Receiving encoded radio messages
 

Ahoy Kaleuns,

I've got a question! I am on my third patrol in late 1939. I'm receiving several encoded messages from other subs that I can't read. Do I need any special devices installed on my sub to decode them? I think my sub surely has an enigma machine, and I've got a skilled radio man on duty - why doesn't he decode these messages.

Damn patrol, btw, went into Hartlepool port to sink docked merchants or cruisers - but the port was empty. Hurrah! Evaded the destroyers on patrol to find nothing in port. :damn:

Which mods are you using? There's no in game support for encrypted radio messages and most 'added' messages by various mods are simply for flavor, no actual game impact. Those messages might just be a way to make you feel part of the war rather than a lone sub.

I haven't modded, I am playing basic SHIII!

:o Never seen that before. Can you post an in game (ctrl + F11) screen capture of the message clipboard?

As soon as I am on duty again (that means as soon as I'm back home) I will fullfill your request!

Here is my screenshot!

http://www.renesachse.de/encoded_message.jpg
It says: sending encoded message. Key: ...

:o :o :o :o :o :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :hmm: :hmm:
Now that's something you don't see every day...

damn that would be a neat feature for a future GW update :D would really add to the immersion.

:o :o I've gone thruogh 6 careers and have never seen that.

WTF??? :o:o:o:o Get you enigma's, shipmates!

Come on guys, I have received three of these messages during one patrol, I can't be the only one getting them? Or has anyone of you directly modded SHIII before playing the original version?
Anyway, I found a nice website recently with a java plug in to decode messages, just like the real enigma device. You can type in words and they are encoded. I don't think I should try to find out whether I can decode them, because the code table changed throughout the war. But maybe I can give it a try... :hmm:

Never seen them in over a year I play the game...:hmm:

Never saw that either, and I played my first career on vanilla with 1.4 patch.
Also I like to said that my idea was stollen...no, just kiding, don't ban someone...:roll:
I'm saying this because a few time ago, on a thread about a enigma simullator, the ideia of intregrating the progman in the game come up. Since to do that the game had to be redun all over, me and other fellow "forum users" come up with the ideia of someone creating a mod that make the radio messages came in code. Then the player, pause the game, minimize it and run the enigme simullator. The code was one used by the kriegsmarine etc. :hmm:
Now we see that the creators of the game tought of that first....:lol:

I too have never seen anything like that. I have no idea what to say.

Thanks Kaleun_Saxi. :hmm:

This truley is an enigma. :D