[REL] FOTRS Ultimate Project - Page 259

captcrane · 02-17-17, 12:02 PM

I always start my American careers with an S Boat in the stock(GFO) game you can have SD radar but you must purchase it with renown pts

AVGWarhawk · 02-17-17, 02:44 PM

Is it just me with the orange colored sub marker on the surface when my sub is submerged? If so, how do I dispose of the marker?

cdrsubron7 · 02-17-17, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Is it just me with the orange colored sub marker on the surface when my sub is submerged? If so, how do I dispose of the marker?

This should work for you, AVG.

AVGWarhawk · 02-17-17, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrsubron7

This should work for you, AVG.

Wonderful! Many thanks.

cdrsubron7 · 02-17-17, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Wonderful! Many thanks.

My pleasure, AVG.

propbeanie · 02-17-17, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by captcrane

I always start my American careers with an S Boat in the stock(GFO) game you can have SD radar but you must purchase it with renown pts

Thank you captcrane... now, question is, how do ~WE~, the players, control that?...

Moonlight · 02-18-17, 07:00 AM

I forgot about this ship, I think I saw it somewhere in the Philippine sea south west of Corridor II, I didn't know the German navy had confiscated surface ships in that area. I had a debate with myself as to whether to sink it or not, it was a shame to send it to Davy Jones locker but my predator instincts kicked in and down to the seabed it was going.

torpedobait · 02-18-17, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by cdrsubron7

This should work for you, AVG.

Is it for general release? I can't seem to make the link connect to anything.

CapnScurvy · 02-18-17, 09:41 AM

As an update, I've corrected all "Yes Sir" phrases. There should be no more repeats in its use by any crewman.

I've been successful in controlling the SD radar. I have a way of turning it off and on during game play with the sub surfaced. This will allow a player to shut it off when approaching a friendly harbor and not drop out of Time Compression due to a report of "Aircraft Spotted" coming from radar. Your watch crew will still report what it detects ships/planes but as long as the SD unit is turned off...you'll not get a message. I've had to remove the "Raise/Lower Radar Antenna" key and task button to change it to "SD On/Off". You'll still get the function of the "Radar Depth" key to put the antenna's above water level for half submerged use. I'll need to check it with all boats, plus change the Keyboard Layout, Task Buttons, and Help file to allow for the change.

As far as the Hydrophone picking up a slow moving destroyer that's traveling below half its MaxSpeed figure.......I've not been successful. What I thought could make a difference, has washed out. A ship fitting the above criteria, within easy viewing distance, will not be picked up by the Hydrophone for sound. I'll keep trying, but I'm running out of ideas.

J0313 · 02-18-17, 09:46 AM

CapnScurvy YOU DA MAN!

cdrsubron7 · 02-18-17, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonlight

I forgot about this ship, I think I saw it somewhere in the Philippine sea south west of Corridor II, I didn't know the German navy had confiscated surface ships in that area. I had a debate with myself as to whether to sink it or not, it was a shame to send it to Davy Jones locker but my predator instincts kicked in and down to the seabed it was going.

There are a number of German ships modeled in FOTRSU. This one pictured in your screenie is a German raider.

cdrsubron7 · 02-18-17, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by torpedobait

Is it for general release? I can't seem to make the link connect to anything.

In the top right hand corner you'll see a white arrow pointing downward. Click on that and you'll be able to download the UmarkRemove utility.

propbeanie · 02-18-17, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrsubron7

In the top right hand corner you'll see a white arrow pointing downward. Click on that and you'll be able to download the UmarkRemove utility.

It seems there might a bit of a slowdown at the Google Drive site from my perspective too... just get a spinning wheel, waiting on Google, so the download button in the upper right never activates. I've had this before, and it's almost always a firefox thing, so try MS IE whatever (or just a different browser), and see if that works any better. It did on my Windows computer...

cdrsubron7 · 02-18-17, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by propbeanie

It seems there might a bit of a slowdown at the Google Drive site from my perspective too... just get a spinning wheel, waiting on Google, so the download button in the upper right never activates. I've had this before, and it's almost always a firefox thing, so try MS IE whatever (or just a different browser), and see if that works any better. It did on my Windows computer...

When I checked on it this morning it was with MS IE so maybe that's why I found it working. I'm still at work right now.

propbeanie · 02-18-17, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CapnScurvy

As an update, I've corrected all "Yes Sir" phrases. There should be no more repeats in its use by any crewman.

I've been successful in controlling the SD radar. I have a way of turning it off and on during game play with the sub surfaced. This will allow a player to shut it off when approaching a friendly harbor and not drop out of Time Compression due to a report of "Aircraft Spotted" coming from radar. Your watch crew will still report what it detects ships/planes but as long as the SD unit is turned off...you'll not get a message. I've had to remove the "Raise/Lower Radar Antenna" key and task button to change it to "SD On/Off". You'll still get the function of the "Radar Depth" key to put the antenna's above water level for half submerged use. I'll need to check it with all boats, plus change the Keyboard Layout, Task Buttons, and Help file to allow for the change.

As far as the Hydrophone picking up a slow moving destroyer that's traveling below half its MaxSpeed figure.......I've not been successful. What I thought could make a difference, has washed out. A ship fitting the above criteria, within easy viewing distance, will not be picked up by the Hydrophone for sound. I'll keep trying, but I'm running out of ideas.

Did the antenna make it above the surface when at periscope depth? I can't remember, and I'm not on the right computer here to go look. Either way though, this is fantastic news sir! Hopefully, it works the same in all of the boats.

As for the hydrophone, and ship's speed, the only place the ships' speeds come from is the Data / Sea / ShipName.CFG file, correct? I also assume that the speed there is also used by the campaign to control a convoy of particular ships and their top speed? It'd be nice to be able to "fake-out" the hydrophone settings with a lower speed setting for "problem" ships... Is that half-speed thing in there, just so that you don't hear a vessel that's in Pearl all the way from the Philippines? I do remember getting "Sonar Contact!" reports when we first started on this from like 30+ nautical miles, and then you'd "lose" and "gain" the reports off and on for a good while...

02-17-17, 02:44 PM	#3872
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Is it just me with the orange colored sub marker on the surface when my sub is submerged? If so, how do I dispose of the marker? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-18-17, 07:00 AM	#3877
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,141 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	I forgot about this ship, I think I saw it somewhere in the Philippine sea south west of Corridor II, I didn't know the German navy had confiscated surface ships in that area. I had a debate with myself as to whether to sink it or not, it was a shame to send it to Davy Jones locker but my predator instincts kicked in and down to the seabed it was going. __________________

02-17-17, 12:02 PM	#3871
captcrane Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 139 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	I always start my American careers with an S Boat in the stock(GFO) game you can have SD radar but you must purchase it with renown pts

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J0313 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 875 Downloads: 1789 Uploads: 0	CapnScurvy YOU DA MAN!