...then... what??? :rotfl:

What I mean is... I can't (by modding means) stop you from dragging it off the map, I'm afraid. You'll just have to be careful where you put it - sorry mate! :lol:

(p.s. if any modder is reading this and does know a way to stop it, let me know)

Yes, Friedl9te wrote a good one - there is already a link to it in the first post of this thread. :up:

I edited symbolzoom to prevent that big image with marked rings showing range/bearings coming up on the map. Learn to map-plot properly! :p ;) j/k

Keep editing the file - or even better just make yourself a little JSGME mod to enable on top of mine - I won't be changing maps.cfg again :up:

That'd be great! You can never have too many tutorials :know: so thanks for the offer. Yes please go ahead and will put a link to it in the first post of this thread if you don't mind! :rock:

Finally, @Castout - thanks! :D

Bearing Wheel
 

I've watched the video several time and I'm still not getting the use of the bearing wheel. The targeting part I've got down okay. Do you know of an English version of printed instructions. The one from Friedl9te's link is in German. I really like the layout and how well thought out the controls are. I'm using it on SH3 1.4b.

v1.1.3 update posted on FF
 

The local time issue is proving more difficult than I imagined, so I'm posting this version without that fix - I'll have another go at it soon.

This update includes:

• Flaggen chart added to binocular view.
• Flaggen chart brightness reduced to lessen night-time contrast (in both screens).
• Draggable quick/approximate depth-by-colour tool added to navmap.
• Fixed right-clicking on the WE/NA (or on their icons).
• Lower memory requirements for the mod (may help with frame rates and/or stability on some machines).
• Miscellaneous cosmetic tweaks.

Cheers,
OLC

Friedl9te's instructions are in English.

You must be clicking the link in his sig instead.

Anyway his tutorial doesn't cover the attack disc. Is that what you're talking about when you say "bearing wheel"? If so, you could look at the instructions in the U-Jagd Tools mod, which is where it comes from. It has been implemented slightly differently in my GUI but the principles are the same. Search for "Jagd" in this forum and you'll find it quickly. :yep:

Attack Disk
 

Yes the attack disc. I downloaded the Jagd instructions, I'll see if that helps. Also loaded your update. Keep up the good work, it's clear everybody appreciates it. The realism adds to the experience. This is the first game I've played like this, definately hooked.

For those that may be having trouble with the attack disc, there is an alternate method of calculating the target's course and speed. (Manually). Take a range reading from your watch officer and note both the range and bearing. (Start your stopwatch here). Use the protractor with the pivot at your ship, and make the bearing marking just like in the tutorial. Draw a line from that pivot point to the range estimated by your watch officer, make a mark at the end there. (just like was done in the tutorial with the small tanker). Once thats done, wait a specified number of minutes.. I use 5, get range and bearing again from your watch officer (Stop the stopwatch here) and do your drawings again, making a second mark. Then just draw a line between the two, and it will give you both speed and course of your target. If you use anything other than 3.15 minutes, you must use the conversion chart that comes with GWX 1.03, or do the math conversion km to knots. If you use 3 minutes 15 seconds, then distance = knots.

The attack disc allows you to get the target course in one measurement, while the manual method gets you both with 2. Rinse and repeat to refine or check for accuracy.

If you're in periscope view, obviously do the range manually, and note your degree's in periscope view. (bearing.) Taking these steps further you can actually plot a spot to attack your target at a pre-arranged position, which allows you to have all your data, including AoB, set before you even raise the periscope. (basically leading the target.)

I'd like to have it on the UZO since it allows us to do surface attack. Is this featured yet in 1.1.3?
Very cool mod:hmm:Thx OLC

What's up with subsim's avatar? seems out of place LOL

Hmmm I seem to be having a bit of a problem. v1.1.0 ran fine for me but when I uninstalled it and installed 1.1.3 I'm now getting a single digit frame rate in game. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Running the latest version of JSGME and GWX 1.03

edit: Just noticed a little white rectangle in the lower left hand corner of my screen. It looks like my in game clock is missing.

Here it is folks. Another quick reference Tutorial for basic targeting using OLC's new GUI. Doesn't cover the attack wheel or short range ops (zoom only). But should be concise enough for anyone to follow along while in the game. (BTW small typo. Text should read "hair under 7 knots" not 8 knots).

MS Word (.DOC)

It's the only file in the room at the moment.

"OLC GUI Quick Reference ge"

http://hosted.filefront.com/skookum/


Enjoy!

Just so you know. If you read up on threads about celestial navigation in sh3 (like the Real Navigation mod) you'll find that one of the two clocks works a bit funky/buggy. Atleast not ressembling real-life procedures. I am not sure which, but in one the hour flips 1 ahead or back when you cross certain longitude degrees (middle of timezone actually... 7.5, 22.5, 37.5,.. degrees longitude etc.), and change when loading a savegame. I'm still too much of a SH3 newb to even try my hand at deadreckoning navigation or having an invisible uboot icon on the map to try those mods. But I do have a weak spot for navigation and what's up there above the clouds so I probably wil try eventually. I just hope OLC's mod likes to merge with those then.

skookum, thank you very much for your tutorial.!!!

Very didactic.

Downloaded and printing :up::up::up:

Didn't know that, but will bear it in mind for the future if/when I try manual navigation. I would like to try it but it will need some time invested. Also, my patrols seem to take me weeks to complete as it is - I don't need a way to make them longer!

OLC, I have another question :oops: Often the obs scope seems to 'follow' the attack scope. For example, if I raise the attack scope and lock it to a ship, then switch to the obs scope and raise it, I'll find it's also locked to the same ship. If I then move the attack scope, unlock it and point it at a new ship, then switch back to the obs scope, it's also pointing at that new ship. Is this behaviour intentional?

Sometimes the scopes don't end up pointing in the same direction, but haven't tested enough to figure out in which conditions it happens (or doesn't happen). I'm at work now so can't check. I don't have the very latest update yet.

To be honest, it's not exactly a problem - only noticed due to the many practices I had in the torpedo training mission where ships are in all different directions. I got a little disorientated when I switched to the obs scope to watch the fireworks and found it had moved from where I last left it. It might actually be a help when attacking a single ship or a convoy (unless you're in the middle of it!).

Absolutely fantastic mod!! Time to go 100% realism :rock:

donw, maybe this may be useful to you. I had the same problem, but instead of waiting for a printed tutorial I decided to run SH3 in windowed mode. If you have 2 monitors as I have, you can play the video on one screen and the simulation on the other, so you can try the training mission yourself as you watch the tutorial. You can even pause the video or repeat some part without having to exit the simulation or switch task.

I learned fast and easy that way. I hope it helps! :up:

Hey, how do you run SH# in windowed mode. I thought it supported fulscreen only?!

Lucky Guy!!:rock: but alas no...I do not. However Skookum was kind enough to make what appears to be exactly what I was looking for, especially the zoomed in shots of the rec manual, so I can easily see where the numbers are gained from, and where to "input" them within the wheel.

Great Job Skook! and awesome Mod OLC!