Wolfpack Academy: questions, suggestions, or comments

Onkel Neal · 02-12-23, 11:55 PM

Ok I see the problem, yes on one kind of question, Image matching, it does not tell you CORRECT or INCORRECT in the results section.

On question 3, you entered S where you should have entered D.

I will see about fixing this so it will tell you correct/incorrect for the Image Match type question.

Pisces · 02-13-23, 07:30 AM

Thick fingers. My Nav skills are sound then.

Onkel Neal · 02-13-23, 11:32 AM

No doubt.

wolfeinsamer · 02-19-23, 02:20 AM

I know realism is great and all but can you please change the font used for the enigma machine. Just too hard to tell some letters eg U & V when not together are practically indistinguishable.

Onkel Neal · 02-19-23, 09:38 AM

Agreed, it is a known issue and we will be addressing it.

BrendaEM · 02-20-23, 03:58 AM

The tutorials are good. I might make flowcharts for the procedures, until I get some practice.

In the tutorials, are 6 of the 8 large ceiling hull-valves working, and two just modeled? Perhaps I just lost count.

There's a bit of overlap between the Propulsion and the Mechanical and Electric, but perhaps that's not a bad thing.

The handle idea, was a good way of...handing the valve status, as you can't feel of it's closed : )

I think I am more intimidated by the electrics than the diesels. I will be watching the videos quite a few times.

For new players, if you don't have it, it might be beneficial to have a period-looking, simulated notebook for with procedures on it. This will reassure new players. The Forest's Survival Manual did have an instruction aspect as well its main purpose to launch item/structure builds. Perhaps the manual could have coffee stains, or have odd remarks. Perhaps it was a gift from an older sailor, passed down to you. While not being too wordy(as this), perhaps it could be written in a way that for instance, states that the Captain has been pressuring me to make the boat be run more efficiently, and this is what is working best.

[The tutorials are the first time I saw the boat in a while. It's looking really good. Even though I have been following the progress reports, I was still amazed. I emailed a friend about it, too.

The dynamic lighting for the cylinder-valves, as well as the port/starboard lights gives a nice effect.

To nitpick, I feel that some of the boat textures/shaders still has a little more patina/texture than an active U-boat would have. Perhaps, at one time, the interior of the boat probably wasn't that detailed, and you might have needed a lot of fullers-earth to sell it, but now, you have so much great geometry to sell the interior. That stated, I don't think you are far off, but perhaps just a notch back, would still let the interior look well-used.

I just saw pics of U-505, and the the ceiling paint also is a bit ivory colored, as specified in Germany's U-Boat painting manual. Also the gray has just a touch of blue in it. I did a RAL color thread elsewhere here, and mocked up some textures, which could be adjusted.]

Looking forward to a beta release!

Rebel · 02-20-23, 05:26 PM

,that's an awful lot of stuff to try to remember. Spent most of today looking at the different videos. None of the videos showed me how to move around the sub. I had one hell of a job just going up the ladder

hope to find the answer in 36 pages I printed as a manual when I first purchased the game . It was said by Lehman that the gray wolves were going to do more work ,on silent hunter 111.but that was some time ago.A OK ALL BE IN THE LIGHT

Fidd · 03-03-24, 02:08 PM

Ideally it should be a capitalised cursive "hand-written" font? (But not a Germanic font?)

Fitting those forms into a (non-existant) type-writer would be difficult to space correctly, (and taking down morse and typing it in real-time would be too slow?)

Onkel Neal · 03-13-24, 09:02 AM

Senior Dive Officer exam has had two answers corrected, thanks tmaccabe

Raf1394 · 10-03-24, 11:17 AM

I finished a few of the exams. And they are fine.
But one little point i need to point out, is that some questions can have different good answers, it depends what kind of captain you have.

Or more importantly the style of the captain.

Aktungbby · 04-23-23, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Ok I see the problem, yes on one kind of question, Image matching, it does not tell you CORRECT or INCORRECT in the results section.

On question 3, you entered S where you should have entered D.

I will see about fixing this so it will tell you correct/incorrect for the Image Match type question.

thanks for this, I'm slowly working my way through all the exams; and the navigation one boggles my 72 yearold brain...

