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Sniper297
02-02-14, 01:13 PM
Manilla Raid and Resupply V2 and Operation Rustbucket are going on the back burner because I just can't stand it anymore.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1830x1082q90/842/wxud.jpg

I have nothing against Heinrich Hertz, and I have no objections to the change from "cycles per second" to "hertz" in order to honor the man. However seeing Khz and Mhz in World War 2 irritates me to the point where I just gotta find this texture and fix it. We said "kilocycles" (per second was assumed) until the early 60s, if you said "kilohertz" during the Korean war nobody would know what the hell you were talking about.

I can repaint that easily enough once I find it, but PPI stands for Plan Position Indicator - a round display to give you a 360 degree visual plot. The A-scope is simply an early radar screen using ordinary oscilloscope to provide range using a vertical spike from a horizontal line, no azimuth info. These guys had a 50-50 chance of getting it right, but they somehow labeled them backwards.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/2082x1082q90/850/q72s.jpg

That's gonna be more difficult, or even impossible to fix, hopefully somebody knows which file or files contain the labels. I can't count how many times I click the "go to PPI scope" button and find myself looking at the A-scope instead, and it's getting old. :/\\!!

TG626
02-05-14, 02:12 AM
I found it on the same textures as the pin up pictures used inside the subs. Quick edit and KHz is now Kc.
:D

Sniper297
02-05-14, 05:28 PM
Yeah, that was easy enough, \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex\subtype_int_02.dds. Configuration of labels is still a mystery though. On a related note I tried a latewar career once with fore and aft deck guns, but there's no way to manually go to the forward deck gun on those? Different buttons for fore and aft AA guns if equipped, but with two deck guns the forward gun is off limits to captains or something. Can't remember if it was SH1 or 2 or one of the Microprose Silent Service series, but one of them had the option to drive that Narwhal monstrosity with them two 6 inch deck guns - almost a submergeable light cruiser. :up:

Nisgeis
02-06-14, 03:51 PM
There are two nodes in the conning tower model called PPI and AScope (it's been a long time, so don't quote me on those names) and they correspond to the position that the camera takes when you press the 'A' Scope or PPi button. Either change the names, or move them over.

ETR3(SS)
02-07-14, 09:22 AM
SH1 you could drive the Narwhal and the Barracuda.