"We're sinking, sir!"

Safe-Keeper · 12-11-06, 07:35 PM

Is it just me, or does anyone else, read all of you, experienced suddenly finding himself at 100+ metres depth because flooding was pulling the boat down without you realizing it? Personally, I'd like it if there was a message from an officer (Chief Engineer?) going "We're sinking, sir!" or "Flooding is pulling the boat down, sir!" to alert me to the fact that the boat is starting to descend.

d@rk51d3 · 12-11-06, 09:03 PM

Yeah, theres nothing worse than putting the scope up, to see nothing but water.

Then you glance at the depth meter and realise you're about to crush.

bookworm_020 · 12-11-06, 11:45 PM

When your busy trying to get repair work done, or avoiding the killer blow from the enemy, it would be nice to know when your about to be crushed paper thin!!

Safe-Keeper · 12-12-06, 12:26 AM

Well, they tell you that, by informing you that you're "diving too deep".

"Oh, and skipper, you know how the boat is sinking due to the flooding, even though no one's bothered to inform you? Well, now we're five seconds away from crush depth. Just thought you'd like to know"

.

You gotta admit, they've got a certain charm

.

Another nice feature for the "Easy" difficulty level would be for the game to tell you what your crush depth was at any given time. Like, "U-538 Type VII-C
Hull Integrity: 46%
Crush Depth: 95 m"

HanSolo78 · 12-12-06, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

Is it just me, or does anyone else, read all of you, experienced suddenly finding himself at 100+ metres depth because flooding was pulling the boat down without you realizing it? Personally, I'd like it if there was a message from an officer (Chief Engineer?) going "We're sinking, sir!" or "Flooding is pulling the boat down, sir!" to alert me to the fact that the boat is starting to descend.

Actually I´ve done this already in SH3!

I combined a message from "Das Boot" if the depth of 160 Meters is reached... then a sound comes up.. " 160 Meter... Boot ist nicht mehr zu halten Kaleun" which means.. " sir u-boat at 160 metres... we are not able to maintain depth" or something similar to english.
At the moment I only hav the german sound from "Das Boot"!

stabiz · 12-12-06, 08:26 AM

Gimme, hansolo!

The Noob · 12-12-06, 08:45 AM

Me wants! ME WANTS!

plz?

Schatten · 12-12-06, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

Well, they tell you that, by informing you that you're "diving too deep".

"Oh, and skipper, you know how the boat is sinking due to the flooding, even though no one's bothered to inform you? Well, now we're five seconds away from crush depth. Just thought you'd like to know"

.

You gotta admit, they've got a certain charm

.

It does have a certain sadistic charm indeed. :rotfl::rotfl:

Sometimes I think my boat is completely crewed by Steven Wright clones. Either that or the Engineer from "Galaxy Quest."

JU_88 · 12-12-06, 03:16 PM

This brings me back to my rant on lack of fog warnings!! when the watch cant see where the hell they are going (due to poor weather conditions,) it would be very helpful to hear a "visibility - nil / poor - sir" from one of there filthy cake holes.

What im saying is - we should be automatically be notified about changes in the weather rather than have to ask for it.

bigboywooly · 12-12-06, 03:40 PM

Well in the Sound folder are the Speech folder
In those are the following

ChE_P_We_have_to_surface_sir

NaO_S_The_weather_is_changing_for_the_worse

NaO_P_The_weather_is_improving

But there are no entries in the cfg for those officers to use those commands

I wonder if they were in the original cfg before the patch

Perhaps someone who is planning a fresh install for GWX can check the message cfg's in C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Cfg before adding the 1.4b patch

Be interesting to see

Schatten · 12-12-06, 05:52 PM

I'm guessing that the actual soundwork (recording) was done, but they ran out of time before they could implement the triggers and the like for the sounds and they were simply left in the install even though there's no reason, aside from taunting us, for being in there.

NoLine · 12-12-06, 06:16 PM

watch here what germans think about sinking

cheers
NoLine

Safe-Keeper · 12-12-06, 07:23 PM

If all this is implemented for Silent Hunter 4...

