target length

Steel_Tomb · 08-09-07, 03:41 PM

I read Hitman's awesome pdf tutorial for full manual TDC. He mentions about the length of the ship for speed calculations, but where in the recognition manual do I find the length??? I can't see it, anyone able to give me a few pointers.

Hitman · 08-09-07, 04:12 PM

The target length is unfortunately only in the printed recognition manual (I got it with my Deluxe version of SH3), but I added as an Appendex to the tutorial the Aspect Ratio of most merchant ships. I also created a wiz-wheel for quick AOB calculation, which DirtyHarry kindly converted to Deltacad for improved precision while printing

Brigs also created a mod to make length appear in the in-game recognition manual (Do a search in the mods forum)

[Edit: Just noticed you want the length for speed, not for aspect ratio]

If you go to Silent Hunter IV/Data/Sea you will find in all folders for the vessels a .cfg file which you can open with notepad. There is the length info (In meters!), like thsi example from NCATakao.cfg:

[Unit]
ClassName=CATakao
3DModelFileName=data/Sea/NCA_Takao/NCA_Takao
UnitType=7
MaxSpeed=36.5
Length=204
Width=23
Mast=33.5
Draft=6
Displacement=15870
RenownAwarded=500
CrewComplement=100
SurvivalRate=80
SurvivalPercentage=20

It is a bit time consuming to open all and note the length, but once done you have it forever.

Hope that helps

Oh, and BTW that system of AOB and speed measuring is originally .... from the Kriegsmarine U-Boots

I took it because it was way easier for a single person (The player) than the US system of plotting (Which requires a whole tracking party). Now with patch 1.3 speed estimating by the crew I guess it is already unnecessary....

Steel_Tomb · 08-09-07, 04:27 PM

Cheers, I downloaded the mod for length & aspect ratio in the manual.

08-09-07, 03:41 PM	#1
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	target length I read Hitman's awesome pdf tutorial for full manual TDC. He mentions about the length of the ship for speed calculations, but where in the recognition manual do I find the length??? I can't see it, anyone able to give me a few pointers. __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*

08-09-07, 04:12 PM	#2
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	The target length is unfortunately only in the printed recognition manual (I got it with my Deluxe version of SH3), but I added as an Appendex to the tutorial the Aspect Ratio of most merchant ships. I also created a wiz-wheel for quick AOB calculation, which DirtyHarry kindly converted to Deltacad for improved precision while printing Brigs also created a mod to make length appear in the in-game recognition manual (Do a search in the mods forum) [Edit: Just noticed you want the length for speed, not for aspect ratio] If you go to Silent Hunter IV/Data/Sea you will find in all folders for the vessels a .cfg file which you can open with notepad. There is the length info (In meters!), like thsi example from NCATakao.cfg: [Unit] ClassName=CATakao 3DModelFileName=data/Sea/NCA_Takao/NCA_Takao UnitType=7 MaxSpeed=36.5 Length=204 Width=23 Mast=33.5 Draft=6 Displacement=15870 RenownAwarded=500 CrewComplement=100 SurvivalRate=80 SurvivalPercentage=20 It is a bit time consuming to open all and note the length, but once done you have it forever. Hope that helps Oh, and BTW that system of AOB and speed measuring is originally .... from the Kriegsmarine U-Boots I took it because it was way easier for a single person (The player) than the US system of plotting (Which requires a whole tracking party). Now with patch 1.3 speed estimating by the crew I guess it is already unnecessary.... __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

08-09-07, 04:27 PM	#3
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cheers, I downloaded the mod for length & aspect ratio in the manual. __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*