[TEC] SH5.exe patches to fix bugs and add functionality

[TheDarkWraith]

Testing out the new icons in game:


Everything working just like it should

Have to add two more items: a way to set the fore diveplanes angle and the aft diveplanes angle. These will probably be dials that you click on (like the SH3 dials)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice : )

[Echolot]

Great work!

[DrJones]

Hey Mate,

thats fantastic thank you very much.

Best Regards

DrJones

[TheDarkWraith]

I added two new round dials to the Diveplanes order bar. One was for fore diveplanes and the other was for aft diveplanes. I set the commands for the dials for the two new commands associated with them (diveplanes). I clicked on the dials and the needle for the NewVal was showing where I clicked on the dial but the game was not executing the command associated with the dial (Set_Fore_DP_Value or Set_Aft_DP_Value)

I fired up OllyDebug to see what was going on. Clicked on the dial and got my answer. The command associated with the dial was a null pointer Thus the game had no command to execute.

Ok, now we have watch the dials being created in the game to see why the game is giving it a null pointer. Restarted the game inside OllyDebug and set a breakpoint where it reads the Dials.cfg file. Once it read my first new dial I got my answer again. My command was not in the game's list of known commands and thus a null pointer was set So annoying...Have to add some more assembly code to the game so that I can have dials with commands that aren't part of the game's known commands.

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Have to add two more items: a way to set the fore diveplanes angle and the aft diveplanes angle. These will probably be dials that you click on (like the SH3 dials)

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I added two new round dials to the Diveplanes order bar.

U-995's dive plane gauges (Vord. Tiefenruder = fore diveplanes; Hint. Tiefenruder = after diveplanes):
http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewik...9974ecc672.JPG

A diagram by Captain America showing gauges' working:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...628#post209628

From the above links we can desume the following:

- fore diveplanes deflection range: -35 / +25 deg; after diveplanes deflection range: +/- 30 deg;

- currently I have not my gaming laptop with me, but diveplane gauge graphics should already be in SH5's tex folder, used as skins of command room's corresponding gauges. Should the game miss them, or shouldn't they be accurate enough, I can draw them (both gauges and needles), purposedly for use with your patch and UI mod

[TheDarkWraith]

Finished writing the assembly code so that dials defined can use commands not defined in the stock game. This is some awesome code This will allow me to do things with dials I've always wanted to do.

In the screenshot below I have two test dials added to the diveplanes command bar so that I could play around with new code. And the results were:


Success

I had my test dials setup to allow for -90 to 90 degrees on each set of diveplanes. I tested both sets of diveplanes through their whole range - game let me do it It's good to know game does not pose any limitations on the angle of the diveplanes.

The below is related to the upcoming new version of my UIs mod (v7.5.0):

The diveplane dials will show when the diveplane is in manual control (here I had fore and aft diveplanes in manual control).

When you click on the dial a needle will show where you clicked. Sit back and watch the true position needle move towards the new position needle

[RushTheBus]

Strong work TDW! This should really allow for some fine adjustment. us Any chance we can get an option to flood tubes then open tube doors with tube ready to fire indicator lights?

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by RushTheBus

Strong work TDW! This should really allow for some fine adjustment. us Any chance we can get an option to flood tubes then open tube doors with tube ready to fire indicator lights?

That is available in my UIs mod

v1.0.156.0 released. See post #1

Starting with v1.0.156.0:
- added some new Updates to sh5.exe
- added a new patch to SH5.exe and SHSim.act: manual diveplane control - this patch allows manual control of the fore and aft diveplanes. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE NOTES WITH THIS NEW PATCH!
- added a new patch to SHSim.exe: Air-to-air combat - this patch allows aircraft to target and engage other aircraft.
- added a new patch to SHSim.exe: Coastal defense sub loops - Allows coastal defenses to detect subs that are submerged and/or in heavy fog
- revised new command code in SH5.exe so that it can pass Param1 and Param2 on to functions and to all scripts
- added new code to SH5.exe that allows the defining of commands not recognized by the game to dials

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I have two test dials added to the diveplanes command bar so that I could play around with new code.

so, do you want realistic dials for your new patch?

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by gap

so, do you want realistic dials for your new patch?

They'd actually be for the UIs mod. The patch just gives the ability to manually control them. The UI mod implements the patch.

Yes, let's see what you come up with

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

They'd actually be for the UIs mod. The patch just gives the ability to manually control them. The UI mod implements the patch.

Yes, let's see what you come up with

Okay, tomorrow I will start working on the new dials. Getting them ready shouldn't take too long

[tonschk]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Yes, let's see what you come up with

[Sartoris]

Love seeing you work on sh5, TDW! So much exciting progress being done here, and at such a breakneck pace. Thanks for all the hard work once again.

[volodya61]

Hi TDW

Here is Rus manual for the latest (156) version - http://rghost.ru/53079939

UPD: changed menu.txt will be added in the NewUIs thread