[REL] FOTRS Ultimate Project - Page 556

merc4ulfate · 07-03-19, 06:48 PM

I love that first ten day patrol area off Formosa from the Philippines. Came across a hugely escorted convoy. Might have been 4-6 Passenger carriers and maybe 15 sub chasers, destroyers and light cruisers. I got inside them in a Salmon I believe and fired all 8 tubes sinking 4 ships. Was a lot of fun during the evasion and got away even coming back up and firing three more fish. My system crashed after that. No fault of the game, I believe it to be a hard drive issue.

I too like the more detailed orders out of port. Very good work modders.

propbeanie · 07-04-19, 07:53 AM

A CTD off Formosa?...

- Even if you suspect hard drive issues (I feel your pain, btw

), I will look into that. You had a Salmon assignment, so was that an area around the Pescadores? Or were you assigned to sit south in the channel between the islands and Formosa? You would most likely catch the invasion forces out of the Pescadores and Formosa there, but should also have an opportunity if near the Pescadores, depending upon how you approach the areas. I think your orders get changed after a few days, if you've got the channel assignment. You are recalled back to the Philippines for something else...

Capt.seamus · 07-06-19, 09:06 AM

Maybe I'm missing something here, I tried to find a readme on it. How does the stadimeter work in this mod?

Aktungbby · 07-06-19, 10:36 AM

Capt. Seamus!

Rockin Robbins · 07-06-19, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt.seamus

Maybe I'm missing something here, I tried to find a readme on it. How does the stadimeter work in this mod?

Other than behind the curtain stuff, it works exactly the same as in the stock game!

propbeanie · 07-06-19, 01:03 PM

Use of Manual Targeting, and instructions (such as they are) on Page 37 of the SilentHunter4Manual.pdf in the Support folder.

max-peck · 07-09-19, 05:21 PM

Hi guys - quick question.

I am playing the latest public build v0.90 RC3 EN

In other mods, or stock, the T key always used to raise my air search antennae
In FOTRSU 'T' turns my air search radar on or off

I am totally cool with that.

However - it looks as if there is no way to manually raise or lower the air search antennae? Is that right??
I have had a look through the keybindings and cannot see an option to do that.

What I have been doing instead is ordering radar depth, so that my air search radar can - well - search

Just want to make sure this is working as intended, and I am not missing anything obvious

max-peck · 07-09-19, 06:52 PM

cdrsubron7 · 07-09-19, 07:39 PM

Hey max

Nice to see you again. I'm sure the professor (propbeanie) will be able to your question from above. BTW, nice pic above.

propbeanie · 07-09-19, 08:37 PM

Very nice screenie max! Even nicer "seeing" you, good sir! CapnScurvy said the the problem with the menu buttons is that there are not enough of them, such that you can have either the raise / lower antennae, or have an on / off function (or control something else altogether). With the raise / lower, you had to be at radar depth anyway, so no real loss of functionality, and with the on / off function instead, as you are leaving or coming into a high-traffic port area, you can reduce the interruptions. Or even if when you are in enemy territory and want to lose the "signature" of the radar signal emanating from your boat, you can by turning it off now. Now, if there was only a way to make the sonar turn on and off while entering / leaving port... Anyway, that was the choice presented, either raise / lower, or turn it off and on. We voted for the off and on. - btw, if you have SJ and / or SD on your boat, they now turn on 'automatically' upon surfacing, so if you want to eliminate a radar signature altogether, don't forget about the mod now turning those on for you...

Immelmann · 07-10-19, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propbeanie

btw, if you have SJ and / or SD on your boat, they now turn on 'automatically' upon surfacing, so if you want to eliminate a radar signature altogether, don't forget about the mod now turning those on for you...

A feature that has caused me some dismay when trying to hover semi-submerged in heavy seas. Hopefully the final release will give me the option to opt for full manual control?

max-peck · 07-10-19, 05:44 AM

Whoops - I uploaded that to the wrong place

Still - it sure does look pretty.

