Time compression

[BallouBeard]

Hey there everyone...

I was wondering if there is a set to max time compression key or a way to make one?... get tired of spamming the + key to get moving again after encounter with a friendly ship.

Thanks for all the mod work you all do!!! made SH3 a great game and I hoping it helps this one too! (well it already has! got a small stop watch now!.. that was a must!)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Bump:up:

[Beery]

Good question. I'll look into this. As I recall there was a way to do it in SH3.

[CCIP]

Really? If there was a way in SHIII, there would be one in SHIV.

It'd have to be in commands.cfg, no? If so, I've seen nothing referring to it in there myself... :hmm:

[Beery]

Okay, here's how to do it:

In Commands.cfg there are the following blocks of info. Simply add in the 'R' to each block in the place it is shown below. The result will be that if you keep the numpad + or - buttons pressed for a second the time compress will go to max (or near to it - depending on framerate issues) or drop down to zero. Note that for fine tuning you'll need to use the mouse and click on the little + or - signs under the time compression window at the bottom right of the screen.

[Cmd4]
Name=Time_compr_reduce
Ctxt=1,2,6,9
MnID=0x3F010004
Key0=0x6D,R,"Npad -"

[Cmd5]
Name=Time_compr_increase
Ctxt=1,2,6,9
MnID=0x3F010001
Key0=0x6B,R,"Npad +"

All adding the R does is enable the game to record a held-down button as repeated keystrokes.

[Beery]

Actually, forget that. Here's a better way to do it:

[Cmd4]
Name=Time_compr_reduce
Ctxt=1,2,6,9
MnID=0x3F010004
Key0=0x6D,,"Npad -"
Key1=0x6D,Rc,"Ctrl+Npad -"

[Cmd5]
Name=Time_compr_increase
Ctxt=1,2,6,9
MnID=0x3F010001
Key0=0x6B,,"Npad +"
Key1=0x6B,Rc,"Ctrl+Npad +"

This allows the usual keystroke, plus when you hold down the Ctrl key and the numpad + key it zooms up to maximum, and holding Ctrl and the numpad - key pauses it.

I've tested it in the game and it works like a charm.

[Sagan]

I was playing this peral harbor mission where I had to go to japan, and it took me 2 weeks at 15knots constantly being stopped because of friendly ships. The time compression also lags a lot.

[Von Hinten]

I'm a bit lazy (too ;)) and used up a whopping 2 macro keys on my G15 keyboard :o, so at least it wasn't a complete waste of money after all :oops:. One makes TC go from 1 (after plane alert or some such) back to 128 and the other from 8 (land!) back to 128.

Now if only I could use that display for something cool in my sub, though LCD displays were a rare commodity in those days methinks ... :hmm: