Crash dive randomization ...

[Rubini]

Hi guys,

I added a code to the SH3 long patrol script (see here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=193794 ) that randomize the crash dive behaviour.

All we feel that Sh3 is sometimes too previsible in it´s behaviour (in truth it don´t have almost nothing randomizible on it to we work on). The air attacks are that boring exactly because you will hit the C key to crash dive all tthe time and it will be almost always the same final attack result...

But no more! As said above, i added a code that made the crash dive suscetible to problems as it must be in real life as it was a emergency manouver that sometimes catch the crew outside the boat, engines in maintenance, open hatchs , etc. This is exactly what this code do.
Below a tease of it:

c::
Suspend, Permit
Send %_TC_1%
Random, rand, 0, 9
if rand <= 2
{
Send %_Crash_dive%
}
if (rand >= 3 and rand <= 8)
{
Soundplay, %A_ScriptDir%\data\Sound\SOUND1_.wav
Sleep, ((4000)*(rand-2)+6000)
Send %_Crash_dive%
Sleep, 30000
Random, prob, 0, 9
If prob > 7
{
Send %_Ahead_third%
Sleep, 10000
Send %_Maintain_depth%
Sleep, 5000
}
SoundBeep, 750, 150
;BlockInput, off
}
if rand = 9
{
Soundplay, %A_ScriptDir%\data\Sound\SOUND1_.wav
Sleep, 10000
Send %_Ahead_third%
Send %_Dive%
Sleep, 70000
Random, prob, 0, 9
If prob > 6
Send %_Hard_to_port%
If prob < 3
Send %_Hard_to_starboard%
Send %_Maintain_depth%
SoundBeep, 750, 150
}
return

This reduces the normal crash dive routine only to a propability of 30% chance. Then a trouble crash dive with dive or engine problems at 60% with variable delay in time to dive and finally at 10% that a crash dive could be not possible at all and just a messy and slow dive routine could be done.

I played the game a bit with it and it´s much more interesting because you never know what really await you over there.

If someone is interested i can update the Sh3 Long patrol script (it´s possible to only runs this crash dive routine from it if you want, etc)

Cheers!

Rubini.