Recognition Manual Suggestions

Soundman · 05-14-07, 03:12 PM

I was looking for the Mods sticky to post this in, but didn't see it. Anyway....I'm sure I'm not the first to say so, but I have a gripe or two about the Recognition Manual and was wondering if anyone agrees that although not game breaking, these should be in perhaps the SHIV GW mod that hopefully we'll see in the near future..
Hint Hint ......

1) I've definitely heard this one but, lighten it up, it's so bright it's blinding.

2) The length of ships is not listed, so due to the chrono being broken, the method of calculating speed is a bit difficult.

3) When using the Recognition Manual, after selecting the ship and then closing the Recognition Manual, it should default to your last selction upon reopening. This would save alot of hassle and scrolling to reveiw any info you didn't see or remember the first time around, such as draft ect.

4) Show different bow angles on the same page as in SH3 and/or allow the otion of inverting the view of them (90 or 270 degrees). Currently, if you wish to view boats at a 45 degree angle, you have to sroll and select each boat individually rather than viewing all boats at the desired angle.

5) Should be able to drag it to a different location, or at least move it down a notch so it's comepltely out of the way of the TDC settings (currently it blocks the torp/position keeper switch).

6) Make Japan and Merchants the first two on the list. Those are the only two I have ever used and don't beleive I'll need anything other than those two. MAYBE the United States.

Anyone else have any additions?

jdkbph · 05-14-07, 04:54 PM

...will address 2 of your 4 complaints (toning down brightness and remembering the page).

Those 2 "fixes" are by far the most important to me.

JD

Joe S · 05-14-07, 11:03 PM

How about going back to the recognition manual we had in SH I, it had tabs for each class of ship and angles on the bow. I cant imagine why Ubi took such a step backwards with the manual we have. The best way to improve the situation is to print your own. I have original and reprints of ONI 208-J Japanese Merchant ships, FM 30-50 and ONI 41-42, Japanese Naval Vessels. There is some very interesting information in these manuals that could be usefull in SHIV. One thing worth noting is that the merchant recognition manuals to NOT have angle on the bow illustrations. If I ever get the time to do it, I intend to put one together with copies of the original material for each class of ship found in SHIV. mine will have silhouetts of the basic ship classes with the AVERAGE mast height for each class and a note about the exceptions to the average. This would be very usefull. In the meantime, someone in the mods forum posted a very nice printable recognition manual which is the only one I am using now, the one in the game is useless. Joe S

05-14-07, 03:12 PM	#1
Soundman Commodore Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 617 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Recognition Manual Suggestions I was looking for the Mods sticky to post this in, but didn't see it. Anyway....I'm sure I'm not the first to say so, but I have a gripe or two about the Recognition Manual and was wondering if anyone agrees that although not game breaking, these should be in perhaps the SHIV GW mod that hopefully we'll see in the near future.. Hint Hint ...... 1) I've definitely heard this one but, lighten it up, it's so bright it's blinding. 2) The length of ships is not listed, so due to the chrono being broken, the method of calculating speed is a bit difficult. 3) When using the Recognition Manual, after selecting the ship and then closing the Recognition Manual, it should default to your last selction upon reopening. This would save alot of hassle and scrolling to reveiw any info you didn't see or remember the first time around, such as draft ect. 4) Show different bow angles on the same page as in SH3 and/or allow the otion of inverting the view of them (90 or 270 degrees). Currently, if you wish to view boats at a 45 degree angle, you have to sroll and select each boat individually rather than viewing all boats at the desired angle. 5) Should be able to drag it to a different location, or at least move it down a notch so it's comepltely out of the way of the TDC settings (currently it blocks the torp/position keeper switch). 6) Make Japan and Merchants the first two on the list. Those are the only two I have ever used and don't beleive I'll need anything other than those two. MAYBE the United States. Anyone else have any additions? Last edited by Soundman; 05-14-07 at 07:52 PM.

05-14-07, 04:54 PM	#2
jdkbph Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 508 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	The slide-out recognition manual mod... ...will address 2 of your 4 complaints (toning down brightness and remembering the page). Those 2 "fixes" are by far the most important to me. JD

05-14-07, 11:03 PM	#3
Joe S XO Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 409 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	How about going back to the recognition manual we had in SH I, it had tabs for each class of ship and angles on the bow. I cant imagine why Ubi took such a step backwards with the manual we have. The best way to improve the situation is to print your own. I have original and reprints of ONI 208-J Japanese Merchant ships, FM 30-50 and ONI 41-42, Japanese Naval Vessels. There is some very interesting information in these manuals that could be usefull in SHIV. One thing worth noting is that the merchant recognition manuals to NOT have angle on the bow illustrations. If I ever get the time to do it, I intend to put one together with copies of the original material for each class of ship found in SHIV. mine will have silhouetts of the basic ship classes with the AVERAGE mast height for each class and a note about the exceptions to the average. This would be very usefull. In the meantime, someone in the mods forum posted a very nice printable recognition manual which is the only one I am using now, the one in the game is useless. Joe S