The Sims: Uboat Edition

rs99z28 · 04-18-10, 03:59 PM

so do i HAVE to run around telling people what to do, eating soup, ect?

sure its fun for a few minutes but id rather spend my time on the scope or charts (not climbing that damned ladder!).

basically i want to know if i can issue all commands from a hotkey, without having to run around the whole ship.

thanks!

kylania · 04-18-10, 04:17 PM

Nope, you don't have to run anywhere.

However, you would need to map keys to all the various things, since they aren't mapped by default. There are both keymap and full UI mods out that allow you to do issue commands from anywhere and even .

Nisgeis · 04-18-10, 04:27 PM

You don't have to tell anyone to eat soup. You can't tell anyone to eat soup. There is no hotkey to tell anyone to eat soup. There is no mod to bind a key to a missing command that tells people to eat soup. Eating soup... that whole thing is just not available - where did you get the eating soup command thing from? You may be disappointed!

Now, if you ask your cook to make soup, then that's a whole different thing, because who needs to be told that they have to eat the special soup that the cook has made? No one! Because it's delicious. Is there a 'make soup' hot key? No, that would be silly. It's not like it's a command that would be shouted from the bridge now is it? Come to new course 120, open outer doors on tubes 1,2,3 and 4, cook soup, fire 1, fire 2, eat soup, fire 3, rinse bowls, fire 4, dive!... nah not very atmospheric is it? However, walking up to your cook in a quiet moment and seeing if he can make a special meal to raise morale, that's quite reasonable. I mean, in a simulation sense, you'd want to do it in a not so busy time, where you'd be able to stroll up to the cook, without, you know, destroyers and such depth charging you. That would be a bit weird for a sim really, a captain ordering a special meal whilst the depth charging was still going on.

You can't issue all your commands from a hotkey, but on the other hand you don't have to run round the whole boat (not ship!) to issue commands.

kylania · 04-18-10, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

It's not like it's a command that would be shouted from the bridge now is it? Come to new course 120, open outer doors on tubes 1,2,3 and 4, cook soup, fire 1, fire 2, eat soup, fire 3, rinse bowls, fire 4, dive!...

You can't issue all your commands from a hotkey, but on the other hand you don't have to run round the whole boat (not ship!) to issue commands.

I am totally going to make a "make soup" hotkey mod!

And it'll only be available in the presence of a convoy!

Nisgeis · 04-18-10, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

I am totally going to make a "make soup" hotkey mod!

And it'll only be available in the presence of a convoy!

I hope you realise how utterly unrealistic that would be, unless someone also releases a 'rinse bowls' mod. The KM were hygeine concious you know!

rs99z28 · 04-18-10, 05:46 PM

lol thanks for the replies. ill look into the teleport mod, but do i have to go to the teleportion station??

Nisgeis · 04-18-10, 05:52 PM

No, just install the mod.

04-18-10, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rs99z28

lol thanks for the replies. ill look into the teleport mod,

this is NO star trek you losers

you want realism, then use the fu**ing ladder......

John Channing · 04-18-10, 06:55 PM

Easy on the language please.

JCC

04-18-10, 07:17 PM

If you use Church's Keycommands (or another keymap mod) in conjunction with one of the new UI's, you'll find you don't have to do any running at all. I play 99% of the time from inside the conning tower, with attack periscope a click away, using F3 to get to the map, and going up the ladder to the deck when I need to. Very similiar to SH3 using this method.

Seeadler · 04-18-10, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by shmall

this is NO star trek you losers

apart from the neon colors sometimes I'm not so sure

jerm138 · 04-18-10, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

Nope, you don't have to run anywhere.

However, you would need to map keys to all the various things, since they aren't mapped by default. There are both keymap and full UI mods out that allow you to do issue commands from anywhere and even .

This is precisely why I lurk the SH5 forum even though I don't own it.

After seeing that video, the game is looking MUCH sweeter to me.
Soon as there is a Fleet Boat addon or mod, it's mine!

Thanks for posting.

And shmall...
Ease up. Do you play without time compression? Do you go for weeks at a time without showering when you play? Do you isolate yourself from the rest of the world for a month or more in the name of "realism." Do you hotrack with your neighbor during that month?

