new dials found!

TheDarkWraith · 11-01-07, 01:11 AM

As I was working on a side project for OLC I made a fascinating discovery. There are some dials that were not instituted originally with the game. Actually, there's quite a few of them. I quickly slapped together something to test these to see if they in fact work and they do! (at least the ones I quickly tried). What I quickly made were dials for port engine RPM, stbd engine RPM, and depth under keel. Like I said there's some more to be used that I will further investigate. In the pictures (they are crude but it serves the point) the top left hand black dial is port engine RPM, the top right dial is stbd engine RPM, and the bottom left dial is depth under keel. Now depth under keel will not report in real time

If you ask for depth under keel the dial will move to the correct value and stay there until you ask for it again. The engine RPM's work real time and even change for when you recharge batteries!

The scale on the engine RPM dials movement was set from -135 to 135, value range 0-800rpm. The depth under keel gauge was set to -90 to 90, values from 0-100 meters. Here's some screenies:

this is all stop and I haven't asked for depth under keel yet. Both Engine RPMs show 0:

now I order up ahead slow. Notice both engine RPM dials move to a new position denoting the RPM for ahead slow:

next I order up ahead 1/3. Looks like engine RPM for both shafts is ~350rpm:

I then dive to periscope depth and order up ahead standard bell. I run the batteries down a little. Then I surface and lo and behold I have the stbd engine at max rpm (whatever it is) and port engine at ahead standard setting while the batteries recharge

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Next I order up ahead slow again and port engine goes to an RPM that looks like double the ahead slow value originally. Seems to be making up for the stbd shaft since it has to do the work for 2 while the stbd engine is recharging the batteries. Stbd engine stays at max while it recharges batteries:

next I order up depth under keel and the dial moves to indicate the depth under keel:

I'll experiment with the remaining dials I have found that aren't being used currently and see what I can come up with.

11-01-07, 01:11 AM	#1
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	new dials found! As I was working on a side project for OLC I made a fascinating discovery. There are some dials that were not instituted originally with the game. Actually, there's quite a few of them. I quickly slapped together something to test these to see if they in fact work and they do! (at least the ones I quickly tried). What I quickly made were dials for port engine RPM, stbd engine RPM, and depth under keel. Like I said there's some more to be used that I will further investigate. In the pictures (they are crude but it serves the point) the top left hand black dial is port engine RPM, the top right dial is stbd engine RPM, and the bottom left dial is depth under keel. Now depth under keel will not report in real time If you ask for depth under keel the dial will move to the correct value and stay there until you ask for it again. The engine RPM's work real time and even change for when you recharge batteries! The scale on the engine RPM dials movement was set from -135 to 135, value range 0-800rpm. The depth under keel gauge was set to -90 to 90, values from 0-100 meters. Here's some screenies: this is all stop and I haven't asked for depth under keel yet. Both Engine RPMs show 0: now I order up ahead slow. Notice both engine RPM dials move to a new position denoting the RPM for ahead slow: next I order up ahead 1/3. Looks like engine RPM for both shafts is ~350rpm: I then dive to periscope depth and order up ahead standard bell. I run the batteries down a little. Then I surface and lo and behold I have the stbd engine at max rpm (whatever it is) and port engine at ahead standard setting while the batteries recharge : Next I order up ahead slow again and port engine goes to an RPM that looks like double the ahead slow value originally. Seems to be making up for the stbd shaft since it has to do the work for 2 while the stbd engine is recharging the batteries. Stbd engine stays at max while it recharges batteries: next I order up depth under keel and the dial moves to indicate the depth under keel: I'll experiment with the remaining dials I have found that aren't being used currently and see what I can come up with.