Trouble with realism settings

misha1967 · 01-20-12, 05:45 AM

I like playing with Custom settings (Medium is too easy, Hard is too hard (at this point, I'll get better!

)), so I pick Medium when starting a new campaign and then, before actually starting my first patrol, go to Options and add a few ticks to make it harder than default Medium.

The problem is that they don't seem to "take." The reason I know this is that one of the ones I add to default Medium is to get rid of the silly green projectile path for the deck gun, yet every time I man the thing, I get the projectile path anyway.

So now I'm wondering if any of my other changes are taking.

What am I doing wrong?

[UPDATE: Or maybe I'm wrong. I checked the config file in the Documents folder and all of the realism settings there are exactly as I wanted them. Maybe that projectile path appearing in spite of me turning it off is just a bug? If so, it really doesn't matter. I was mainly worried that the other settings weren't enabled either.]

THE_MASK · 01-20-12, 08:16 AM

While in the bunker hit the Esc key on your keyboars and go to options . Change the realism settings .

misha1967 · 01-20-12, 04:49 PM

That's what I did, sober.

I even tried checking the realism settings after I'd accepted my mission but before I started the patrol. But still the projectile path was there once I got on the Boat.

Dogfish40 · 01-21-12, 10:21 AM

Did you solve this? If not I have a simple question. Are you trying to change the settings on the tutorial mission? If so, that might be your problem.
Otherwise, if you uncheck projectile path box (I forgot what exactly it is called), it will get rid of it.
Hope you got this is sorted out. Good Hunting
D40

misha1967 · 01-22-12, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogfish40

Did you solve this? If not I have a simple question. Are you trying to change the settings on the tutorial mission? If so, that might be your problem.
Otherwise, if you uncheck projectile path box (I forgot what exactly it is called), it will get rid of it.
Hope you got this is sorted out. Good Hunting
D40

Thanks, Dogfish40. Still working on it but, like I said, it really isn't all that much of an issue as long as my other realism changes have "taken."

No, I'm not changing anything on the tutorial missions, campaign only.

Also, am I understanding you correctly in saying that the box needs to be unchecked to remove the projectile path? Because I thought the same thing initially, you know, errors in translation and all, but noted that the total realism % goes down when I uncheck it and up when I check it, so I assumed that "check" means "no path" as that seems more realistic to me.

Thanks for replying. Not a huge issue, but I'm always grateful for all of the help you can get on these forums.

misha1967 · 01-24-12, 01:25 AM

OK, I checked it again and I swear that I hadn't done anything different from before, but now it works perfectly.

Good news is: It works. Bad news is: I have no idea why, so I can't help anybody who might have made the same mistake I did.

01-20-12, 05:45 AM	#1
misha1967 Commander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 470 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Trouble with realism settings I like playing with Custom settings (Medium is too easy, Hard is too hard (at this point, I'll get better! )), so I pick Medium when starting a new campaign and then, before actually starting my first patrol, go to Options and add a few ticks to make it harder than default Medium. The problem is that they don't seem to "take." The reason I know this is that one of the ones I add to default Medium is to get rid of the silly green projectile path for the deck gun, yet every time I man the thing, I get the projectile path anyway. So now I'm wondering if any of my other changes are taking. What am I doing wrong? [UPDATE: Or maybe I'm wrong. I checked the config file in the Documents folder and all of the realism settings there are exactly as I wanted them. Maybe that projectile path appearing in spite of me turning it off is just a bug? If so, it really doesn't matter. I was mainly worried that the other settings weren't enabled either.] __________________ Ansonsten, Herr Lutter, ist alles in Butter Liqui-cooled Intel i2550K @ 4.2 GHz, 8 Gb RAM, GTX 970 GPU Last edited by misha1967; 01-20-12 at 06:21 AM.

01-20-12, 04:49 PM	#3
misha1967 Commander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 470 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	That's what I did, sober. I even tried checking the realism settings after I'd accepted my mission but before I started the patrol. But still the projectile path was there once I got on the Boat. __________________ Ansonsten, Herr Lutter, ist alles in Butter Liqui-cooled Intel i2550K @ 4.2 GHz, 8 Gb RAM, GTX 970 GPU

01-21-12, 10:21 AM	#4
Dogfish40 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: LA Area, Central coast, California Posts: 1,023 Downloads: 827 Uploads: 0	Did you solve this? If not I have a simple question. Are you trying to change the settings on the tutorial mission? If so, that might be your problem. Otherwise, if you uncheck projectile path box (I forgot what exactly it is called), it will get rid of it. Hope you got this is sorted out. Good Hunting D40 __________________ *Dogfish40*

01-24-12, 01:25 AM	#6
misha1967 Commander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 470 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	OK, I checked it again and I swear that I hadn't done anything different from before, but now it works perfectly. Good news is: It works. Bad news is: I have no idea why, so I can't help anybody who might have made the same mistake I did. __________________ Ansonsten, Herr Lutter, ist alles in Butter Liqui-cooled Intel i2550K @ 4.2 GHz, 8 Gb RAM, GTX 970 GPU

01-20-12, 08:16 AM	#2
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	While in the bunker hit the Esc key on your keyboars and go to options . Change the realism settings .