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Onkel Neal · 03-26-07, 09:35 AM

[REQ] Mod request: Jettison debris in place of decoys

I'm not terribly disturbed about the inclusion of Pillenwaffers in US subs in SH4, but I don't care for it, either. It does not affect gameplay at all as long as I ignore it, and those are the kind of things I can live with. But it got me to thinking how cool it would be to mod this to resemble SH1 and the tactics seen in old sub movies where the skipper, under heavy attack, would order the crew to jettison debris (and sometimes a dead crewman, see Rub Silent, Run Deep). The Japanese would see the floating stuff and sometimes think the sub was destroyed and leave. In place of bubbling decoys, have some general purpose stuff; mattress, shirt, cork, oil, small food boxes, etc. And if the buoyancy characteristics can be made for the debris to float, even better. Use would need to be limited to once a day (24 hours) or so. The tricky part, would be to mod the effect the debris would have on enemy AI. Decoys as they exist in the game obviously have an effect on enemy AI; does it make them depth charge in the wrong area? Or does it make them give up and go away? If the latter, perfect. If the former, well, I can live with that as a substitute.

If this sounds dumb, ok, just ignore me, lol. If anyone wants to tackle this, let me know how I can help. I will get into stuff like this after the review is finished and I have more time to play SH4 for fun.

Cheers
Neal

03-26-07, 09:35 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	[REQ] Mod request: Jettison debris in place of decoys [REQ] Mod request: Jettison debris in place of decoys I'm not terribly disturbed about the inclusion of Pillenwaffers in US subs in SH4, but I don't care for it, either. It does not affect gameplay at all as long as I ignore it, and those are the kind of things I can live with. But it got me to thinking how cool it would be to mod this to resemble SH1 and the tactics seen in old sub movies where the skipper, under heavy attack, would order the crew to jettison debris (and sometimes a dead crewman, see Rub Silent, Run Deep). The Japanese would see the floating stuff and sometimes think the sub was destroyed and leave. In place of bubbling decoys, have some general purpose stuff; mattress, shirt, cork, oil, small food boxes, etc. And if the buoyancy characteristics can be made for the debris to float, even better. Use would need to be limited to once a day (24 hours) or so. The tricky part, would be to mod the effect the debris would have on enemy AI. Decoys as they exist in the game obviously have an effect on enemy AI; does it make them depth charge in the wrong area? Or does it make them give up and go away? If the latter, perfect. If the former, well, I can live with that as a substitute. If this sounds dumb, ok, just ignore me, lol. If anyone wants to tackle this, let me know how I can help. I will get into stuff like this after the review is finished and I have more time to play SH4 for fun. Cheers Neal