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Sensemann
03-18-10, 03:47 PM
Hi there,
with SH5 being released my old U-Boot feaver came up once again and I installed SH3 again and downloaded GWX 3 Gold as main mod.
And now in late 1941 with a IXC boat I start getting more and more afraid of enemy aircraft putting holes in my shiny new boat, on my last they lit me up twice and hull went down to 72% (lucky me I have to say) and the reason I reckon is, that it takes my chief way too long to carry out that damn crash dive order.
I mean right now it is like this:
I press 'c'
-nothing happens for like 2 secs-
Chief: '...Jawohl, Herr Kaleun...' (in a ridiculously slow way)
-nothing happens for another second-
Chief: 'Aaalaaaaarrrrmmmm' (Das Boot style, very nice)

Is there a mod to shorten this stuff up?
I tried removing the crey dependance for crash dive with SetKeys, but then I lose that stylish alarm yell, so I guess I'd have to mess around with the sound files which I'm not really capable of, so an extra mod would be great.

Brag
03-18-10, 04:14 PM
What has worked for me when in Airplane Country is to order a depth of six meters, this will save you about 10 seconds in your crash dive. :salute:

Drawback: You'll burn more fuel

BillCar
03-18-10, 04:57 PM
Hi there,
with SH5 being released my old U-Boot feaver came up once again and I installed SH3 again and downloaded GWX 3 Gold as main mod.
And now in late 1941 with a IXC boat I start getting more and more afraid of enemy aircraft putting holes in my shiny new boat, on my last they lit me up twice and hull went down to 72% (lucky me I have to say) and the reason I reckon is, that it takes my chief way too long to carry out that damn crash dive order.
I mean right now it is like this:
I press 'c'
-nothing happens for like 2 secs-
Chief: '...Jawohl, Herr Kaleun...' (in a ridiculously slow way)
-nothing happens for another second-
Chief: 'Aaalaaaaarrrrmmmm' (Das Boot style, very nice)

Is there a mod to shorten this stuff up?
I tried removing the crey dependance for crash dive with SetKeys, but then I lose that stylish alarm yell, so I guess I'd have to mess around with the sound files which I'm not really capable of, so an extra mod would be great.

Just think of it in terms of the time it takes for your entire watch crew to make it off the deck.

RConch
03-19-10, 06:51 AM
What was the sea state when you crashed dived?
Rough seas appear to slow it down some it seems.
I call one crash dive a day to keep the fellows sharp and time it from stopwatch.
"Practice makes perfect".:yep:

Sensemann
03-19-10, 10:12 AM
No, it was good weather and sight, early in the morning I think, but then the planes where two of those hella fast Hurricanes.
Second time it was a Kingfisher, but weather was bad and sight was limited, so I understand it.

Does practice actually help to train your men? I can't quite believe that.
Anyways, I have now settled with removing the 'crew' entry in the commands_en.cfg, but would still appreciate those modified sound files.