(RELEASED) Official GWX - Knight's Cross Edition v1.0

Archive1 · 03-17-25, 10:37 PM

Ktl KUrtz:
Yes, a Long Run, but not necessarily Silent. Appreciate the message, mein Freund. -=Archve 1

Archive1 · 03-17-25, 11:39 PM

Gentlemen:
First patrol. Torpedoes were fine. But When I selected Shift D to man the deck gun, all hands just lined up on deck and looked lovely...but F10 had no result. The deck gun was not manned, nothing happened. The entire crew stood there on the forward and aft decks waiting to be reviewed, I guess.
Maybe I am doing something wrong. I do use the deck gun frequently to end any merchant encounter (early in the war) and save torps.
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Archive1 · 03-17-25, 11:41 PM

Sorry: I am here talking about the new Grey Wolves product - that may have been unclear.
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Fubar2Niner · 03-19-25, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archive1

Sorry: I am here talking about the new Grey Wolves product - that may have been unclear.
-=Archive1=-

Shift+D is "Men on deck" shortcut. I have been all the way thru the GWX manual and nowhere does it give a shortcut for manning the deck gun.

Maybe you are confused with another mod?

Best regards.

Fubar2niner

Archive1 · 03-19-25, 10:06 PM

Fubar2Niner: Kapitan Lehmann:

Yes, I have experience with multiple versions of SH3 and admit that there may be some confusion, but they all have used Shift D or F10 to man the deck gun. Neither of these works for the KC version although the F1control list gives F10 as the appropriate trigger. And, yes I know, that that is not possible in high seas. When I do use F10 I get the message, "Forward deck gun not active." Something is off. Yeah, maybe it's me...but?

I should also comment that when I did use Shft D, as you said, all crew were on deck. And they remained there until I submerged. But...but...when I resurfaced, there they were, still standing on deck. A bit damp but...

Please understand, I am not being critical of the program, just highlighting some expected needed tweaks. When I was involved with multiple pharma companies we worked very hard to eliminate problems before release,but upon release many, many more appeared that we had not anticipated. Such is the world of progress and development.

I would hope that Lehmann and the crew accept the reports of those who work with the initial release as positive reports for improvement and not blunt comments of criticism of their hard work.
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Doolar · 03-19-25, 11:28 PM

I useully don't bother with crew on the deck (Shift D) but when I have, Ctrl D removes them. Not playing at the moment, but I'll check that out tomorrow. If you knew this, sorry for cutting in. If the crew stays on the deck submerged, now that's a problem.

stork100 · 03-20-25, 12:31 AM

Two ways to man the deck gun with crew. Either use the Watch Officer command icons:

Watch Officer ----> Crew on Deck ----> Man the Deck gun

Or use the F7 screen to manually drag crew members to the deck gun slots.

F10 puts you in the driver's seat of the deck gun but it won't work unless it has sufficient crew members.

Use binoculars and space bar to select a target for the crew to engage, and use the Watch Officer's icons for additional deck gun commands.

Fubar2Niner · 03-20-25, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archive1

Fubar2Niner: Kapitan Lehmann:

Yes, I have experience with multiple versions of SH3 and admit that there may be some confusion, but they all have used Shift D or F10 to man the deck gun. Neither of these works for the KC version although the F1control list gives F10 as the appropriate trigger. And, yes I know, that that is not possible in high seas. When I do use F10 I get the message, "Forward deck gun not active." Something is off. Yeah, maybe it's me...but?

I should also comment that when I did use Shft D, as you said, all crew were on deck. And they remained there until I submerged. But...but...when I resurfaced, there they were, still standing on deck. A bit damp but...

Please understand, I am not being critical of the program, just highlighting some expected needed tweaks. When I was involved with multiple pharma companies we worked very hard to eliminate problems before release,but upon release many, many more appeared that we had not anticipated. Such is the world of progress and development.

I would hope that Lehmann and the crew accept the reports of those who work with the initial release as positive reports for improvement and not blunt comments of criticism of their hard work.
-=Archive=-

Hi again Archive quick question mate, out of interest what boat was you driving and what year please?

Gentle reminder also,

all of the crew has to be submerged, before they vanish ! So, you will still see a hat or whatever, until the whole set of crew are submerged !!

Kind regards.

