[REQ] External to Internal Torpedo Reload Times Fix

[GDFTigerTank]

Right now it takes about all of 10 seconds for your amazing crew to haul a torpedo out of the external storage tune on deck, winch it to the hatch, push it inside the hull, and then mount it in the internal torpedo bay.

Well I guess we all knew that Germans are all supermen!

REALISTICALLY... This should be a 15 minute to half hour long process - at LEAST - with rough seas making those times increase substantially if not prevent relocating the torpedo entirely.

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

[sergei]

I agree. I am still trying to track down what file controls the reload time though. Haven't found it yet.

[kylania]

First time this happened I laughed. Now I cry.

[Arclight]

Agreed, that was laughable. I was expecting an hour long process, but the bar simply rocketed to completion.

My first thought was "can I go up on deck and see them working?", but it was completed before I even turned around to walk to the ladder.

[Dowly]

As a cheap solution, you can go to data/upcdatage/upccrewdata/specialabilities.upc and change the torpedoman's reduce loading time passive ability to do the opposite, make the reloading last longer.

Change the red values to positive (without the +). I have no idea if this actually works, but it should.

[SpecialAbility 16]
ID=Ability-Reduce-Torpedo-Loading-Time
NameDisplayable=Ability-Reduce-Torpedo-Loading-Time-Name
Description=Ability-Reduce-Torpedo-Loading-Time-Description, Ability-Reduce-Torpedo-Loading-Time-Description, Ability-Reduce-Torpedo-Loading-Time-Description, Ability-Reduce-Torpedo-Loading-Time-Description, Ability-Reduce-Torpedo-Loading-Time-Description
Levels= 5
AbilityType=TorpedoLoadingTimeSimple          ;reduce torpedo loading time (in percents)
AbilityValue= -6, -12, -18, -24, -30

[Adam84]

I appreciate that this would be a huge feat but would it be possible to actually animate that process of externally reloading with the crew? I cant see it happening but thought it was worth asking.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by sergei

I agree. I am still trying to track down what file controls the reload time though. Haven't found it yet.

It's not in the sim file?

Yes.
It's still in the sim.
xfer_time

[sergei]

Yep - just found it - thanks for the heads up

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by Dowly

As a cheap solution, you can go to data/upcdatage/upccrewdata/specialabilities.upc and change the torpedoman's reduce loading time passive ability to do the opposite, make the reloading last longer.

Change the red values to positive (without the +). I have no idea if this actually works, but it should.

Finally a good use for the abilities system.

Originally Posted by Adam84

I appreciate that this would be a huge feat but would it be possible to actually animate that process of externally reloading with the crew? I cant see it happening but thought it was worth asking.

Possible? Sure. Timeconsuming? Without a doubt.

Maybe modded in, or possibly added by devs if they have 1 or more expansions lined up.

You may be able to do a StateMachine controller
that would call an animation on transfer.

Of course you'd need to do the animations also.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Arclight

Finally a good use for the abilities system.

ROFL

@Privateer

Any idea if it would be possible to make the external reloading via the states and waypoints?

If it's possible to make new crewstates and new waypoints, then wouldn't it then be as "simple" as make a script with !issubmerged and isreloadinglongpenislookingthings controllers that trigger the crew animations on the waypoints on the deck. Not that I can do this, but just pondering.

[THM]

In reality it took 70 minutes if the crew was really working hard.

That's 70 minutes you have to stay surfaced without any chance to dive.

Cheers
Chris