What sub games are really missing.....

[hunter301]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Not every foot/meter. I think it's every twenty feet/meters that they have recorded. They do seem to have recorded every degree on the compass though.

Your right, I wasn't thinking about the increments used in the depth meters.

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by hunter301

Your right, I wasn't thinking about the increments used in the depth meters.

It's amazing how they get those details right yet screw the pooch on the battles so badly. Thank god for Lurker and the RSRDC otherwise we'd be stuck with horrible battle recreations.

[BigWalleye]

I don't know of any way to easiely do what OP is proposing. But why not do away with the button pushing and mouse clicking entirely? Instead of listening to a machine-generated "you" speaking the commands, just speak the commands. Then the crew repeats them, and executes them.

The capability to do exactly that - voice command - exists for SH3 and SH4 through the use of an external background program (freeware), and is built into SH5. For SH5, you need a mod to enable it. But for SH4, just google "sh4speech." Read the description, download the software, and start actually giving orders to your crew. It's a far more immersive experience than typing at a keyboard.

For anyone who is interested, I will be happy to provide more information and assistance in setting up. All it takes is a cheap $20 headset from the Shack to get started.

Try it, and you'll never want to go back to pushing buttons again!

[hunter301]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

I don't know of any way to easiely do what OP is proposing. But why not do away with the button pushing and mouse clicking entirely? Instead of listening to a machine-generated "you" speaking the commands, just speak the commands. Then the crew repeats them, and executes them.

The capability to do exactly that - voice command - exists for SH3 and SH4 through the use of an external background program (freeware), and is built into SH5. For SH5, you need a mod to enable it. But for SH4, just google "sh4speech." Read the description, download the software, and start actually giving orders to your crew. It's a far more immersive experience than typing at a keyboard.

For anyone who is interested, I will be happy to provide more information and assistance in setting up. All it takes is a cheap $20 headset from the Shack to get started.

Try it, and you'll never want to go back to pushing buttons again!

I can just see the looks coming from my wife now as she hears me talking to my laptop....
she'll be calling to find out if talking to your laptop is grounds for having me committed.

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by hunter301

I can just see the looks coming from my wife now as she hears me talking to my laptop....
she'll be calling to find out if talking to your laptop is grounds for having me committed.

Really? Well, I guess you should be glad she lets you play at all.

Yes, it is always helpful if you have a tolerant understanding spouse. I am grateful for mine. She also puts up with my couch-coaching when my favorite team is playing.

[Lokisaga]

Just an FYI: I'm almost sure that the crew sound files don't have a separate recording for every foot/meter on the depth gauge or every degree on the compass. Ubisoft probably just recorded the voice actors saying the numbers 0-9 as separate sound files and the game just stitches these together as needed. This process cuts down on recording time and money. One could use the same strategy to create a "voice" for the boat's commander.

[hunter301]

Do the modders think this is feasable?

[Snarf]

How about voice talent. I do a dead on Hank Hill, as well as Stephen Hawking, a fair Arnold Schwarzenegger, decent Homer Simpson, and many other characters

[Sniper297]

"Do the modders think this is feasable?"

One modder apparently does.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=119430