Lonestar Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 I'm currently trying to get some older campaigns running with the latest DCG beta version. Almost all of them involve aircraft carrier operations with modified maps. I was very pleasantly surprised by the reworked .prd and .srd routes in these versions, as I had only played with version 3.47 for a long time. Now I'm testing my campaigns with 3.50beta21 and the VP Mod (4.12) and have two requests for future DCG versions. The first request is for a timetable command to move aircraft carriers and their escorts into a .prd route during a campaign. I've already tried a few things, but unfortunately without success. Examples: 19420304 NewColumn 1_Chief Ships.USSEnterpriseCV6_42 1 @Blank $Carrier_USS_Enterprise ~L or 19420304 NewColumn 1_Chief Ships.USSEnterpriseCV6_42 1 @Pacific_Ocean $Carrier_USS_Enterprise ~L Tried also with ~A, but they have spawned always in a .srd route. The .prd routes were empty, no other ships were in it. And the second request is the reliable transfer of squadrons on a carrier wich is traveling in an .srd route. This worked up to version 3.47, but not in 3.49 or 3.50beta versions (not tested in 3.48). Thank you for your time and your long-standing support of DCG. Quote
Lowengrin Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 I can certainly add a timetable command to transfer ships from a srd to a prd. Should be a simple addition (famous last words). I'm not sure I follow your second request. Transferring from a carrier on a srd to a land base or to another carrier in that srd? Or a carrier in a prd? Transfers are limited by the number of squadrons already based on an airfield/carrier as well as the distance (restricted to being within the range of the planes and the "action radius"). Quote
Lonestar Posted February 5 Author Report Posted February 5 Hi Paul! I want to split the aircraft carriers as they were in reality, similar to the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Shoho was in a different position, far away from the main group of carriers. So I added the Shoho into a .srd route, but I can't get the squadrons onto the carrier. Example timetable: 19420507 NewColumn 24_Chief Ships.IJNShohoCVL 2 @Solomon_Area_21_Sea $IJN_Light_Carrier_Shoho ~A 19420507 NewColumn 25_Chief Ships.IJNAmatsukazeDD41 2 @Solomon_Area_21_Sea $IJN_Destroyer_Aoba ~A 19420507 NewColumn 26_Chief Ships.IJNArashiDD41 2 @Solomon_Area_21_Sea $IJN_Destroyer_Kako ~A 19420507 NewColumn 27_Chief Ships.IJNKageroDD41 2 @Solomon_Area_21_Sea $IJN_Destroyer_Kinugasa ~A 19420507 NewColumn 28_Chief Ships.IJNNowakiDD41 2 @Solomon_Area_21_Sea $IJN_Destroyer_Furutaka ~A 19420507 AddSquad IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 19420507 NewPlane IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 A6M2_21 19420507 MaxPlanes IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 = 8 19420507 ActivePlanes IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 = 8 19420507 FlightSize IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 = 3 19420507 SetSkill IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 = 2 19420507 MoveSquad IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 IJN_Light_Carrier_Shoho Quote
Lowengrin Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 That's strange. I'm fairly certain your timetable as shown should work. And if it doesn't, I must have introduced a bug. I'll have a look and get back to you in a day or two. Quote
walter_solito Posted 4 hours ago Report Posted 4 hours ago On 2/5/2026 at 4:01 AM, Lonestar said: Hi Paul! I want to split the aircraft carriers as they were in reality, similar to the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Shoho was in a different position, far away from the main group of carriers. So I added the Shoho into a .srd route, but I can't get the squadrons onto the carrier. Example timetable: 19420507 NewColumn 24_Chief Ships.IJNShohoCVL 2 @Solomon_Area_21_Sea $IJN_Light_Carrier_Shoho ~A .............. 19420507 MoveSquad IJN_C_Shoho_FS0 IJN_Light_Carrier_Shoho Hi! I'm not an expert and maybe I'm writing wrong but in my actual carrier campaign I have Shoho CV: chief.ini name: IJNHoshoCVL1936 shipnames.dcg [IJNHoshoCVL1936] CV IJN_Hosho_CVL timetable command: 19370813 MoveSquad IJN_C_Hosho_FS_VT0 IJN_Hosho_CVL The names in bolt are the same between shipnames.dcg and timetable? Quote
Lowengrin Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago No, the MoveSquad command should reference the Chief tag. For example: 19420824 NewColumn 7_Chief Ships.IJNCVGeneric 2 @South_Pacific_Ocean1 $IJN Ryujo ~L 19420824 NewColumn 8_Chief Ships.IJNKageroDD41 2 @South_Pacific_Ocean1 $IJN Akigumo ~L 19420824 NewColumn 9_Chief Ships.IJNKageroDD41 2 @South_Pacific_Ocean1 $IJN Maikaze ~L 19420824 AddSquad IJN_C_Ryujo_FS0 19420824 SetSkill IJN_C_Ryujo_FS0 = 1 19420824 NewPlane IJN_C_Ryujo_FS0 A6M2_21 19420824 MaxPlanes IJN_C_Ryujo_FS0 = 16 19420824 FlightSize IJN_C_Ryujo_FS0 = 3 19420824 MoveSquad IJN_C_Ryujo_FS0 7_Chief Quote
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