[WIP] Fed up with boring radio messages? Write your own!!

blackswan40 · 03-01-21, 08:47 PM

Hi John I did radio messages in Steel Sharks GWX Campaign when i had 40 plus convoys in Scripted leyer i would run the mission editor and when a convoy reached the rockall banks grid AM1768 I would fill in a printed spreadsheet
with convoy date time then write the message image below from new Steel sharks LSH2020 Campaign ive been a bit busy

Re Radio Messages date time date time (100=% chance of radio message sent message length 20mins so message start time 1809 finish time 1829 @From@^recipient^Message .................................................. .................................................. ......................
the reason you have date and time twice is that if the radio message posted at 2358 would finish at 0018 the next day

John Pancoast · 03-01-21, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by blackswan40

Hi John I did radio messages in Steel Sharks GWX Campaign when i had 40 plus convoys in Scripted leyer i would run the mission editor and when a convoy reached the rockall banks grid AM1768 I would fill in a printed spreadsheet
with convoy date time then write the message image below from new Steel sharks LSH2020 Campaign ive been a bit busy

Re Radio Messages date time date time (100=% chance of radio message sent message length 20mins so message start time 1809 finish time 1829 @From@^recipient^Message .................................................. .................................................. ......................
the reason you have date and time twice is that if the radio message posted at 2358 would finish at 0018 the next day

I got your files awhile back. Thanks again for the info. !

John Pancoast · 03-03-21, 12:42 PM

I was actually meaning the messages in the screen while you're waiting for a patrol to load.
Instead of the worldwide war news as is in Commander now which I don't care for, replacing them with the more relevant AOD messages.
I.e., in late summer 1942 AOD has a pre-patrol message along the lines of "The Americans have become more professional and dangerous in their ASW tactics since Drumbeat. Be alert for this."
Or in the summer of 1942 a message like "If you find yourself low on fuel, contact BdU as there may be assistance available to extend your patrol" when the u-tankers started showing up.
Numerous other examples of course with the point being much more relevance to a skipper actually going on patrol vs. the war news in Commander.
But the AOD messages appear to be hard coded.

03-01-21, 08:47 PM	#1
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,784 Downloads: 612 Uploads: 31	Hi John I did radio messages in Steel Sharks GWX Campaign when i had 40 plus convoys in Scripted leyer i would run the mission editor and when a convoy reached the rockall banks grid AM1768 I would fill in a printed spreadsheet with convoy date time then write the message image below from new Steel sharks LSH2020 Campaign ive been a bit busy Re Radio Messages date time date time (100=% chance of radio message sent message length 20mins so message start time 1809 finish time 1829 @From@^recipient^Message .................................................. .................................................. ...................... the reason you have date and time twice is that if the radio message posted at 2358 would finish at 0018 the next day __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea Last edited by blackswan40; 03-01-21 at 09:03 PM.

03-03-21, 12:42 PM	#3
John Pancoast Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minnysoda Posts: 3,211 Downloads: 501 Uploads: 4	I was actually meaning the messages in the screen while you're waiting for a patrol to load. Instead of the worldwide war news as is in Commander now which I don't care for, replacing them with the more relevant AOD messages. I.e., in late summer 1942 AOD has a pre-patrol message along the lines of "The Americans have become more professional and dangerous in their ASW tactics since Drumbeat. Be alert for this." Or in the summer of 1942 a message like "If you find yourself low on fuel, contact BdU as there may be assistance available to extend your patrol" when the u-tankers started showing up. Numerous other examples of course with the point being much more relevance to a skipper actually going on patrol vs. the war news in Commander. But the AOD messages appear to be hard coded. __________________ "Realistic" is not always GAME-GOOD." - Wave Skipper