Message for COMSUBPAC About Photo Missions

CptGlub · 07-23-15, 12:16 PM

Dear COMSUBPAC,

Don't bother sending me any more requests to photo recon Rabaul (or any other port with 10+ miles of waist deep water surrounding it). If you need a picture of a Japanese ship, how about sending an aircraft--that's one of the many things they can do far easier than my boat.

While I'm on a rant, how about if you assign me a crew that follows orders and doesn't randomly ram the throttle to full speed two hours into a photo recon mission? That tends to signal my location and invites several Japanese coastal patrol ships to the gang bang.

I assume this sim is no longer being maintained so my belly-aching is pointless. Just seems a shame for them to take a piece of programming so far down the road and then allow it to linger with basic bug issues.

Objective: Ram photo recon mission requests in your aft tube.

I'm considering buying a copy of SH3 which apparently now works on windows 7. It also consistently gets the highest marks of all the SH titles. Maybe I can get a better experience.

Crannogman · 07-23-15, 07:52 PM

From COMSUBPAC: get a mod that removes those missions - or ignore them

fitzcarraldo · 07-23-15, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Crannogman

From COMSUBPAC: get a mod that removes those missions - or ignore them

Well said COMSUBPAC. My greetings to Adm. Lockwood.

Fitzcarraldo

CptGlub · 07-24-15, 04:18 AM

Excellent advice. Is there a mod that keeps my helmsman's twitchy hand off the throttle?

Rockin Robbins · 07-24-15, 06:48 AM

That shouldn't happen in any configuration. Something else is wrong, perhaps mod soup (copyright 2006 Kapt Lehmann. a salute in his general direction for that stroke of sheer genius).

But it's difficult to think of any combination of mods which would take control of your throttle. I prescribe a complete reinstallation and it well go away.

aanker · 07-24-15, 12:55 PM

"Emergency Dive" in Stock, 'Crash Dive' will throttle you up to flank-speed at any depth. This is normal.... Maybe that's that issue?? - just trying to save you a re-install. : )

Happy Hunting!

Rockin Robbins · 07-24-15, 06:12 PM

Yes, but that's not the crew taking it into their own hands to put the boat at full throttle. That's them obeying your orders. And it will stay full throttle until you order otherwise too. Great way to lose all your fuel and not get back to base...

Now it's true that could never happen in a real submarine. We can't pretend we're getting realism here. We have to accept the hard coded defects in the game and make the best of them. Check out the possibility carefully before you reinstall.

TorpX · 07-25-15, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by CptGlub

Excellent advice. Is there a mod that keeps my helmsman's twitchy hand off the throttle?

Never heard of this.

Are you sure that it isn't just the boat slowing as you turn through your waypoints?

Kpt. Lehmann · 07-25-15, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Mod soup can sometimes look yummeh... and smell yummeh... but it isn't always yummeh.

Sometimes that soup has bugs innit.

Rockin Robbins · 07-25-15, 08:01 AM

Good to see you Kpt! Hope you're doing well.

Kpt. Lehmann · 07-25-15, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Good to see you Kpt! Hope you're doing well.

Cheers, RR! I hope you are as well.

Admiral Halsey · 07-25-15, 06:10 PM

You sure you didn't accidentally push 5 on the keyboard? I've never heard of the sub just suddenly going to flank by itself.

aanker · 07-26-15, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

You sure you didn't accidentally push 5 on the keyboard? I've never heard of the sub just suddenly going to flank by itself.

Me either. Can you duplicate it, has it happened again?

If you order 'Crash Dive' while submerged, just as on the surface your boat will jump to flank-speed and dive.

If you Order a normal Dive or a depth, your boat should not jump to flank-speed.

Your boat should not jump to any speed unless you Order a speed or an action (like a Crash Dive).

07-23-15, 12:16 PM	#1
CptGlub Mate Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 59 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Message for COMSUBPAC About Photo Missions Dear COMSUBPAC, Don't bother sending me any more requests to photo recon Rabaul (or any other port with 10+ miles of waist deep water surrounding it). If you need a picture of a Japanese ship, how about sending an aircraft--that's one of the many things they can do far easier than my boat. While I'm on a rant, how about if you assign me a crew that follows orders and doesn't randomly ram the throttle to full speed two hours into a photo recon mission? That tends to signal my location and invites several Japanese coastal patrol ships to the gang bang. I assume this sim is no longer being maintained so my belly-aching is pointless. Just seems a shame for them to take a piece of programming so far down the road and then allow it to linger with basic bug issues. Objective: Ram photo recon mission requests in your aft tube. I'm considering buying a copy of SH3 which apparently now works on windows 7. It also consistently gets the highest marks of all the SH titles. Maybe I can get a better experience.

07-23-15, 07:52 PM	#2
Crannogman Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 343 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	From COMSUBPAC: get a mod that removes those missions - or ignore them __________________ "The sea shall ride over her and she shall live in it like a duck" ~John Ericsson

07-24-15, 06:48 AM	#5
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	That shouldn't happen in any configuration. Something else is wrong, perhaps mod soup (copyright 2006 Kapt Lehmann. a salute in his general direction for that stroke of sheer genius). But it's difficult to think of any combination of mods which would take control of your throttle. I prescribe a complete reinstallation and it well go away. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

07-24-15, 12:55 PM	#6
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	"Emergency Dive" in Stock, 'Crash Dive' will throttle you up to flank-speed at any depth. This is normal.... Maybe that's that issue?? - just trying to save you a re-install. : ) Happy Hunting! __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."

07-24-15, 06:12 PM	#7
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Yes, but that's not the crew taking it into their own hands to put the boat at full throttle. That's them obeying your orders. And it will stay full throttle until you order otherwise too. Great way to lose all your fuel and not get back to base... Now it's true that could never happen in a real submarine. We can't pretend we're getting realism here. We have to accept the hard coded defects in the game and make the best of them. Check out the possibility carefully before you reinstall. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

07-24-15, 04:18 AM	#4
CptGlub Mate Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 59 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Excellent advice. Is there a mod that keeps my helmsman's twitchy hand off the throttle?

07-25-15, 08:01 AM	#10
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Good to see you Kpt! Hope you're doing well. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

07-25-15, 06:10 PM	#12
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	You sure you didn't accidentally push 5 on the keyboard? I've never heard of the sub just suddenly going to flank by itself.