My thoughts on TM

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

I started to play this Super Mod last night in earnest to really see what is has for me.

I installed TM then the ROW Mods, deliberately omitting RSRDC for TM. Started off a career campaign and...ok, so the stock campaign is intact, that's sucks! So I went back and installed RSRDC for TM and all's well. Although I miss the new types of messages which I found cool. Anyway sailing for Indochina coast and no traffic at all. Then I hit the dreaded tidal waves again. But this time ROW Pitch and Roll was uninstalled and the waves are not so violent on the boat. In fact it's too smooth a ride now (hopefully this will be addressed by another mod). Managed to find a Small Merchant and went to periscope depth. Knowing how such a great subber I am I missed with nearly every single one I sent out!:yep::lol: Had to resort to deckkie gun. Just 4 shots and I'm done. Enemy sinking looking great thanks to Leovampire Special Effects mod!:up: I had installed the 25sec reload deck gun mod but for some reason it's not working and firing faster than I can think (erm, that didn't come out right:nope:). I like the interior of the Porpoise sub. The poster girl is a nice touch, which brings me to,....erm, that's for another site.:lol: Really like the added names on the Nav Map- Great work! A patrol plane went looking for me after sinking the merchant but of course he can't see me 120 feet below the surface...or can he?:hmm: TM isn't bad at all. Just comes down to taste. I'm a gunner for realism but every now and then I like some fun. What can I say? I'm a grumpy old Gremlin.

One thing I miss about the whole thing is the two omitted cameras. Try as I may and following the FAQ/Readme the cameras can't seem to be enabled. I like to watch from different angles, particularly during mission building.

Well, Mr. Ducimus you did well and good compilation of work. However, that doesn't mean you're off the hook. There's still a contract out on you!:rotfl:

[tale]

I haven't tried it yet but I'm looking forward to. I'm still in my first travel throug time, I mean my first career :oops:

[TDK1044]

Having removed the ; from these two files, have you saved before closing? It's very easy to remove them and close without saving the change.

[Cmd50]
Name=Camera_on_next_unit
Ctxt=1
;Key0=0xBE,,">"
Page=0x34000000,3714

[Cmd51]
Name=Camera_on_prev_unit
Ctxt=1
;Key0=0xBC,,"<"
Page=0x34000000,3714

[Archie]

Quoting the Duci hisself : "WIth the camera file in TM 1.7.5, there is an issue with the next/previous unit camera not following units after you renable it. This issue will be resolved in 1.7.6, infact its been enhanced. ALthough, its still disabled by default."

:arrgh!:

[Ducimus]

The biggest reason why im going to be stopping development on TM, is because with each passing day, i find myself having less, and less patience. At the end of the day, at least i tried, which is more then what can be said for most.

BTW, traffic isn't stock.

[Seadogs]

The biggest reason why im going to be stopping development on TM, is because with each passing day, i find myself having less, and less patience. At the end of the day, at least i tried, which is more then what can be said for most.

BTW, traffic isn't stock.

Don't sweat the small stuff bubba. :p

[AVGWarhawk]

The biggest reason why im going to be stopping development on TM, is because......

He is modding Pacman for me:D

[Ducimus]

The biggest reason why im going to be stopping development on TM, is because......

He is modding Pacman for me:D

and then getting out of Dodge city before the badman comes.

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Yeah, I removed them and saved and nothing. The lone free camera is still there.:88)

I'm, coming Duciboy, I'm coming! Bwahahaha!!!!! Don't worry DaveyJonesFootlocker Super Duper Mod is coming soon!

[TDK1044]

TM and ROW are all I run in the game, and all I want to run. :D

[Ducimus]

Yeah, I removed them and saved and nothing. The lone free camera is still there.:88)

I'm, coming Duciboy, I'm coming! Bwahahaha!!!!! Don't worry DaveyJonesFootlocker Super Duper Mod is coming soon!

Your not the badman i had in mind.

