"Rig fo red" errrr blue
 

currently in the game as nightime falls, the sub is "rigged for red" however on the few ww2 subs that i have been on it has actually been blue not red, i was wondering if it is possible to change the interior lighting at night time to blue. i would imagine that its just a matter of changing a filter from red to blue, i may be wrong, but it just drives me nuts. as i play on 100% realism it makes me feell like in back in sh3 in a u-boat

VERY easy to change.

I like the blue myself, but left it alone because i thought the red filter was historically accurate. I know the S class rigs for blue, but if anyone can provide some evidence that other boats indeed rigged for blue, id be more then happy to change them. Although anyone here can change them very easily with S3D, you really dont need me to do it for you.

i only say this because i have been on the uss lionfish many times atleast 3-4 times a year, its a balao class, and in both the control room and the conn have the blue lighting. however during the war it may have been different as it was used up into the 1960s for training

hi ducimus i have never used S3D and would like the blue can you tell me how to change this since im not familiar with it i would greatley appreciate your help

lt commander lare

and also where do i get S3D

lt commander lare

yes same here, i have never used it all the modding i do is done through the text files i am able to acess

S3D info here.... http://http://www.subsim.com/radioro...70&postcount=1

ok i downloaded the program can someone tell me how to make the lights blue in the control room and conning tower thanks

lt commander lare

ducimus i downloaded the program how do i change the lights from red to blue can you please help me with this becuase i know nothing about S3D and its confusing and i need step by step intructions on how to do this then i can change it


lt commander lare

hi is there anyone here that can tell me exaclty what to do to change the rig for red light from red to blue using S3D im trying but its confusing and i dont know where to go or what to do to change this feature if someone can help me please do thanks

lt commander lare

AFAIK, in real WW2 US submarines they rigged for red, and not for blue. Sources are several, and all point in the same direction (At least in fleet boats, not in the S-Boats) in the books I have readed: O'Kane, Calvert, etc. The red light was even responsable for one boat running aground: In the early stages of the war, where that rigging for red was new (As proven by the fact that older S-class boats rigged for blue) one navigator plotted the course under red light (Anything written/painted in red becomes invisible under red light) thus missing that there was a red mark in the map indicating coral reefs :huh: . The boat went aground!

Just curious...do you recall which boat this was? I would like to see how that incident was written up in the patrol report.

Yep the same was resposible for the flooding of a magazine on the Wahoo. Couldn't see the red indicator. :oops:

Sorry I readed it in Blair's "Silent Victory", and finding it there is nearly impossible :oops: The boat apparently didn't get lost, as I have used the index to check all subs which were lost due to reasons other than enemy action, and none was the case.

Post on skwasjer's thread, he may have some suggestions :yep:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=119571


RDP