Suppressing TC reset when spotting ships

[aluc24]

Hi again,

I've got an issue with Time Acceleration in SH3+GWX+SH3 Commander (and few other, non-influential mods).

When Bridge team spots an aircraft or a ship, TC is dropped back to x1. This is very useful when hunting, and extremely annoying when I'm going through friendly/neutral territory where I know 100% I won't bump into some enemies (like Kiel canal). I would like to suppress this TC reset while in friendly territory.

Now, I know that in SH3 Commander there are options to turn this off. It can also be done by manually editing cfg files. However, both methods require restarting SH3, and as all of you well know, SH3 loads forever.

Therefore, I'm seeking a way to temporarily suppress this TC reseting when spotting ships or aircraft without restarting the game.

What are the options to do this?

[allievo]

AFAIK this issue cannot be solved the way you'd like. However, if you modify a certain .cfg file, you won't have to keep pressing the TC up button successively whenever you encounter a friendly vessel at the moorings.
Find Command_en.cfg in your data/Cfg folder and look for the following section:

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

Right after these lines, add this: Key1=0x6A,R,"Npad *"
So it should read as:

[Cmd5]
Name=Time_compr_increase
Ctxt=1,2,6,9
MnID=0x3F010001
Key0=0x6B,,"Npad +"
Key1=0x6A,R,"Npad *"

In this way, you only have to hold the Numpad* button pressed till you'll reach the wished TC. I know it's definitely not the answer you expected but is worth a try.

[BigWalleye]

The problem has been fixed by Stiebler's patcher (Stiebler4B_V16B1_Revised.7z, download from http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=196674). The fix called Minimum TC allows you to define a minimum TC and to turn it on and off by a keypress while the game is active. When Minimum TC is active, no game event will cause TC to drop below the minimum you have defined. This function obviously has to be used with a lot of caution, but it is very useful at times.