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[Marsei13(BG)]

good work archie  THX

[Plowshare]

Agracier and anyone else interested:

How can you get empty spacing lines in the listing of ships in the FMB? Now, I have a continuous list of ships, while for purposes of finding particular models, it might be easier to have empty lines so that ships can be grouped by type ...

I daren't experiment to much with these ship/chief files, nor do I even have a notion which one determines what in the first place ...

It's not all that hard when you know how chief.ini works. Here's some lines from my chief.ini top, then bottom:

               TOP

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moveType SHIP

 Warships              ships.Ship$USSGatoSS212_Sub      1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 Allies                ships.Ship$USSGatoSS212_Sub      1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 USNavy                ships.Ship$USSBesugo_Sub    1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat

 USSLexingtonCV2       ships.Ship$USSLexingtonCV2       1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 USSCVGeneric          ships.Ship$USSCVGeneric      1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 USSSaratogaCV3        ships.Ship$USSSaratogaCV3        1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat



 Separator             ships.Ship$USSGreenlingSS213_Sub 1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 RoyalNavy             ships.Ship$USSNautilus_Sub    1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat

 Carrier1              ships.Ship$Carrier1          1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 HMSColossusCV         ships.Ship$HMSColossusCV     1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 HMSFormidableCV       ships.Ship$HMSFormidableCV    1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat


 Separator             ships.Ship$USSGreenlingSS213_Sub 1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 RussianNavy           ships.Ship$USSPermit_Sub    1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 
 Marat                 ships.Ship$Marat                 1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 Kirov                 ships.Ship$Kirov                 1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat


 Separator             ships.Ship$USSGreenlingSS213_Sub 1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 FrenchNavy            ships.Ship$USSPermit_Sub    1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat

 Avizo2              ships.ShipYardSteam$Avizo2      1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 Avizo1              ships.ShipYardSteam$Avizo1      1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 GunBoat1              ships.ShipYardSteam$GunBoat1     1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 GunBoat2              ships.ShipYardSteam$GunBoat2     1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat


 Separator             ships.Ship$USSGreenlingSS213_Sub 1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 Warships              ships.Ship$USSGatoSS212_Sub      1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 Axis                  ships.Ship$ShukaP                1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 IJN                   ships.Ship$SubmarineP            1 icons/shipDestroyer.mat

 IJNHiryuCV            ships.Ship$IJNHiryuCV          2 icons/shipDestroyer.mat
 IJNKagaCV             ships.Ship$IJNKagaCV            2 icons/shipDestroyer.mat

               BOTTOM

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[Ships.Separator]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.Warships]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.Allies]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.USNavy]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.RoyalNavy]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.RussianNavy]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.FrenchNavy]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.Axis]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5
[Ships.IJN]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5


Here's the lines in technics_ru.properties for those lines in chief.ini:

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Separator ************************************************************************************
Warships ************************************* Warships **********************************
Allies ************************************** Allies **************************************
USNavy ************************************ US Navy *************************************
RoyalNavy ********************************** Royal Navy ***********************************
RussianNavy ********************************** Soviet Navy ***********************************
FrenchNavy ****************************** Free French Navy *******************************
Axis **************************************** Axis *************************************
IJN *************************** Imperial Japanese Navy ***************************

Here's the screenshots to show the results:











The LEFT column in the TOP portion of chief.ini is what I call the "naming column." You'll note that you can call anything by any name as long as you use something the game notices - like the submerged subs and the Russian G-5. In the TOP portion the different names don't need to use different objects; I just used different objects so I could keep things straight in my head. You can use the same object over and over again as I use the "separator" over and over. In the BOTTOM portion you can the same object for everything as I use the G5. When you name an object in chief.ini you can still use that object for something else if you rename it - you will NOT lose the submerged subs or the G-5 because they will have a different name.

In the technics_ru.properties all you need to do is use the correct name from the TOP portion of the chief.ini and then you can call it whatever you want. I use a series of "**" for my "separator" but you could use whatever you want.

Something to keep in mind: You can choose the "separator" or any of the titles and whatever object you've chosen to link to that title or separator IN THE BOTTOM PORTION will show in FMB and can be used as the object. Hence, all my titles and separators will show the Russian G-5.
 
A spinoff I discovered is that the air.ini is similar to the TOP portion of the chief.ini and you can separate out your aircraft as well.

Now, the Stationary.ini is a hoss of a whole other colour!! Explaining this and the air.ini ain't for this thread.

Hope this helps.

Bob

[panzerkeil]

I noticed the download also contains the folder for USS Noa.
Is this ship ready for use? If so: are the class files included as well, and what are the entries needed for .ini files?

Love the Kamikawa Maru; thanks a lot for this great ship!   

[archie1971]

K

I noticed the download also contains the folder for USS Noa.
Is this ship ready for use? If so: are the class files included as well, and what are the entries needed for .ini files?

Love the Kamikawa Maru; thanks a lot for this great ship!   

to use them, but there is a problem with the installation you must wait a little longer to solve it

[ggrewe]

@ Bob (Plowshare)
Very useful layout - makes ship selection much easier now.
Thanks very much for detailed explanation & for sharing.

@ Archie
Great ship - thanks
 

[agracier]

Plowshare ... thanks for the lengthy explanation. I will figure out what you explained and see how it works ...

But just to certain - both chief.ini and technics_ru.properties need to be altered? Both, not one or the other ... is that correct?

[asheshouse]

You do not "alter" existing entries in the technics_ru.propertiies file. You add new entries.

Example:

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[Ships.Allies]
 com.maddox.il2.objects.ships.Ship$G5// adds a new line "Allies" to the "Ships" drop down menu.

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Allies ************************************** Allies **************************************// substitutes new text for the word "Allies" in the "Ships" drop down menu.

[max_thehitman]

Great ship Archie. I really like your navy 
Good paint for the skins too!

[David Prosser]

Thanks archie, another well received mod.

cheers

David Prosser

[Whiskey_Sierra_972]

Hi Archie!

I'm a bit lost in the update of the old carpenter project!

I have a part II , a part 4 and a part V still to install....but I can't understand how can I can got all ships!

Any chance to upload a last WIP situation with all the ships and the .ini lines?

I suppose that part V is the last but it have only the Kamikamaru lines so I can't check if I have all the ships....

Thanks in advance for your hlp!

walter

[PO_MAK_249RIP]

Hi any news on the UssNoah entries yet?

[archie1971]

Hi any news on the UssNoah entries yet?

I have to wait too busy in real life and twice we collapsed the computer so I'm putting together data if I lose