U-boat searchlight - Page 2

Gunfighter · 02-09-13, 07:26 AM

Yes I would like to see a Searchlight.

V13dweller · 02-10-13, 06:23 AM

As spydar said, it would be cool if you could use it to throw off the enemies aim when they are firing at you.

Sailor Steve · 02-10-13, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volodya61

To more accurately denote your location for they?

Exactly. It's an old naval dictum that a searchlight might light up your target, but now everyone else knows exactly where you are. Battleships use them to spot destroyers, destroyers use them to spot PT boats, but not the other way around. An airplane is a special case. It's very fast and usually coming right at a u-boat. you can shoot at it or dive, but shining your own light at it is a waste of time.

U-boats didn't have permanent searchlights. They carried portable units, mostly signal lamps.
http://www.uboatarchive.net/DesignSt...ypeIXC-S66.htm

Jimbuna · 02-10-13, 08:27 AM

Great link

V13dweller · 02-10-13, 08:37 AM

I just found this in the .eqp
[Equipment 6]
NodeName=I05
LinkName=SearchLight,data\Objects\Sensors\UBoot_Se nsors
StartDate=19000101
EndDate=19990631

spydar1959 · 02-10-13, 11:29 AM

But still, just to have one for GP would be a nice addition. We all know we got shorted big time by the dev's. So if it is in there,setting it up as an option or mod would be a great little add-on.

V13dweller · 02-11-13, 03:19 AM

It would also be nice to use it in addition of the Navigation lights, if they existed.

And using it to spot lifeboats would be a nice aesthetic feature.

V13dweller · 02-13-13, 03:57 AM

Here is a picture of it in the GR2.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?xonpbq1gbc2e2b2
It seems of low detail, the Developers probably axed it before they created code for it.

Grizwald · 02-13-13, 04:22 PM

Let there be lights

V13dweller · 02-19-13, 09:42 PM

I was digging in the files again, but I cannot seem to find anything relating to the U-Boat searchlight, but it might be possible to mod the regular searchlights beam to fit to it, but making it controllable might be difficult.

TheDarkWraith · 02-19-13, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V13dweller

but making it controllable might be difficult.

impossible is the word you're looking for unless you are good with assembly and have lots of time to kill.

02-09-13, 07:26 AM	#16
Gunfighter Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne UK Posts: 720 Downloads: 133 Uploads: 0	SearchLight Yes I would like to see a Searchlight. __________________

02-10-13, 08:27 AM	#19
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Great link __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-10-13, 11:29 AM	#21
spydar1959 Seaman Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Directly above the center of the earth Posts: 36 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Good link.... But still, just to have one for GP would be a nice addition. We all know we got shorted big time by the dev's. So if it is in there,setting it up as an option or mod would be a great little add-on. __________________ Women are like an Enigma machine, you try and figure one out.....

02-10-13, 06:23 AM	#17
V13dweller Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 768 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 2	As spydar said, it would be cool if you could use it to throw off the enemies aim when they are firing at you.

02-10-13, 08:37 AM	#20
V13dweller Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 768 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 2	I just found this in the .eqp [Equipment 6] NodeName=I05 LinkName=SearchLight,data\Objects\Sensors\UBoot_Se nsors StartDate=19000101 EndDate=19990631

02-11-13, 03:19 AM	#22
V13dweller Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 768 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 2	It would also be nice to use it in addition of the Navigation lights, if they existed. And using it to spot lifeboats would be a nice aesthetic feature.

02-13-13, 03:57 AM	#23
V13dweller Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 768 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 2	Here is a picture of it in the GR2. http://www.mediafire.com/view/?xonpbq1gbc2e2b2 It seems of low detail, the Developers probably axed it before they created code for it.

02-13-13, 04:22 PM	#24
Grizwald Seaman Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 35 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	Let there be lights

02-19-13, 09:42 PM	#25
V13dweller Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 768 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 2	I was digging in the files again, but I cannot seem to find anything relating to the U-Boat searchlight, but it might be possible to mod the regular searchlights beam to fit to it, but making it controllable might be difficult.