von Helsching's Battery Fix

Stiebler · 03-06-06, 07:07 AM

von Helsching's Battery Fix - see thread in main forum.

Von Helsching reported that there was an error in the U-boat submerged ranges. Ubisoft had named the information in each U-boatâ€™s file as â€˜milesâ€™ (ie nautical miles), but had actually used kilometres. Then the Ubisoft programmers had converted the ranges from â€˜milesâ€™ into kilometres internally, resulting in the submerged range being too large.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to correct the necessary â€˜U-boat.simâ€™ files, since there is one for each U-boat, and other mods have altered them too. Thus there is no simple fix.

The NYGM team considered this mod to be so important that I started work at once on a short program that will add it to NYGM (the safest and fastest way).

Alas, I was too late for the NYGM Tonnage War Mod (just released), but it will appear in the soon-coming update version with Harbour Traffic.

The program can be used on *any* u-boat.sim files. It stamps itself across the .sim file, without altering anything else, so is compatible with all u-boat.sim from all sources. There's a full read-me file, which fully credits von Helsching.

The result is that you will now have to be a lot more careful with battery usage when submerged!

Download it here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/14824947/SH3Battery.zip.html

Congratulations, von Helsching - very well spotted error in SH3.

Stiebler.

03-06-06, 07:07 AM	#1
Stiebler Fuel Supplier Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,237 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 4	von Helsching's Battery Fix von Helsching's Battery Fix - see thread in main forum. Von Helsching reported that there was an error in the U-boat submerged ranges. Ubisoft had named the information in each U-boatâ€™s file as â€˜milesâ€™ (ie nautical miles), but had actually used kilometres. Then the Ubisoft programmers had converted the ranges from â€˜milesâ€™ into kilometres internally, resulting in the submerged range being too large. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to correct the necessary â€˜U-boat.simâ€™ files, since there is one for each U-boat, and other mods have altered them too. Thus there is no simple fix. The NYGM team considered this mod to be so important that I started work at once on a short program that will add it to NYGM (the safest and fastest way). Alas, I was too late for the NYGM Tonnage War Mod (just released), but it will appear in the soon-coming update version with Harbour Traffic. The program can be used on any u-boat.sim files. It stamps itself across the .sim file, without altering anything else, so is compatible with all u-boat.sim from all sources. There's a full read-me file, which fully credits von Helsching. The result is that you will now have to be a lot more careful with battery usage when submerged! Download it here: http://rapidshare.de/files/14824947/SH3Battery.zip.html Congratulations, von Helsching - very well spotted error in SH3. Stiebler.