Fubar2niner

JohnCarterOfMars · 03-20-25, 11:25 AM

I'm still on my shakedown patrols before the war begins, but here are a few more observations from a casual player, none of any real significance...

1. I hear an unusual distortion from the hydrophone in the bearings before and after the actual merchant/warship sounds that wasn't there before. Is this the new normal or is there something wrong? What does this sound represent?

2. I find that I liked the sweeping second-hand clock instead of just the digital clock. I now pull the pocketwatch from the upper left corner and drag it down to the lower right just above the dials so I don't have to have my eyes zig-zagging across the screen. However, when I move to a persicope view, the watch covers the notepad and I have to move it elsewhere. I know that I could just place it somewhere else, but then I find my eyes scanning back and forth over the entire screen.

If someone is planning to resize the dials, can they also make the pocketwatch just a little bit smaller, too?

3. Was it an oversight to keep some of the users controls out of the new version, like the mouse wheel for zooming the map in and out? I'm adding those back in myself, but would hate to have to do that each time there is an update. Some are there and just commented out. Here are the convenience keys that I use that are missing in commands_en.cfg:

[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1
;Key0=0xBB,Rc,""
Key0=0xBB,Cc,"CTRL++"

[Cmd71]
Name=Cam_zoom_out
Ctxt=1
;Key0=0xBD,Rc,""
Key0=0xBD,Cc,"CTRL+-"

[Cmd73]
Name=Cam_wheel_zoom
Ctxt=1,2
Key0=0x05,R,"M.wheel"

[Cmd132]
Name=Sonar_rotate
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x05,R,"M.wheel"

[Cmd133]
Name=Radar_rotate
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x05,R,"M.wheel"

[Cmd261]
Name=Report_weather
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F250006
Key0=0x57,c,"CTRL+W"

Thanks for reading.

klh · 03-18-25, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archive1

Gentlemen:
First patrol. Torpedoes were fine. But When I selected Shift D to man the deck gun, all hands just lined up on deck and looked lovely...but F10 had no result. The deck gun was not manned, nothing happened. The entire crew stood there on the forward and aft decks waiting to be reviewed, I guess.
Maybe I am doing something wrong. I do use the deck gun frequently to end any merchant encounter (early in the war) and save torps.
-=Archive1=-

Hi Archive1. What was the sea state? You cannot man the deck gun in heavy seas.

Tigershark624 · 03-18-25, 08:49 AM

Ahoy, all,

I've searched the thread but can't find any posts relating to my problem. I'm trying to run Knight's Cross on Linux and it's crashing just after loading a scenario. This happens whether I'm loading a Naval Academy scenario or starting a career.

I'm running Nobara 41 and have tried using Lutris, Bottles and Proton, all with the same result. The installation video instructs to run GWXKC as administrator but I'm unsure how to do that in Nobara. Any help, advice, or even a RTFM would be appreciated, thanks.

03-19-25, 11:28 PM	#6
Doolar Expert Shipsinker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Baltimore,Md./ CA45 Posts: 919 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	re I useully don't bother with crew on the deck (Shift D) but when I have, Ctrl D removes them. Not playing at the moment, but I'll check that out tomorrow. If you knew this, sorry for cutting in. If the crew stays on the deck submerged, now that's a problem. __________________ ONEALEX 1.53 ARB / NYGM "ENHANCED Steel Coffin Edition" v7.8 DGUI / CCom12 DGUI / WAC 5.2 DGUI / Toyotagt86 v2.3 ARB / GWX3 DGUI / GWX Knight's Cross v1

03-17-25, 10:37 PM	#1
Archive1 Captain Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington State south of Tacoma Posts: 495 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Ktl KUrtz: Yes, a Long Run, but not necessarily Silent. Appreciate the message, mein Freund. -=Archve 1

03-17-25, 11:39 PM	#2
Archive1 Captain Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington State south of Tacoma Posts: 495 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Gentlemen: First patrol. Torpedoes were fine. But When I selected Shift D to man the deck gun, all hands just lined up on deck and looked lovely...but F10 had no result. The deck gun was not manned, nothing happened. The entire crew stood there on the forward and aft decks waiting to be reviewed, I guess. Maybe I am doing something wrong. I do use the deck gun frequently to end any merchant encounter (early in the war) and save torps. -=Archive1=-

