FOTRSU Night Periscope

Macgregor the Hammer · 02-20-20, 04:03 PM

Switching to the night periscope at night, all I get is a white circle. Is this a known bug?

propbeanie · 02-20-20, 04:46 PM

Are you sure you don't have a searchlight shining on your there?...

- sorry, couldn't pass it up!

But seriously, which boat, where'd you sail from, what are your circumstances? Have you taken any damage? Had you taken any damage previously? Have you looked on the Repair Screen in the Conning Tower to inspect it there?

Macgregor the Hammer · 02-20-20, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Are you sure you don't have a searchlight shining on your there?...

- sorry, couldn't pass it up!

But seriously, which boat, where'd you sail from, what are your circumstances? Have you taken any damage? Had you taken any damage previously? Have you looked on the Repair Screen in the Conning Tower to inspect it there?

1. I'm in the convoy attack mission at the naval academy.

2. No damage what so ever. Motoring my way to a convoy intercept. Tried using it just after sundown.

propbeanie · 02-20-20, 08:59 PM

OK, Porpoise boat, Submarine School. Let's do this first:

I have used the menu buttons below to get to the Observation Periscope station.
I am looking at 000° just after it came up. Notice the lamps on the menu (Commands)
buttons, and notice the color of the gradation lines in the scope.

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Now the Attack Periscope - similar look, but notice that I have turned the Attack scope
to 180°, and I am seeing the sub's rooster tail. Notice the color of the gradations, and notice
the lights on the menu (Commands) bar below. Notice that I still have the Observation Periscope
up? You can tell by the button lights.

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So now, let's say I go to my NavMap view and I lower my Attack Periscope, since I'm not going to use it. I change my course or whatever, and I want to go back to that Observation Periscope view real quick, so I hit the <F3> key (it is a periscope button, after all), and I get this:

Whoops! I'm back at the Attack scope... notice the 180° marking above, and the color of
the gradations? Notice that the Attack scope station button light is lit, not the Observation,
though the Observation scope shows up. Use the <O> ("oh!") key instead (or just use the menu
buttons again) to get to the Observation scope.

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Is that maybe what the issue is? Or do you maybe have something "whiter"?

Macgregor the Hammer · 02-21-20, 10:43 AM

Got it, thanks! I didn't realize that the observation scope had the 'night' function.

propbeanie · 02-21-20, 10:52 AM

Well, it doesn't really. CapnScurvy did make it better for FotRSU though, as compared to the Attack scope, though the differences still are not as pronounced as they were in real life, and you can usually use both without issue at just about any time. As for the buttions, I sometimes, I wish for a "go back to where I was" functionality, but then once I did get used to using short-cut keys, I do prefer it the way it is...

02-20-20, 04:03 PM	#1
Macgregor the Hammer Chief Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Minnesota Posts: 325 Downloads: 535 Uploads: 1	FOTRSU Night Periscope Switching to the night periscope at night, all I get is a white circle. Is this a known bug? __________________ "It's impossible to make anything fool proof....Fools are too ingenious!"

02-20-20, 04:46 PM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,103 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	Are you sure you don't have a searchlight shining on your there?... - sorry, couldn't pass it up! But seriously, which boat, where'd you sail from, what are your circumstances? Have you taken any damage? Had you taken any damage previously? Have you looked on the Repair Screen in the Conning Tower to inspect it there? __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

02-20-20, 08:59 PM	#4
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,103 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	OK, Porpoise boat, Submarine School. Let's do this first: I have used the menu buttons below to get to the Observation Periscope station. I am looking at 000° just after it came up. Notice the lamps on the menu (Commands) buttons, and notice the color of the gradation lines in the scope. --------------------------------------------------------- Now the Attack Periscope - similar look, but notice that I have turned the Attack scope to 180°, and I am seeing the sub's rooster tail. Notice the color of the gradations, and notice the lights on the menu (Commands) bar below. Notice that I still have the Observation Periscope up? You can tell by the button lights. ----------------------------------------------------------- So now, let's say I go to my NavMap view and I lower my Attack Periscope, since I'm not going to use it. I change my course or whatever, and I want to go back to that Observation Periscope view real quick, so I hit the <F3> key (it is a periscope button, after all), and I get this: Whoops! I'm back at the Attack scope... notice the 180° marking above, and the color of the gradations? Notice that the Attack scope station button light is lit, not the Observation, though the Observation scope shows up. Use the <O> ("oh!") key instead (or just use the menu buttons again) to get to the Observation scope. ------------------------------------------------------- Is that maybe what the issue is? Or do you maybe have something "whiter"? __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna Last edited by propbeanie; 02-21-20 at 07:21 AM. Reason: Photo comment lay-out

02-21-20, 10:43 AM	#5
Macgregor the Hammer Chief Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Minnesota Posts: 325 Downloads: 535 Uploads: 1	Got it, thanks! I didn't realize that the observation scope had the 'night' function. __________________ "It's impossible to make anything fool proof....Fools are too ingenious!"

02-21-20, 10:52 AM	#6
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,103 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	Well, it doesn't really. CapnScurvy did make it better for FotRSU though, as compared to the Attack scope, though the differences still are not as pronounced as they were in real life, and you can usually use both without issue at just about any time. As for the buttions, I sometimes, I wish for a "go back to where I was" functionality, but then once I did get used to using short-cut keys, I do prefer it the way it is... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna