Fall of the rising sun, no map contacts

tmdgm · 07-18-10, 05:59 PM

Fresh from the atlantic uboats, I just installed Fall of the Rising sun and I don't get any map contact updates, regardless of the switch being selected in difficulty.

Is this normal? Any way to change? Do any of the other supermods have this function?

I admit I'd like to have the updates until I get used to everything.

Armistead · 07-18-10, 08:28 PM

Haven't played it, but did you set your options in the office using the radio on the left?

tmdgm · 07-18-10, 08:50 PM

yup, set options on the radio at the beginning of the campaign on the left

rein1705 · 07-18-10, 09:25 PM

Contact reports are sparse in FOTRS untill your several weeks out. Dont worry though, there out there, and plenty of them too. Hang in there buddy. I play FOTRS too.

07-18-10, 09:31 PM

FOTRS here too, but with NSM 4.0 on, ships just sink way too fast though not the stock ships...

Raven79 · 07-19-10, 03:04 AM

You'll get only a few infos from command on where to find convoys n such. If you stay in an area longer and report in once a day, you'll eventually get more reports of movements there. Yet, you don't need to wait for them, I never do, just cruise around and do listening dives once in a while. You'll find much more than your map shows you.

WernherVonTrapp · 07-21-10, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tmdgm

Fresh from the atlantic uboats, I just installed Fall of the Rising sun and I don't get any map contact updates, regardless of the switch being selected in difficulty.

Is this normal? Any way to change? Do any of the other supermods have this function?

I admit I'd like to have the updates until I get used to everything.

I'm currently Running RFB 2.0 with RSRDC and I don't have any Map Contact Updates either, even with the item unchecked in the Options Menu. I even installed the mod that replaces the sonar lines in RFB but, I still get nothing. Although, it is very early in 1942 so, maybe things will change once I get better sonar, radar or something. It certainly presents quite a challenge when trying to track ships or convoys. The only time I get any type of representation is with a visual contact.

Capt. Morgan · 07-21-10, 10:53 AM

I'd still ask in the FOTRS forum to be sure, since it's based on TMO and TMO has map-contacts. It seems odd that they would remove them.

If they really have removed map-contacts, you could try using TMOplot, which restores map contacts for RFB, and might also work in FOTRS. There's also a mod that restores the Sonar lines for RFB2 which might help.

TMO plot
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...do=file&id=151

Hydrophone lines for RFB 2.0
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1470

WernherVonTrapp · 07-21-10, 12:32 PM

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Capt. Morgan wrote:
There's also a mod that restores the Sonar lines for RFB2 which might help.

I currently have that mod installed with RFB 2.0 but I still get no lines. Maybe it has something to do with RSRDC, since I'm running that on top of RFB.
UPDATE: Don't pay any attention to that man behind the curtain (i.e., my above comment)! Capt. Morgan just set me straight on the issue. Thanks Cap.

Capt. Morgan · 07-21-10, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I currently have that mod installed with RFB 2.0 but I still get no lines. ...

Hi Werner, check your PM's

tmdgm · 07-21-10, 05:39 PM

thanks. i'll give that mod a try.

Actually looks like the mod doesn't restore the hydrophone lines. That's what I'm most interested.

07-18-10, 05:59 PM	#1
tmdgm Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 219 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Fall of the rising sun, no map contacts Fresh from the atlantic uboats, I just installed Fall of the Rising sun and I don't get any map contact updates, regardless of the switch being selected in difficulty. Is this normal? Any way to change? Do any of the other supermods have this function? I admit I'd like to have the updates until I get used to everything.

07-18-10, 09:25 PM	#4
rein1705 Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: somewhere in the Past. Posts: 582 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 0	Contact reports are sparse in FOTRS untill your several weeks out. Dont worry though, there out there, and plenty of them too. Hang in there buddy. I play FOTRS too. __________________ "Diesel Pig" Not so long ago...

07-21-10, 10:53 AM	#8
Capt. Morgan Commander Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Just east of the west coast. Posts: 463 Downloads: 424 Uploads: 0	I'd still ask in the FOTRS forum to be sure, since it's based on TMO and TMO has map-contacts. It seems odd that they would remove them. If they really have removed map-contacts, you could try using TMOplot, which restores map contacts for RFB, and might also work in FOTRS. There's also a mod that restores the Sonar lines for RFB2 which might help. TMO plot http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...do=file&id=151 Hydrophone lines for RFB 2.0 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1470 __________________ There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. -- Admiral William Halsey Last edited by Capt. Morgan; 07-21-10 at 11:41 AM. Reason: clarity

07-18-10, 08:28 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Haven't played it, but did you set your options in the office using the radio on the left?

07-18-10, 08:50 PM	#3
tmdgm Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 219 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	yup, set options on the radio at the beginning of the campaign on the left

07-18-10, 09:31 PM	#5
Lil' Subsim Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	FOTRS here too, but with NSM 4.0 on, ships just sink way too fast though not the stock ships...

07-19-10, 03:04 AM	#6
Raven79 A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 77 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	You'll get only a few infos from command on where to find convoys n such. If you stay in an area longer and report in once a day, you'll eventually get more reports of movements there. Yet, you don't need to wait for them, I never do, just cruise around and do listening dives once in a while. You'll find much more than your map shows you.

07-21-10, 05:39 PM	#11
tmdgm Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 219 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	thanks. i'll give that mod a try. Actually looks like the mod doesn't restore the hydrophone lines. That's what I'm most interested.