What I'd also like is some more battle reports, like reports when ships retreat, when other ships go down than the ones you sink, and so on. It'd be interesting to hear someone go "she's breaking off, captain!", followed by a cheer, when you damage a DD enough to drive her off.

Imagine if an airplane attacked you, dropped her bombs, and headed off, and you heard a remark of "airplane is disengaging, captain" or something.

In short, the more "hand-holding" in terms of messages or even dialogue boxes, the better.

Schatten · 12-13-06, 11:57 AM

I agree, all of that would be very nice to have Safe-Keeper. I wouldn't even regard it as the program holding my hand, but moreso as having a crew that actually went through some training aside from Staring at Seascapes 101.

12-11-06, 07:35 PM	#1
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	"We're sinking, sir!" Is it just me, or does anyone else, read all of you, experienced suddenly finding himself at 100+ metres depth because flooding was pulling the boat down without you realizing it? Personally, I'd like it if there was a message from an officer (Chief Engineer?) going "We're sinking, sir!" or "Flooding is pulling the boat down, sir!" to alert me to the fact that the boat is starting to descend. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

12-11-06, 11:45 PM	#3
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	When your busy trying to get repair work done, or avoiding the killer blow from the enemy, it would be nice to know when your about to be crushed paper thin!! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

12-12-06, 12:26 AM	#4
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Well, they tell you that, by informing you that you're "diving too deep". "Oh, and skipper, you know how the boat is sinking due to the flooding, even though no one's bothered to inform you? Well, now we're five seconds away from crush depth. Just thought you'd like to know". You gotta admit, they've got a certain charm. Another nice feature for the "Easy" difficulty level would be for the game to tell you what your crush depth was at any given time. Like, "U-538 Type VII-C Hull Integrity: 46% Crush Depth: 95 m" __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

12-12-06, 08:26 AM	#6
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Gimme, hansolo! __________________

12-12-06, 03:40 PM	#10
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Well in the Sound folder are the Speech folder In those are the following ChE_P_We_have_to_surface_sir NaO_S_The_weather_is_changing_for_the_worse NaO_P_The_weather_is_improving But there are no entries in the cfg for those officers to use those commands I wonder if they were in the original cfg before the patch Perhaps someone who is planning a fresh install for GWX can check the message cfg's in C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Cfg before adding the 1.4b patch Be interesting to see __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-11-06, 09:03 PM	#2
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,953 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Yeah, theres nothing worse than putting the scope up, to see nothing but water. Then you glance at the depth meter and realise you're about to crush.

12-12-06, 08:45 AM	#7
The Noob The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: de_dust2 Posts: 1,417 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Me wants! ME WANTS! plz?

12-12-06, 03:16 PM	#9
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,813 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	This brings me back to my rant on lack of fog warnings!! when the watch cant see where the hell they are going (due to poor weather conditions,) it would be very helpful to hear a "visibility - nil / poor - sir" from one of there filthy cake holes. What im saying is - we should be automatically be notified about changes in the weather rather than have to ask for it.

12-12-06, 05:52 PM	#11
Schatten Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm guessing that the actual soundwork (recording) was done, but they ran out of time before they could implement the triggers and the like for the sounds and they were simply left in the install even though there's no reason, aside from taunting us, for being in there.

12-12-06, 06:16 PM	#12
NoLine Medic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: AN85 Posts: 167 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	watch here what germans think about sinking cheers NoLine

12-12-06, 07:23 PM	#13
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	If all this is implemented for Silent Hunter 4... What I'd also like is some more battle reports, like reports when ships retreat, when other ships go down than the ones you sink, and so on. It'd be interesting to hear someone go "she's breaking off, captain!", followed by a cheer, when you damage a DD enough to drive her off. Imagine if an airplane attacked you, dropped her bombs, and headed off, and you heard a remark of "airplane is disengaging, captain" or something. In short, the more "hand-holding" in terms of messages or even dialogue boxes, the better. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

12-13-06, 11:57 AM	#14
Schatten Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I agree, all of that would be very nice to have Safe-Keeper. I wouldn't even regard it as the program holding my hand, but moreso as having a crew that actually went through some training aside from Staring at Seascapes 101.