03-17-25, 11:41 PM	#3
Archive1 Captain Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington State south of Tacoma Posts: 495 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Sorry: I am here talking about the new Grey Wolves product - that may have been unclear. -=Archive1=-

03-19-25, 10:06 PM	#5
Archive1 Captain Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington State south of Tacoma Posts: 495 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Fubar2Niner: Kapitan Lehmann: Yes, I have experience with multiple versions of SH3 and admit that there may be some confusion, but they all have used Shift D or F10 to man the deck gun. Neither of these works for the KC version although the F1control list gives F10 as the appropriate trigger. And, yes I know, that that is not possible in high seas. When I do use F10 I get the message, "Forward deck gun not active." Something is off. Yeah, maybe it's me...but? I should also comment that when I did use Shft D, as you said, all crew were on deck. And they remained there until I submerged. But...but...when I resurfaced, there they were, still standing on deck. A bit damp but... Please understand, I am not being critical of the program, just highlighting some expected needed tweaks. When I was involved with multiple pharma companies we worked very hard to eliminate problems before release,but upon release many, many more appeared that we had not anticipated. Such is the world of progress and development. I would hope that Lehmann and the crew accept the reports of those who work with the initial release as positive reports for improvement and not blunt comments of criticism of their hard work. -=Archive=-

03-20-25, 12:31 AM	#7
stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 371 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Two ways to man the deck gun with crew. Either use the Watch Officer command icons: Watch Officer ----> Crew on Deck ----> Man the Deck gun Or use the F7 screen to manually drag crew members to the deck gun slots. F10 puts you in the driver's seat of the deck gun but it won't work unless it has sufficient crew members. Use binoculars and space bar to select a target for the crew to engage, and use the Watch Officer's icons for additional deck gun commands.

03-20-25, 11:25 AM	#9
JohnCarterOfMars Loader Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 88 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I'm still on my shakedown patrols before the war begins, but here are a few more observations from a casual player, none of any real significance... 1. I hear an unusual distortion from the hydrophone in the bearings before and after the actual merchant/warship sounds that wasn't there before. Is this the new normal or is there something wrong? What does this sound represent? 2. I find that I liked the sweeping second-hand clock instead of just the digital clock. I now pull the pocketwatch from the upper left corner and drag it down to the lower right just above the dials so I don't have to have my eyes zig-zagging across the screen. However, when I move to a persicope view, the watch covers the notepad and I have to move it elsewhere. I know that I could just place it somewhere else, but then I find my eyes scanning back and forth over the entire screen. If someone is planning to resize the dials, can they also make the pocketwatch just a little bit smaller, too? 3. Was it an oversight to keep some of the users controls out of the new version, like the mouse wheel for zooming the map in and out? I'm adding those back in myself, but would hate to have to do that each time there is an update. Some are there and just commented out. Here are the convenience keys that I use that are missing in commands_en.cfg: [Cmd70] Name=Cam_zoom_in Ctxt=1 ;Key0=0xBB,Rc,"" Key0=0xBB,Cc,"CTRL++" [Cmd71] Name=Cam_zoom_out Ctxt=1 ;Key0=0xBD,Rc,"" Key0=0xBD,Cc,"CTRL+-" [Cmd73] Name=Cam_wheel_zoom Ctxt=1,2 Key0=0x05,R,"M.wheel" [Cmd132] Name=Sonar_rotate Ctxt=1 Key0=0x05,R,"M.wheel" [Cmd133] Name=Radar_rotate Ctxt=1 Key0=0x05,R,"M.wheel" [Cmd261] Name=Report_weather Ctxt=1 MnID=0x3F250006 Key0=0x57,c,"CTRL+W" Thanks for reading.

03-18-25, 08:49 AM	#11
Tigershark624 A-ganger Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Ahoy, all, I've searched the thread but can't find any posts relating to my problem. I'm trying to run Knight's Cross on Linux and it's crashing just after loading a scenario. This happens whether I'm loading a Naval Academy scenario or starting a career. I'm running Nobara 41 and have tried using Lutris, Bottles and Proton, all with the same result. The installation video instructs to run GWXKC as administrator but I'm unsure how to do that in Nobara. Any help, advice, or even a RTFM would be appreciated, thanks.