CA's UBoat Instrument Patch v1 (Released)

[Redwine]

Originally Posted by Captain America

Hi Red,

The problem is thats only one picture. Look at all the other pictures that show it the other way....they are real pictures too, are they not? This is whats frustrating about it....there's really no one real way. Some have it with red scales on top, others dont. Some have up to 25 degrees, others 30 degrees. etc....

Yes i know Captain, and in that way, i think so it looks better if the dive planes icons or simbols are oriented in hydrodinamical position in reference to the waterflow, just as a wing and a stabilizer are in a plane.

I can understand the second mode..... any dive plane needle pointing down is dive condition, and any dive plane neeedle pointing up is surfacing condition, but in these dive planes form...... they had not.... dive plane icons (an hydrodinamic wing icon) (number 3, 7 and 8 of Tikigod)

And we have dive planes wings icons in SH3....

When you adds the "hydrodinamical wings icons" (as in SH3) they looks bad pointing int the wrong direction, with the back or exhaust edge to the incomming waterflow. :hmm: , it is hard for me to explain.....can understand my point ?

When you have the hydrodinamic wings, it looks better is the wings icons are well oriented respect to the waterflow.

Be ware with some pictures in past page, some seems to be from american subs, look at the sticker "Dive", it is english.... (number 2 of Tikigod) :hmm:

and one of them seems no showing the dive planes instruments (number 4 of Tikigod) :hmm:

And those are showing the inveted dial scales.... look at them, they have not dive plane wings icons (number 3, 7 and 8 of Tikigod) but we have wings icons in SH3.

SH2 can not be taked as a reference.... remember it was a disaster like this sim. , do you remember what a quantity of job modding SH2 ?

Originally Posted by Captain America

If I make them the other way then someone might complain and say it should be the other way and show me a picture that proves their point. It is impossible to make everyone happy; I wish I could. So in the end I went the "safe" route and chose to depict the gauges in the way that was most common.

Yes i know, Captain, i will give you a lot of thanks i you guide me how to invert the stern dive plane needle, i want to make it for my own installation.

Originally Posted by Captain America

You do make a very good point though...it is more logical to depict the aft gauge in relation to the water flow over it. The problem is I already completed all the textures for all of the interior files (stock & bordinstrument). Also, I didn't keep the early version of the new gauge in photoshop where everything was in layers for easy editing. Too much work is involved to change them at this point and I really lack the time.

No problem Capy, i not request you to make a third option, if you teach me how to invert the neeedle i will make my own textures.
I only need all needles pointing forward as the dive planes attacking the waterflow.

Originally Posted by Captain America

When the mod is completed I'll make a post here of where they are located in the .sim files so people can edit them to their preference.

-CA

So good......