control of the lights in sh5?

[JScones]

Originally Posted by Nickolas

it would be nice if it switched to red when you order battlestations, and go back to normal when you order "standard" stations. It could also switch to red when the sun sets...

Too annoying. When you are at 200m trying to avoid depth charges, you won't be running red regardless of the time (I've read an actual U-boat crewman's commentary on this...somewhere).

Besides, the whole idea behind the red light was to prepare the watch crew for going topside. It's a complete misnomer that the light was used to differentiate night and day for the simple reason that in RL sleeping areas would always be dark, engine room always white, control room white or red (when rigged that way). The lights would (from what I've read) be used about 10 minutes or so before a watch change. And even then, come later in the war the red light was largely replaced by the replacement watch crew wearing red goggles just before going topside...the rest of the boat remained at full light.

With all the flow-on considerations (ie, if the red light was not used correctly, would the watch crew be penalised with decreased visibility for a period of time?), it would prolly be better just to keep it automatic, as it was in SH3.