Hardcode modifications requests

[Tabris]

Adding new crew voice lines for orders that are currently unvoiced. I've been told that current understanding of the code says this is impossible. Probably a minor thing for most people, but more immersion is always good, and having the chief say "raising snorkel," or the radio man saying "detecting radar signals!" would be incredible.

Also, an old SH dream is to be able to manually control which motors are doing the work. In Iron Coffins the author describes using the e-machines while in port and starting the diesels only later. I know American boats in the Pacific would use them during night surface attacks to prevent being heard when the seas were calm. It'd be amazing to get to choose when to use which.

[Fluffysheap]

Originally Posted by Tabris

Also, an old SH dream is to be able to manually control which motors are doing the work. In Iron Coffins the author describes using the e-machines while in port and starting the diesels only later. I know American boats in the Pacific would use them during night surface attacks to prevent being heard when the seas were calm. It'd be amazing to get to choose when to use which.

To some degree this is a difference in the design of the American and German subs. American subs had the diesels power a generator and used only electric motors for propulsion, similar to a diesel-electric locomotive. German subs had the electric and diesel motors both attached by clutches to the propulsion shafts and used the same machinery as either a generator or a motor, more like a hybrid car. The American system was bulkier but simpler and more flexible. For example the awkward arrangement where the Germans would have to run on one engine for propulsion while the other charged the batteries was not necessary for the Americans (and was actually only done at slower speeds by the Germans - at high speeds they would drive both propellers with the diesels and clutch in one or both electric motors as generators). The Americans could just run the diesels at full power and always have the most efficient distribution of energy. But both approaches had advantages. German subs could be "jump started" by towing with the electric motors engaged, making it easier to capture them



It's likely that the Germans had to use electric motors in port because their system would require a minimum speed when on diesel power. This is not implemented in SH3 but any combustion engine has a minimum speed at which it can run.

[derstosstrupp]

The reason for the use of the motors in port is because the diesels (to the extent they were even reversible, see below), were relatively more difficult and time consuming to reverse. You had to shut the engine off, shift the cams over and then restart it. As a weight-saving measure about mid war, reversible diesels were no longer supplied.

The motors on the other hand are very easy to reverse and quick. You simply place the speed rheostat on full field, switch the travel direction switch to the opposite direction, and you are done. This causes a significant initial surge in armature current, but the starting resistors can handle that until CEMF starts building in the opposite direction.

[Mister_M]

When departing from a U-bunker, the electric motor would allow you to have a very slow speed (thus avoiding to create huge waves), and would prevent the emission of toxic vapors from the diesel engines.

Also, if you can't go reverse with the diesel engines, then you can't use them to leave the bunker, because you entered in the bunker moving forward, remember?...

Originally Posted by rik007

Step 1: install cheatengine
Step 2: install x32dbg
Step 3: install NASM
Step 4: Fire up sh3
Step 5: Fire up cheatengine
Step 6: Fire up x32dbg
Step 7: After some research:
Step 7: Start coding your solution in NASM
.....

Although the requirments you have are very simple - provided you have the C++ code in front of you. Soon you will learn that they are very complicated in Harde code fixing. For example: how do you know if a gun is an aa gun? How do you know if it is a gun? Where is the check done that a ship is within 1 Km? How do you know if a ship is firing? And which ship? How are the ships stored anyway? How many guns are there on a ship? etc, etc.

It will take a few months to create it (or fail). If you are working full time on it maybe a few exhausting weeks...

I understand the point, thank you!

[Doolar]

Player controled "dive planes" and to ba able to use "electric motors" on the surface

[rik007]

Originally Posted by Mister_M

Originally Posted by rik007 View Post
Step 1: install cheatengine
Step 2: install x32dbg
Step 3: install NASM
Step 4: Fire up sh3
Step 5: Fire up cheatengine
Step 6: Fire up x32dbg
Step 7: After some research:
Step 7: Start coding your solution in NASM
.....

Although the requirments you have are very simple - provided you have the C++ code in front of you. Soon you will learn that they are very complicated in Harde code fixing. For example: how do you know if a gun is an aa gun? How do you know if it is a gun? Where is the check done that a ship is within 1 Km? How do you know if a ship is firing? And which ship? How are the ships stored anyway? How many guns are there on a ship? etc, etc.

It will take a few months to create it (or fail). If you are working full time on it maybe a few exhausting weeks...

I understand the point, thank you!

If I had the C++ source code in front of my I would not have hesitated to fullfill your request