Question

[CaptJulius]

Hello Captains,
I would like to know how to disable contact colors,i mean when i see a ship in my navigation map i see it as Red which is enemy, Green as Neutral, and Blue as Alied, so is there any way to make all these contacts grey, so that i will be forced to identify them, i really dont like when i spot an contact and my Watch officer shouts that Enemy Ship Spotted etc.. and in an instant i know what type of contact it is.
BTW iam playing with realistic navigation off.
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[volodya61]

Here is what you are asking and looking for - TDW Add-on mods - http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=183649

[CaptJulius]

Thank You volodya61,

By the way wanted to ask is there any way to change nav map contacts from Merchant , Warship to Unknown

[gap]

Originally Posted by CaptJulius

Thank You volodya61,

By the way wanted to ask is there any way to change nav map contacts from Merchant , Warship to Unknown

I am 99% sure it can be done by editing menu.txt, though I don't know which entries should/could be edited without messing with sonarman/watch crew contact reports.

If what concerns you is realism, why don't you disable nav map contacts at all?

[CaptJulius]

gap, Iam not good at navigating and intercepting my targets with nav map contacts off.

[CaptJulius]

So Does anybody know how to change ship contacts to Unknown ?

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by CaptJulius

So Does anybody know how to change ship contacts to Unknown ?

Yep.. somebody knows..

Try to edit your menu.txt as Gap mentioned..
Entries 821, 822.. maybe also 827, 828.. maybe also 8051, 8052.. then see what happens in the game..

[troopie]

So, then, i wonder what the unkowns would be depicted as? IIRC aircraft are depicted as merchies untill corectly ID'd (if I've got the right SH in mind?)

[gap]

Originally Posted by CaptJulius

gap, Iam not good at navigating and intercepting my targets with nav map contacts off.

There are many tutorials available on this forum (including video and in-game tutorials) that will teach you whatever you need to know in order to do it.

IMO they are worth the time you'll spend on them, doubling your ejoyment of the game

[CaptJulius]

I dont think that its possible (well, at least with my moding skills..) to make Unidentified ships to make Unknown, and when i identify them they would show on map as Warship , Merchant They always shows in my nav map as identified (Merchant or Warship)..