SH4 Time Compression question

[Julie Whitefeather]

The question I have related to time compression is whether or not there is some way to have a hotkey that sets the time compression to a certain ratio. For example if I am going along and the game drops to x8 is there a way to set a hotkey to bring it back up to the maximum compression?

Julie

[DrBeast]

Originally Posted by Julie Whitefeather

The question I have related to time compression is whether or not there is some way to have a hotkey that sets the time compression to a certain ratio. For example if I am going along and the game drops to x8 is there a way to set a hotkey to bring it back up to the maximum compression?

Julie

Not that I'm aware of. Also, given the flakiness of the game engine with regards to dropping out of TC, I don't think it would be a good idea to put further stress to it.

[Julie Whitefeather]

Thanks for the answer. I guess I will just have to have a bit of patience with the compressed time.

Julie

[Char]

Here's a nice tip when it comes to TC.Depending on your system Specs and other things your computer might randomly slow down to a crawl..Thats is a VERY good sign the game is loading in a large Convoy or Taskforce within possible intercept distance.

and that happen a few days back.looked around a bit,had to run into Half the Jap fleet.2 Fleet Carriers,4 Battleships,a Couple Heavy Cruisers and more.I wasnt able to get an intercept,but I counted AT LEAST 20 different sound contacts.

Till I took a free cam look and found not one,BUT TWO taskforces with a total of 36 ships in all!

Man I wish I got an intercept or a save.Then I could go back and take pics...they had to be making 15+ knots...alas,it was too much for my little S-Boat

[Julie Whitefeather]

Thanks thats a great tip...computer slows down. Fleet being added in. Check...then go as fast as possible the other direction.

[Char]

Originally Posted by Julie Whitefeather

Thanks thats a great tip...computer slows down. Fleet being added in. Check...then go as fast as possible the other direction.

that'll solve the problem!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Julie Whitefeather

The question I have related to time compression is whether or not there is some way to have a hotkey that sets the time compression to a certain ratio. For example if I am going along and the game drops to x8 is there a way to set a hotkey to bring it back up to the maximum compression?

Actually it's quite easy. This little change was first made by someone else for SH3, but I just tried it in SH4 and it works perfectly!

Open up SilentHunter4\data\Cfg and open the 'Commands' file with Notepad.
Scroll down to [Cmd5] and add this new line:

Key1=0x6A,R,"Npad *"

When you're done it should look like this:

[Cmd5]
Name=Time_compr_increase
Ctxt=1,2,6,9
MnID=0x3F010001
Key0=0x6B,,"Npad +"
Key1=0x6A,R,"Npad *"

Or you can copy and paste in the whole command line above.

Save it, and you're good to go.

Now hitting the NumPad * key will take you to max time compression instantly.

[Julie Whitefeather]

Thats great! So can I change this line: Key1=0x6A,R,"Npad *" to make it something other than a number pad key? The reason being is I play on a gaming laptop that doesn't have a number pad.

Julie

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, new solution! Well, old one buy I had to look around a bit to find it. Read this thread and download the device. I checked the link, and it's still good.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=168297

[Julie Whitefeather]

Wow thanks for finding that Steve - a keymapper is great. With all the mods silent hunter 4 is probably better than silent hunter 5!