My RFB must be broken....

TG626 · 03-24-14, 09:12 PM

First there was the map contacts not showing up. Even though I have them on in the options, and I have the patch loaded (the one that implicitly states that "map contacts have been re-enabled") I get nada on any map. Closest thing I see is words on the attack map when I've IDed an enemy, but no "X" or box or dot...

Now HERES THE BIG THING. I was stalking a DD off Rabaul when he detected me, ran over me but never DCed me at all... After attempting several times to torpedo him I got the bright idea to emergency blow and fire the deck gun at him. I fully expected to get my butt handed to me. To my shock, he never fired a shot - never locked his search light on me (it was night) and let me pound him for quite some time while he RAN AWAY...

Flying cam examination showed why he didn't DC me. He's got no DC racks.

Just what is going on here?

Is this somehow "normal"?

Or

Did I somehow screw something up?

It's July 1942 and I have these insalled:

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\MODS]

RFB_2.0
RFB_2.0_Patch_23April2010
Nav Map Make-Over v2.1
NMMO Airbase Add-on
NMMO v2.1 Patch 1 with AB
NMMO Reverse Ocean Colors Add-on
FP-Custom CaptainPicture (only changes pic on your desk)
FP-Intro Movie Disabled (only removed the 2nd video, the poem)
Office Window - Palm Trees 2 (only changed the texture outside your office window)
Custom Gramophone (some tracks of mine)
SS145 USS S-40 Black (skin)
Carotio_IntercontinentalRadioPack (Carotio's Radio pack, excellent BTW - except it seems to keep "receiving" when you are 100s of feet deep)

TorpX · 03-25-14, 12:09 AM

About the map contacts, I don't really know since I never play with them. Did you check off the appropriate box in the options?

You should have taken a screenie of the DD. Most likely it wasn't supposed to have depth charges. Early in the war, ASW wasn't a high priority of the IJN. It may have been a patrol boat/torpedo boat, which is not quite the same thing as a destroyer.

TG626 · 03-25-14, 12:47 AM

It was a DD, and it had the rails, just the racks weren't there. I can accept that maybe it was not equipped with them, but why no gun fire?

There was moderate fog, but I came up < 1000 yards away from him.

captgeo · 03-25-14, 08:56 AM

does not seem normal to me at all, should have sunk you with gunfire.

I run RFB 1.5 so I have no idea what changes were made to RFB 2.0

TG626 · 03-25-14, 07:17 PM

In the end its looking like TMO is more to my liking, so thanks anyway.

03-24-14, 09:12 PM	#1
TG626 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USS Seal - Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 268 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 3	My RFB must be broken.... First there was the map contacts not showing up. Even though I have them on in the options, and I have the patch loaded (the one that implicitly states that "map contacts have been re-enabled") I get nada on any map. Closest thing I see is words on the attack map when I've IDed an enemy, but no "X" or box or dot... Now HERES THE BIG THING. I was stalking a DD off Rabaul when he detected me, ran over me but never DCed me at all... After attempting several times to torpedo him I got the bright idea to emergency blow and fire the deck gun at him. I fully expected to get my butt handed to me. To my shock, he never fired a shot - never locked his search light on me (it was night) and let me pound him for quite some time while he RAN AWAY... Flying cam examination showed why he didn't DC me. He's got no DC racks. Just what is going on here? Is this somehow "normal"? Or Did I somehow screw something up? It's July 1942 and I have these insalled: Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157 [C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\MODS] RFB_2.0 RFB_2.0_Patch_23April2010 Nav Map Make-Over v2.1 NMMO Airbase Add-on NMMO v2.1 Patch 1 with AB NMMO Reverse Ocean Colors Add-on FP-Custom CaptainPicture (only changes pic on your desk) FP-Intro Movie Disabled (only removed the 2nd video, the poem) Office Window - Palm Trees 2 (only changed the texture outside your office window) Custom Gramophone (some tracks of mine) SS145 USS S-40 Black (skin) Carotio_IntercontinentalRadioPack (Carotio's Radio pack, excellent BTW - except it seems to keep "receiving" when you are 100s of feet deep) __________________ T. E. Thompson, LTCDR Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seal (formerly S-40 (SS-145)) Last edited by Webster; 03-25-14 at 07:28 PM. Reason: language removed

03-25-14, 12:09 AM	#2
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	About the map contacts, I don't really know since I never play with them. Did you check off the appropriate box in the options? You should have taken a screenie of the DD. Most likely it wasn't supposed to have depth charges. Early in the war, ASW wasn't a high priority of the IJN. It may have been a patrol boat/torpedo boat, which is not quite the same thing as a destroyer.

03-25-14, 12:47 AM	#3
TG626 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USS Seal - Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 268 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 3	It was a DD, and it had the rails, just the racks weren't there. I can accept that maybe it was not equipped with them, but why no gun fire? There was moderate fog, but I came up < 1000 yards away from him. __________________ T. E. Thompson, LTCDR Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seal (formerly S-40 (SS-145))

03-25-14, 08:56 AM	#4
captgeo Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 550 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	does not seem normal to me at all, should have sunk you with gunfire. I run RFB 1.5 so I have no idea what changes were made to RFB 2.0 __________________

03-25-14, 07:17 PM	#5
TG626 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USS Seal - Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 268 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 3	In the end its looking like TMO is more to my liking, so thanks anyway. __________________ T. E. Thompson, LTCDR Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seal (formerly S-40 (SS-145))