Depth under keel

[Simulated-AI]

How can i get a report of depth under keel?

I dont want to crash into the ground.
I know i can press F2 and see for myself, but thats not realistic.

Thanks.

[SteamWake]

Search is your friend my friend.

You cant in stock game. Some modding to the key command files is required.

Its probably covered in the faq

[Simulated-AI]

Ok, i will see if i can get something on that.

If i remember correctly, in SH4 you could ping distance.

[jhelix70]

Check out the mods workshop forum...there is a mod there that restores all sorts of useful keyboard functions, including depth under keel.

[Factor]

I cannot believe that the devs did not, at least complete the keyboard functions. I mean, that is totally slack.

If modders can complete the functions in a few days, where as the devs could not in three years. Uncalled for and shows that quality control is not even an issue at Ubisoft Romania. I mean if this is what they want to put out, then i am baffled. I guess they do not care that their signature is on this product. If i demonstrated similar results in my job, i would be homeless.

What a shame.

This title will shine, but it will take time, and it will of course take the modders.

[darklighter]

For us lazy folks, works pretty well.

This is from another post:

Moin,

now that I had a first glance at SHV I´m starting to browse the folders to become familiar with the newborn. The first button/command I was missing was 'GetDepthUnderKeel'. I´m not that much into GUI programming and haven´t been for SH3 either, but I had a brief look into the corresponding files. Maybe I´m a bit late and somebody else has posted something similar already but here´s how to easily make the 'GetDepthUnderKeel' command working on key command.
1. open ...\SHV\data\cfg\Commands.cfg
2. browse to [Cmd130]
3. add the red line
[Cmd130]
Name=Get_depth_under_sub_keel
Contexts=1,15
Key0=0x55,,"U"
MnID=0x3F250005

Now the command will be executed on pressing "U". If you wish to attach another key to this command, search the internet for an ASCII code table. You´ll find a hex code referring to every key on your keyboard. Replace '0x55' by your desired hex code. If you like to use a key whilst pressing SHIFT or CTRL, place a 's' or 'c' between the commas.

Btw, it looks as if all commands known from good old SH3 are still present in the commands.cfg files. The *.act files in the game´s root folder do indicate the same. So, I´m pretty much sure some GUI guru will provide a SHIII like interface sooner or later.

Regards,
DD

[R1fl3M4n]

i was looking for smthing like this... missing the old ShIII GUI ... but now i can definitly know what depth i am when in shallow water with 2 destroyers above.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by R1fl3M4n

i was looking for smthing like this... missing the old ShIII GUI ... but now i can definitly know what depth i am when in shallow water with 2 destroyers above.

You can choose the SH3 UI style in my UIs mod

[GT182]

Originally Posted by R1fl3M4n

i was looking for smthing like this... missing the old ShIII GUI ... but now i can definitly know what depth i am when in shallow water with 2 destroyers above.

And they will nail you when they hear the ping that defeats the purpose of Silent Running.