And Speaking of maps....

Gryffon300 · 01-13-11, 09:31 AM

I often get Radio Messages quoting Lat & Long. Now, I am assuming that these messages relate to something that is actually happening in-game (as opposed to just aural wallpapaer), and, if so, I would like to be able to make good 'go - no-go' decisions from info contained in-game.

I'm hoping I'm not just a dummy that has missed a method for determining position. I know that I played a game years ago that had the ability to switch between Kreigsmarine & English maps. Would be very useful, and preferable to having to run a LapTop on the side with Google Earth on just to follow the conversation.

don1reed · 01-13-11, 10:49 AM

Just "ear candy", Gryf.

But if you like, you can follow along, by counting the hacture marks along the sides of the chart (F5 screen) to get rough Lat/Long positions.

SH4 in the UBoat addon, you can switch back 'n forth between KM grids and Lat/Long. Sadly, it hasn't been done for SH3.

Sailor Steve · 01-13-11, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by don1reed

But if you like, you can follow along, by counting the hacture marks along the sides of the chart (F5 screen) to get rough Lat/Long positions.

Or you can use this handy little tool made by JScones.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=2975

don1reed · 01-13-11, 12:49 PM

Nice. Didn't know that JScones had fixed the original that I remember using in AOD...way back when. As I recall, the original only converted KM grid to L/Lg.

Very nice indeed, tnx SS & JScones.

don1reed · 01-13-11, 01:19 PM

Problem. Getting it to convert L/Lg to KMgrid?

Sitrep:A
Input: AN9678 (MQK Code)
Press: Convert button
Output: 53°45.00 N, 8°14.00 E (located in Lat/Long fields)

Cleared input box

Sitrep:B
Input: 53°45.00 N, 8°14.00 E (Lat/Long fields)
Press: Convert button
Output: <blank> (MQK Code)
Messages -> Grid not in database.

I think it's as it's always been.

Sailor Steve · 01-13-11, 01:34 PM

Here is an online one:
http://www.ubootwaffe.net/quadrant.cgi

don1reed · 01-13-11, 01:50 PM

Tnx agn, Steve. Thats handier than a pocket in a shirt.

Laufen zum Ziel · 01-13-11, 03:04 PM

You can also click below my sig.

Sailor Steve · 01-13-11, 10:22 PM

Hey, Ken! Long time.

Oops, a quick look at your profile shows you've been around, just in the only threads I never frequent.

Well, it's good to hear from you anyway.

Pisces · 01-14-11, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gryffon300

I often get Radio Messages quoting Lat & Long. Now, I am assuming that these messages relate to something that is actually happening in-game (as opposed to just aural wallpapaer), and, if so, I would like to be able to make good 'go - no-go' decisions from info contained in-game.

I'm hoping I'm not just a dummy that has missed a method for determining position. I know that I played a game years ago that had the ability to switch between Kreigsmarine & English maps. Would be very useful, and preferable to having to run a LapTop on the side with Google Earth on just to follow the conversation.

Every degree of lattitude and longitude is 120km in the SH3 world. So grab your calculator and measure from the equator and prime meridian and you are there. The question is, what should be there aswel? Chasing these radiomessages is a lesson in futility.

Fubar2Niner · 01-14-11, 12:53 PM

@Pisces

Got to agree there shipmate, I've tried chasing such before in the hope that maybe I could meet such and such an action, alas I've never found anything. We all know the radio chatter is just a environmental game filler tho, don't we ?

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Gryffon300 · 01-15-11, 02:41 PM

Thanks all, for the valuable input - I'm not a great fan of sailing around for no apparent reason, so now I can just appreciate the radio traffic ror the atmospheric realism it brings (even if it interupts high TC transits on an annoyingly frequent basis. I know I could turn it off, but I think I'll live with it.)

Will follow up on the map converters - thanks!)

01-13-11, 09:31 AM	#1
Gryffon300 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	And Speaking of maps.... I often get Radio Messages quoting Lat & Long. Now, I am assuming that these messages relate to something that is actually happening in-game (as opposed to just aural wallpapaer), and, if so, I would like to be able to make good 'go - no-go' decisions from info contained in-game. I'm hoping I'm not just a dummy that has missed a method for determining position. I know that I played a game years ago that had the ability to switch between Kreigsmarine & English maps. Would be very useful, and preferable to having to run a LapTop on the side with Google Earth on just to follow the conversation.

01-13-11, 10:49 AM	#2
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Just "ear candy", Gryf. But if you like, you can follow along, by counting the hacture marks along the sides of the chart (F5 screen) to get rough Lat/Long positions. SH4 in the UBoat addon, you can switch back 'n forth between KM grids and Lat/Long. Sadly, it hasn't been done for SH3. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

01-13-11, 12:49 PM	#4
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Nice. Didn't know that JScones had fixed the original that I remember using in AOD...way back when. As I recall, the original only converted KM grid to L/Lg. Very nice indeed, tnx SS & JScones. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

01-13-11, 01:19 PM	#5
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Problem. Getting it to convert L/Lg to KMgrid? Sitrep:A Input: AN9678 (MQK Code) Press: Convert button Output: 53°45.00 N, 8°14.00 E (located in Lat/Long fields) Cleared input box Sitrep:B Input: 53°45.00 N, 8°14.00 E (Lat/Long fields) Press: Convert button Output: <blank> (MQK Code) Messages -> Grid not in database. I think it's as it's always been. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

01-13-11, 01:34 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Here is an online one: http://www.ubootwaffe.net/quadrant.cgi __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-13-11, 01:50 PM	#7
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Tnx agn, Steve. Thats handier than a pocket in a shirt. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

01-13-11, 03:04 PM	#8
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	You can also click below my sig. __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

01-13-11, 10:22 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Hey, Ken! Long time. Oops, a quick look at your profile shows you've been around, just in the only threads I never frequent. Well, it's good to hear from you anyway. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-14-11, 12:53 PM	#11
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,175 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	@Pisces Got to agree there shipmate, I've tried chasing such before in the hope that maybe I could meet such and such an action, alas I've never found anything. We all know the radio chatter is just a environmental game filler tho, don't we ? Best regards. Fubar2Niner

01-15-11, 02:41 PM	#12
Gryffon300 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Thanks all, for the valuable input - I'm not a great fan of sailing around for no apparent reason, so now I can just appreciate the radio traffic ror the atmospheric realism it brings (even if it interupts high TC transits on an annoyingly frequent basis. I know I could turn it off, but I think I'll live with it.) Will follow up on the map converters - thanks!)