Removing location icon from map in SH3

[Plank]

It would be vary nice to be able to dead recon with SH3. I have looked at threads but have found nothing or over looked it. It is a nice feeling and good challenge to think you know your location especially being chased.Any help.

Capt. Plank

[Fish In The Water]

Welcome aboard Captain Plank! :sunny:

It's an interesting thought, but I'm sorry to say I can't offer any specific suggestions in this regard. I know some mods remove the trails but I'm uncertain as to which (if any) completely remove the icon. That being said, someone may come along and point you in the right direction. Good luck!

[Tonga]

Cheers mate, welcome to the forums! :]

I have no modding experience at all regarding the Silent Hunter series, but as far as I remember, all the map icons are TGA files, right? To my knowledge, there is no mod that completely removes the icons, but by editing the appropriate TGA file for your sub's symbol and editing the alpha channel, it should at least be possible to create a kind of "dirty fix". So the icon would be there, but not visible because the alpha channel renders the whole symbol to be transparent.
However this would probably lead to problems when plotting a course, simply because the game itself always knows your position and even if you don't see the symbol, the plot always begins at the position of your boat... :hmmm:

Apart from that, that's indeed an interesting thought, having to keep track of your own position...

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

I'm sorry. I've looked everywhere I could think of, including my own files. I know there was a mod that did exactly what you're asking, but I just can't find it. I'm hoping someone who uses it will turn up with the answer.

[Gerald]

@ Plank! Welcome to SubSim, :salute:

[Plank]

@ Plank! Welcome to SubSim, :salute:
Thanks to Admiral Vernon this can be enjoyed a wee bit longer. Thank you

[Maky]

If your sub icon were to be gone, the challenge would be to plot exactly where you are right?
Well you would need a sextant for that I believe and I'm almost positive I have seen a sextant mod somewhere or other.
Don't know if its something I have crossed in regard to SH4 or 5 though.
You have Piqued my interest, I've joined the hunt for this.

***UPDATE***

found this...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=724

[Sailor Steve]

You have peeked my interest, I've joined the hunt for this.
"Peeked?"

[Maky]

Peaked?

[Maky]

I don't think it is possible in SH3 due to how the environment is made.
A flat world and sun and moon that revolves around the world your in.

[frau kaleun]

peeked


Peaked?

Piqued, as in "to pique," meaning "to arouse, excite, provoke."

"When I peeked at my portfolio and saw my stocks had peaked, it really piqued my curiosity about the mysteries of Wall Street."

http://www.mtdesk.com/Piqued,+peeked,+peaked

:D

I will now resume repressing my inner English teacher.

[Maky]

Ok I was wrong, As far as I'm aware you can download this to get what you are after....

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=113975&highlight=RealNavMod

And thanks for the English lesson. Next time I will just type "you have aroused me"

[frau kaleun]

Ok I was wrong,

It's a common mistake, especially in written English. We have too many words that sound exactly the same and are *almost* interchangeable, but not quite. And I may have just misspelled "interchangeable." :hmmm:

And thanks for the English lesson. Next time I will just type "you have aroused me"

I'm not sure that will pique Steve's interest anywhere near as much. :haha: :O:

[Maky]

More than likely not

[Pisces]

If your sub icon were to be gone, the challenge would be to plot exactly where you are right?
Well you would need a sextant for that I believe and I'm almost positive I have seen a sextant mod somewhere or other.
Don't know if its something I have crossed in regard to SH4 or 5 though.
You have Piqued my interest, I've joined the hunt for this.

***UPDATE***

found this...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=724

Here's a suggestion: accidentally press CTRL-leftmousebutton somewhere (on the map). ;)

[Sailor Steve]

Peaked?
Piqued. :sunny:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pique

#3.

[Plank]

I read I hope all the threads available on this subject here "thank you all". With wild anticipation of new found cure to sooth this itch.I have yet to run this navigation mod with the sextant and hope it does not make more sense influenced by scurvy. Thank you again to my new friends and for your time and effort to help poor me.

