CA's UBoat Instrument Patch v1 (Released)

[Captain America]

This thread was originally titled: "Finally Fixed 3D Compressed Air Gauge". I originally intended just to correct the annoying compressed air bug...but in the process I have made many new discoveries and I have learned a great deal about the interior .sim files.

So, I've renamed the title to reflect what this mod has developed into...which is basically a patch that corrects many out of the box bugs that should have been addressed in an official patch. Items such as incorrect compressed air readings, mirrored contacts on radar bearing wheel, broken gauges, and various other bugs have been corrected (see below for a complete list).


Here's a pic of the Compressed Air gauge now properly working:



Here's a pic of the Radar Bearing Wheel mirroring bug fixed:



Here's a list of the bugs found by UBoat type. Future versions of this mod will attempt to address any outstanding issues.
Thanks to Redwine for his help discovering some of them and all of his input.


Last Update: 3/02 @ 16:55 (GMT -5)

Type II

- Amp meters in radio room are flipped (i.e. negative) The CO2 gauges are used here to represent the amps. -Its a texture mapping problem with the model. Can't be fixed until there is a way to export the interior models from the .dat files.

- Battery gauges in the command room uses the CO2 gauge instead of the proper texture. -Can't be fixed without access to model. Not a problem though, see workaround below.

- Battery gauge readings in command room are incorrect and does not show full charge. (FIXED) -Since battery gauges use the CO2 gauge background, the scale was changed to that of the CO2 gauge so the reading now accurately represents the proportion of battery charge values.

- Compressed air gauge in command room incorrect. (FIXED)

- Bearing indicator at sonar station is inverted (180 degrees). -Presently can't be fixed without access to the model.

- Knotmeter at sonar station is broken (always displays 10 kts.) -Presently not fixed, maybe next version.

- Knotmeter in command room is offset by 1-2 knots. (FIXED)

- Rudder gauge at sonar station inoperable. -Presently not fixed, maybe next version.

- Engine Telegraph at sonar station broken, dial movement is completely offset. (FIXED)

- Deep depth scale inoperable at sonar station. (FIXED)

- Hydrophone wheel doesn't turn when clicking on it. -Presently not fixed, maybe next version.

- Knotmeter in conning tower slightly offset. (FIXED)

- Dive plane scale and degrees of motion incorrect. (FIXED) New dive plane textures.

Type VII

- Radio room bearing indicator is off my many degrees (FIXED).

- Compressed air gauge in command room incorrect (FIXED).

- Command room battery indicator slightly offset. (FIXED)

- Radar Bearing Wheel displays improper bearing to contact's true bearing (mirrored). (FIXED) Displays correct bearing now! Also, if the radar station was manned, the crew ai would scan from 360 to 0. Now the crew ai scans properly, 0 to 360.

- Knotmeter in conning tower slightly offset. (FIXED)

- Dive plane scale and degrees of motion incorrect. (FIXED) New dive plane textures.

- Fore and Aft dive plane needles inverted. (FIXED)

Type IX

- Battery gauges in command room slightly offset. (FIXED)

- Compressed air gauge in command room incorrect (FIXED).

- Bearing indicator in radio room is offset by many degrees (FIXED).

- Knotmeter in command room is offset by 2 knots. (FIXED)

- Radar Bearing Wheel displays improper bearing to contact's true bearing (mirrored). (FIXED) Displays correct bearing now! Also, if the radar station was manned, the crew ai would scan from 360 to 0. Now the crew ai scans properly, 0 to 360.

- Knotmeter in conning tower slightly offset. (FIXED)

- TDC range wheel in command room continously rotates. (FIXED)

- Dive plane scale and degrees of motion incorrect. (FIXED) New dive plane textures.

- Aft dive plane needle inverted. (FIXED)

Type XXI

- Primary compressed air gauge in command room incorrect. (FIXED)

- Radar Bearing Wheel displays improper bearing to contact's true bearing (mirrored). (FIXED) Displays correct bearing now! Also, if the radar station was manned, the crew ai would scan from 360 to 0. Now the crew ai scans properly, 0 to 360.

- Deep depth meter at navigator's station inop. (FIXED)

- Battery gauges in the command room uses the CO2 gauge instead of the proper texture. -Can't be fixed, its a model issue. Not a problem though, see workaround below.

- Battery gauge readings in command room are incorrect and does not show full charge. (FIXED) -Since battery gauges use the CO2 gauge background, the scale was changed to that of the CO2 gauge so the reading now accurately represents the proportion of battery charge values.

- Primary knotmeter in command room is severely offset. (FIXED)

- Shallow depth meter in command room is slightly offset. (FIXED)

- Shallow depth meter at navigator's station is offset. (FIXED)

- Knotmeter at navigator's station severely offset. (FIXED)

- Secondary compressed air gauge severely offset. (FIXED)

- Rudder gauge in conning tower offset by 15 degrees. (FIXED)

- Knotmeter in conning tower offset by 2.5 knots. (FIXED)

- Hour hand in command room main clock broken (stuck at 12 o'clock position) -Presently can't be fixed.

- Bearing indicator in radio room offset by many degrees. (FIXED)

- Rudder gauge at sonar station offset by 15 degrees. (FIXED)

- Knotmeter at sonar station offset by 2 knots. (FIXED)

- Deep depth meter in conning tower slightly offset. (FIXED)

- Shallow depth meter in conning tower slightly offset. (FIXED)

- TDC range wheel in command room continously rotates. (FIXED)

- Dive plane scale and degrees of motion incorrect. (FIXED) New dive plane textures.

- Fore dive plane needle inverted. (FIXED)


Version 1.0 ready for download:
http://files.filefront.com/CAs_UBoat.../fileinfo.html


-Captain America