Sh3.exe and Asdic in shallow waters

Stiebler · 11-07-11, 10:16 AM

I was sufficiently interested in whether GWX substitutes a 0.0 Minimum Surface contact area by default with another value, that I checked it.

I ran single mission Convoy PA69, set in 23 Feb 1944. A quick check on the mission file showed two escorts, both of type COBathhurst. Another check in the Sea folder for COBathurst (.sns file) shows that they have asdics 147A fitted in February 1944.

Then I checked through my code intercepts while running the single mission. Sure enough, in the code-subroutine where the original stored values from AI_Sensors.dat are moved into the asdic memory area for each warship as it is spawned, I could detect the distinctive data (ie, Minimum Range all the way down to Minimum Surface) for the GWX 147A asdic, as listed in the GWX AI_sensors.dat file.

The Minimum Surface value was still 0.0 at the point of transfer. So this really must be the value used.

Does this information change the views of any GWX players for the Minimum Surface values that I intend my asdic mod to install according to sea-depth?

Stiebler.

11-07-11, 10:16 AM	#21
Stiebler Fuel Supplier Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,237 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 4	I was sufficiently interested in whether GWX substitutes a 0.0 Minimum Surface contact area by default with another value, that I checked it. I ran single mission Convoy PA69, set in 23 Feb 1944. A quick check on the mission file showed two escorts, both of type COBathhurst. Another check in the Sea folder for COBathurst (.sns file) shows that they have asdics 147A fitted in February 1944. Then I checked through my code intercepts while running the single mission. Sure enough, in the code-subroutine where the original stored values from AI_Sensors.dat are moved into the asdic memory area for each warship as it is spawned, I could detect the distinctive data (ie, Minimum Range all the way down to Minimum Surface) for the GWX 147A asdic, as listed in the GWX AI_sensors.dat file. The Minimum Surface value was still 0.0 at the point of transfer. So this really must be the value used. Does this information change the views of any GWX players for the Minimum Surface values that I intend my asdic mod to install according to sea-depth? Stiebler. __________________ NYGM Tonnage War Mod - More than a mod: it's an experience!