Watch Crew Clothes - can this be done?

[panthercules]

bump - just thought I'd take one last stab at this before seeing the idea sink into oblivion - nobody has any ideas about whether this might work?

[HW3]

The crew clothes used topside are also the ones used down below.

[panthercules]

Originally Posted by HW3

The crew clothes used topside are also the ones used down below.

Yeah - I figured that was probably the case - thanks for confirming it. I don't suppose that the arctic waters on the Murmansk run would have made the sub so cold inside that the crew would wear their foul-weather gear down below, would they?

[Cheapskate]

Originally Posted by panthercules

I don't suppose that the arctic waters on the Murmansk run would have made the sub so cold inside that the crew would wear their foul-weather gear down below, would they?

Suspect not, although I don't really know! Perhaps one of the R/L sailors on the forums could give us the answer.

Like you, I've always thought the sight of the crew on the bridge in shirt sleeves in Arctic or N.Atlantic waters is ludicrous, particularly in the winter months. I think I'd sooner see them wearing foul weather gear up top whenever the wind strength or sea state rises above a certain level, irrespective of whether there is rain,snow or whatever.

Come to think of it, I don't know what the trigger for wearing the oilskins is...I ain't no modder! But if it is solely linked to precipation, perhaps it would be possible to attach the trigger to either of the above factors. ?????

Just a thought....and a pretty uneducated one at that!!.

[panthercules]

Originally Posted by Cheapskate

Come to think of it, I don't know what the trigger for wearing the oilskins is...I ain't no modder! But if it is solely linked to precipation, perhaps it would be possible to attach the trigger to either of the above factors. ?????

Just a thought....and a pretty uneducated one at that!!.

It's tied to both wind speed and rain settings in one of the .cfg files - the real problem is that for some reason the devs decided to use the same trigger for the ability to use the deck guns, so if you change this setting to make the crew don their foul-weather gear at lower wind speed/rain levels, you also disable the deck gun at those lower settings. Even worse, the devs made the triggers for the deck gun and the flak guns the same, so not only can you not use your deck gun but you can't defend yourself with your flak guns, so teaking these settings to make your watch crew always wear their foul weather gear, while possible, comes with a pretty heavy penalty of disabling your guns

It's too bad the link between gun usage and clothes usage can't be broken, but nobody has been able to do it so far - probably hard coded into the game.

[Cheapskate]

Thanks for clearing the trigger business up Panthercules. Won't hold my breath waiting for a decent "cold weather gear" mod then

Suppose the best I can do at the moment is to use some of the heavier gear uniform mods. Fubar's mod seems to have a reasonable selection of these,

Shame really, I liked those plaid shirts!!!

[The Noob]

if there is one sencence i hate than it is: "Thats Hardcoded in the exe and you can't mod it without our SDK wich we never will release."