Mod Idea - Ship Horn/Fog Horn

[Reece]

Talk about enthusiasm!

[PhantomLord]

I just remember a story in a book about u-boat war.

2 boats met somewhere in the atlantic. First boats bridge crew was unattentive during watch. Second boat came from behind... scaring the bridge crew to death with the typhoon (fog horn).
That was the sign for all men to always take their Vitamin-A pills against night blindness...

Yeah i would use it, if it can be done!!

[Jimbuna]

I think one or two of the pitfalls would be ships continuously 'greeting' one another whilst in convoy formation, not to mention the cocophony coming from scripted harbour traffic.

Find a way around that and your well on your way to adding a valued mod

cocophony

I love that word!:rotfl:

[Reece]

I think that it would have to be applied to nuetral (or friendly) ships only within a certain distance from the players u-boat, or Nuetrals in heavy fog, just a thought!
Also could it be done randomly, say one in a hundred, every 10 minutes or so!

[asanovic7]

If neutrals would have the horn, then you would easily make a decision what to atack, what not to atack?
Otherwise, don't mind me..

cheers!

[Reece]

Yes but nuetrals in a fog would be concerned about there own welfare, they are not trying to hide since they are not the enemy, same as being lit up at night.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

I love that word!:rotfl:

So do I, but only when it's spelled correctly.:p

I also love the idea of the fog horn, but research would need to be done concerning the exact conditions in which they used it. I'm betting it couldn't be done properly in the game.

[Reece]

Any volunteers?

So once the commodore's ship had sounded two blasts on its fog-horn you turned so many degrees to port, or whatever, and when he sounded one blast you turned so many degrees in the opposite direction.

from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/s...a5525200.shtml

Well its an idea