Why doesn't my game drop to TC1 when spotting neutrals anymore?

misha1967 · 03-12-12, 08:35 AM

Actually, I'm not sure if it ever did, but all of a sudden they'll come cruising right by me without as much as a "smoke on the horizon" from the watch crew.

I'm not particularly worried about the neutrals not triggering it, but I can definitely see a potential problem if it's a bunch of very angry Tommy corvettes I run into.

Sailor Steve · 03-12-12, 10:20 AM

Are you set for 'Travel Mode'? That setting shuts off all contacts.

misha1967 · 03-12-12, 10:35 AM

No I'm not, Steve. I checked that since it wasn't until recently that I, duh, found out that you could switch the default travel mode off through TDW's NewUI option editor, so I had gotten into the habit of switching it off manually whenever I loaded a save.

But that was my first thought too.

Dogfish40 · 03-12-12, 10:53 AM

Hey Misha,
I don't think it drops to 1 for neutrals or friendlies. At least not on my game. It drops to 1 for enemy ships (thankfully) but I've always had near collisions by the map. Thankfully those are worse by the map than they actually are. When I take a look the ship is always some meters away by the miss. But I've had a few real close calls because I don't get the TC1 for these ships. I may be wrong about the travel button, but I do use it often and I always have these "near misses".
D40

Hinrich Schwab · 03-12-12, 01:10 PM

I think that TC drops to x8 for neutrals and friendlies.

Trevally. · 03-12-12, 01:29 PM

Also remember with TDWs UI options you can set TC level for some messages and not others.

In the options editor - under "Message Box" you can set a TC level when triggered by a message.

You can then open the options.py and look at what messages will trigger this.

Quote:

#[OPTION]
#CATEGORY=Message box
#TYPE=11
#DESCRIPTION=The message box messages (defined in \data\Menu\menu.txt) that trigger TCxOnMessageBoxText
#VALUES=
#DEFAULT=[ 9200,9201,9202,9203,9204,9205,817,4800,4801,9206,9 207,9208,9209,9210,9211,9212,7666,7667 ]
#; if TCxOnMessageBoxText is enabled then it will trigger on the following numbers from menu.txt:
#; NOTE: all must be placed on single line with no breaks for options exporter to work correctly!
TCxOnMessageBoxTextNumbers = [ 9200,9201,9202,9203,9204,9205,817,4800,4801,9206,9 207,9208,9209,9210,9211,9212,7666,7667 ]

THE_MASK · 03-12-12, 03:28 PM

Its a mystery . Definately due to a mod , which one ?

03-12-12, 08:35 AM	#1
misha1967 Commander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 470 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Why doesn't my game drop to TC1 when spotting neutrals anymore? Actually, I'm not sure if it ever did, but all of a sudden they'll come cruising right by me without as much as a "smoke on the horizon" from the watch crew. I'm not particularly worried about the neutrals not triggering it, but I can definitely see a potential problem if it's a bunch of very angry Tommy corvettes I run into. __________________ Ansonsten, Herr Lutter, ist alles in Butter Liqui-cooled Intel i2550K @ 4.2 GHz, 8 Gb RAM, GTX 970 GPU

03-12-12, 10:20 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Are you set for 'Travel Mode'? That setting shuts off all contacts. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-12-12, 10:35 AM	#3
misha1967 Commander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 470 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	No I'm not, Steve. I checked that since it wasn't until recently that I, duh, found out that you could switch the default travel mode off through TDW's NewUI option editor, so I had gotten into the habit of switching it off manually whenever I loaded a save. But that was my first thought too. __________________ Ansonsten, Herr Lutter, ist alles in Butter Liqui-cooled Intel i2550K @ 4.2 GHz, 8 Gb RAM, GTX 970 GPU

03-12-12, 10:53 AM	#4
Dogfish40 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: LA Area, Central coast, California Posts: 1,023 Downloads: 827 Uploads: 0	Hey Misha, I don't think it drops to 1 for neutrals or friendlies. At least not on my game. It drops to 1 for enemy ships (thankfully) but I've always had near collisions by the map. Thankfully those are worse by the map than they actually are. When I take a look the ship is always some meters away by the miss. But I've had a few real close calls because I don't get the TC1 for these ships. I may be wrong about the travel button, but I do use it often and I always have these "near misses". D40 __________________ *Dogfish40*

03-12-12, 03:28 PM	#7
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Its a mystery . Definately due to a mod , which one ? Last edited by THE_MASK; 03-12-12 at 03:52 PM.

03-12-12, 01:10 PM	#5
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I think that TC drops to x8 for neutrals and friendlies.