Weather Report?

banjo · 05-06-07, 04:13 PM

I there any way to get a wx report?

DirtyHarry3033 · 05-06-07, 04:29 PM

Get Ducimus' "Flavored To Taste 2.4" mod. It will add a weather report icon to the icon panel.

If you don't want that, you can edit Commands.cfg and assign a keystroke to the weather report command to access it with the keyboard. The code you're looking for is:

[Cmd261]
Name=Report_weather
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F250006

Change it to something like:

[Cmd261]
Name=Report_weather
Ctxt=1
MnID=0x3F250006
Key0=0x57,c,"CTRL W"

to enable weather report on a key. My example will put it on "Ctrl-W". Of course if you want it on a different key, change the Key0= line with the appropriate hex code and modifier.

banjo · 05-06-07, 04:38 PM

Thank you so much.

DirtyHarry3033 · 05-06-07, 04:50 PM

No prob

There are all kinds of unused commands in Commands.cfg, you might want to look thru it and see what commands you'd like to add. Just enter a "key0=" line with the appropriate key, and it's yours! Be careful though, not to use a key already assigned to another command or you'll get undesired results...

DH

sqk7744 · 05-06-07, 05:44 PM

and CTRL + W

popeye · 05-20-07, 03:52 PM

you have got to be farkin kidding me. i have to hack the game to get a weather report???? i just thought i was a retard, and couldnt find the right button.

Major Johnson · 05-21-07, 01:47 PM

So let me get this straight, the coding is there for a weather report but wasn't utilized for the basic game??

How about the the sunrise and sunset times?? I found that info to be extremely valuable in SH1. In fact I was just about to start a thread on the topic, but this will do.

Maybe that'll be an extra gimme in the next patch. <holding my breath!>

-Pv- · 05-21-07, 04:25 PM

Sunrise and sunset has been discussed ad-infinitum even before SH4 came out.
Do a search and you'll see.
It's prob not going to happen. I just make a note of the times I visually see them happen and plan my submerges and surfaces to be about an hour before/after.
No big deal.

popeye · 05-21-07, 04:52 PM

I have been to japan before, and in fact, i live in beijing now. i know for certain the sun does not rise at 11 am in this part of the world. how come in the game, it does? not that i mind a little more darkness, but...

Beery · 05-21-07, 05:29 PM

In RFB Ctrl+W generates a weather report.

Beery · 05-21-07, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by popeye

I have been to japan before, and in fact, i live in beijing now. i know for certain the sun does not rise at 11 am in this part of the world. how come in the game, it does? not that i mind a little more darkness, but...

From a certain perspective the sun does indeed rise at 11am in Beijing

When you have your watch set to Hawaii time, and if you then travel to Japan (or Beijing) the sun will rise at around 11am Hawaii time. The game's chronometers are all set to the port you sail from.

DirtyHarry3033 · 05-21-07, 05:44 PM

Popeye, far as I can tell, the time shown is the time at your home port. In other words, as you cross time zones your boat's clock is not updated to the new time zone. So the farther west you go, the later the sun rises (and the later it sets) as far as your clock is concerned.

It's no big deal really to tell when sunrise and sunset is, if nothing is happening I go to map view and run up the TC. Say it's night - the instant the map changes from "night" mode to "day" mode I go back to 1x TC and have a look. Well guess what, the sun is just starting to peek over the horizon.

Same during the day - when the map changes from "day" to "night" mode, well the sun is just starting to set.

Of course if stuff is happening and I'm running at 1x TC it's easy enough to see for myself (from bridge or periscope) if the sun is rising or setting!

Regarding weather report, like -Pv- said, the devs could have left it out completely. Just be glad it's there. And it's really not much harder to implement than clicking on the button that really should (but isn't) there

DH

-Pv- · 05-22-07, 11:43 PM

"...I have been to japan before, and in fact, i live in beijing now. i know for certain the sun does not rise at 11 am in this part of the world. how come in the game, it does? not that i mind a little more darkness, but..."

3033 is correct. If you hold your mouse over the time in the lower right, you will see the words "base time." This is no different than SH3 which was also a fixed time of GMT with no zone compensation. Where I live, the sun is going down @ 04:00 GMT. For those based in far east ports, the time difference is a lot less for them than for us Pearl folks, but they also get kicked out of their bases early in the war.

I also use 3033's same suggestion to mentally or on a bit of paper "mark" the time I see the map color change while time surfing. I use that to judge when I should be hiding and attacking in enemy controlled water. Historically, dusk and dawn (the two hours around those times) are the most ideal for subs, but I don't let that keep me from attacking at all hours if other conditions are favorable (weather, no escorts, few planes spotted recently, strong battery, etc.)
-Pv-

05-06-07, 04:13 PM	#1
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Weather Report? I there any way to get a wx report?