For my thanks my favorite recipe for Plum Duff

(Serves 8)
4 pounds plain flour
2 pounds grated pork fat
1 cup sugar
1¾ pints (UK), 2 pints (US) water
1½ cups raisins or currants
1 cup molasses
Prefer fresh plums or soaked dried plums in rum ad to fit yer dersire
and if available a wee bit o Cinnamon
Mix all the ingredients together and knead thoroughly (adding extra water if necessary) to make a stiff dough. Divide dough into eight
portions, tie each snugly in a floured pudding bag or cloth, steam for
1 hour and serve with custard. For Double-shotted duff, double the 'plums'.

Enjoy Capt. Plank

[Maky]

Piqued. :sunny:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pique

#3.


That's 2 grillings, anyone else want to tell me about my literacy?

[Sailor Steve]

That's 2 grillings, anyone else want to tell me about my literacy?
Lol. I'm a big stickler for correct usage, but not for spelling (typos are easy to make). I especially object when people mistake "your", and "you're". And I got caught doing the same thing myself just a week or two ago, so I got what was coming to me, but I keep on doing it. :oops: :damn:
:rotfl2:

On the other hand, I usually only react to people using a completely wrong word, as was done here. One you'll always see me jump at is "per say" (which should be "per se", which is Latin for "by itself".) :sunny:

[Maky]

And I got caught doing the same thing myself just a week or two ago, so I got what was coming to me, but I keep on doing it. :oops: :damn:


I was taught at school never to start a sentence with "and"

[Fubar2Niner]

I was taught at school never to start a sentence with "and"

:har::har::har:

touché Steve

:Kaleun_Goofy:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[frau kaleun]

I was taught never to end a sentence with a preposition... but that is arrant pedantry, up with which I shall not put. :smug: :O:

[Sailor Steve]

I was taught at school never to start a sentence with "and"

:har::har::har:

touché Steve

:Kaleun_Goofy:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Very good. I usually begin a follow-on sentence with "That said, ..." but sometimes, as in this case, I do wrong things on purpose just to make a point. As I pointed out, not too long ago I accidentally used "you're" when I meant "your". That to me is the much bigger mistake, and I don't mind being corrected at all. :sunny:

[Plank]

I see all of you opted for the rum soaked plums, Vary good.

Capt. Plank

[frau kaleun]

I see all of you opted for the rum soaked plums, Vary good.


This is arrant *hic* knavery, up with which *hic* I shall not plum. :O:

[Maky]

but sometimes, as in this case, I do wrong things on purpose just to make a point.

What point were you trying to make?

I was taught never to end a sentence with a preposition... but that is arrant pedantry, up with which I shall not put. :smug: :O:

A pedantic sentence if ever I read one.

[frau kaleun]

A pedantic sentence if ever I read one.

Nope, quite the opposite.

http://www.arrantpedantry.com/about/

The story goes that a bumbling editor once awkwardly rearranged one of Churchill’s sentences to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition. Churchill responded with an angry but clever marginal note: “This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.” The story is bogus, unfortunately... But while the story is untrue, like most popular myths, it still communicates something true: sometimes the rules are wrong and can lead one astray.

[Maky]

My brain is buzzing, leave me alone.

[Sailor Steve]

What point were you trying to make?
That I'm not an obsessive-compulsive grammar nazi.





Which I am, but I'm taking my meds when I remember.

[Plank]

This is arrant *hic* knavery, up with which *hic* I shall not plum. :O:


Double shotted duff eh. Or a overset idea to effort. The result is the same.Freedom of choice with best intentions.............hooky duty with benefits. You say it so well.



Capt. Plank

[Plank]

Double shotted duff eh. Or a overset idea to effort. The result is the same.Freedom of choice with best intentions.............hooky duty with benefits. You say it so well.



Capt. Plank


In other words no use cooking if your just thirsty.

[frau kaleun]

In other words no use cooking if your just thirsty.

I'll have the plums soaked in rum, please. And hold the plums. :D

[Plank]

I'll have the plums soaked in rum, please. And hold the plums. :D

The old salts version of a dry martini with olive.


Capt.Plank