disable merchant search lights?

bigboywooly · 01-16-09, 07:58 PM

Only cos I have spent so much time looking at the Sea folder for GWX
:rotfl:

Anything NBB is a battleship
NBC is a battlecruiser
NCA is a heavy cruiser
NCO is a corvette
NCV is a carrier
NCVE is an escort carrier
NCL is a light cruiser
NDD is a destroyer
NDE is an escort destroyer
NFF is a frigate
NPC is the Black Swan
NPT is an MTB
Other warships are NAMC\NAXC\NTBs\NMAS\NMSR\NMSS\NPTV\NPTV_KFK\RAF_HS L\NMSTR\NTRW_\PBTrawler\NHD_SubCT13

May have missed one from memory but rest should be merchants
Depends on the mod you use but thats a pretty comprehensive
list
Will have to go check now tho
lol

yes REF_small01\ REF_small or REF_big are all linked to searchlights so changing to NULL will remove the light from the unit

h.sie · 01-17-09, 08:23 AM

i had frame rate stuttering, too with search lights on at night. normal frame rate sank from 70-90fps down to 3-5 fps for short times and then became normal 70-90fps.

i also thought about disabling searchlights, but then i tested sh3 on vista 64 and did not discover the stuttering. so i made a dual-boot system with xp and vista with vista only for playing sh3. perhaps, this solves your problem?

AH_Thor · 01-17-09, 03:29 PM

Caramba

Keelbuster · 01-17-09, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h.sie

i had frame rate stuttering, too with search lights on at night. normal frame rate sank from 70-90fps down to 3-5 fps for short times and then became normal 70-90fps.

i also thought about disabling searchlights, but then i tested sh3 on vista 64 and did not discover the stuttering. so i made a dual-boot system with xp and vista with vista only for playing sh3. perhaps, this solves your problem?

Well the truth is I am using ancient hardware - I built this system 2002ish. The fan on the graphics card died, and it now overheats like crazy and I get artifacts if the room isn't like 0c. Hence the open window. Still, though she's an antique, she can run SH3 decently. I just have to taper back the bells and whistles.

Keelbuster · 01-19-09, 03:20 PM

Wooly - I did what you said and it worked like a charm! Just attacked my first convoy at night - all the merchies stay dark, and the escort flower class comes in with a search light. Frame rate is steady. Thanks dude!

bigboywooly · 01-19-09, 04:58 PM

You're more than welcome
If it improves your computers handling all the better

01-20-09, 09:04 AM

And whilst we're on the subject....what %age of merchants actually had and used their search lights during WWII ?

The first correct answer wins an all expenses paid trip to Madame FiFi's Massage Emporium.

bigboywooly · 01-20-09, 11:22 AM

Not going there again
Service is terrible

I cant imagine every merchant having such powerfull or large searchlights
So there may be some mileage in removing some anyway - or most

01-16-09, 07:58 PM	#1
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Only cos I have spent so much time looking at the Sea folder for GWX :rotfl: Anything NBB is a battleship NBC is a battlecruiser NCA is a heavy cruiser NCO is a corvette NCV is a carrier NCVE is an escort carrier NCL is a light cruiser NDD is a destroyer NDE is an escort destroyer NFF is a frigate NPC is the Black Swan NPT is an MTB Other warships are NAMC\NAXC\NTBs\NMAS\NMSR\NMSS\NPTV\NPTV_KFK\RAF_HS L\NMSTR\NTRW_\PBTrawler\NHD_SubCT13 May have missed one from memory but rest should be merchants Depends on the mod you use but thats a pretty comprehensive list Will have to go check now tho lol yes REF_small01\ REF_small or REF_big are all linked to searchlights so changing to NULL will remove the light from the unit __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-17-09, 08:23 AM	#2
h.sie Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,192 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	i had frame rate stuttering, too with search lights on at night. normal frame rate sank from 70-90fps down to 3-5 fps for short times and then became normal 70-90fps. i also thought about disabling searchlights, but then i tested sh3 on vista 64 and did not discover the stuttering. so i made a dual-boot system with xp and vista with vista only for playing sh3. perhaps, this solves your problem? __________________ My Mediafire page: http://www.mediafire.com/hsie

01-17-09, 03:29 PM	#3
AH_Thor Loader Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 89 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Caramba __________________ http://hosted.filefront.com/AHThor

01-19-09, 03:20 PM	#5
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Wooly - I did what you said and it worked like a charm! Just attacked my first convoy at night - all the merchies stay dark, and the escort flower class comes in with a search light. Frame rate is steady. Thanks dude! __________________

01-19-09, 04:58 PM	#6
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	You're more than welcome If it improves your computers handling all the better __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-20-09, 09:04 AM	#7
Uber Gruber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	And whilst we're on the subject....what %age of merchants actually had and used their search lights during WWII ? The first correct answer wins an all expenses paid trip to Madame FiFi's Massage Emporium.

01-20-09, 11:22 AM	#8
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Not going there again Service is terrible I cant imagine every merchant having such powerfull or large searchlights So there may be some mileage in removing some anyway - or most __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

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