SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - Enormous potential- SH5 allows scripting!

ozzietj · 03-02-10, 08:37 PM

perhaps this will allow someone to create a tool, conversation maker or something to that effect that achieves a small but critical element of submarine command, relaying orders and having them followed

e.g. Captain to XO - I want the boat surfaced every (insert variable) hours/distance -
*tick boxes for
battle stations manned
AA gun manned
Deck Gun manned
etc
When batteries recharged to X amount, set your depth to X on course.

that sorta thing. instead of manually having to surface the boat, click the same things over and over for a "routine" transit of the patrol, my god.... we have officers. Im sure we can give them something more complex than "COB Rig ship for dive" (sorry, im not good on submarine terms.. excuse me if its wrong).

im sure some of you feel even the lack of control you have now (controlling each engine etc) and dont want to relinquish it.... however i'd find this easier for managing transits. Whilst this is going on you could be walking the sub, talking to your crew... if something happens, it prompts you on action to take like the old ones... "dive/engage/maintain orders"

the way i see it, once you have worked out the efficient speed/distance management of your sub over long distances, you could call up a preset e.g. Cruise mode with the parameters you set.
or a starlight surface running. E.g. once you have crossed a horizontal/vertical line (latitudes/longitudes?) on the map.... (closer to enemy territory).... the ship will stay submerged during daylight, running slower, only surfacing at night to return batteries to strength/recycle air/give the crew some sanity by way of sea spray on the lookout post away from all the farts downstairs

i dont know if any of this makes sense.
but i sure like the voice commands. Make your depth 180 feet, heading 295, all ahead one third, rig for slient running, lower periscope

as fast as i could rattle them off the crew carried it out. That was by far the best thing i ever downloaded to make me feel in charge of my sub. Now im looking to make my XO/team take on some more orders.
Scripting would be the way to go.
I dont know how to write stuff..... im just a concept man.
I guess it would all start out with a series of drop down boxes, type in a number, tick in the box for something on/off etc.... i dont know

i just had the idea when i saw screen shot.... and the speech from the XO was broken up into parts, with the information (variables like speed, type etc) underlined.

I'll stop waffling now.
and thanks for everyones useful input for the game so far.
I've only got a 3G mobile broadband with 500MB per month... hopefully thats enough to play SH5 with!

03-02-10, 08:37 PM	#52
ozzietj Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 10 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	perhaps this will allow someone to create a tool, conversation maker or something to that effect that achieves a small but critical element of submarine command, relaying orders and having them followed e.g. Captain to XO - I want the boat surfaced every (insert variable) hours/distance - *tick boxes for battle stations manned AA gun manned Deck Gun manned etc When batteries recharged to X amount, set your depth to X on course. that sorta thing. instead of manually having to surface the boat, click the same things over and over for a "routine" transit of the patrol, my god.... we have officers. Im sure we can give them something more complex than "COB Rig ship for dive" (sorry, im not good on submarine terms.. excuse me if its wrong). im sure some of you feel even the lack of control you have now (controlling each engine etc) and dont want to relinquish it.... however i'd find this easier for managing transits. Whilst this is going on you could be walking the sub, talking to your crew... if something happens, it prompts you on action to take like the old ones... "dive/engage/maintain orders" the way i see it, once you have worked out the efficient speed/distance management of your sub over long distances, you could call up a preset e.g. Cruise mode with the parameters you set. or a starlight surface running. E.g. once you have crossed a horizontal/vertical line (latitudes/longitudes?) on the map.... (closer to enemy territory).... the ship will stay submerged during daylight, running slower, only surfacing at night to return batteries to strength/recycle air/give the crew some sanity by way of sea spray on the lookout post away from all the farts downstairs i dont know if any of this makes sense. but i sure like the voice commands. Make your depth 180 feet, heading 295, all ahead one third, rig for slient running, lower periscope as fast as i could rattle them off the crew carried it out. That was by far the best thing i ever downloaded to make me feel in charge of my sub. Now im looking to make my XO/team take on some more orders. Scripting would be the way to go. I dont know how to write stuff..... im just a concept man. I guess it would all start out with a series of drop down boxes, type in a number, tick in the box for something on/off etc.... i dont know i just had the idea when i saw screen shot.... and the speech from the XO was broken up into parts, with the information (variables like speed, type etc) underlined. I'll stop waffling now. and thanks for everyones useful input for the game so far. I've only got a 3G mobile broadband with 500MB per month... hopefully thats enough to play SH5 with!