TWOS and the Sub icon on the map

[barrind]

The black circle icon showing where your sub is and which appears on zoomed out levels, and the actual sub shaped icon which appears at close zoomed in levels, are actually small bitmap graphic files, with a .dds extension. Similar files are the squares for map merchant contacts, diamonds, triangles etc.

What the Real Navigation mod does is it replaces all these bitmap files with blank versions, so that nothing appears on the TAI screen or chart. If you want JUST the sub icons back you can add the original files back in yourself in a small custom mod, which you would load after the Real Navigation mod, which would in effect restore these icons back to default and you would be able to see your sub again, but not see map contacts or anything else which Real Nav disables.

I could tell you which files you need to restore but as Berbster says this does kind of negate what Real Nav is about. However, if you are happy to just see where your sub is, for your own enjoyment of the game then let me know and I'll list them. Then its up to you to create the custom mod yourself, which is actually very easy once you have the original versions of these bitmaps.

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by barrind

What the Real Navigation mod does is it replaces all these bitmap files with blank versions, so that nothing appears on the TAI screen or chart. If you want JUST the sub icons back you can add the original files back in yourself in a small custom mod, which you would load after the Real Navigation mod, which would in effect restore these icons back to default and you would be able to see your sub again, but not see map contacts or anything else which Real Nav disables.

I could tell you which files you need to restore but as Berbster says this does kind of negate what Real Nav is about. However, if you are happy to just see where your sub is, for your own enjoyment of the game then let me know and I'll list them. Then its up to you to create the custom mod yourself, which is actually very easy once you have the original versions of these bitmaps.

The mod could be called "Real GPS Navigation" by XXX...

Seriously, isn't it easier just to disable Real Nav addon and map contacts in game settings instead of messing with dds files just to accomplish exactly the same??

To be honest, I simply can not understand people who just "shut in" mod which is actually called "Real Navigation" and then cry out loud "where is my sub?!"...

Brainless World of Warships like games are guilty for everything...

[Ashikaga]

All nice and well but now with Twos 2.2 my supermark option seems gone/disabled. I need that to plot contacts. Can I switch it on in the ofev?

[XenonSurf]

I don't understand all this discussion: Don't you ask your navigator to put your sub mark on the map? I see this in tutorial videos all the time, and this doesn't work anymore?

Supermarks gone? How is this
Try to load a past supermark save file, this should get the marks in again, then erase and place new ones.

[Ashikaga]

Nope. Click on it, put arrow on map, click, no S.M. Fresh Twos 2.2 install.

[XenonSurf]

I don't know if this is the problem, but even without Real Navigation : Supermarks are sometimes reluctant to get on the map, you must zoom out the map first, place them, zoom in and then move the marks with precision. Save them in a file when quitting game from the messages pop-up window.

I always place a serie of marks for heading lines or calculated convoy positions where I put text in about spot time, speed, ETA etc. When I reload game I have all info at disposal quickly. (Without Real Navigation, I leave this one for students in Geometry...).

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by Ashikaga

Nope. Click on it, put arrow on map, click, no S.M. Fresh Twos 2.2 install.

- To use "Supermarks and Nav Marks" UI features, you'll have to access to your navigation map with "M" key exclusively.

For always available Super and Navigation marks:

[Ashikaga]

Superb Vecko ! Many thanks again !!!

I love how I can add txt to the supermarks. Sometimes when a ship is too far away, in grosse entfernung, I put a note on the map so I know there was one.