removing range estimate with "nearest visual contact"

[Bilge_Rat]

As we know, when you ask your crew for "nearest visual contact", you get the target's bearing and exact distance in feet.

Is there a way to mod this so you only get the target's bearing, but not the exact range?

I did a search, but did not find anything, currently playing TMO 2.5.

[BigWalleye]

Try RFB. It only gives you Short, Medium, Long Range.

[Bilge_Rat]

I havent played RFB for a long time. Guess I will have to root around in RFB to see what change was made, presumably something in the Commands file.

[TorpX]

As we know, when you ask your crew for "nearest visual contact", you get the target's bearing and exact distance in feet.


I'm surprised Duci let players have that much of an advantage.

[JapLance]

Check the Data/Menu/menu.txt file. Most messages by the crewmen are written in there.

For instance:

810=Ship spotted, sir! Bearing %03d! %s range!

I guess that if you remove the "%s range" part of the sentence, you will not get the range anymore.

[Bilge_Rat]

ok, found it, it was in the MENU.txt file.

changed line 4616 from:

4616=Nearest visual contact at bearing %03.Of, range %. Of %s!

to

4616=Nearest visual contact at bearing %03.Of!

now I only get the bearing and not the range. Its already that way in RFB.

Thanks everyone.

[razark]

I wouldn't mind getting a range, if it was in yards and not feet, and if the range was +/- 20%. An exact footage to the target is a bit much. +/- a degree might be nice, too.

[Rongel]

Thanks for the info! Same thing has been bothering me in SH 5, I think this method works for that game too!

Yep, it would be even nicer to get estimated range, or close, medium, long range, but I guess that's impossible???