Fear not, your cheat cam has not only been restored, its been enhanced!

http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/cheat_cam_01.jpg
This is what you'll first see when you press the next/previous unit button once you renable it. The cam will follow at this position, but thats not much fun is it? So i think i'll walk the camera in closer.... maybe.. right by the main induction valve..

http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/cheat_cam_02.jpg

So here i sit, no far from the main inducntion valve. Note the speed of the boat and the time compression? Ahh, i know what your saying, "thats the conning tower deck view stupid!" Not quite, lets prove it Crash dive!

http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/cheat_cam_03.jpg
Note the command in the chat window, time elasped, and time compression. I am not coaxing the camera at all. Ahh, but were still on the surface ,right? Conning tower deck cam would still be working.

http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/cheat_cam_04.jpg
Again, this is not the F12 free cam. Its following the unit along, in the position i put it at, although it has a little drift to it, not a big deal really. Think ill move the camera way from the main induction.

http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/cheat_cam_05.jpg
Ah hah! Now i can see the depth charges drop! Movie making goodness!



Picture contests and movies is why i spiffed up this camera some, i still have it disabled by default. If you renenable it for normla play, you will lower the realism values, right? right? yeah i thought not! Cheater! :rotfl:

[Wilcke]

Cheater or not.....gotta love that cam....with all this visual goodness you have to have the "cam love", nothing better than SH4 porn!:up:

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Arcade would've been a better word than cheat, dontcha think Duciboy?:lol:

But nice work. Can't wait to test your latest version of TM. My personal thanks for the camera enhancement.:D

[Ducimus]

I personally think of this cam as a cheat. It tells you information that no sub skipper in real life would ever know.


Using this cam, being nowhere on or near the surface, you can at a glance:

- ID a target
- see if its armed or not, or what armarment it has
- see what other units are nearby or if its escorted or not
- if your topredo hit, or where the torpedo it
- if its damaged or not
- sinking or not


All of this information, effects your decisioins as a skipper, and all of this information can be obtained without any visual contract, or use of a persicope. All you need is a hydrophone or radar contact from 20K KM away or so.

Thats a bloody cheat! :rotfl:

[baxter]

I like what you did with it...great for screenshots.:yep:

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

For your information Lord Ducimus I don't use the cams for cheating but to assist in custom mission building, you know to see if everything's just right. I disable them in career and single mission mode.:yep:

Oh, btw I just have to say something. Last night I stayed up until way after midnight playing my 'Death From Above' mission and tweaking it. There's a part of the mission where a IJN Heavy Cruiser and 2 DDs are attacking what's left of the US Task Force at the mouth of Manila Bay. Dude, I gotta tell ya it's the best action I've seen with TM. In fact planes that I did not add in the mission started coming in when I radioed COMSUBPAC about sighting the enemy (perhaps it's the dynamic aspect to the sim?) or maybe some of the add-on planes doubled back I dunno. The DDs became uber.

On another note I got back the external cams I just used the . and , keys. I was looking for the buttons on the control panel.:oops:

Guess I was a bit hard on TM but on further testing on my own. It is really fun to play.:arrgh!:

Oh, one more thing Duci- I'm moving in a few houses away from you!:rotfl:

[Sailor Steve]

For your information Lord Ducimus I don't use the cams for cheating but to assist in custom mission building, you know to see if everything's just right. I disable them in career and single mission mode.:yep:
Yeah, right, that's what you cheaters all say!:rotfl:

Only joking; that was the response I got back in the early SH3 days (almost three years ago now!) when I said I never used the external cam when in combat, but only to look at the pretty sights in the harbors, and the cool explosion and sinking graphics.

[M. Sarsfield]

I'm glad that he disabled the next view option for the camera by default mainly because as much as I love the eye candy, it's too tempting for me to want to look over the horizon and study a ship's layout. Most of the time I found out that I was tracking an allied merchant with this tool (early in the war) and would ignore the contact. In reality, they would have deviated to intercept the target, only to discover that it wasn't a target after all.