Having 2 problems
 

I'm having two problems..With my 67 yr old diabetic eyes I cant see the the degrees on the compass....:oops: Any ideas?
The second problem is I dont have any under water view of the sub any more..Any ideas on this?

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My guess is you have a mod or two too many. I would suggest the ol' remove and restore drill until your stuff comes back.
-Pv-

I too wish there was a way to make the compass bigger so we could see it better. My eyes are good ClayP and I can't see the degrees very well.

Outside sub view
 

I can't help with the comapss but a quick fix for the external view is to go into your save game folder and activate it. I.E. My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames\00000000---> (or which ever file your saved game is) Open the file "GameplaySettings" with a text pad or note pad either will work and you will see

[Current]
LimitedBatteries=true
LimitedCompressedAir=true
LimitedO2=true
LimitedFuel=true
RealisticRepairTime=true
ManualTargetingSystem=false
NoMapUpdate=false
RealisticSensors=true
DudTorpedoes=true
RealisticReload=true
NoEventCamera=true
NoExternalView=false <-------- make sure it says false
NoStabilizeView=true
MPShowPlayerNames=true
MPShowTorpedoes=true

It already said that....

[Current]
LimitedBatteries=false
LimitedCompressedAir=true
LimitedO2=true
LimitedFuel=false
RealisticRepairTime=true
ManualTargetingSystem=false
NoMapUpdate=false
RealisticSensors=true
DudTorpedoes=true
RealisticReload=true
NoEventCamera=true
NoExternalView=false
NoStabilizeView=true
MPShowPlayerNames=true
MPShowTorpedoes=true
[MiscSettings]
MeasurementUnits=imperial

Tough one
 

Hmmm.... that's a tough one are you sure you are in the right folder? there are more than one GameplaySettings.cfg in the sh4 folder in my documents and they are all almost mirrors of each other, but for some reason this is the only one that matters (alot of trial and error to figure that out) but it may not hurt to make sure they all say the same there is one at = My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\ and another in = My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\UPCInitial\. not that I think either one of those is going to make a change but you never know, other that that do you have any other saved games (maybe you are making the changes to the wrong saved game?). IF its not any of those you may need to follow PV's advice and start removing some mods and see which one was effecting the game. then reply here and tell us which it was and we may be able to look into it further. BTW I thought burried somewhere there was a mod for another compass or maybe it was a stopwatch I can't remeber but I think I had seen it on the capt cox mod list. it maybe worth looking into.

About the compass, I might be off but, usually when you lower the resolution in a game (say for example from 1280x to 1024x) pieces of the heads-up-display tend to get bigger. So if you can stand having a little lower resolution it might help you.

The real solution
 

is out of our hands. Instead of the digits below the compass reflecting rudder position it should show your course. In addition, no real nautical compass in the entire universe is not equipped with a lubbers' line, a line showing both the current course and its reciprocal: the course 180º from your current course. Some compasses also have lines indicating 30º and 90º course changes, port and starboard. That way if you want to change course that number of degrees you can just read your new heading off the compass.

Alas, we have a rare breed of Romanian compass :p which was manufactured during a pixel shortage.

Irrelevent story: I was a 12 year-old Michigan Junior High School student when Michigan instituted a testing procedure for boat operators. Unfortunately, the test was written by people whose navigation experience was limited to getting to and from their desk at work.

One of the questions, which didn't even belong on such a test was "A compass is easier to use on a boat than on land, true or false" I chose true because marine compasses are gimballed so you don't have to level them, pre-oriented fore and aft so orientation is not necessary and have lubbers' lines so all you do is look at the compass and read your heading. It's a hands-off procedure!

On land, you take the compass out of your pocket, level it, orient north toward the needle and then read the heading that points the way you're moving. There are lots of ways to screw that up.

The examiner said the answer was false because I had to use a hikers' compass on the boat! The question didn't stipulate that. I assumed you would use the appropriate compass. How stupid could I be!:rotfl:

So that ruined my perfect score. I was an angry little kid there.

RR,

Good story! Yes, to bad about the pixel shortage, would be nice to get a new compass thats for sure. I think that the posters needs that big old huge slide out compass from SH3. I believe that one would be big enough.

Not sure about the external view but, you could see if one of the pro modders could make you a bigger compass with bright arrows and darker background with light numbers and letters maybe. I am sure there some other people around who cannot see it, they just don't want to be the one to ask( I'M 27 SO NOT ME). :up:

Thanks for the idea Torps..:D If Dave were still around he probably would have done it for me,I don't think anyone else will..I'll just stumble along like I have been,telling them to change course 10 times until I hit the right one...:lol: