How are you captains logging entries about your patrols?

Venatore · 11-18-05, 05:50 PM

I'm the captain of U-657. I was just wondering if you are using a log book within the game, like SH2. If so is there a mod for this?

Venatore

Trav_R · 11-18-05, 05:51 PM

Man, I would love that. The paper and pen thing sucks, I get tired of it and quit after a couple entries.

Keelbuster · 11-18-05, 05:54 PM

How could they leave that out?! I really would love to have this feature...

kb

CWorth · 11-18-05, 06:18 PM

Sad thing is from what I read in another thread.The log book you can write to in game was going to be a feature as one of the modders(can't remember who) found the unfinished parts of it in the games files.

Chalk it up to one more feature the devs did not finish in this game.

HEMISENT · 11-18-05, 06:39 PM

About a month or so ago there was a mod (test version i think) called SH3 Companion. I could never get it to work right-finally gave up. Have not heard any more about it since. Sorry to say because it really was very neat and appeared well thought out.

CCIP · 11-18-05, 08:01 PM

I use a paper logbook.

Or logbooks, rather. You see those WaW stats below? I've kept a detailed record of each of my patrols there - a shame I can't find time to type them up.

Currently, I have 2.6 small 5.5x3.5 inch, 300-400-page notebooks full of notes. That's an average of almost 3 pages per "day" on patrol

Trav_R · 11-18-05, 08:05 PM

I just can't do the pen and paper thing. I type a lot faster than I write, and I don't like sitting there writing a bunch of stuff out on my paper while the game goes on. I would like it better if I could go to my "bed" and do my writing in there, with the keyboard. Then it all stays in the game, all nice and neat, and I feel like I'm actually doing it through the captain instead of as an "extra" bit that I do for myself. Man, it's just such an easy thing to implement that could have added so much to the game, it bugs me that it wasn't.

kiwi_2005 · 11-19-05, 12:06 AM

Well since starting Wolves at war ive had to keep tabs on my patrols so i note down when i make contacts, sinkings etc., including time, date and so on. We have to write out a KTB report when we finish our patrol and email back to waw.

I now keep a log on my my SH3 campaigns that haven't anything to do with WAW. I think its a good idea.

gdogghenrikson · 11-19-05, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

I now keep a log on my my SH3 campaigns that haven't anything to do with WAW. I think its a good idea.

Sounds kinda nerd like.....no offense

kiwi_2005 · 11-19-05, 01:17 AM

Code:

Sounds kinda nerd like.....no offense

It is nerd like.

Thats why i like it. After i fin a patrol i go to all the trouble of add my data into Microsoft Access database. For storage.

I use to be a network administrator now unemployed so i miss doing stuff like this, until i discovered keeping logs.

no offense taken

Trav_R · 11-19-05, 04:37 AM

Nerdy or not, it's a lot of work writing all that stuff down. That's why I can't keep up with it. I do it off and on, but many of my patrols aren't written down, I just get tired of it. I think if there were a way to do it in-game, I would do it. But, like I said, the pen-and-paper method doesn't cut it for me.

HMCS · 11-19-05, 08:18 AM

Hit alt-tab and you can go to desktop and use wordpad.

It is nerd-like; but then again, that's what we are, aren't we?

Hudsonhawk · 11-19-05, 08:58 AM

That's a Good Idea .....HMCS

gdogghenrikson · 11-19-05, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMCS

Hit alt-tab and you can go to desktop and use wordpad.

It is nerd-like; but then again, that's what we are, aren't we?

If it was in game it wouldnt be nerdy but ubisoft didnt include it in the game (yet, it was in SH2).........dumb ubisoft

JScones · 11-19-05, 07:54 PM

There's third party diary tools available - checkout http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=33313 for more info.

There's also SH3 Companion - checkout http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopi...=sh3+companion but note that you will need to install v2.0 of the .NET Framework first (can cause problems for some users).

These all work on the Alt-Tab-out-type-in-text-Alt-Tab-back-in approach.

You may like to know that Beery and I are working on an alternate method, which should appear in the next release of SH3 Commander - pending successful testing of course!

11-18-05, 05:50 PM	#1
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	How are you captains logging entries about your patrols? I'm the captain of U-657. I was just wondering if you are using a log book within the game, like SH2. If so is there a mod for this? Venatore

11-18-05, 05:54 PM	#3
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	How could they leave that out?! I really would love to have this feature... kb __________________

11-18-05, 06:39 PM	#5
HEMISENT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 1,052 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	About a month or so ago there was a mod (test version i think) called SH3 Companion. I could never get it to work right-finally gave up. Have not heard any more about it since. Sorry to say because it really was very neat and appeared well thought out. __________________ Nuke 'em till they glow!

11-18-05, 08:01 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I use a paper logbook. Or logbooks, rather. You see those WaW stats below? I've kept a detailed record of each of my patrols there - a shame I can't find time to type them up. Currently, I have 2.6 small 5.5x3.5 inch, 300-400-page notebooks full of notes. That's an average of almost 3 pages per "day" on patrol __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

11-19-05, 12:06 AM	#8
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Well since starting Wolves at war ive had to keep tabs on my patrols so i note down when i make contacts, sinkings etc., including time, date and so on. We have to write out a KTB report when we finish our patrol and email back to waw. I now keep a log on my my SH3 campaigns that haven't anything to do with WAW. I think its a good idea. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

11-18-05, 05:51 PM	#2
Trav_R Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Man, I would love that. The paper and pen thing sucks, I get tired of it and quit after a couple entries.

11-18-05, 06:18 PM	#4
CWorth Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gettysburg PA Posts: 845 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Sad thing is from what I read in another thread.The log book you can write to in game was going to be a feature as one of the modders(can't remember who) found the unfinished parts of it in the games files. Chalk it up to one more feature the devs did not finish in this game.

11-18-05, 08:05 PM	#7
Trav_R Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just can't do the pen and paper thing. I type a lot faster than I write, and I don't like sitting there writing a bunch of stuff out on my paper while the game goes on. I would like it better if I could go to my "bed" and do my writing in there, with the keyboard. Then it all stays in the game, all nice and neat, and I feel like I'm actually doing it through the captain instead of as an "extra" bit that I do for myself. Man, it's just such an easy thing to implement that could have added so much to the game, it bugs me that it wasn't.

11-19-05, 01:17 AM	#10
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Code: Sounds kinda nerd like.....no offense It is nerd like. Thats why i like it. After i fin a patrol i go to all the trouble of add my data into Microsoft Access database. For storage. I use to be a network administrator now unemployed so i miss doing stuff like this, until i discovered keeping logs. no offense taken __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

11-19-05, 04:37 AM	#11
Trav_R Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nerdy or not, it's a lot of work writing all that stuff down. That's why I can't keep up with it. I do it off and on, but many of my patrols aren't written down, I just get tired of it. I think if there were a way to do it in-game, I would do it. But, like I said, the pen-and-paper method doesn't cut it for me.

11-19-05, 08:18 AM	#12
HMCS Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Squaresville, daddy-O. Posts: 394 Downloads: 186 Uploads: 0	Hit alt-tab and you can go to desktop and use wordpad. It is nerd-like; but then again, that's what we are, aren't we?

11-19-05, 08:58 AM	#13
Hudsonhawk Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Staten Island,New York Posts: 133 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's a Good Idea .....HMCS __________________

11-19-05, 07:54 PM	#15
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	There's third party diary tools available - checkout http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=33313 for more info. There's also SH3 Companion - checkout http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopi...=sh3+companion but note that you will need to install v2.0 of the .NET Framework first (can cause problems for some users). These all work on the Alt-Tab-out-type-in-text-Alt-Tab-back-in approach. You may like to know that Beery and I are working on an alternate method, which should appear in the next release of SH3 Commander - pending successful testing of course!