05-06-07, 05:44 PM	#5
sqk7744 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ~About 60' below Posts: 1,150 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	and CTRL + W __________________ " All Ships can dive, but only Submarine's surface!" MODS: KillFlags - Elco PT109 - AOB Attack Course Tutorial

05-21-07, 01:47 PM	#7
Major Johnson Frogman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jeresey Shore USA Posts: 288 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	So let me get this straight, the coding is there for a weather report but wasn't utilized for the basic game?? How about the the sunrise and sunset times?? I found that info to be extremely valuable in SH1. In fact I was just about to start a thread on the topic, but this will do. Maybe that'll be an extra gimme in the next patch. <holding my breath!> __________________ MJ! ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD FX8350 8 Core 4.0 Ghz CPU GeForce GTX 560 Ti PCIx Video Card 8 GB Corsair Vengence RAM Rosewill 850W Power Supply

05-21-07, 05:29 PM	#10
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In RFB Ctrl+W generates a weather report. __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen.

05-06-07, 04:29 PM	#2
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Get Ducimus' "Flavored To Taste 2.4" mod. It will add a weather report icon to the icon panel. If you don't want that, you can edit Commands.cfg and assign a keystroke to the weather report command to access it with the keyboard. The code you're looking for is: [Cmd261] Name=Report_weather Ctxt=1 MnID=0x3F250006 Change it to something like: [Cmd261] Name=Report_weather Ctxt=1 MnID=0x3F250006 Key0=0x57,c,"CTRL W" to enable weather report on a key. My example will put it on "Ctrl-W". Of course if you want it on a different key, change the Key0= line with the appropriate hex code and modifier.

05-06-07, 04:38 PM	#3
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Thank you so much.

05-06-07, 04:50 PM	#4
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No prob There are all kinds of unused commands in Commands.cfg, you might want to look thru it and see what commands you'd like to add. Just enter a "key0=" line with the appropriate key, and it's yours! Be careful though, not to use a key already assigned to another command or you'll get undesired results... DH

05-20-07, 03:52 PM	#6
popeye A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	you have got to be farkin kidding me. i have to hack the game to get a weather report???? i just thought i was a retard, and couldnt find the right button.

05-21-07, 04:25 PM	#8
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Sunrise and sunset has been discussed ad-infinitum even before SH4 came out. Do a search and you'll see. It's prob not going to happen. I just make a note of the times I visually see them happen and plan my submerges and surfaces to be about an hour before/after. No big deal.

05-21-07, 04:52 PM	#9
popeye A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have been to japan before, and in fact, i live in beijing now. i know for certain the sun does not rise at 11 am in this part of the world. how come in the game, it does? not that i mind a little more darkness, but...

05-21-07, 05:44 PM	#12
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Popeye, far as I can tell, the time shown is the time at your home port. In other words, as you cross time zones your boat's clock is not updated to the new time zone. So the farther west you go, the later the sun rises (and the later it sets) as far as your clock is concerned. It's no big deal really to tell when sunrise and sunset is, if nothing is happening I go to map view and run up the TC. Say it's night - the instant the map changes from "night" mode to "day" mode I go back to 1x TC and have a look. Well guess what, the sun is just starting to peek over the horizon. Same during the day - when the map changes from "day" to "night" mode, well the sun is just starting to set. Of course if stuff is happening and I'm running at 1x TC it's easy enough to see for myself (from bridge or periscope) if the sun is rising or setting! Regarding weather report, like -Pv- said, the devs could have left it out completely. Just be glad it's there. And it's really not much harder to implement than clicking on the button that really should (but isn't) there DH

05-22-07, 11:43 PM	#13
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	"...I have been to japan before, and in fact, i live in beijing now. i know for certain the sun does not rise at 11 am in this part of the world. how come in the game, it does? not that i mind a little more darkness, but..." 3033 is correct. If you hold your mouse over the time in the lower right, you will see the words "base time." This is no different than SH3 which was also a fixed time of GMT with no zone compensation. Where I live, the sun is going down @ 04:00 GMT. For those based in far east ports, the time difference is a lot less for them than for us Pearl folks, but they also get kicked out of their bases early in the war. I also use 3033's same suggestion to mentally or on a bit of paper "mark" the time I see the map color change while time surfing. I use that to judge when I should be hiding and attacking in enemy controlled water. Historically, dusk and dawn (the two hours around those times) are the most ideal for subs, but I don't let that keep me from attacking at all hours if other conditions are favorable (weather, no escorts, few planes spotted recently, strong battery, etc.) -Pv-