time compression help!!!

[von hally]

lo kaleuns.

does anyone know a workaround to a problem i'm having.

i use commander and have time comp. set to 1 when recieving radio messages.
i also have it set to 1 on enemy ship detected.

the thing thats doing my head in is when im crossing the atlantic on high tc....and a contact report comes....you know....task force or convoy....if i'm out of the room...by the time i get back hours have passed and the contact has gone!!.

tc drops to 1 when in close proximity to a ship...but not when its simply passing through your sector. its infuriating

is there a way to drop to tc1 when these convoy reports are given..or the map is updated with a report?

cheers

[danurve]

I'm not positive this will do the trick for what your after but with Commander try adjusting the "Real Time" compression setting.

[von hally]

lo mate

real time is already at 1 in comander. all messages like yours are knocking me into realtime...but when...say a ship icon is put onthe map any serious distance from me...the tc stays at 1024.e.g.

if im not looking at the screen then its hours later in game time when i notice.

[Sailor Steve]

In SH3 Commander all the TC levels can be set to '0'; but this won't help your problem. Radio messages can be set to '1' or '0', but contact reports are not radio messages. They have no affect on the game, as far as I know.

Me, I ALWAYS pause the game whenever I leave my computer. Period. If I'm running at high TC then it won't matter if it's paused for a couple of minutes. I don't want to miss anything, even if it's nothing.

[Letum]

I always read as I play. I often miss a convoy report by a hour or more (Game
time!) because I did not look up often enough.

[von hally]

Originally Posted by Letum

I always read as I play. I often miss a convoy report by a hour or more (Game
time!) because I did not look up often enough.

LETUM!!!

Same here bro!!

i always like to read...usually something to do with the atlantic..but nontheless....its annoying to miss out on juicy targets like this.

@Sailor Steve: my good friend...i take your advice (And Mods:rotfl: ) but sometimes im not even out the room...but simply reading... as letum says..and i miss a contact report like you say.

is there a way a fellow kaleun can mod this??


IT'S BEEN ASKED BEFORE>>>>HASNT'T IT???

In the Main.cfg file,
Under [Time Compression]

RadioReport=8

change it to

RadioReport=1
to drop to real time.

RadioReport=0
to pause the game.

At lest I think thats what will happen.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by privateer

In the Main.cfg file,
Under [Time Compression]
[...]
At lest I think thats what will happen.

Nah, that only effects radio messages, not convoy contact reports unfortunately.

Doh!!
I see that now.


Ah well.
Live and learn eh?

[von hally]

Originally Posted by privateer

In the Main.cfg file,
Under [Time Compression]

RadioReport=8

change it to

RadioReport=1
to drop to real time.

RadioReport=0
to pause the game.

At lest I think thats what will happen.

@privateer.

lo mate.

i get what your saying bro....but it's not radio messages that are getting me..its the contacts that appear on your f5 screen that dont slow down your tc when recieved ...thats annoying...

if its in within 1km to 30km..then my tc jumps to 1...this must trigger "ship detected" option...but any further then i look up and the contacts gone hours ago

Sailor steve hit it on the head with his post....i was wondering if there was a workaround for this...but if sailor steve hasn't heard of one then im feeling pretty pessimistic


@privateer

sorry mate it took so long to answer....i was beaten to the punch....VERRDAMDT..hee

I'll be the first to admit.
the cfg files, menu.ini stuff,
and the stuff people like OLC does!
that amazes me!!
It's VooDoo work as far as I know!!
:rotfl:
I'm a dat worker myself.
3D stuff, adjust dats, sims, zons, etc.

But I do try to learn.

[von hally]

i wont keep my fingers crossed privateer

im sure this is an old problem..if its not been sorted by now then its a no no

I'm always looking at things in ways most don't.
If I come across something?
I'll be keeping this in mind.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by von hally

@Sailor Steve: my good friend...i take your advice (And Mods:rotfl: ) but sometimes im not even out the room...but simply reading... as letum says..and i miss a contact report like you say.

is there a way a fellow kaleun can mod this??


IT'S BEEN ASKED BEFORE>>>>HASNT'T IT???

I never read while playing a game...but I do fall asleep sometimes.