patch 1.4 bugs/issues to be fixed ONLY list

[Von Tonner]

From what I understand. If he is not, he sure has an inside track into the development of the game and Ubisoft if you preview his previous posts.

[TDK1044]

Originally Posted by switch.dota

So marean_m is one of the devs?

Correct.

[switch.dota]

Well nobody knows the code better than the devs. Who's to say 1.4 will be an UBIsoft patch? :P

[Alex]

@ TDK1044 : You have PM sir.

[switch.dota]

Originally Posted by Alex

@ TDK1044 : You have PM sir.

Why would you post that here?

[TDK1044]

The two members in question can and do answer technical questions about the game, but they cannot answer questions beyond that, such as questions regarding additional patches.

[Steeltrap]

* AI - still horrible

* Inability to make surface attacks at night without being seen

* Ability to "hover" (maintain depth without any forward way)

* SD radar - should give a distance ONLY - no bearing. SD was always A-scope throughout war. Needs to have a reading somewhere prominent so you can see if a contact is closing or not

* Subs' motions on surface ("running on rails" effect.... SHIII looks more realistic when it comes to sub's interaction with waves)

* Depth changes - you change depth as quickly when stationary as you do when moving, and that's just plain wrong. Decreasing depth without forward motion MUST involve using compressed air (I'm yet to see sub use any, ever). Tests show you dive more quickly from surface at lower speeds.
As you can see, I think the whole physics of a sub's movement and depth-keeping is out of whack....

Well those will do for me. Fix them and I might start playing again. I've only been playing SHIII (which I picked up for $19.95, as against the $99.95 I payed for SH4....won't make that mistake again....).

[Capt. Shark Bait]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

That wasent corrected in 1.3 ?

yup, but it didn't work out, however it is there if you start out from Freemantle or Brisbane

also, the purpose of this thread is to bring to the attention of what's pretty much left to be done, which really isn't a whole helluva lot but there are stille some things. it's not to ask if one is in the works, cuz the devs aren't going to say, and if so when it'll be released

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

* Ability to "hover" (maintain depth without any forward way).

One mans bug is anothers reality.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

* Subs' motions on surface ("running on rails" effect.... SHIII looks more realistic when it comes to sub's interaction with waves)

LBO Mod has made major improvements on this one ^^^.


RDP

[bookworm_020]

A fix for moving the deck gun and not losing the crew list for it.

[switch.dota]

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

* AI - still horrible

* Inability to make surface attacks at night without being seen

* Ability to "hover" (maintain depth without any forward way)

Use some mods

[Elphaba]

I don't want to take this thread off topic, but can I suggest 2 'improvements' that I believe might be useful - at least in my recent experience they would have been...


1. When plotting a course across a large distance sometimes you might have the map zoomed out so far that you don't notice a tiny little island. The first you know about it is when you've run aground and your ship is destroyed.

Couldn't the AI either cut down to 1x about 1nm from land directly ahead in the sub's path? Or couldn't your watch officer be smart enough to plot a manoeuver around it without any input from the Captain - surely that's more realistic? The Captain says... "Get me THERE" and the crew get the boat there safely in the most direct course?


2. Now that I'm suffering from fuel issues being based out of pearl in the new Gato class, I have to rely on a trick to maximise my fuel, and that is staying submerged at 2/3 on batteries until they are exhausted, then surfacing and running at 2/3 until they are recharged, before diving again - all to conserve diesel.

Wouldn't it be good to be able to tell the crew to do this automatically? Or am I losing the plot? I have read that great guide on fuel conservation but I thought that this tactic was more fuel efficient.

Any thoughts?

I hope the thread starter doesn't mind me putting these 'wishes' here.

Elphaba

[Capt. Shark Bait]

Elphaba, this is more for problems still outstanding with SH4 rather than a wishlist.. as for the 2 you mention, i'm not sure it can be done. i've run agound on account of that a few times, but it's never really good to be zoomed out that much anyway, and when entering shallow water the TC reduces to 4x anyway

[Munchausen]

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

* Ability to "hover" (maintain depth without any forward way)

Before some dev actually "corrects" this situation ...

"Safely out of Manila Bay and moving south in the South China Sea, Sculpin made her trim drive, one of the first items of business for a submarine on leaving port. The dive was necessary to adjust the weight of the submarine to a condition of neutral buoyancy so the sub could submerge and the diving officer could keep the sub at the desired depth with little or no headway ... The compensation was made through a system consisting basically of a forward trim tank, an after trim tank, and an auxiliary tank located near the center of the boat. By pumping sea water between these tanks and from or to the sea, the diving officer could reach a condition of neutral buoyancy where the boat would stay put, like a balloon, with no need to use speed or control planes to maintain the desired depth."

-- Submarine Diary, page 7, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991, by Rear Admiral Corwin Mendenhall, U.S.N. (Ret.)