0; i < r.count; i++ )
      {
          Printf( "%s\n", r.file[i].filename );
      }

OutputPaneSave( "C:\\temp\\data2.log" );

Easy to add Else if statements for all Merchant Types.

[Jeff-Groves]

Once you have the Merchant identified?
You just tell 010 to open it's .sns file and replace the O01 line then close the .sns file.

[FUBAR295]

Wow Jeff, thanks !

John Pancoast and I were just discussing this very thing in a PM. Add mind reader to the list of talents you have.

Again, thank you very much!!!

Good hunting,
FUBAR295