Voice Activated Commands (VAC) Profile

WhiskeyBravo · 03-31-07, 08:38 AM

In the everlasting search for that extra bit of immersion I try to use voice comms whenever possible with my sims and SHIV is no exception. I've created a profile for Shift_E's excellent Voice Activated Commands (VAC) software (http://www.dwvac.com/) which allows me to speak the sort of commands a sub skipper would have been able to do for real.

I mention it here so that others can give it a go if you desire, PM me with your email addy and I'll forward it on. If its any good maybe I can get it hosted hereabouts for other Subsim members to benefit.

A few notes:

I have not included ALL the key commands available, just the ones likely to be spoken by a skipper ie manoevering commands and firing commands. The beauty of VAC is the ease with which aditional commands can be added so feel free to edit the profile as you see fit.

I'm no sub expert and most of my limited knowledge of 'sub speak' comes from Hollywood and the in game voices themselves so apologies in advance for any querkiness.

The 'All Stop' command may vary depending on your keyboard setup: the keycard shows it as being the `/¬ key at the top left of the kbd but on my UK kbd it is the '/@ key near my return key.

The up scope command is assigned to the attack periscope only as there is no kbd shortcut for the obs periscope. Also the raising/lowering of the attack scope is accomplised by holding down the 'page up' or 'page down' key - to facilitate this I have programmed a 10 second keypress into VAC for the relevant key to allow the scope to raise/lower the full distance. When the scope is lowered you will automaticaly be returned to the comand room.

When firing torpedoes I have included a cycle tubes command into the process so that the next tube is automatically selected for firing. This allows you to say 'Fire one', 'Fire two' etc even though the command is the same. I've also included the 'Open Tube Door' command so that this can be done before firing. The 'Cycle Tubes' command will allow you to select different tubes if you get out of sequence for whatever reason.

QUESTION: One command that is only accessible from the menus in the General Quarters/Battle Stations command. I would like to add this to my profile so does anybody know if a kbd shortcut can be assigned to this command?

Listed below are the actions and phrases I've completed so far, any suggestions for amendments and corrections will be greatly received.

Action: Up Attack Periscope
Phrase 1: Up Scope
Action: Surface
Phrase 1: Surface the Boat
Action: Silent Running
Phrase 1: Rig for Silent Running
Action: Secure Silent Running
Phrase 1: Secure from Silent Running
Action: Rudder Amidships
Phrase 1: Rudder Amidships
Action: Periscope depth
Phrase 1: Take her to Periscope depth
Action: Open Tube Door
Phrase 1: Open Tube Door
Action: Hard to Starboard
Phrase 1: Right full rudder
Action: Hard to Port
Phrase 1: Left full rudder
Action: Fire two
Phrase 1: Fire two
Action: Fire three
Phrase 1: Fire three
Action: Fire six
Phrase 1: Fire six
Action: Fire one
Phrase 1: Fire one
Action: Fire four
Phrase 1: Fire four
Action: Fire five
Phrase 1: Fire five
Action: Emergency Surface
Phrase 1: Blow Main Ballast Emergency Surface
Action: Down Attack Periscope
Phrase 1: Down Scope
Action: Dive
Phrase 1: Dive Dive Dive
Action: Cycle Tubes
Phrase 1: Cycle Tubes
Action: Crash Dive
Phrase 1: Crash Dive Crash Dive
Action: Back two thirds
Phrase 1: Back Standard
Action: Back one third
Phrase 1: Back slow
Action: Back Full
Phrase 1: Back Full
Action: Back Emergency
Phrase 1: Back Emergency
Action: All stop
Phrase 1: All stop
Action: Ahead two thirds
Phrase 1: Ahead Slow
Action: Ahead Standard
Phrase 1: Ahead Standard
Action: Ahead one third
Phrase 1: Ahead one third
Action: Ahead full
Phrase 1: Ahead full
Action: Ahead Flank
Phrase 1: Ahead Flank

Happy Hunting,

WB.

melin71 · 03-31-07, 08:43 AM

this sounds realy cool. VAC...what is that for program?

WhiskeyBravo · 03-31-07, 10:12 AM

@Merlin 71 - Visit http://www.dwvac.com/ to find out about VAC itself.

