Which user interface mod is the best?

DelphiUniverse · 03-05-12, 10:28 AM

I've tried TheDarkWraith's New UI and I liked it very much. Unfortunately the game won't progress when I have it installed and the game crashes a heck of a lot more often with it installed, so I uninstalled it, against my wishes. I'm not interested in fixes atm, as I would like to try new mod's anyway, just for the sake of experimentation.

I would like to know alternatives, preferably just for the sake of adding new beautiful periscope graphics.

Which mod would that be?

Trevally. · 03-05-12, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DelphiUniverse

I've tried TheDarkWraith's New UI and I liked it very much. Unfortunately the game won't progress when I have it installed and the game crashes a heck of a lot more often with it installed, so I uninstalled it, against my wishes. I'm not interested in fixes atm, as I would like to try new mod's anyway, just for the sake of experimentation.

I would like to know alternatives, preferably just for the sake of adding new beautiful periscope graphics.

Which mod would that be?

there are only two others and both give great graphics - try them both

Dr Jones UI & Reaper UI.
Both are on the front page of SH5 workshop - so easy to find

DelphiUniverse · 03-05-12, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevally.

there are only two others and both give great graphics - try them both

Dr Jones UI & Reaper UI.
Both are on the front page of SH5 workshop - so easy to find

I think I have tried Reaper so I will go ahead and try Dr Jones now, it looks damn cool btw.

Btw, how can i use the ring inside the periscope, what is it for? All the different numbers inside the ring. Can you give me a detailed description how to use it? I need to learn.

Here is the ring i'm talking about:

Trevally. · 03-05-12, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DelphiUniverse

I think I have tried Reaper so I will go ahead and try Dr Jones now, it looks damn cool btw.

Btw, how can i use the ring inside the periscope, what is it for? All the different numbers inside the ring. Can you give me a detailed description how to use it? I need to learn.

Here is the ring i'm talking about:

Yes I know that ring well. It is the RAOBF wheel

I wrote an ingame tutorial that teaches you how it works step by step.
You will need TDWs UI for the tutorial to work

You can also read about how it works here clicky click

THE_MASK · 03-05-12, 03:11 PM

There all great .

DelphiUniverse · 03-05-12, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevally.

Yes I know that ring well. It is the RAOBF wheel

I wrote an ingame tutorial that teaches you how it works step by step.
You will need TDWs UI for the tutorial to work

You can also read about how it works here clicky click

I've made a document with the steps described and printed it, I think I did it efficiently, but it took longer to use the periscope wheel to attack ships than to do it with map tools. The damn ship passed me before I could finish all the steps.

I need to practice the wheel some more. I think I will do it faster if I combine the wheel and do some other things with map tools.

Commander Mysenses · 03-06-12, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DelphiUniverse

it took longer to use the periscope wheel to attack ships than to do it with map tools. The damn ship passed me before I could finish all the steps.

You can do plots while the game is paused.

DelphiUniverse · 03-06-12, 10:24 AM

While we're talking about map tools, I have this "eternal" problem using the ruler. After I have plotted the ship I need to make a straight line through the plots, thats no problem at all. The problem is when my own ship is a bit far away, then I need to scroll the screen while drawing the line in order to make a 90 degree perpendicular line, the problem is that I can't make this line long without losing accuracy, forcing me to zoom a little bit out.

Can I solve this somehow?

Off the Rails · 03-06-12, 02:25 PM

Using the map tools, I draw a short line as precisely as possible between the marks, then read off the bearing, zoom out and zoom back in at the point I'm going to end the line. Place the line and try to match the bearing exactly (down to a fraction of a degree), then zoom in on the marks and see how close you were. You can see which way you need to nudge the far end of the line, and get it as close as it needs to be.

stoianm does it here at about 3:30 - 4:30

Captain_AJ · 03-06-12, 07:13 PM

Still I cannot go without TDWS UI .. !! realisum seems more precise . or Iam just plainly convinced that TDWS Ui is the best

Hinrich Schwab · 03-06-12, 07:20 PM

I personally use TDW's UI mod. However, anything other than stock will take a player far.

