GWX question-DF antenna

TAW_CZAREJS · 08-11-07, 08:40 PM

Hi all,
Concerning the rotating DF antenna, I had never seen this work before I installed the twisty periscope thinghy mod by Racerboy. However since that mod has some problems with the radars I disabled it. As far as I understand GWX fixed the rotating DF antenna so this should work without this mod and yet it doesn't

.....any ideas on why this is?

3Jane · 08-12-07, 09:04 AM

I downloaded the updated vesion, and all works fine now. The rdf was misplaced by the original version. I can't find the thread for that file though.

Heibges · 08-12-07, 12:48 PM

After the 16km mod, I think that rotating antenna is my second favorite.

TheDarkWraith · 08-13-07, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAW_CZAREJS

...I had never seen this work before I installed the twisty periscope thinghy mod by Racerboy

The work of the twisty periscope thingy mod was done by someone other than myself. I had no part in it. Just keeping the record straight....

TAW_CZAREJS · 08-13-07, 06:12 AM

Thanks for the clarification Racerboy....any idea why the antenna doesn't rotate unless the mod is installed? Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't it suppose to?

danlisa · 08-13-07, 06:24 AM

The only reason for the RDF not rotating would be if the conning tower DAT file has been changed in some way. Either by enabling a skin mod that is packed into a DAT which is not designed to be used with GWX or an uncompatible version of the Twisty Persicope mod, for example. Things like this will cause the problem you describe. Of course, there is also the official GWX mod which disables the Rotating RDF loop altogether.

With a 100% untouched version of GWX 1.03 the RDF loop will be raised & rotating.

TAW_CZAREJS · 08-13-07, 06:54 AM

Thanks Danlisa, I only started using skins recently and it wasn't working before that so I wonder what it is. Oh well....sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. One question, was this in all versions of GW or just in 1.03? Maybe I don't have the right version?

danlisa · 08-13-07, 07:19 AM

Sweet, now you've got me.

I can't remember if this was in GWX 1.0 or the following versions. 1.03 is the latest version and you can check which version you have. When loading into GWX, you get to the main GWX loading screen, with the diving U-Boat & Wolf, in the bottom right, it will say which version you have.

If it's working intermittantly, is it with 1 type of boat or does it work depending on which boat you have?

Just FYI, in GWX we have a Rotating RDF loop on the front right of the conning tower (this should always be up) & a Rotating Radar that will only be raised/rotating when it's installed.

Is it possible we're not talking about the same thing? It has happened before.

TAW_CZAREJS · 08-13-07, 07:30 AM

Well I just discovered that I am not running 1.03 but an older version

so I will install that and see if that fixes the problem. It is the DF antenna that I'm looking at and it seems to work only when the twisty periscope thingy mod is installed on the type VII boats. I'll see what happens.

JScones · 08-13-07, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danlisa

I can't remember if this was in GWX 1.0 or the following versions.

The raised and rotating RDF loop was first released in 1.02.

danlisa · 08-13-07, 07:36 AM

Thank you JS.

Seems, TAW_CZAREJS may have been running 1.0 and has added the Twisty Periscope Mod which has added in the Raised RDF Loop.

Problem solved I reckon.

Ooo, 2 to go.

TAW_CZAREJS · 08-13-07, 08:18 AM

That was exactly it. I can't believe that I have been playing for months and never even realized that I didn't have 1.03 and yet thought I did. BdU has ordered me back to Lorient for a little sit down with the Gestapo

08-11-07, 08:40 PM	#1
TAW_CZAREJS A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	GWX question-DF antenna Hi all, Concerning the rotating DF antenna, I had never seen this work before I installed the twisty periscope thinghy mod by Racerboy. However since that mod has some problems with the radars I disabled it. As far as I understand GWX fixed the rotating DF antenna so this should work without this mod and yet it doesn't .....any ideas on why this is? __________________

08-12-07, 09:04 AM	#2
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I downloaded the updated vesion, and all works fine now. The rdf was misplaced by the original version. I can't find the thread for that file though. __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

08-12-07, 12:48 PM	#3
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	After the 16km mod, I think that rotating antenna is my second favorite. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

08-13-07, 06:12 AM	#5
TAW_CZAREJS A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the clarification Racerboy....any idea why the antenna doesn't rotate unless the mod is installed? Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't it suppose to? __________________

08-13-07, 06:24 AM	#6
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	The only reason for the RDF not rotating would be if the conning tower DAT file has been changed in some way. Either by enabling a skin mod that is packed into a DAT which is not designed to be used with GWX or an uncompatible version of the Twisty Persicope mod, for example. Things like this will cause the problem you describe. Of course, there is also the official GWX mod which disables the Rotating RDF loop altogether. With a 100% untouched version of GWX 1.03 the RDF loop will be raised & rotating. __________________

08-13-07, 06:54 AM	#7
TAW_CZAREJS A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Thanks Danlisa, I only started using skins recently and it wasn't working before that so I wonder what it is. Oh well....sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. One question, was this in all versions of GW or just in 1.03? Maybe I don't have the right version? __________________ Last edited by TAW_CZAREJS; 08-13-07 at 07:07 AM.

08-13-07, 07:19 AM	#8
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Sweet, now you've got me. I can't remember if this was in GWX 1.0 or the following versions. 1.03 is the latest version and you can check which version you have. When loading into GWX, you get to the main GWX loading screen, with the diving U-Boat & Wolf, in the bottom right, it will say which version you have. If it's working intermittantly, is it with 1 type of boat or does it work depending on which boat you have? Just FYI, in GWX we have a Rotating RDF loop on the front right of the conning tower (this should always be up) & a Rotating Radar that will only be raised/rotating when it's installed. Is it possible we're not talking about the same thing? It has happened before. __________________

08-13-07, 07:30 AM	#9
TAW_CZAREJS A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Well I just discovered that I am not running 1.03 but an older version so I will install that and see if that fixes the problem. It is the DF antenna that I'm looking at and it seems to work only when the twisty periscope thingy mod is installed on the type VII boats. I'll see what happens. __________________

08-13-07, 07:36 AM	#11
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Thank you JS. Seems, TAW_CZAREJS may have been running 1.0 and has added the Twisty Periscope Mod which has added in the Raised RDF Loop. Problem solved I reckon. Ooo, 2 to go. __________________

08-13-07, 08:18 AM	#12
TAW_CZAREJS A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	That was exactly it. I can't believe that I have been playing for months and never even realized that I didn't have 1.03 and yet thought I did. BdU has ordered me back to Lorient for a little sit down with the Gestapo __________________