I think there is some confusion. The 'send contact report' (Fuehlungsmeldung senden) button should only work when you have contact with the enemy (I think you have to lock on three ships).

Then there is also a button in the radio operator's menu. Stiebler, do you mean this button?

Cheers, LGN1

Maybe I should read the sh3 manual before programming

But don't take it too serious as you can have trouble with the last two messages :damn:

That must be it. Checked through the messages of current patrol and got the empty text after diving and surfacing. So how do I add the messages? :oops:

@Paulski: Look into the Quick-Manual.

See it now, stupid of me :oops: Will do so after my current patrol ;)

In the radio operator section of commands_*.cfg is a report_nearest_radio_contact entry. Maybe the button is for reporting DF contacts; a feature that seems to be not fully implemented/finished :06: (DF contacts are also mentioned in sensors.cfg)

;______________________________________
;RADIO OPERATOR

[Cmd450]
Name=Radio_operator
Ctxt=1
GoBack=Radar_view

[Cmd451]
Name=Report_nearest_radio_contact
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F290002

[Cmd452]
Name=Send_contact_report
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F290003

[Cmd454]
Name=Send_patrol_report
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F290005

[Cmd460]
Name=Radar_one_sweep
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F2B0002

[Cmd461]
Name=Radar_continuous_sweep
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F2B0003

[Cmd462]
Name=Radar_turn_off
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F2B0004

[Cmd465]
Name=Gramophone_toggle
Ctxt=1

[Cmd466]
Name=Gramophone_play
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F210002

[Cmd467]
Name=Gramophone_stop
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F210004

[Cmd468]
Name=Gramophone_prev
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F210003

[Cmd469]
Name=Gramophone_next
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F210005

There seems to be some confusion here about the contact reports.

If you click on the radio button from the cluster of six at the bottom of the left map screen (and other screens), then click on the left-most button ("Report") of the group of three, there appear three final buttons in mid-screen. You can see their functions by hovering the mouse over them.

From left to right:
a) "Report Contacts"/"Kontakte melden"/ 2905*.
b) "Send contact report"/"Fuhlungsmeldung schicken"/ 2906*.
c) "Send Patrol report"/"Feindtfahrtbericht schicken"/2908*
[* = values in en/de_menu.txt]

You click on (b) to announce contact with the enemy.
You click on (c) to send a status report.
But (a) does... what? That is the button I wish to use for a 'desire to surrender'.

[Edit: Just seen this post crossed with that of LGN1.]

Stiebler.

It seems that this option doesn't work...

Well, there's our free button then :DL

It does work, but not always. When I click it I sometimes get a message like:

"Nearest radio contact at bearing XXX, range xxx km!".

But still I don't get what's the use of it...

That button never worked for me.

Yes, seems to be a D/F device :hmmm:

May be it only works later in the war, when Uboats got equipped with that? Also, it will only work if the enemy is radioing, of course.

In any case, I guess that you would detect a convoy previously with hydrophones or radar detector than with D/F

It's not only later in the war, I'm in july 1940 ;)

Could it be that they automated and forgot to remove the "Report Contacts" button.Right now we have "radio message received" and probably had a "contacts message received".Then when you clicked on report contacts you went to map and it highlighted where on map the message states a contact was found.Would make sense for what Paulski posted

""It does work, but not always. When I click it I sometimes get a message like....."Nearest radio contact at bearing XXX, range xxx km!""

About the not having the percentage of damage to hull.Could it be changed so that you have to be surfaced and then give the WO "Survey hull" command?