Very Simple Mod Idea for Adding Immersion When Leaving Port

Stevepine · 03-08-18, 06:31 PM

So you know when you are leaving the pen and just steering your boat past all the other docked ships and subs?

I find it utterly silly that your lookouts suddenly shout " Ship Sighted! Short Range"

I know! - because we are still in port! and the ship you have ' sighted ' is always docked 20 meters from our freaking pen! (Then a few seconds later you hear "Smoke on the Horizon!!")

Would it be a good idea or possible to make a mod which disables ship sighting reports until you are a few miles out and clear of your home port ?

Seems like it would be a pretty simple thing to do? (not that I can code to save my life!)

Just an idea. Any thoughts?

bstanko6 · 03-08-18, 06:36 PM

I’m not a coder either but I would say that would be difficult.

The idea behind your watch spotting all ships is to make the player while in patrol be more careful when approaching even neutral and friendly units.

In SH3 you would not get an audible ship sighted from friendlies, just a TC reduction and made it easy to disregard them.

I am interested to see what the modders think.

03-08-18, 06:31 PM	#1
Stevepine Planesman Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 191 Downloads: 172 Uploads: 0	Very Simple Mod Idea for Adding Immersion When Leaving Port So you know when you are leaving the pen and just steering your boat past all the other docked ships and subs? I find it utterly silly that your lookouts suddenly shout " Ship Sighted! Short Range" I know! - because we are still in port! and the ship you have ' sighted ' is always docked 20 meters from our freaking pen! (Then a few seconds later you hear "Smoke on the Horizon!!") Would it be a good idea or possible to make a mod which disables ship sighting reports until you are a few miles out and clear of your home port ? Seems like it would be a pretty simple thing to do? (not that I can code to save my life!) Just an idea. Any thoughts? Last edited by Stevepine; 03-08-18 at 06:57 PM.

03-08-18, 06:36 PM	#2
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	I’m not a coder either but I would say that would be difficult. The idea behind your watch spotting all ships is to make the player while in patrol be more careful when approaching even neutral and friendly units. In SH3 you would not get an audible ship sighted from friendlies, just a TC reduction and made it easy to disregard them. I am interested to see what the modders think. Last edited by bstanko6; 03-08-18 at 06:50 PM.