The Hunt for Red October - Fleet Command NWP Mod
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1) I manually extraced the 19.2.1 exe files to a dummy folder
2) deleted the database, scenario, and the doctrine folder from your installation (for Steam: your install is located in Steam\steamapps\common)
3) manually copied over the nwp files to your root install folder
4) launched call_nwp.bat in the Fleet Command\Graphics folder
5) when getting no sound ingame and can´t change the settings than go into the fleetcommand.ini and set .DisableSoundSupport No and you´re able to turn all sound settings on again. This seems to happen when the unmodded game wasn´t launched at least once prior the mod install
6) I also recommend to set the subcomms settings on active in the ini because otherwise you´ll have trouble with your subs. I recommend to set .SubCommsAlways Yes and .SubComms Yes.
7) also check the scenario folder, there are many great campaigns that need manually file copying but FC has this strange limitation that only one campaign can shown at the same time so you have to manually copy and paste the files and delete the other campaign files if you want to check out different campaigns.
8) SAVE OFTEN as the game likes to crash sometimes, especially when in time compression
9) DO NOT enable the last three (3) options:
- auto VID aircraft
- auto engage incoming missiles
- auto engage aircraft after VID
the NWP mod has things like auto engage incoming missiles built in but they won´t work correctly if these vanilla features are enabled.
10) There is a feature called COLD CAT which is enabled by default in the ini. It is supposed to simulate accidents and break downs on the flight decks of aircraft carriers but in my playthroughs it often rendered the aircraft carrier inoperable and aircraft not being able to land on it. Perhaps I did something wrong however you can disable it by settings nocoldcat=yes. However I recommend playing with Quick Aircraft Launch No as managing the carrier is at least for me a an important fun aspect in many scenarios. Do as you prefer and in accordance to your skill and knowledge.
11) Some people report that hotkeys do not work correctly. This game uses the US Keyboard layout which messes things up for other keyboard. Dig up how to install further keyboard layouts in Windows 10 etc. you then simply change manually the keybord layout to ENG/US in the right lower task bar before starting the game and can reset it afterwards. Your hotkeys especially the speed and height orders should work then like described in F1 screen.
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