Submarine life sucks. There are a lot of aspects about it that people don't want to simulate. Climbing up and down ladders to do everyone else's job or give orders happens to be one of those things for some people.

rs99z28 · 04-18-10, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerm138

This is precisely why I lurk the SH5 forum even though I don't own it.

After seeing that video, the game is looking MUCH sweeter to me.
Soon as there is a Fleet Boat addon or mod, it's mine!

Thanks for posting.

And shmall...
Ease up. Do you play without time compression? Do you go for weeks at a time without showering when you play? Do you isolate yourself from the rest of the world for a month or more in the name of "realism." Do you hotrack with your neighbor during that month?

Submarine life sucks. There are a lot of aspects about it that people don't want to simulate. Climbing up and down ladders to do everyone else's job or give orders happens to be one of those things for some people.

exactly what im thinking. for me the enjoyment doesnt come from walking around talking with people. and while the interior of the sub is pretty cool, after about 5 minutes i was done with it. im here for the hunt!

Onkel Neal · 04-18-10, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rs99z28

so do i HAVE to run around telling people what to do, eating soup, ect?

sure its fun for a few minutes but id rather spend my time on the scope or charts (not climbing that damned ladder!).

basically i want to know if i can issue all commands from a hotkey, without having to run around the whole ship.

thanks!

What's wrong with climbing a ladder? Real U-boat commanders did plenty of that.

Iron Budokan · 04-18-10, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

I am totally going to make a "make soup" hotkey mod!

And it'll only be available in the presence of a convoy!

haha

Do that and even I might buy this game.

04-18-10, 03:59 PM	#1
rs99z28 Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	The Sims: Uboat Edition so do i HAVE to run around telling people what to do, eating soup, ect? sure its fun for a few minutes but id rather spend my time on the scope or charts (not climbing that damned ladder!). basically i want to know if i can issue all commands from a hotkey, without having to run around the whole ship. thanks!

04-18-10, 04:17 PM	#2
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Nope, you don't have to run anywhere. However, you would need to map keys to all the various things, since they aren't mapped by default. There are both keymap and full UI mods out that allow you to do issue commands from anywhere and even . __________________

04-18-10, 04:27 PM	#3
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	You don't have to tell anyone to eat soup. You can't tell anyone to eat soup. There is no hotkey to tell anyone to eat soup. There is no mod to bind a key to a missing command that tells people to eat soup. Eating soup... that whole thing is just not available - where did you get the eating soup command thing from? You may be disappointed! Now, if you ask your cook to make soup, then that's a whole different thing, because who needs to be told that they have to eat the special soup that the cook has made? No one! Because it's delicious. Is there a 'make soup' hot key? No, that would be silly. It's not like it's a command that would be shouted from the bridge now is it? Come to new course 120, open outer doors on tubes 1,2,3 and 4, cook soup, fire 1, fire 2, eat soup, fire 3, rinse bowls, fire 4, dive!... nah not very atmospheric is it? However, walking up to your cook in a quiet moment and seeing if he can make a special meal to raise morale, that's quite reasonable. I mean, in a simulation sense, you'd want to do it in a not so busy time, where you'd be able to stroll up to the cook, without, you know, destroyers and such depth charging you. That would be a bit weird for a sim really, a captain ordering a special meal whilst the depth charging was still going on. You can't issue all your commands from a hotkey, but on the other hand you don't have to run round the whole boat (not ship!) to issue commands. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

04-18-10, 05:52 PM	#7
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	No, just install the mod. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

04-18-10, 05:46 PM	#6
rs99z28 Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	lol thanks for the replies. ill look into the teleport mod, but do i have to go to the teleportion station??

04-18-10, 06:55 PM	#9
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Easy on the language please. JCC

04-18-10, 07:17 PM	#10
trotter Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	If you use Church's Keycommands (or another keymap mod) in conjunction with one of the new UI's, you'll find you don't have to do any running at all. I play 99% of the time from inside the conning tower, with attack periscope a click away, using F3 to get to the map, and going up the ladder to the deck when I need to. Very similiar to SH3 using this method.