Thanks for the reply Props, that makes sense, just wanted to double check I wasn't missing anything

Am enjoying the hell out of the current build - outstanding work everyone

fitzcarraldo · 07-11-19, 03:09 PM

Playing FOTRSU with the Fifi´s Nvidia Inspector settings and looks awesome (the settimg are for the Fifi´s OM, but works very fine with FOTRSU).

Many thanks to Fifi for that.

Two questions, please:

- Is it possible to add a JSGME little mod to remove the flag of the boats? As in SH5 TWoS, you could depart with flags, exit the game, activate the no flags mod, reload, and you go to war without flag - realistic way.

- Does FOTRSU include a version add-hoc of the Razzle Dazzle mod? I add the Razzle Dazzle mod to JSGME, but I´m not secure if it is redundant.

Many thanks for the great job!

Fitzcarraldo

Sniper450 · 07-11-19, 03:56 PM

I apologize if this has been brought up before. I am on my first patrol out of pearl and was told to patrol two areas of the Marshalls. You can see if have to binocular icons but the patrol circles don't match up. This is the beginning of the war.

The second circle is to the right of the lower binocular icon. It's hard to see.

max-peck · 07-11-19, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzcarraldo

- Does FOTRSU include a version add-hoc of the Razzle Dazzle mod? I add the Razzle Dazzle mod to JSGME, but I´m not secure if it is redundant.

Hi fitzcarraldo

As the fella who originally made Razzle Dazzle, and also ported it into FOTRSU a few years ago, I can give you a definitive answer on this.

Short Version:
You do not need to add Razzle Dazzle into FOTRSU. It is already in the mod.
In fact if you try to apply Razzle Dazzle on top of FOTRSU, you will end up with less variety of skins for about 15 merchants, rather than more.
Please don't do it

Long Version:
A few years back, when Rockin Robins first started this project, I volunteered to port my Razzle Dazzle skins from TMO into FOTRSU, and also do new skins for the many many ships that FOTRSU added.

My plan was to do every ship originally, but I got a bit burnt out, and ended up doing all the freighters, tankers and troop transports - and nothing else.
Still - that's pretty good - I am happy with that.

However, whilst playing the latest build, I can see that there have been a few freighters, tankers and troop transports added since then.

So there will be some ships you see that will not have the old Razzle Dazzle applied.

I might get to these, or I might not - who knows??

However it is important to realize, that when I ported Razzle Dazzle into FOTRSU, I expanded the number of skins per ship.
In the original mod for TMO, it was 6 skins per ship (I think?!)

However the files I gave to the Mod team for FOTRSU was 10 skins per ship (again, I think, my memory is not what it was)

So if you try and enable the old Razzle Dazzle on top of FOTRSU, for about 15 ships (that are in TMO) you will be reducing their number of available skins from 10 to 6

Hope this makes sense mate

07-03-19, 06:48 PM	#8326
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	I love that first ten day patrol area off Formosa from the Philippines. Came across a hugely escorted convoy. Might have been 4-6 Passenger carriers and maybe 15 sub chasers, destroyers and light cruisers. I got inside them in a Salmon I believe and fired all 8 tubes sinking 4 ships. Was a lot of fun during the evasion and got away even coming back up and firing three more fish. My system crashed after that. No fault of the game, I believe it to be a hard drive issue. I too like the more detailed orders out of port. Very good work modders. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

07-04-19, 07:53 AM	#8327
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,742 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	A CTD off Formosa?... - Even if you suspect hard drive issues (I feel your pain, btw ), I will look into that. You had a Salmon assignment, so was that an area around the Pescadores? Or were you assigned to sit south in the channel between the islands and Formosa? You would most likely catch the invasion forces out of the Pescadores and Formosa there, but should also have an opportunity if near the Pescadores, depending upon how you approach the areas. I think your orders get changed after a few days, if you've got the channel assignment. You are recalled back to the Philippines for something else... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

07-06-19, 10:36 AM	#8329
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,843 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! Capt. Seamus! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

07-06-19, 01:03 PM	#8331
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,742 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Use of Manual Targeting, and instructions (such as they are) on Page 37 of the SilentHunter4Manual.pdf in the Support folder. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

