[REL] Type XXIII sub...

[Stiebler]

@Tomi:
Leider kann ich Ihnen nicht helfen.
Aber ich glaube, dass ich die Probleme jetzt mit dem Turm und dem Beobachtung-Periskop repariert.

@Mikhayl:
[A joke picture. The observation periscope raises the rear conning tower.]



@General:

1. The artefact that I reported in my last post is directly caused by the problem with the observation periscope. It is NOT due to the crew placement.
Therefore I have created a new NSSUboat21.dat file for the crew placement only.
I have tested it with fair weather and with crew in oilskins. All OK at 15 m/s.

2. I have found a way to end *most* of the problems with the observation periscope. It is necessary to combine the new .dat file (still contains the observation periscope) with the NSS_Uboat.sim and NSS_Uboat.zon files from which I had removed the observation periscope.
This combination (with a corrected file basic.cfg to remove the observation periscope) has this effect:
a) You can still *select* the observation periscope by typing 'O' in the screen menu (F3).
b) No key combination raises the observation periscope.
c) You can raise the periscope lever in the F3 screen, but nothing happens. No sound of rising periscope, no external view of observation periscope, no view through observation periscope.
d) The attack periscope is unaffected.

This seems to me to be a satisfactory compromise. The only way to remove the key/lever commands for the observation periscope would be through the menu commands, and this would affect all U-boats, so is not satisfactory.

I've carried out two full patrols with this new combination, all OK. I wish I could get heavy rain to test the crew positions though!

Stiebler.