Default depths?

[Sniper297]

Okay, some really weird effects from hacking that number - set it to 30 feet and tried it out, near as I can tell it has no effect on crew or radar cutoff, but the diesels will run at that depth. For giggles I set it for 60 feet and tried again, and the diesels will indeed run at periscope depth - if you can get down there. Hit the P key and get the "yes sir, periscope depth" (landlubber, supposed to be AYE AYE SIR not yes sir to acknowledge an order) but it won't dive. Select a depth on the dial meter and it still won't dive. Hit the C for crash dive and it will go down, only problem is trying to select a depth after that, which is always off by 20-30 feet. Select snorkel depth and it just surfaces.

So after some trial and error (mostly error) I set it back to a more realistic surfaced 4.6 (15.4 feet) and submerged 8.5 (27.88 feet) which seems to work with no problems so far.

Aside from the radar constantly cutting off in heavy seas, the other problem I've always had was getting the blasted snorkel depth to work consistently. Set for 27 feet and it wants to be at 23 or 25 feet, and I know from the google chart I'm converting French Furlongs into good old Christian feet correctly.

The NSS_Sargo.cfg is set;

[Properties]
PeriscopeDepth=18;meters
SnorkelDepth=8.85;meters
CrashDepth=40;meters
MaxDepth=122;meters
SurfaceDepth=4.8;meters
TorpLaunchMaxDepth=39;meters
StormConditions=9,0.1;max wind speed [m/s], max rain intensity [0,1]

8.5 is about 29 feet, but apparently it needs to be set deeper than the actual - that setting maintains a consistent 25 feet depth.

What that looks like, on the surface;



Averages 14-15 feet and don't look too high. Might help the radar annoyance, I hope.

Snorkel depth (decks awash) at 25 feet the crewmen do go below (scurvy dogs, who gave you permission to flake out?!) so that's probably not affected by this value.



One other item, for those fiddling with the snorkel control to get decks awash, it requires some tinkering to make it work, and the other file that affects it is:

\Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Cfg\Commands.cfg

Open that in notepad (make a copy of the file first!) and scroll down to;

[Cmd195]
Name=Snorkel_depth
Ctxt=1
Str=1033
;Key0=0xBA,C,"Comma"
Key0=0x44,s,"Shift+D"

A semicolon ";" at the beginning of a line is program code for "this is a comment, computer ignore this". So remove that ; from the beginning of the line and delete the last line;

[Cmd195]
Name=Snorkel_depth
Ctxt=1
Str=1033
Key0=0xBA,C,"Comma"

Or just copy and paste the above over command 195. The actual key is the semicolon ; and not the comma "," key, the programmer was probably drunk when he added the notations.