Onkel Neal · 04-24-23, 07:45 AM

Very cool, let me know if you have any questions that are not covered in the Academy.

02-12-23, 11:55 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Ok I see the problem, yes on one kind of question, Image matching, it does not tell you CORRECT or INCORRECT in the results section. On question 3, you entered S where you should have entered D. I will see about fixing this so it will tell you correct/incorrect for the Image Match type question. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-13-23, 07:30 AM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Thick fingers. My Nav skills are sound then. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

02-13-23, 11:32 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	No doubt. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-19-23, 02:20 AM	#4
wolfeinsamer Seaman Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 39 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Enigma Mission text hard to read. I know realism is great and all but can you please change the font used for the enigma machine. Just too hard to tell some letters eg U & V when not together are practically indistinguishable.

02-19-23, 09:38 AM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Agreed, it is a known issue and we will be addressing it. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-20-23, 03:58 AM	#6
BrendaEM Bosun Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 62 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Engine/Electrics Wonderfully Detailed in Functionality The tutorials are good. I might make flowcharts for the procedures, until I get some practice. In the tutorials, are 6 of the 8 large ceiling hull-valves working, and two just modeled? Perhaps I just lost count. There's a bit of overlap between the Propulsion and the Mechanical and Electric, but perhaps that's not a bad thing. The handle idea, was a good way of...handing the valve status, as you can't feel of it's closed : ) I think I am more intimidated by the electrics than the diesels. I will be watching the videos quite a few times. For new players, if you don't have it, it might be beneficial to have a period-looking, simulated notebook for with procedures on it. This will reassure new players. The Forest's Survival Manual did have an instruction aspect as well its main purpose to launch item/structure builds. Perhaps the manual could have coffee stains, or have odd remarks. Perhaps it was a gift from an older sailor, passed down to you. While not being too wordy(as this), perhaps it could be written in a way that for instance, states that the Captain has been pressuring me to make the boat be run more efficiently, and this is what is working best. [The tutorials are the first time I saw the boat in a while. It's looking really good. Even though I have been following the progress reports, I was still amazed. I emailed a friend about it, too. The dynamic lighting for the cylinder-valves, as well as the port/starboard lights gives a nice effect. To nitpick, I feel that some of the boat textures/shaders still has a little more patina/texture than an active U-boat would have. Perhaps, at one time, the interior of the boat probably wasn't that detailed, and you might have needed a lot of fullers-earth to sell it, but now, you have so much great geometry to sell the interior. That stated, I don't think you are far off, but perhaps just a notch back, would still let the interior look well-used. I just saw pics of U-505, and the the ceiling paint also is a bit ivory colored, as specified in Germany's U-Boat painting manual. Also the gray has just a touch of blue in it. I did a RAL color thread elsewhere here, and mocked up some textures, which could be adjusted.] Looking forward to a beta release! Last edited by BrendaEM; 02-20-23 at 01:34 PM.

02-20-23, 05:26 PM	#7
Rebel Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 126 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	i am looking to play ,that's an awful lot of stuff to try to remember. Spent most of today looking at the different videos. None of the videos showed me how to move around the sub. I had one hell of a job just going up the ladder hope to find the answer in 36 pages I printed as a manual when I first purchased the game . It was said by Lehman that the gray wolves were going to do more work ,on silent hunter 111.but that was some time ago.A OK ALL BE IN THE LIGHT __________________

03-03-24, 02:08 PM	#8
Fidd Captain Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blighty! Posts: 542 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Ideally it should be a capitalised cursive "hand-written" font? (But not a Germanic font?) Fitting those forms into a (non-existant) type-writer would be difficult to space correctly, (and taking down morse and typing it in real-time would be too slow?)

03-13-24, 09:02 AM	#9
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Senior Dive Officer exam has had two answers corrected, thanks tmaccabe __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-03-24, 11:17 AM	#10
Raf1394 Commander Join Date: Sep 2024 Location: Europe Posts: 442 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I finished a few of the exams. And they are fine. But one little point i need to point out, is that some questions can have different good answers, it depends what kind of captain you have. Or more importantly the style of the captain.

04-24-23, 07:45 AM	#12
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Very cool, let me know if you have any questions that are not covered in the Academy. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web