posted 01-23- 09:49 AM               

Hi Poodle

Ok I took some time to "reexplore" the way I added Japan to FSDOE:

Edit the gui.ppf with a texteditor (you will find the file at Media/Gui directory):

Here is the text:

Parsoft Property File
(
dirCountry ("United States" "Great Britain" "Germany" "Japan")
strCountry ('strUnitedStates 'strGreatBritain 'strGermany 'strJapan)

dirTheater ("Dover" "Africa" "Rhineland")
strTheater ('strDover 'strAfrica 'strRhineland)

ctrlRank ( 0 1000 2000 4000 8000 16000 )
msnRank ( ( 'strUnitedStates "2nd Lieutenant" "Lieutenant" "Captain" "Major" "Lieutenant Colonel" "Colonel")
( 'strGreatBritain "Pilot Officer" "Flying Officer" "Flying Lieutenant" "Squadron Leader" "Wing Commander" "Group Captain")
( 'strGermany "Leutnant" "Oberleutnant" "Hauptmann" "Major" "Oberstleutnant" "Oberst")
( 'strJapan "Leutnant" "Oberleutnant" "Hauptmann" "Major" "Oberstleutnant" "Oberst")

As you see above I only copied the german rank system to Japan.
Sure, you have to change them to the right namings...(I realy don't know much about japanese airforce).

After this you have to add the medals for Japan. Copy the "medal string" of Germany and add the right medals...:

( 'strJapan
( "/Medal#01.bmp" msnKills 3 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Iron Cross 2nd Class")
langGerman (msnName "Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#02.bmp" msnKills 8 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Iron Cross 1st Class")
langGerman (msnName "Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#03.bmp" msnKills 30 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "German Cross in Gold")
langGerman (msnName "Deutsches Kreuz in Gold")
))
( "/Medal#04.bmp" msnKills 50 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 4th Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 4. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#05.bmp" msnKills 100 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 3rd Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 3. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#06.bmp" msnKills 200 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 2nd Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#07.bmp" msnKills 250 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 1st Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#08.bmp" msnCount 15 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross War Merit")
langGerman (msnName "Kriegsverdienstkreuz")
))
( "/Medal#09.bmp" msnCount 30 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross War Merit")
langGerman (msnName "Kriegsverdienstkreuz")
))
)
)
)

Here too, you have to change the names and place/name of the pic to something wich fits...

Next step is to change the score.ppf and add this (again it's the copied german source):

( 'strJapan
( "/Medal#01.bmp" msnKills 3 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Iron Cross 2nd Class")
langGerman (msnName "Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#02.bmp" msnKills 8 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Iron Cross 1st Class")
langGerman (msnName "Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#03.bmp" msnKills 30 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "German Cross in Gold")
langGerman (msnName "Deutsches Kreuz in Gold")
))
( "/Medal#04.bmp" msnKills 50 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 4th Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 4. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#05.bmp" msnKills 100 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 3rd Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 3. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#06.bmp" msnKills 200 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 2nd Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#07.bmp" msnKills 250 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross 1st Class")
langGerman (msnName "Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse")
))
( "/Medal#08.bmp" msnCount 15 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross War Merit")
langGerman (msnName "Kriegsverdienstkreuz")
))
( "/Medal#09.bmp" msnCount 30 langBlock (
langUS (msnName "Knight's Cross War Merit")
langGerman (msnName "Kriegsverdienstkreuz")
))
)
)
)


Next step: add a new country to Media/Squadrons (Japan of course). Copy/paste the german squads to the japan folder and edit the squad01.ppf (the strGerman have to replace with strJapan, and change the text of the squadron...to some japanese squad). After that you have to add a new folder to "Media/Gui/Art/Squadrons" (copy/paste folder Germany and rename to Japan).

After that, same procedure with the "Media/Gui/Art/Hangar" copy/paste Germany folder and rename to Japan (add here the description pics of the japanese planes).

Last directory to copy/paste/rename is the "Media/Art/Scores/Ribbons" folder (Germany c/p/r to Japan)...

Last but not least you have to edit the StringTable.pff wich you will find at the Media folder. Add the strJapan to this table:

strUnitedStates "United States"
strGreatBritain "Great Britain"
strGermany "Germany"
strJapan "Japan"

You can find all edited ppf files as attachment....hope I could explane clear, what's to do :-)

If not....just ask!

C-ya soon
Sandro "Lector" Prezzi

All edited files can be found at:

ftp://www.fightersquadron.com/pub/fs/lector/

posted 01-24- 04:34 PM               

Thanks Whirlwind...I changed the score.ppf with the right ranking...and edited the StringTable.ppf to fit with german, italian and french too...

get it at:
[URL]ftp://www.fightersquadron.com/pub/fs/lector/ [/URL]

C-ya!
Lector

BTW: wich medals did the japanese had? Are there equal medals as the RAF, Luftwaffe or Air Force had?