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Silent Hunter 4 Mods, Tools, & Patrol Charts
Pacific Thunder Campaign Patrol Charts
This mod changes the start dates for the American Career patrols in Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific Version 1.5. It provides fifteen individual patrol start dates, which correspond with the fifteen historical periods traditionally used in the Pacific Thunder Campaign. These cycle dates are as follows:
Cycle 01 - Dec 41/Jan & Feb 42
Cycle 02 - Mar/Apr/May 42
Cycle 03 - June/Jul/Aug 42
Cycle 04 - Sep/Oct/Nov 42
Cycle 05 - Dec 42/Jan & Feb 43
Cycle 06 - Mar/Apr/May 43
Cycle 07 - Jun/Jul/Aug 43
Cycle 08 - Sep/Oct/Nov 43
Cycle 09 - Dec 43/Jan & Feb 44
Cycle 10 - Mar/Apr/May 44
Cycle 11 - June/Jul/Aug 44
Cycle 12 - Sep/Oct/Nov 44
Cycle 13 - Dec 44/Jan & Feb 45
Cycle 14 - Mar/Apr/May 45
Cycle 15 - Jun/Jul/Aug 45
This mod is designed specifically for use in the Silent Hunter Pacific Thunder Campaign, and requires a clean (i.e., unmodded), stock install of Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific, Version 1.5.
Please see the mod's ReadMe for more information.
I wish to thank Art Anker, Allen Daffern, and Alan Brown for their kind assistance and advice.
The mod is v1.5 and JSGME friendly.
Version History:
Revision posted February 6, 2010. Included Art Anker's Sofu Gan Mod (see mod details below).
Revision posted January 23, 2010. Removed folder Data\Submarine because it overwrites the TMO crew berthing compartment. Removed folder Data\Roster\American\Submarine (Art Anker's Hull Numbers Mod); it remains available as a recommended option. Also corrected a minor typo in the flotillas.upc file.
Original posted January 10, 2010.
Download the PTC 9 Cycles Mod (ZIP archive) (February 6, 2010)
Silent Hunter 4 Go to Battle Stations Keyboard Shortcut
This keyboard shortcut allows you to toggle Battle Stations on and off using the Shift + B keys. It makes one change to the file 'commands.cfg'. On my system, the path to it is:
c:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Cfg\Commands.cfg
To make the change manually, using Notepad open the file and scroll down to the following section:
[Cmd436]
Name=Toggle_battle-stations
Ctxt=1
Edit it to read as follows (and of course save it):
[Cmd436]
Name=Toggle_battle_stations
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x42,s,"SHIFT B"
Now all you have to do is press Shift + B to toggle Battle Stations on/off.
Alternatively, you can download the following file which contains the modification. The archive file is v1.5 and JSGME friendly.
Download the Battle Stations Keyboard Shortcut Mod (RAR archive)
Download the Battle Stations Keyboard Shortcut Mod (ZIP archive)
Silent Hunter 4 Generic Mod Enabler
The JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler (version 2.3.1 - 2 November 2009 - 731KB) takes most of the hassle out of installing and uninstalling mods for your games. It has been tested on many games, including Silent Hunter III and Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific, and should work with any moddable game.
The Mod Enabler is designed to be installed in the root folder of the game that you wish to mod. Before installing it, you should ensure that you have a clean, unmodded installation of your game, preferably with the latest patches installed.
For more information about the JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler, to view a screenshot of it, and to download it, visit the JonesSoft Web Site.
Kim Ronhof's Electronic Cipher Officer for PTC officers (ECOPTC version 2.0.0 C)
The ECOPTC program converts plain text messages into enciphered text and deciphers enciphered messages. It uses a simulation of the coding machine used on US submarines in World War II. Some of our members enjoy posting enciphered status reports about their Silent Hunter 4 patrols on our forum. It adds an additional degree of realism to your Silent Hunter 4 adventures. The program will install and run in Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Download the Electronic Cipher Officer (ZIP archive)
Tbox is a Single Patrol Generator for the dynamic American Career mode. It allows you to edit the dynamic career save file to change the patrol area (mission-objective file) you are assigned by the game, your boat's name, your name and rank, and your patrol start date. For those of you who are familiar with Hawk's Patrol Zone Selector for SHCE, Tbox accomplishes the same goal. COMSUBPC assigns patrol areas or Spec Op missions each cycle. You use Tbox to edit your career save file and select the mission assigned to you by COMSUBPAC or your SUBRON CO. You can also change your patrol start date so you leave for patrol in the correct campaign cycle. The Silent Hunter 4 Patrol Report Generator will extract the data specified in the Pacific Thunder Campaign official patrol report template from your saved career file. It expedites preparation of your end-of-cycle patrol report.
Download the Silent Hunter 4 Patrol Report Generator and Silent Hunter 4 Tools (ZIP archive)
SubSoWesPac Air Strike Mod
My biggest complaint about Silent Hunter 4's enemy airstrike configuration is that there are too many night attacks. While Japan did have competent night fighters in its arsenal, they were principally used as interceptors. In all my years of playing the original Silent Hunter, I did not ever come under attack by an enemy airplane at night and I do not recall reading about frequent night attacks against U.S. boats in the Pacific by Japanese aircraft, unless the boat was close to a Jap air base and its radar was detected by the enemy.
I have made my own modification to the game's "AirStrike.cfg" file. The sole change reduces the Night Strike Probability by 90% to 0.005, from the default value of 0.05. There are no other changes. All other values are unchanged - they are the same as the ones in the un-modded Silent Hunter 4. On my system, the AirStrike.cfg file is located at the following path
c:\Program Files\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Cfg\AirStrike.cfg
The file is v1.5 and JSGME friendly.
Download the SubSoWesPac Air Strike Mod (ZIP archive).
I highly recommend this mod. View Art's Readme for details.
Download the Hull Numbers Mod (ZIP archive)
Sofu Gan (Lot's Wife) is a volcanic, deserted island with a summit height of 325 feet, located approximately 404 miles off the coast of Tokyo, in the southernmost tip of the Izu Archipelago. During World War II, it served as a navigational landmark for American submarines. Our submarines also used it calibrate their radar before entering the convoy lanes around Honshu. The stock game placed the shallow sea area there, but not the volcanic land mass:
During the Pacific War, the Japanese used an area southwest of Sofu Gan as a staging area for major fleet units en route to Truk or the Palaus.
Well thanks to Art's excellent creativity and hard work, now it is in the game:
More screenshots of this masterpiece are available on our Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific Forum.
Art experienced a host of frustrations and challenges in creating this work. But he never gave up. Job well done my friend. Congratulations!
Download the Sofu Gan Mod (ZIP archive)
Our thanks to Rick Turk for recommending this mod. When activated, it adds a shortcut key assignment to your commands.cfg file so you can get a weather report by pressing Control + W. PTC skippers can include the weather reports in their patrol reports and status (sitrep) reports.
Download the Weather Report Mod (7z archive)
Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific Enemy Minefields
