got it, love it
is there any chance of a rangefinder screen like the double lense thingys they used to have...might make a useful tool on the surface.

Adding new ships in OLC 1.2.1
 

Hi OLC

Firstly thanks for your genuis work on this mod. Would just like to know how to add new ships to SH3 GWX2.0? You say to double the mast value. I went into one of my new ships config flie and mast value is 57,17. What should this value now be to integrate it with OLC 1.2.1.

Cheers

Rasher

I think the screenshot with highlighted scratches should help. The area is covered in various scratches and marks - its hard to guess which one is the one.

I need a volunteer, to test 1.2.1 for stock (and save me having to uninstall/re-install everything, as right now I have only GWX installed).

So, if anyone would be willing, just PM me and I'll get the mod over to you :up:

1.2.1 is now available for stock. Thanks to KapiteinP for testing it!

hi OLC,

i loaded your mod 121 for stock from your filefront account, but i cant install it with jsgme. i tested it with a absolutely unmodded stock 1.4b installation, but there is no olc gui in my game...

edit: sorry mate, runs fine now! i didnt install it correct. now it is ok, i will play a mission, but everything seems to be fine...

greetz, Jaeger

Kewl :up:

Please note the newly added 'Generic' version on post #1.

Thanks OLC :up: i'll give it a try. Is the bright/dark recognition manual the only difference between the GWX 2.0 version and Generic?

Rasher

Yes, it's the only difference... and even that difference shouldn't be too noticable.

Sorry to bother you again OLC but forgive me if i'm being dum and i probably am. Where is the doublemastmod at? it wasn't in the files when i unzipped the generic OLC 1.2.1.

Cheers

Rasher

:damn:

I forgot to put it in. :oops: I've uploaded a new version of the Generic mod to FF, including the DoubleMastTool.exe file. You can download the DoubleMastTool.exe file on it's own from http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=OR7P6JTG

Hi OLC ist it possible to reinclude these 10 markings in both scopes?

http://static3.filefront.com/images/...texczefucu.jpg

A small FYI

Someone PM'd me with an error in the readme file which promted me to go over the readmes and correct quite a few other errors :oops: so I've uploaded new versions of the mods with updated readmes and changed the links in post #1 to point to the new files (no changes to the mod itself).

I've also recently been busy updating post #1 with other information - in particular the FAQ has been expanded quite a bit.

That's all :ping:

Possible, yes, but I'd prefer to leave them out.

Loaded OLC GUI v1.2.1 Generic to try on GWX 1.03, seems to be working so far. Minus the officer icons. But it was late night and I'll have to mess around with some jazz maybe. The ship Id does show in the Obs. Wondering if anyone knows a trick to get the manual to open up to the right merchant in this veiw?
Say, seeing is how the ship Id can be displayed under the center of either scope or uzo, does anyone know of a way to be able to display the ships speed (text/knots) in the same spot? Or anywhere else in the gui besides the dial.

The middle ring in the AOBFinder can spin around as much as you want, but only counter-clockwise. Clockwise it's stopped when "entfernung in hundertmeter" is aligned with 100 m on the outer scale. This will usually not cause any problems, but if you try to get the AOB of say a Granville Freighter at 4600 m (2 optical marks) you can't move that range clockwise to the ship length of 78 m, because it will stop at 46 m on the outer scale (when 100 is at 100, 300 at 300 etc). It will work fine if you move it counter-clockwise, but it's a bit of a hazzle to do.

Edit: I guess my question would be: Would it be possible to have the wheel move freely clockwise too?

What do you mean exactly?

Just click on the ship name (same as in the attack scope).

It's impossible I'm afraid - a limitation of the game. But, I can choose where it stops. The place it stops at now wasn't chosen without consideration - I figured nobody would be trying to line up a shot on a ship 2 marks wide at 6X zoom :roll: and I wanted to make sure it's freely rotatable when measuring big ships at close range (the more reasonable scenario IMO).

That said, if you think you've found a "sweeter spot" then feel free to suggest!

I'm not lining up shots at those distances. Just using the AOBFinder to get a good estimate of target AOB so I can get the course with the attack disk (then overtake and get close, like in your tutorial:roll:). I kind of figured it was a game limitation though, othewise it wouldn't be there.

I do think there is quite a margin available for adjustment of the stop though. The scale goes to 40 optical marks, but only 20 can be easily counted in the scope. With 20 vertical marks you can turn the ring some 200 degrees clockwise (before stop) which is enough for a ship with double mast height of 20 m and length of 230 m (a ratio of 11.5). AFAIK no such ships are in this game, the ratio length/double mast is more in the range of 1.5-4. Anyway, it's just a suggestion. Turning counter-clockwise works fine too.

Edit: Ok, I will give a suggestion. 100 on middle scale aligned with 40 on the outer scale seems like a good spot. That will allow AOB takings at long range with only 1 optical mark and still turn it clockwise. At the same time it will allow a length/doublemast ratio of 4.5 at 20 marks (where the scale in the scope ends). This should leave plenty of margin both ways.

Good points. I'll try to get a better sweet spot in the next release. :ping:

Consider this:
A ship has a mast height of around 15-20 marks at 1.5X zoom. You line this up with the scratch mark at ~15 AOB. Next, according to the video, you rotate clockwise... and hit your stop mark.

This could actually be worked around by changing the process so that instead of rotating clockwise and then "correcting" for 1.5X zoom by rotating counter-clockwise (from ~15 to 90 AOB) you do the correction first. The only problem with that is, I have to record another 40 minute video! :-?

Or I suppose I could just add to the tutorial's "addendum" text file. :hmm: