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Old 06-11-12, 09:30 PM   #1
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This sounds like an excellant mod and cant wait. I also use SH3gen at the beginning of patrols, for a real like feel.
I don't know if our program will be able to work with SH3 Gen. Andqui would be best to answer that, but the impression I am getting is that he won't be programming it so that they can work together.

It depends on what he wants to do, since he is doing all the coding.
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Old 06-11-12, 11:52 PM   #2
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I don't know if our program will be able to work with SH3 Gen.
Process.Start method (if you're programming in C#)
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Old 06-12-12, 02:40 AM   #3
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like this standing order for example?
http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUOrder302.htm
and this? http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUOrder43.htm
a great companion to the standing orders and operational orders is this!
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/uboat/index.htm the latter was ObLt. Jobst's submarine commanders handbook from U-2326 a Type XXIII surrendered may 14, 1945 Dundee, Scotland and was very much still in use up to the end of the war. And standing orders superseded dictum in this manual as lessons were learned and re-learned.
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Old 06-12-12, 09:27 AM   #4
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like this standing order for example?
http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUOrder302.htm
and this? http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUOrder43.htm
a great companion to the standing orders and operational orders is this!
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/uboat/index.htm the latter was ObLt. Jobst's submarine commanders handbook from U-2326 a Type XXIII surrendered may 14, 1945 Dundee, Scotland and was very much still in use up to the end of the war. And standing orders superseded dictum in this manual as lessons were learned and re-learned.
Each of these resources (and more!) were consulted.
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Old 06-12-12, 10:00 AM   #5
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Process.Start method (if you're programming in C#)
We are using Java, whatever language that is. Andqui is the programmer. I am a physicist/researcher, so I just dig up info and give it to him. The way physicists work is we figure out exactly what we need to solve a problem then move on. So since I have never used Java to get any of the devices that support my MFM running, then I don't know anything about it. But if you need me to work in Matlab in order to give you an explanation about why a book behaves the way it does when you throw it in the air, well I'm all over that.
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Old 06-12-12, 10:10 AM   #6
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I'm afraid calling me a programmer is flattering me a bit... I don't do it professionally, and I'm using Java because it's the only programming language I can reliably and intuitively use at the moment, and I haven't really used it except to solve various small problems and mine for data in a long file or parse text. That said, the program consists of a self-contained .jar file which can be dropped into the patrol folder and run, with a functional interface and the like, so it should be very intuitive and easy to use. Also, the program is simply a means of conveying the orders into the log, so you won't have to deal with it much besides firing it up, picking some options, and then running and closing it.
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Old 06-12-12, 11:03 AM   #7
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imo, i do feel that this would totally add to the imerrsion of the game. the only thing i dont feel is nice is the way you explained of exiting the game and reloading everytime you play with this mod. being that it is a wip i am aware that this could change but even doing this with sh3 commander can be annoying sometimes because of loading times and such. defintly a nice touch for the sh3 players though. is this mod going to be compatible with other "super" mods such as LSH3 5.1,GWX,WAC4.1? or maybe you could make files to incorperate into thier mods with out using SH3 com. hmm well it will be a good mod none the less so good luck and cant wait to see it in the game.

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Old 06-12-12, 11:25 AM   #8
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This mod, like SH3Gen, takes a 'snapshot' of the game at the time it is run. As I understand it, it can't actually do anything inside the game, so the 'snapshot' is of a single point in time.

SH3Gen works perfectly with every supermod I've tried, so I don't see why this one wouldn't as well.
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I'm afraid calling me a programmer is flattering me a bit... I don't do it professionally, and I'm using Java because it's the only programming language I can reliably and intuitively use at the moment, and I haven't really used it except to solve various small problems and mine for data in a long file or parse text. That said, the program consists of a self-contained .jar file which can be dropped into the patrol folder and run, with a functional interface and the like, so it should be very intuitive and easy to use. Also, the program is simply a means of conveying the orders into the log, so you won't have to deal with it much besides firing it up, picking some options, and then running and closing it.
Java is geared more towards web development and web based stuff. It finds uses in general apps but that is more the exception than the norm. Have you looked into IronPython? IronPython is Python but with the ability to use the .NET framework. Very powerful language compared to Java and it is also a dynamic language. If you know Java you'll pick up Python real fast. With IronPython you'll be able to call the Process.Start method and spawn other apps from yours very simply. You'll also be able to create window's Forms. You can also develop with IronPython in Visual Studio - makes things much easier
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Old 06-12-12, 02:51 PM   #10
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Java is geared more towards web development and web based stuff. It finds uses in general apps but that is more the exception than the norm. Have you looked into IronPython? IronPython is Python but with the ability to use the .NET framework. Very powerful language compared to Java and it is also a dynamic language. If you know Java you'll pick up Python real fast. With IronPython you'll be able to call the Process.Start method and spawn other apps from yours very simply. You'll also be able to create window's Forms. You can also develop with IronPython in Visual Studio - makes things much easier
Thanks, I'll look into it.
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Old 06-13-12, 02:36 AM   #11
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Something to bear in mind is the approach to "realism" that various super-mods have in their designs.

For example, GWX adheres to the idea that no sensible kaleun would ever shoot it out with an airplane. To enforce this philosophy, aircraft were made more resistant to damage and given special ammo that causes roughly 4 times the damage over stock SH3 ammo. This makes it possible for an airplane in GWX to severely damage or even sink your u-boat with just its guns alone, nevermind bombs or depth-charges. As such, any attempt to "follow orders" and engage aircraft in GWX is suicidal, at best.

I say this not as a criticism of their work , but simple fact to consider when creating your mod. So please let everyone save any debate over the choices that mod teams make. They all have their reasons, both technical and otherwise. It's just that some features of these mods will affect implementing certain parts of "Just Follow Orders".
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