How to know what time it is?

jscharpf · 01-31-15, 11:38 AM

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but is there any way on board my sub to indicate what time of day (local) it is? I see "base time" and I realize I'm several time zones off as I go west, but is there a way to set local or GMT time time in SH4?

Alternatively, I suppose I could find a chart online that shows time zones.. I was hoping for a clock in the game.

HertogJan · 01-31-15, 11:43 AM

No there isn't... base time is what you're stuck with

Sailor Steve · 01-31-15, 01:21 PM

SH3 had a Local Time function. They "fixed" it for SH4. Praise to you, jscharpf, for figuring it out. Most players (and there are a lot) just come in with "Why is the sun going down at 1300 hours?"

BigWalleye · 01-31-15, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

SH3 had a Local Time function. They "fixed" it for SH4. Praise to you, jscharpf, for figuring it out. Most players (and there are a lot) just come in with "Why is the sun going down at 1300 hours?"

The US Naval Observatory website will provide charts of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, and beginning and end of nautical twilight for any lat/lon you specify, for each day of any calendar year you specify. And the times will be adjusted to whatever time zone you specify. So, for example, you can get a chart of sunrise/sunset times for Bungo Suido for 1943 with times shown in Honolulu Time. Copy/paste the chart to a text editor and print it out.

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php

I find these charts very useful.

merc4ulfate · 01-31-15, 04:19 PM

Just do the math ... it isn't that hard.

I never pay attention to what time it is.

Crannogman · 01-31-15, 04:56 PM

I am curious what time zone is used for the times in the mission editor; GMT?

jscharpf · 01-31-15, 06:42 PM

Thanks everyone, yes I understand that I can just do the math. I used to have a printed map of the world with all of the time zones relevant to Zulu. I think it was for FSX lol..
Anyway I was just hoping the game had a way to "set" the clock.

No big deal.

TorpX · 02-01-15, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Crannogman

I am curious what time zone is used for the times in the mission editor; GMT?

I was wondering about this too. If AI subs were to be scripted into a campaign, it would make sense to do it according to local day/night times.

Sailor Steve · 02-01-15, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Crannogman

I am curious what time zone is used for the times in the mission editor; GMT?

I haven't played SH4 in awhile, but I'm pretty sure it's Base time, i.e. your home port.

Crannogman · 02-01-15, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I haven't played SH4 in awhile, but I'm pretty sure it's Base time, i.e. your home port.

But there's no base on the campaign layer

razark · 02-01-15, 11:09 AM

Does anyone know what was used by the boats during the war?

Did they all use one standard (Pearl? GMT?) Did they set their clocks to the base they started from? I imagine that changing time zones would make using "local" time problematic for coordination with other units, not to mention log-keeping.

merc4ulfate · 02-01-15, 03:44 PM

UTC?

TorpX · 02-02-15, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I haven't played SH4 in awhile, but I'm pretty sure it's Base time, i.e. your home port.

If you say script a mission with a enemy battleship transiting between two islands at noon Dec. 24 1941, and put it into the campaign, it could be valid for any sub, from any base, no?

Or, are you saying scripted times would change according to your base?

Sailor Steve · 02-02-15, 01:01 PM

I think I was saying what I remember from playing the game years ago. I have no clue how it actually works, just what I thought I remembered.

Here's one for you: In SH3 the time of day you started your patrol was randomized. In SH4 it's always exactly the same time - I think 1100 hours. Why is that?

Crannogman · 02-02-15, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I think I was saying what I remember from playing the game years ago. I have no clue how it actually works, just what I thought I remembered.

Here's one for you: In SH3 the time of day you started your patrol was randomized. In SH4 it's always exactly the same time - I think 1100 hours. Why is that?

I started my last patrol at midnight...

01-31-15, 11:38 AM	#1
jscharpf Frogman Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Menomonee Falls, WI Posts: 295 Downloads: 294 Uploads: 0	How to know what time it is? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but is there any way on board my sub to indicate what time of day (local) it is? I see "base time" and I realize I'm several time zones off as I go west, but is there a way to set local or GMT time time in SH4? Alternatively, I suppose I could find a chart online that shows time zones.. I was hoping for a clock in the game.

01-31-15, 01:21 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	SH3 had a Local Time function. They "fixed" it for SH4. Praise to you, jscharpf, for figuring it out. Most players (and there are a lot) just come in with "Why is the sun going down at 1300 hours?" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-31-15, 04:19 PM	#5
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	Just do the math ... it isn't that hard. I never pay attention to what time it is. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

01-31-15, 04:56 PM	#6
Crannogman Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 343 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I am curious what time zone is used for the times in the mission editor; GMT? __________________ "The sea shall ride over her and she shall live in it like a duck" ~John Ericsson

02-01-15, 11:09 AM	#11
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,725 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Does anyone know what was used by the boats during the war? Did they all use one standard (Pearl? GMT?) Did they set their clocks to the base they started from? I imagine that changing time zones would make using "local" time problematic for coordination with other units, not to mention log-keeping. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

01-31-15, 11:43 AM	#2
HertogJan Weps Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 357 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	No there isn't... base time is what you're stuck with

01-31-15, 06:42 PM	#7
jscharpf Frogman Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Menomonee Falls, WI Posts: 295 Downloads: 294 Uploads: 0	Thanks everyone, yes I understand that I can just do the math. I used to have a printed map of the world with all of the time zones relevant to Zulu. I think it was for FSX lol.. Anyway I was just hoping the game had a way to "set" the clock. No big deal.

02-01-15, 03:44 PM	#12
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	UTC? __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

02-02-15, 01:01 PM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I think I was saying what I remember from playing the game years ago. I have no clue how it actually works, just what I thought I remembered. Here's one for you: In SH3 the time of day you started your patrol was randomized. In SH4 it's always exactly the same time - I think 1100 hours. Why is that? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo