Cold Waters Online Mission Builder
Your Mission Builder ID for this mission is :
This number is useful when reporting bugs or issues.
1. Select Mission Location
Click on the image to set the mission location.
Mission Co-ordinates : x = - y =
Selected Mission Area
 This is the actual mission area that will be used in your mission. It will update every time you choose a new point on the map above. You can set other general mission parameters using the options on the right.
Choosing an area too close to the edge of the map can cause issues.
2. Mission ID Number
This sets the file name ID number. It should match the row number from your missions_single.txt file or you can choose to override one of the existing named missions.
3. Background Image
 This is the background image used for your mission. You can view all the image thumbnails here.
4. Mission Location Description
 This is a description of where your mission takes place. You can enter any text you like.
5. Briefing
 The briefing screen is divided into 6 lines of text. Becareful not to use too much as there are no scroll bars on that screen! You can write whatever you want inside these boxes.
6. Mission Date & Time
Choose a random or specific mission date
or Random Date (01/01/1968 - Today)
: or Random Time
7. Environment
Custom weather allows you to define your own conditions. If left unchecked the game will dynamically generate weather and ocean characteristics based on Date and Hemisphere chosen above. Tick this box if you want to define your own weather below.
Hemisphere
Use Custom Weather?
Weather :
Sea State:
Duct Strength:
Layer Strength:

8. Enemy Ships
Important Please Read - Getting this wrong can prevent the mission from loading in game.
There is a maximum number of 15 enemy ships per mission. At least 1 ship must be spawnable.

If you tick the "Use Custom Positions & Waypoints" box then you WILL need to define waypoints for each group (working) as well as search areas for helicopters and planes (not implemented yet). If you don't then the mission will not work!
Leave it unticked if you're not sure! :o)

Waypoints don't work very well if you are using random numbers of units in a group (e.g. Min ships = 1 and Max Ships = 3) this seems to be because waypoints are generated per ship rather than per group of ships and then assigned in sequence. This can cause ships from 1 group to use another groups waypoint list. The best solution is to always use fixed numbers of ships per group (e.g. Min Ships = 2 & Max Ships = 2)

It is also worth noting that ships will not necessarily run their waypoints in the order you set "Each [ship] will spawn between any two of their waypoints and have a 50% chance to run their waypoints in the opposite direction." so think of them as general shipping lanes or patrol routes rather than specific paths.
Number of Enemy Groups:
Use Custom Position & Waypoints
You need to select this if you want to use the waypoint system. If you leave this unchecked then any waypoints set will be ignored.
9. Formation Cruise Speed
 This seems to have no effect if you are using custom waypoints.
10. Enemy Helicopters
Number

11. Enemy Aircraft
Number
12. Sonar Buoys
 Coming soon :)
13. Mine fields
Coming soon :)

14. Player Position
0,0 is map center. -512,512 is top left 512,-512 is bottom right.
Hint: set a group waypoint to get exact co-ords then paste them here :) However, the player will be moved to within 25 KYD (or whatever they have chosen in the start menu) of enemy units.
15. Player Heading in degrees
 0 = North, 90 = East, 180 = South, 270 = WEST
14. Player Depth in ft
 Better to start the player at periscope depth (50ft) as you cannot be sure of actual start location depth.
16. Playable Submarines
Standard Subs Playable Russian Subs Mod
by CaptainX3
SSN Narwhal
SSN Skipjack (early)
SSN Skipjack
SSN Permit (early)
SSN Permit
SSN Sturgeon (early)
SSN Sturgeon
SSN Los Angeles
 SSN Los Angeles 688i
SSBN Red October
17. Publish to Public Archive
Ticking this box will save the mission into the public mission archive so anyone can download it.
Please note that any content deemed inappropriate will be deleted.
18. Archive Mission Name
 If you are not publishing to the public archive then you can leave this blank
19. Archive Mission Description
If you are not publishing to the public archive then you can leave this blank
Great! Your done! :) Once you are happy with everything then click this button to generate the files. You will then need to download the briefing file and mission file to their correct locations as shown on the next page.