Sub simpit?

sumpis · 09-28-10, 02:21 PM

Anyone ever thought about building a submarine simpit?

Like the flightsim simpits but for a u-boat. Lets say the control room of a type VII, with a small LCD screen mounted in the periscope. Then adding as much lifelike interactive controls as possible, all connected to the computer running the sim. Maybe even the TDC! And sonar station?

And now for the fun part. You build it like a waterproofed room so when you get flooding you can have sprinkler systems flood the floor. Better have the maps plastisized. And of course you have lots of lamps that go on and off with close depth charges. Total power failure will be pitch black!

If you build it in a trailer you could even have motion when you crash dive!

FIREWALL · 09-28-10, 02:51 PM

And then the Drugs wore off.

sumpis · 09-28-10, 03:18 PM

Did they really use drugs? Well, have to include that also for realism!

frau kaleun · 09-28-10, 03:28 PM

Wasn't there a post once about some guy who was doing a room up just like the interior of a u-boat? Either the o-messe or the commander's quarters IIRC. I'm almost sure someone posted pictures. But it was quite a while ago.

Sailor Steve · 09-28-10, 03:55 PM

Well, there's this:
http://www.u-69.net/habitacio.html

sumpis · 09-28-10, 04:55 PM

Do the Silent Hunter series have any data sharing or other way to capture sim data and states?

TLAM Strike · 09-28-10, 05:19 PM

For the modern stuff you could take a walk in closet, stick a couple of networked PCs, chairs and a red light and you would have a decent sonar shack like room.

ETR3(SS) · 09-28-10, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

For the modern stuff you could take a walk in closet, stick a couple of networked PCs, chairs and a red light and you would have a decent sonar shack like room.

Blue light.

sumpis · 09-29-10, 11:19 AM

If this is possible why not a sub simpit?

http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/P8230011.jpg

http://www.scifihero.net/forums/inde...opic=6072&st=0

The question is what stations are possible to simulate, and would it be any fun? Playing the captain sure would be fun, but helmsman?

ETR3(SS) · 09-29-10, 01:44 PM

Basically the answer is no, you couldn't effectively create a simpit for a subsim. Mechs and airplanes are controlled by one person making them much easier to do this sort of thing with. Submarines are manned by an entire crew. And finally the Silent Hunter series just wouldn't work with it as it only displays one screen at a time. The best you could do is something like the link provided by SailorSteve.

sumpis · 09-29-10, 02:05 PM

but... but.. but, yes you can, partially. All keyboard commands could be sent by real switches and controls, even by voice when talking into a tube (mic). By capturing sim data (if it is possible) you could also control lights and instruments in realtime in the pit.

So it is possible to have different people manning different stations and still remain on the same screen thanks to shortcut keys. Sonar and radar might not be possible though. Look at this demo video and you will see that it is possible to voice-control a whole attack just from the periscope view.

http://knepfler.com/shSpeech/videos/

ETR3(SS) · 09-29-10, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by sumpis

but... but.. but, yes you can, partially. All keyboard commands could be sent by real switches and controls, even by voice when talking into a tube (mic). By capturing sim data (if it is possible) you could also control lights and instruments in realtime in the pit.

So it is possible to have different people manning different stations and still remain on the same screen thanks to shortcut keys. Sonar and radar might not be possible though. Look at this demo video and you will see that it is possible to voice-control a whole attack just from the periscope view.

http://knepfler.com/shSpeech/videos/

Well then that would be something that is well over my head and sounds more like a moneypit than a simpit.

As for the voice commands I was aware of those already, think there is a thread in one of the SH forums about it.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-29-10, 04:00 PM

Is that like this one...

Some NZ guy called Wayne, anybody here?

sumpis · 09-29-10, 04:58 PM

Nice livingroom! Though I had something more claustrophobic, moist and mouldy in mind.

09-28-10, 02:21 PM	#1
sumpis Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 43 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Sub simpit? Anyone ever thought about building a submarine simpit? Like the flightsim simpits but for a u-boat. Lets say the control room of a type VII, with a small LCD screen mounted in the periscope. Then adding as much lifelike interactive controls as possible, all connected to the computer running the sim. Maybe even the TDC! And sonar station? And now for the fun part. You build it like a waterproofed room so when you get flooding you can have sprinkler systems flood the floor. Better have the maps plastisized. And of course you have lots of lamps that go on and off with close depth charges. Total power failure will be pitch black! If you build it in a trailer you could even have motion when you crash dive!

09-28-10, 02:51 PM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	And then the Drugs wore off. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

09-28-10, 03:55 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, there's this: http://www.u-69.net/habitacio.html __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-28-10, 05:19 PM	#7
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	For the modern stuff you could take a walk in closet, stick a couple of networked PCs, chairs and a red light and you would have a decent sonar shack like room. __________________

09-29-10, 01:44 PM	#10
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	Basically the answer is no, you couldn't effectively create a simpit for a subsim. Mechs and airplanes are controlled by one person making them much easier to do this sort of thing with. Submarines are manned by an entire crew. And finally the Silent Hunter series just wouldn't work with it as it only displays one screen at a time. The best you could do is something like the link provided by SailorSteve. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

09-28-10, 03:18 PM	#3
sumpis Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 43 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Did they really use drugs? Well, have to include that also for realism!

09-28-10, 03:28 PM	#4
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Wasn't there a post once about some guy who was doing a room up just like the interior of a u-boat? Either the o-messe or the commander's quarters IIRC. I'm almost sure someone posted pictures. But it was quite a while ago.

09-28-10, 04:55 PM	#6
sumpis Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 43 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Do the Silent Hunter series have any data sharing or other way to capture sim data and states?

09-29-10, 11:19 AM	#9
sumpis Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 43 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	If this is possible why not a sub simpit? http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/P8230011.jpg http://www.scifihero.net/forums/inde...opic=6072&st=0 The question is what stations are possible to simulate, and would it be any fun? Playing the captain sure would be fun, but helmsman?

09-29-10, 02:05 PM	#11
sumpis Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 43 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	but... but.. but, yes you can, partially. All keyboard commands could be sent by real switches and controls, even by voice when talking into a tube (mic). By capturing sim data (if it is possible) you could also control lights and instruments in realtime in the pit. So it is possible to have different people manning different stations and still remain on the same screen thanks to shortcut keys. Sonar and radar might not be possible though. Look at this demo video and you will see that it is possible to voice-control a whole attack just from the periscope view. http://knepfler.com/shSpeech/videos/

09-29-10, 04:00 PM	#13
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Is that like this one... Some NZ guy called Wayne, anybody here? __________________

09-29-10, 04:58 PM	#14
sumpis Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 43 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Nice livingroom! Though I had something more claustrophobic, moist and mouldy in mind.