Can't say I agree; disconnect between spoken and text just makes people think "that's not right, is it?" :lol:

In speech, yes, but when it's a codified order it becomes, for practical purposes, one word. It was just an idea - no need to get defensive. On the other hand you might want to review the rules of spelling. They're pretty clear, too.

Who's defensive now? :haha:

Only thing I ever do is try to explain my reasoning. :yep:


End spellong is nut mye strungsuit. :88)

Nor is English my native language, for that matter.

"Not I", said the fly.

Dadgum internet doesn't give inflections again. Sorry for misunderstanding.

Hey, no worries. ;)

Even with a ton of smilies it's way too easy to send the wrong message. :-?



Really, I don't take myself too seriously; better to not take my posts too seriously either. :lol:

Even if every word capitalized is proper, it's not consistent with the rest of the buffer text. Better to match than to be textbook. Besides, German naval language of the 40s might differ from US naval language of today.

Well, you can look at it one of two ways: one can either use the "literal" translation from German to English (which is what the devs did), or go for a more "localized" translation. Some things just don't translate "right" when translated literally from German to English. "Ahead Standard" is just one example of that.

Personally, for RFB, I'm going for more of what titles were used in the USN during the war instead of a literal translation. That means using titles like "soundman," "radioman", and the above listed engine order examples.

Would do the same if the aim was realism. :yep:

Would have expected something like "sonarman" or "sonaroperator", instead of "soundman". But then I'm not familiar with the official designations. :hmm2:

Actually, both "soundman" and "sonarman" are correct for the WWII US Navy era. "Soundman" was the initial rating created for sonar operators (in 1942), and later on in the war (1943) it was merged into the new "Sonarman" rating.

Similar situation for the radioman changing to "radarman", or were those separate ratings? :06:


Maybe you can change the designation mid-game with a script. :hmmm:

Maximum accuracy, it's all in the details. :arrgh!: :lol:

Separate ratings. There was also a "radio technician" rating created during the war as well.

Here, you can see 'em all here: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq78-3.htm

Cool. :salute:

Might ask Neal to change my rating to Jack of the Dust... or Loblolly boy. :DL


Come to think of it, I might make some more corrections to stuff like this, mini-patch or something. If you don't mind, of course, credit where it's due. ;)

Go for it! :)

Will do. :up:

Might be a while though, think I got in a little over my head with the modding. :lol:

I loaded up SH5 with the English voices:
Minimum speed ahead
Ahead slow
Ahead half
Ahead full
Extreme speed ahead

...so in other words useless.