[Re-REL] Ship lengths in RecManual

ichso · 03-25-10, 02:51 AM

I felt the need for using a ship's length for AoB and range calculations.
What I found searching these boards was a somewhat older mod (don't remember which one it was, sry!) which did changes to the ship's names in the recognition manual to include their length in feet.

Since I'm using RFB2 and they added a lot of new vessels I couldn't just copy this mod on top of RFB so I went on an edited the RFB2 - Names.cfg file to include the lengths as said mod did above manually.
I also did a little wiki research on the new warships introduced by RFB2 to include them as well.
I cannot guarantee the 100% correctness of those values, though. But time will tell whether they're useful

. So far they look good on the first glance, at least.

The mod is JSGME ready, just activate if after RFB.

DL Link:
http://www.filefront.com/15926255/ship_lengths.zip

Credits go to the RFB mod team for their added ships and the original uploader of the stock version of this mod, thanks to both

Regards, i.

Fish40 · 03-25-10, 06:53 AM

Thank you for this! Right now, I have a bunch of papers on my desk with ship lengths that I obtained from other sources. I use the lengths primarily for determining speed. My wife will appreciate the lessened clutter!

If this works out OK, I would consider contacting the RFB Team and ask them to include it in RFB

Fish40 · 03-25-10, 07:54 AM

I was wondering if this is OK to enable while on patrol

ichso · 03-26-10, 07:18 AM

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I was wondering if this is OK to enable while on patrol

That shouldn't be a problem.

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Thank you for this! Right now, I have a bunch of papers on my desk with ship lengths that I obtained from other sources. I use the lengths primarily for determining speed. My wife will appreciate the lessened clutter!

That is what I use it for, too. The only other method (aside from just eyeballing) is to plot everything on the navmap, but I don't trust this method as the only source of data

TH0R · 03-26-10, 08:00 AM

Will give this a try, thanks!

Platapus · 04-21-10, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ichso

I cannot guarantee the 100% correctness of those values, though. But time will tell whether they're useful

. So far they look good on the first glance, at least.

That just adds realism to it. The recognition manuals used on subs were based on "best available information" too.

berobispo · 04-21-10, 06:00 PM

can this be used with RSRD 575 as well? thanks a lot, I was thinking to do exactly the same thing myself

what source did you use? I have made an excel sheet using gutted's great ShipDataFetcher, one value differs from your's:

large modern tanker is 492ft in my list and about 630ft in your's. hmmm, all other I checked seem to be the same. although I couldn't find all, is this because I used the RSRD 575 database?

Fish40 · 04-21-10, 07:06 PM

I'm useing it with RSRD as well with no problems.

03-25-10, 02:51 AM	#1
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	[Re-REL] Ship lengths in RecManual I felt the need for using a ship's length for AoB and range calculations. What I found searching these boards was a somewhat older mod (don't remember which one it was, sry!) which did changes to the ship's names in the recognition manual to include their length in feet. Since I'm using RFB2 and they added a lot of new vessels I couldn't just copy this mod on top of RFB so I went on an edited the RFB2 - Names.cfg file to include the lengths as said mod did above manually. I also did a little wiki research on the new warships introduced by RFB2 to include them as well. I cannot guarantee the 100% correctness of those values, though. But time will tell whether they're useful . So far they look good on the first glance, at least. The mod is JSGME ready, just activate if after RFB. DL Link: http://www.filefront.com/15926255/ship_lengths.zip Credits go to the RFB mod team for their added ships and the original uploader of the stock version of this mod, thanks to both Regards, i. __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

03-26-10, 08:00 AM	#5
TH0R XO Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Croatia Posts: 420 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Will give this a try, thanks! __________________ *My IL2 stuff:* LEVEL BOMBING MANUAL v2.0 \| 'MUSTANG'

03-25-10, 06:53 AM	#2
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Thank you for this! Right now, I have a bunch of papers on my desk with ship lengths that I obtained from other sources. I use the lengths primarily for determining speed. My wife will appreciate the lessened clutter! If this works out OK, I would consider contacting the RFB Team and ask them to include it in RFB

03-25-10, 07:54 AM	#3
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	I was wondering if this is OK to enable while on patrol

04-21-10, 06:00 PM	#7
berobispo Helmsman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 102 Downloads: 174 Uploads: 4	can this be used with RSRD 575 as well? thanks a lot, I was thinking to do exactly the same thing myself what source did you use? I have made an excel sheet using gutted's great ShipDataFetcher, one value differs from your's: large modern tanker is 492ft in my list and about 630ft in your's. hmmm, all other I checked seem to be the same. although I couldn't find all, is this because I used the RSRD 575 database?

04-21-10, 07:06 PM	#8
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	I'm useing it with RSRD as well with no problems.