What types of commands/controls do you wish you could have?

Krauter · 09-10-07, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Incubus

Really? I'm going to have to try this out. Does it have the AA and deck gun fire at it? Since later on, if you have a Balao you can have 2 40mm AA guns, and 2 5" deck guns with AA shells; it would be useful to focus-fire on aircraft or to wreck smaller ships in surface action.

Actually I believe its only for the Deck gun, however this will need to be confirmed.. usually when confronted by AC i tend to dive..

With Regards,

Krauter

capt_frank · 09-10-07, 05:30 PM

I'd love to have someone other than myself calculate range, speed and AOB IF I wanted the assistance while in the manual targeting mode.

Like maybe get these to work:

[Cmd335]
Name=Set_TDC_target_range
Ctxt=1

[Cmd336]
Name=Set_TDC_angle_on_bow
Ctxt=1

[Cmd337]
Name=Set_TDC_target_speed
Ctxt=1

[Cmd344]
Name=WP_Solution_to_target
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F130003
Str=1074

[Cmd346]
Name=WP_Compute_solution
Ctxt=1
Str=1076

THAT would be really swell!

SilentOtto · 09-11-07, 05:33 PM

What I've always wished I'd had implemented since SH2 days is a choice of scripted actions, like "Dive 1 hour before sunrise set speed slow, surface 1 hour after sunset, set speed 2/3rds" for cruising enemy waters, or "dive every 4 hours for sound checking", etc.

It's really tedious, in long cruises, to take care of every dive and suface. I only want to be bothered in alerts, messages. The crew and officers should be able to routinely cruise on their own, shouldn't they?

Krauter · 09-11-07, 06:30 PM

I agree with SilentOtto, but what happens when your order are to surface, even though the sky is filled with enemy a/c.. Not a very inviting prospect..
But in view of me having to repeatedly change depth during cruises just to check radar or recharge batteries, I thing osmething along those lines would be good

With Regards,

Krauter

Joe S · 09-11-07, 08:41 PM

Here is my wish list of the top of my head. I realize some are incorporated into major mod packs but since I am still having lots of crashes I prefer not to install major mod packs at this time.
1 ability to write on the nav map
2 ability to deterimine range at current speed
3 If you indavertently plot a course over a small island the crew should alert you to that fact
4 If you approach or reach test depth the crew should warn you
5 you should be able to pick a damage control team ahead of time without pulliing them from their normal duty station.
6sound man should warn of depth charges in the water
7you should be able to manually input range into the tdc without being limited to a certain range, as we are now.
8 It would be nice if someone could state what the exact magification of the various scopes is so we can use the ranging recticle and manually input the range.
9 the crew should be directed to fire the AA guns at surface targets
10in game volume adjustment for the grammophone would be nice.
11 A complete set of documentation would be good
12 Mappable keys would be a big improvement
13an accurate ruler for the map
14 command the deck gun to fire specifically at warships or merchants
15ability to write in log

Joe S

Incubus · 09-11-07, 11:13 PM

Regarding #5, you can recruit sailors for the damage control team, that way you don't have to move them in the damage control slot later. It is very handy, since the sailors might have skills to make them useful to stand in at other stations (if those sailors are hurt/exhausted)

SilentOtto · 09-12-07, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krauter

I agree with SilentOtto, but what happens when your order are to surface, even though the sky is filled with enemy a/c.. Not a very inviting prospect..
But in view of me having to repeatedly change depth during cruises just to check radar or recharge batteries, I thing osmething along those lines would be good

With Regards,

Krauter

Hey, then's what you get the alert I was saying... a couple min at periscope depth, if nothing seen in observation periscope, surface.

Also, there is no option to crash dive when plane sighted, only periscope depth which I think is even worse than staying surfaced...

I terribly agree with next poster about writing on map (Need to know TIME of contacts or sightings!) and logbook.

Range at current speed is among nav instruments toolbar!

And yes, other things like notifying depth charges in the water, they were there in SH3 but probably also no time for including them at release date... Damn business executives!

09-10-07, 05:30 PM	#2
capt_frank Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the North Carolina Sticks Posts: 335 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd love to have someone other than myself calculate range, speed and AOB IF I wanted the assistance while in the manual targeting mode. Like maybe get these to work: [Cmd335] Name=Set_TDC_target_range Ctxt=1 [Cmd336] Name=Set_TDC_angle_on_bow Ctxt=1 [Cmd337] Name=Set_TDC_target_speed Ctxt=1 [Cmd344] Name=WP_Solution_to_target Ctxt=1 MnID=0x3F130003 Str=1074 [Cmd346] Name=WP_Compute_solution Ctxt=1 Str=1076 THAT would be really swell!

09-11-07, 05:33 PM	#3
SilentOtto Engineer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BF79 Posts: 209 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	What I've always wished I'd had implemented since SH2 days is a choice of scripted actions, like "Dive 1 hour before sunrise set speed slow, surface 1 hour after sunset, set speed 2/3rds" for cruising enemy waters, or "dive every 4 hours for sound checking", etc. It's really tedious, in long cruises, to take care of every dive and suface. I only want to be bothered in alerts, messages. The crew and officers should be able to routinely cruise on their own, shouldn't they?

09-11-07, 06:30 PM	#4
Krauter Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,983 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 1	I agree with SilentOtto, but what happens when your order are to surface, even though the sky is filled with enemy a/c.. Not a very inviting prospect.. But in view of me having to repeatedly change depth during cruises just to check radar or recharge batteries, I thing osmething along those lines would be good With Regards, Krauter

09-11-07, 08:41 PM	#5
Joe S XO Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 409 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Here is my wish list of the top of my head. I realize some are incorporated into major mod packs but since I am still having lots of crashes I prefer not to install major mod packs at this time. 1 ability to write on the nav map 2 ability to deterimine range at current speed 3 If you indavertently plot a course over a small island the crew should alert you to that fact 4 If you approach or reach test depth the crew should warn you 5 you should be able to pick a damage control team ahead of time without pulliing them from their normal duty station. 6sound man should warn of depth charges in the water 7you should be able to manually input range into the tdc without being limited to a certain range, as we are now. 8 It would be nice if someone could state what the exact magification of the various scopes is so we can use the ranging recticle and manually input the range. 9 the crew should be directed to fire the AA guns at surface targets 10in game volume adjustment for the grammophone would be nice. 11 A complete set of documentation would be good 12 Mappable keys would be a big improvement 13an accurate ruler for the map 14 command the deck gun to fire specifically at warships or merchants 15ability to write in log Joe S

09-11-07, 11:13 PM	#6
Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Regarding #5, you can recruit sailors for the damage control team, that way you don't have to move them in the damage control slot later. It is very handy, since the sailors might have skills to make them useful to stand in at other stations (if those sailors are hurt/exhausted)