07-09-19, 05:21 PM	#8332
max-peck Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 752 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 0	Hi guys - quick question. I am playing the latest public build v0.90 RC3 EN In other mods, or stock, the T key always used to raise my air search antennae In FOTRSU 'T' turns my air search radar on or off I am totally cool with that. However - it looks as if there is no way to manually raise or lower the air search antennae? Is that right?? I have had a look through the keybindings and cannot see an option to do that. What I have been doing instead is ordering radar depth, so that my air search radar can - well - search Just want to make sure this is working as intended, and I am not missing anything obvious __________________ -------------------------------------------------- Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force If the only tool you have is a hammer, pretty soon everything starts to look like a nail FOTRS Ultimate http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=226270 The future of SH4 - coming to a PC near you soon

07-06-19, 09:06 AM	#8328
Capt.seamus Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 6 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Maybe I'm missing something here, I tried to find a readme on it. How does the stadimeter work in this mod?

07-09-19, 06:52 PM	#8333
max-peck Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 752 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 0	__________________ -------------------------------------------------- Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force If the only tool you have is a hammer, pretty soon everything starts to look like a nail FOTRS Ultimate http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=226270 The future of SH4 - coming to a PC near you soon

07-09-19, 07:39 PM	#8334
cdrsubron7 Sink'em All Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 2,150 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 1	Hey max Nice to see you again. I'm sure the professor (propbeanie) will be able to your question from above. BTW, nice pic above. __________________ Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" - LtCDR Samuel D Dealy SHIV Guide \| Imperial Japanese Navy \| US Submarines

07-09-19, 08:37 PM	#8335
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,742 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Very nice screenie max! Even nicer "seeing" you, good sir! CapnScurvy said the the problem with the menu buttons is that there are not enough of them, such that you can have either the raise / lower antennae, or have an on / off function (or control something else altogether). With the raise / lower, you had to be at radar depth anyway, so no real loss of functionality, and with the on / off function instead, as you are leaving or coming into a high-traffic port area, you can reduce the interruptions. Or even if when you are in enemy territory and want to lose the "signature" of the radar signal emanating from your boat, you can by turning it off now. Now, if there was only a way to make the sonar turn on and off while entering / leaving port... Anyway, that was the choice presented, either raise / lower, or turn it off and on. We voted for the off and on. - btw, if you have SJ and / or SD on your boat, they now turn on 'automatically' upon surfacing, so if you want to eliminate a radar signature altogether, don't forget about the mod now turning those on for you... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

07-10-19, 05:44 AM	#8337
max-peck Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 752 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 0	Whoops - I uploaded that to the wrong place Still - it sure does look pretty. Thanks for the reply Props, that makes sense, just wanted to double check I wasn't missing anything Am enjoying the hell out of the current build - outstanding work everyone __________________ -------------------------------------------------- Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force If the only tool you have is a hammer, pretty soon everything starts to look like a nail FOTRS Ultimate http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=226270 The future of SH4 - coming to a PC near you soon

07-11-19, 03:09 PM	#8338
fitzcarraldo Argentinian Skipper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Somewhere between Buenos Aires and the Bungo Suido Posts: 5,124 Downloads: 3215 Uploads: 0	Playing FOTRSU with the Fifi´s Nvidia Inspector settings and looks awesome (the settimg are for the Fifi´s OM, but works very fine with FOTRSU). Many thanks to Fifi for that. Two questions, please: - Is it possible to add a JSGME little mod to remove the flag of the boats? As in SH5 TWoS, you could depart with flags, exit the game, activate the no flags mod, reload, and you go to war without flag - realistic way. - Does FOTRSU include a version add-hoc of the Razzle Dazzle mod? I add the Razzle Dazzle mod to JSGME, but I´m not secure if it is redundant. Many thanks for the great job! Fitzcarraldo __________________ *My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity - Wilfred Owen.*

07-11-19, 03:56 PM	#8339
Sniper450 Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 247 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	glitch? I apologize if this has been brought up before. I am on my first patrol out of pearl and was told to patrol two areas of the Marshalls. You can see if have to binocular icons but the patrol circles don't match up. This is the beginning of the war. The second circle is to the right of the lower binocular icon. It's hard to see.