RFB AA and DG

Spike88 · 12-12-11, 01:00 PM

I've been in a WWII mood lately, so I pulled out my copy of SH3 and SH4(I finally got SH3 to run in 1366x768

)

After two patrols in SH3 and losing my Type IIA to a coastal battery(I'm rusty

) on the second patrol, I load up SH4 with RFB(last time I played I used TMO).

The first Patrol sends me south of Osaka to take on Merchant shipping. I'm well into Japanese air coverage when my men spot an aircraft. I know I should have crash dived to avoid him, but I've never engaged an aircraft before.

I order General Quarters and tell the AA gun to fire at will. The problem is no one gets on the AA gun, or the deck gun for that matter. Both are supposed to be manned, but the only way I can get anyone to get on them is by manually dragging them into place(which is a problem with the AA gun as the Speed and Heading dials cover them).

I'm able to drag a petty officer and an officer unto the AA just before the plane makes it second run. Finally the gun starts opening fire, although seconds later we get a nice payload dropped midship which kills everyone on deck and sinks us. If we had survived the ordeal, I would have never been able to move my petty officer back as the Speed dial was covering him.

Did I do something wrong, or is this a problem with RFB?

In terms of mods I only have the following:
RFB2.0
RFBPatch
RSRD_RFB_575
RSRD_Patch

mobucks · 12-12-11, 02:28 PM

running the game in some resolutions results in the problem you encountered. Press the . (period) key on the numpad to toggle the UI on/off.

Spike88 · 12-12-11, 03:34 PM

Thanks for the help, after re-intsalling TMO I realized it's the same thing, you have to manually drag them over. I recall them automatically moving over for some odd reason.

Removing the UI helps greatly though.

Sailor Steve · 12-13-11, 12:11 PM

Yep. SH3 had pretty bad crew management, but the guns would be manned if you clicked the buttons. SH4 improved the crew management dramatically, but they had go fix something that wasn't broke, and they broke it.

12-12-11, 01:00 PM	#1
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	RFB AA and DG I've been in a WWII mood lately, so I pulled out my copy of SH3 and SH4(I finally got SH3 to run in 1366x768 ) After two patrols in SH3 and losing my Type IIA to a coastal battery(I'm rusty ) on the second patrol, I load up SH4 with RFB(last time I played I used TMO). The first Patrol sends me south of Osaka to take on Merchant shipping. I'm well into Japanese air coverage when my men spot an aircraft. I know I should have crash dived to avoid him, but I've never engaged an aircraft before. I order General Quarters and tell the AA gun to fire at will. The problem is no one gets on the AA gun, or the deck gun for that matter. Both are supposed to be manned, but the only way I can get anyone to get on them is by manually dragging them into place(which is a problem with the AA gun as the Speed and Heading dials cover them). I'm able to drag a petty officer and an officer unto the AA just before the plane makes it second run. Finally the gun starts opening fire, although seconds later we get a nice payload dropped midship which kills everyone on deck and sinks us. If we had survived the ordeal, I would have never been able to move my petty officer back as the Speed dial was covering him. Did I do something wrong, or is this a problem with RFB? In terms of mods I only have the following: RFB2.0 RFBPatch RSRD_RFB_575 RSRD_Patch __________________

12-12-11, 03:34 PM	#3
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the help, after re-intsalling TMO I realized it's the same thing, you have to manually drag them over. I recall them automatically moving over for some odd reason. Removing the UI helps greatly though. __________________

12-13-11, 12:11 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yep. SH3 had pretty bad crew management, but the guns would be manned if you clicked the buttons. SH4 improved the crew management dramatically, but they had go fix something that wasn't broke, and they broke it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-12-11, 02:28 PM	#2
mobucks Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 713 Downloads: 209 Uploads: 0	running the game in some resolutions results in the problem you encountered. Press the . (period) key on the numpad to toggle the UI on/off.