After a little more testing and some accidental torpedo launches

I've added a Push to talk key. So now all commands have to be spoken while holding down the 'h' key. I rationalise this by imaging the skipper speaking into the intercom phone when passing commands.

Otherwise it all seems to work really well.

Off for some more testing off the coast of Honshu.

WB.

WhiskeyBravo · 04-01-07, 08:22 AM

I've found that using the 'ctrl' key with the 'pg up' and 'pg dn' will raise/lower the attack periscope to its full extent. This may not be well known as it's not in the manual and most players probably use the icon in the periscope screen.

I have amended the profile accordingly.

Does anybody know if it's possible to assign a key command to the Battle Stations icon?

Bumping this post as well because not many people seem to be into VoiceRec around here.

It really is a great immersion enhancer.

Cheers all,

WB.

DirtyHarry3033 · 04-01-07, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiskeyBravo

Does anybody know if it's possible to assign a key command to the Battle Stations icon?

Yep, you can either edit "Commands.cfg" manually with notepad, or use SetKeys if you don't like writing code. SetKeys is for editting SH3 key commands but works with SH4 also. It's in the SH3 download section. Good thing about SetKeys is it will tell you if the key you chose is already in use.

I used SetKeys to bind "Toggle Battle Stations" to Ctrl-B and it works perfect

If you don't want to mess with SetKeys and if Ctrl-B works for you, replace this code:

[Cmd436]
Name=Toggle_battle_stations
Ctxt=1

with this:

[Cmd436]
Name=Toggle_battle_stations
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x42,c,"CTRL B"

in the "Commands.cfg" file. HTH!

WhiskeyBravo · 04-01-07, 11:20 AM

Excellent, thanks DirtyHarry, that did the trick nicely.

WB.

Rafter11 · 07-04-07, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyHarry3033

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiskeyBravo

Does anybody know if it's possible to assign a key command to the Battle Stations icon?

Yep, you can either edit "Commands.cfg" manually with notepad, or use SetKeys if you don't like writing code. SetKeys is for editting SH3 key commands but works with SH4 also. It's in the SH3 download section. Good thing about SetKeys is it will tell you if the key you chose is already in use.

I used SetKeys to bind "Toggle Battle Stations" to Ctrl-B and it works perfect

If you don't want to mess with SetKeys and if Ctrl-B works for you, replace this code:

[Cmd436]
Name=Toggle_battle_stations
Ctxt=1

with this:

[Cmd436]
Name=Toggle_battle_stations
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x42,c,"CTRL B"

in the "Commands.cfg" file. HTH!

I am new to this, how do I find the downloads website you mentioned in SH3?

Thanks

ciprico · 07-30-07, 08:29 AM

could you please send the file thanks in advaance

Snakeeyes · 08-16-07, 06:05 PM

Could I have you most current profile? Thanks!

