Leyte Gulf: NEW Surigao Strait Mission Demo

[timetraveller]

New mission for the demo.

The greatest naval battle in history has come to the screen and PS. This mission replaces your existing Leyte mission. Back up your files!

25 ships. Battleships, heavy cruisers, destroyers. A6M Zeros and F4U Corsairs. 35 KM of map to play. Fight two Japanese fleets using the battleships California, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland.

Added bonus: 2 new skins by KiloAlpha - the OS2U Scout and the F4U Corsair. Thanks KiloAlpha!

Extended range and accuracy for big guns.

Individually-named ships.

Generate additional aircraft squads by keystroke.

Two missions are included, a nighttime (historic), and daytime (fictional) with aircraft.

2.6MB download:
www.delraydepot.com/tt/SurigaoStrait.zip

Be sure to read the readme for install instructions.

Have fun all.

P.S. This mission should run in the retail Russian game too. However, it will replace your existing mission8.

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[KiloAlpha4]

ty and yes I will hehehe

[timetraveller]

[quote="KiloAlpha4"]ty and yes I will hehehe

[KiloAlpha4]

hey no prob TT . Something to do on my 2 days off from repaints

[timetraveller]

Current win/lose conditions for Surigao Strait:

USA win:
You must sink all enemy battleships, at least 2 enemy cruisers, and at least 3 enemy destroyers. This is how it was in the real battle. Note that the second enemy cruiser is not in the main fleet on the van.

Japan win:
You must sink 4 or more USA destroyers, OR 1 or more battleships, OR 2 or more cruisers.

Downing any amount of aircraft, either side, does not matter.

Subject to change with some testing of course

[KiloAlpha4]

lol you skipped the QA & QC ? notty TT...tsk tsk heheheh

[timetraveller]

[quote="KiloAlpha4"]lol you skipped the QA & QC ? notty TT...tsk tsk heheheh

[KiloAlpha4]

yep first time seeing my skins in a actual battle. I just seen them in the air simulator when testing.

[timetraveller]

Tips and new game stuff:

Aircraft are available for the night mission (and additional aircraft for the daytime mission), if you wish. Aircraft squadrons can be generated by key press.

CTRL+J Generate a squadron of Japanese planes
CTRL+K Generate a squadron of American planes

These keys work in either mission. The daytime mission starts out with two squadrons of aircraft already airborne, one for each side. Generate more squadrons with keypresses. The nighttime mission has no planes in the air to start. To be historically accurate, don't use aircraft in the night mission.

Other keycode combinations I have programmed that you might like:

CTRL+F Get the current fps (frames per second), triangles, and free memory.
CTRL+R Distance to the nearest enemy. First select any (1) unit, then press this key combination. Note that distances over 10,000 will show as 10,000.

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[timetraveller]

[quote="KiloAlpha4"]yep first time seeing my skins in a actual battle. I just seen them in the air simulator when testing.

[KiloAlpha4]

alright it's all in off I go to attack the Japenese

[timetraveller]

[quote="KiloAlpha4"]alright it's all in off I go to attack the Japenese

[KiloAlpha4]

TT, marvelous job. The mission is great.

[chip5541]

I got it but wont be able to do anything till Thursday. Too tired right now.

[moparman]

Teaching us to Cross the T?

[timetraveller]

[quote="moparman"]Teaching us to Cross the T?

[KiloAlpha4]

missile technology has seen to that

[moparman]

you and your missles.

what am i supposed to do with this?

[KiloAlpha4]

some battle screens (including me and my rockets)

ammo hold explosion-



barrel roll attack maneuver



this second enemy dd just didn't want to go down-



post your combat screens

[timetraveller]

How to mod ammo loadouts for aircraft in the mission.

Open mission8.lua in Wordpad. That is the safest editor to use. Look for the 2 lines: tl_set_plane_rack. This sets your ammo loadout for the plane specified.

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function USA_AIR_UNIT(plid)
tl_set_plane_rack("F4U", "2")
tl_add_nine_planes('F4U',{pid=plid;pos={x=11000;y=500;z=2000};dir={x=7000;y=0;z=0};dist=30;dmove=10000;kamikadze=false})
end
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function JAP_AIR_UNIT(plid)
tl_set_plane_rack("A6M", "3")
tl_add_nine_planes('A6M',{pid=plid;pos={x=-14000;y=500;z=-2000};dir={x=-7000;y=0;z=0};dist=30;dmove=10000;kamikadze=false})
end
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The F4U uses ammo loadout "2". The A6m Zero uses ammo loadout "3".

You can see the ammo loadout list if you start the game up and run in Create a Server mode. Pick either the A6M or F4U plane and click the change ammo button. The loadouts are listed in order. #1 is the top one, then 2, 3, 4, etc. Just read down the list and count the line number. Use that number for the ammo loadout number.

Make the change in the script and "save". Run the mission with the new loadout.

[moparman]

where do i put these.

my head hurts and i don't wanna go folder hunting.

[timetraveller]

[quote="moparman"]where do i put these.

my head hurts and i don't wanna go folder hunting.

[moparman]

well i'm gonna do this at day to start.

[KiloAlpha4]

hey thanks for the info TT. I gave the a6m's rockets to even things up.

[timetraveller]

[quote="KiloAlpha4"]hey thanks for the info TT. I gave the a6m's rockets to even things up.