3/4 Digit Grid Square callout for Radio Contact Reports

mikolajcap21 · 02-27-25, 09:23 PM

How would I go about making contact reports in game display three/four digits?

For example all contacts in game are displayed with only 2 digits such as AL-54, but I want to make it so the report reads something like AL-5432.

Not only this would be more historically accurate as contact reports in real life were sometimes provided with 3 or 4 digits it would also make it slightly easier for players who play with "map contact updates" disabled or the Cruel Sea Mod which disables the radio contact icon.

3-Digit Examples

Clausen Matz Kretschmer Eckermann |using Prien's messages intercept convoy in grid AM 1420

"convoy in grid AL 2550 heading East speed 7 |all uboats in reach ordered to proceed for interception with maximal speed"

4 Digit Examples:

"convoy in grid AM 3443 probably heading WNW speed unknown"

"Liebe Schewe Schulz |I/KG40 reports |convoy in grid AM 1934 heading East"

FUBAR295 · 02-28-25, 08:36 AM

I think that the display for the quadrant is hard coded. All the displays on quadrants are shown as two alpha and two numeric, ie AM 41.

You can try altering line 4201 in the en.menu.ini file to accept more digits on the display, but I feel it will not work.

Jeff-Groves · 02-28-25, 02:10 PM

AM 1420 is not a 3 digit number.
AM 142 would be.
And all the Grids ARE hard coded. I know exactly where they are in the SH3.exe file.

FUBAR295 · 02-28-25, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

And all the Grids ARE hard coded. I know exactly where they are in the SH3.exe file.

Thanks Jeff for the confirm.

Jeff-Groves · 02-28-25, 05:42 PM

Check the Map and the code in this image.

02-27-25, 09:23 PM	#1
mikolajcap21 Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 12 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	3/4 Digit Grid Square callout for Radio Contact Reports How would I go about making contact reports in game display three/four digits? For example all contacts in game are displayed with only 2 digits such as AL-54, but I want to make it so the report reads something like AL-5432. Not only this would be more historically accurate as contact reports in real life were sometimes provided with 3 or 4 digits it would also make it slightly easier for players who play with "map contact updates" disabled or the Cruel Sea Mod which disables the radio contact icon. 3-Digit Examples Clausen Matz Kretschmer Eckermann \|using Prien's messages intercept convoy in grid AM 1420 "convoy in grid AL 2550 heading East speed 7 \|all uboats in reach ordered to proceed for interception with maximal speed" 4 Digit Examples: "convoy in grid AM 3443 probably heading WNW speed unknown" "Liebe Schewe Schulz \|I/KG40 reports \|convoy in grid AM 1934 heading East"

02-28-25, 08:36 AM	#2
FUBAR295 Krusty Krab Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Decks awash in the North Atlantic Posts: 1,450 Downloads: 493 Uploads: 0	I think that the display for the quadrant is hard coded. All the displays on quadrants are shown as two alpha and two numeric, ie AM 41. You can try altering line 4201 in the en.menu.ini file to accept more digits on the display, but I feel it will not work. __________________ Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.

02-28-25, 02:10 PM	#3
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	AM 1420 is not a 3 digit number. AM 142 would be. And all the Grids ARE hard coded. I know exactly where they are in the SH3.exe file.

02-28-25, 05:42 PM	#5
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Check the Map and the code in this image.