03-31-07, 08:38 AM	#1
WhiskeyBravo Gunner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 96 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Voice Activated Commands (VAC) Profile In the everlasting search for that extra bit of immersion I try to use voice comms whenever possible with my sims and SHIV is no exception. I've created a profile for Shift_E's excellent Voice Activated Commands (VAC) software (http://www.dwvac.com/) which allows me to speak the sort of commands a sub skipper would have been able to do for real. I mention it here so that others can give it a go if you desire, PM me with your email addy and I'll forward it on. If its any good maybe I can get it hosted hereabouts for other Subsim members to benefit. A few notes: I have not included ALL the key commands available, just the ones likely to be spoken by a skipper ie manoevering commands and firing commands. The beauty of VAC is the ease with which aditional commands can be added so feel free to edit the profile as you see fit. I'm no sub expert and most of my limited knowledge of 'sub speak' comes from Hollywood and the in game voices themselves so apologies in advance for any querkiness. The 'All Stop' command may vary depending on your keyboard setup: the keycard shows it as being the `/¬ key at the top left of the kbd but on my UK kbd it is the '/@ key near my return key. The up scope command is assigned to the attack periscope only as there is no kbd shortcut for the obs periscope. Also the raising/lowering of the attack scope is accomplised by holding down the 'page up' or 'page down' key - to facilitate this I have programmed a 10 second keypress into VAC for the relevant key to allow the scope to raise/lower the full distance. When the scope is lowered you will automaticaly be returned to the comand room. When firing torpedoes I have included a cycle tubes command into the process so that the next tube is automatically selected for firing. This allows you to say 'Fire one', 'Fire two' etc even though the command is the same. I've also included the 'Open Tube Door' command so that this can be done before firing. The 'Cycle Tubes' command will allow you to select different tubes if you get out of sequence for whatever reason. QUESTION: One command that is only accessible from the menus in the General Quarters/Battle Stations command. I would like to add this to my profile so does anybody know if a kbd shortcut can be assigned to this command? Listed below are the actions and phrases I've completed so far, any suggestions for amendments and corrections will be greatly received. Action: Up Attack Periscope Phrase 1: Up Scope Action: Surface Phrase 1: Surface the Boat Action: Silent Running Phrase 1: Rig for Silent Running Action: Secure Silent Running Phrase 1: Secure from Silent Running Action: Rudder Amidships Phrase 1: Rudder Amidships Action: Periscope depth Phrase 1: Take her to Periscope depth Action: Open Tube Door Phrase 1: Open Tube Door Action: Hard to Starboard Phrase 1: Right full rudder Action: Hard to Port Phrase 1: Left full rudder Action: Fire two Phrase 1: Fire two Action: Fire three Phrase 1: Fire three Action: Fire six Phrase 1: Fire six Action: Fire one Phrase 1: Fire one Action: Fire four Phrase 1: Fire four Action: Fire five Phrase 1: Fire five Action: Emergency Surface Phrase 1: Blow Main Ballast Emergency Surface Action: Down Attack Periscope Phrase 1: Down Scope Action: Dive Phrase 1: Dive Dive Dive Action: Cycle Tubes Phrase 1: Cycle Tubes Action: Crash Dive Phrase 1: Crash Dive Crash Dive Action: Back two thirds Phrase 1: Back Standard Action: Back one third Phrase 1: Back slow Action: Back Full Phrase 1: Back Full Action: Back Emergency Phrase 1: Back Emergency Action: All stop Phrase 1: All stop Action: Ahead two thirds Phrase 1: Ahead Slow Action: Ahead Standard Phrase 1: Ahead Standard Action: Ahead one third Phrase 1: Ahead one third Action: Ahead full Phrase 1: Ahead full Action: Ahead Flank Phrase 1: Ahead Flank Happy Hunting, WB.

03-31-07, 10:12 AM	#3
WhiskeyBravo Gunner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 96 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	@Merlin 71 - Visit http://www.dwvac.com/ to find out about VAC itself. After a little more testing and some accidental torpedo launches I've added a Push to talk key. So now all commands have to be spoken while holding down the 'h' key. I rationalise this by imaging the skipper speaking into the intercom phone when passing commands. Otherwise it all seems to work really well. Off for some more testing off the coast of Honshu. WB. Last edited by WhiskeyBravo; 03-31-07 at 10:58 AM.

07-30-07, 08:29 AM	#8
ciprico Bilge Rat Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	voice commands could you please send the file thanks in advaance

08-16-07, 06:05 PM	#9
Snakeeyes Captain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: trailing 1400 yards behind an Oscar-II with my outer doors open Posts: 488 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Could I have you most current profile? Thanks! __________________ -- "There's little room in Tupolev's heart for anyone but Tupolev."

03-31-07, 08:43 AM	#2
melin71 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 135 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	this sounds realy cool. VAC...what is that for program?

04-01-07, 08:22 AM	#4
WhiskeyBravo Gunner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 96 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I've found that using the 'ctrl' key with the 'pg up' and 'pg dn' will raise/lower the attack periscope to its full extent. This may not be well known as it's not in the manual and most players probably use the icon in the periscope screen. I have amended the profile accordingly. Does anybody know if it's possible to assign a key command to the Battle Stations icon? Bumping this post as well because not many people seem to be into VoiceRec around here. It really is a great immersion enhancer. Cheers all, WB.

04-01-07, 11:20 AM	#6
WhiskeyBravo Gunner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 96 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Excellent, thanks DirtyHarry, that did the trick nicely. WB.