TheDarkWraith · 03-06-12, 10:29 PM

There is no best one. Each person has different tastes and thus what one person likes the other will hate.
Some prefer eye candy, others prefer enhancements, and others prefer just basics. It's impossible to tailor to everyone's tastes. The best one can do is give the player options so they can tailor to their taste as much as possible.
I don't have any flash in mine. To call it utilitarian would be one way to describe it. But I prefer content over flash. There are better ways to use memory than by wasting it with flash and pretty pictures. Your video card only has so much memory - and that memory is better served rendering 3D models and textures vice 2D flash

DelphiUniverse · 03-06-12, 11:47 PM

Problem arise when you try to renew everything in the game so that it comes to a point where it is unrecognizable, things tend to break down from there. I am strongly against that. A healthy mod should build upon the original and let as much stay original and try to blend in both technically and graphically. Have to move slowly and carefully and not just throw in new things faster than you can test it.

I'm not in favor of blind "beauty" graphics either, the only exception is if it blends well into the original, then I can enjoy it even more.

and when a new feature is added, one should spend much time making it perfect, no rush.

Captain_AJ · 03-07-12, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

There is no best one. Each person has different tastes and thus what one person likes the other will hate.
Some prefer eye candy, others prefer enhancements, and others prefer just basics. It's impossible to tailor to everyone's tastes. The best one can do is give the player options so they can tailor to their taste as much as possible.
I don't have any flash in mine. To call it utilitarian would be one way to describe it. But I prefer content over flash. There are better ways to use memory than by wasting it with flash and pretty pictures. Your video card only has so much memory - and that memory is better served rendering 3D models and textures vice 2D flash

WOOO HHOOO REALLY WHY WASTE MEMMORIE ?

DelphiUniverse · 03-07-12, 11:18 PM

There are some really nice and powerful gfx cards out there that can deal with a 3 year old simulator/game like this veeeery nicely.

03-05-12, 10:28 AM	#1
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Which user interface mod is the best? I've tried TheDarkWraith's New UI and I liked it very much. Unfortunately the game won't progress when I have it installed and the game crashes a heck of a lot more often with it installed, so I uninstalled it, against my wishes. I'm not interested in fixes atm, as I would like to try new mod's anyway, just for the sake of experimentation. I would like to know alternatives, preferably just for the sake of adding new beautiful periscope graphics. Which mod would that be?

03-06-12, 07:13 PM	#10
Captain_AJ Crusty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA Posts: 649 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Still I cannot go without TDWS UI .. !! realisum seems more precise . or Iam just plainly convinced that TDWS Ui is the best __________________ Captain AJ

03-05-12, 03:11 PM	#5
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	There all great .

03-06-12, 10:24 AM	#8
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	While we're talking about map tools, I have this "eternal" problem using the ruler. After I have plotted the ship I need to make a straight line through the plots, thats no problem at all. The problem is when my own ship is a bit far away, then I need to scroll the screen while drawing the line in order to make a 90 degree perpendicular line, the problem is that I can't make this line long without losing accuracy, forcing me to zoom a little bit out. Can I solve this somehow?

03-06-12, 02:25 PM	#9
Off the Rails Seaman Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 35 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Using the map tools, I draw a short line as precisely as possible between the marks, then read off the bearing, zoom out and zoom back in at the point I'm going to end the line. Place the line and try to match the bearing exactly (down to a fraction of a degree), then zoom in on the marks and see how close you were. You can see which way you need to nudge the far end of the line, and get it as close as it needs to be. stoianm does it here at about 3:30 - 4:30

03-06-12, 07:20 PM	#11
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I personally use TDW's UI mod. However, *anything* other than stock will take a player far.

03-06-12, 10:29 PM	#12
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	There is no best one. Each person has different tastes and thus what one person likes the other will hate. Some prefer eye candy, others prefer enhancements, and others prefer just basics. It's impossible to tailor to everyone's tastes. The best one can do is give the player options so they can tailor to their taste as much as possible. I don't have any flash in mine. To call it utilitarian would be one way to describe it. But I prefer content over flash. There are better ways to use memory than by wasting it with flash and pretty pictures. Your video card only has so much memory - and that memory is better served rendering 3D models and textures vice 2D flash

03-06-12, 11:47 PM	#13
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Problem arise when you try to renew everything in the game so that it comes to a point where it is unrecognizable, things tend to break down from there. I am strongly against that. A healthy mod should build upon the original and let as much stay original and try to blend in both technically and graphically. Have to move slowly and carefully and not just throw in new things faster than you can test it. I'm not in favor of blind "beauty" graphics either, the only exception is if it blends well into the original, then I can enjoy it even more. and when a new feature is added, one should spend much time making it perfect, no rush.

03-07-12, 11:18 PM	#15
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	There are some really nice and powerful gfx cards out there that can deal with a 3 year old simulator/game like this veeeery nicely.