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Fidd · 06-01-23, 03:32 AM

18. Captains microphone in the control-tower.

With voice attenuation "On", one of the problematical areas for hearing is at the helm and dive station when the captain is at the AP. It's often hard to hear him, despite this being the most critical to and from lines of communication between the two. I've not seen such a thing, but it's a fair-bet that on the real boats, the officer supervising the helm and planes/tanks and trims would have been at the base of the ladder, repeating orders. We already do this up to a point, but it uses-up a player. It's reasonable to suppose that there might have been a microphone at the PD position, which could out-put, one way, to the speaker on the wall above the helm?

This improvement, although it may be fictional, might help encourage players to use the in-game voice, rather than using discord. A spare player may still relay the confirmations from the helm and dive officer; from the position at the bottom of the ladder?

It would basically function as a one way voice-tube? IMPLEMENTED (as voice tubes to hydrophone and radio-room from conning tower)

06-01-23, 03:32 AM	#15
Fidd XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blighty! Posts: 424 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	18. Captains microphone in the control-tower. With voice attenuation "On", one of the problematical areas for hearing is at the helm and dive station when the captain is at the AP. It's often hard to hear him, despite this being the most critical to and from lines of communication between the two. I've not seen such a thing, but it's a fair-bet that on the real boats, the officer supervising the helm and planes/tanks and trims would have been at the base of the ladder, repeating orders. We already do this up to a point, but it uses-up a player. It's reasonable to suppose that there might have been a microphone at the PD position, which could out-put, one way, to the speaker on the wall above the helm? This improvement, although it may be fictional, might help encourage players to use the in-game voice, rather than using discord. A spare player may still relay the confirmations from the helm and dive officer; from the position at the bottom of the ladder? It would basically function as a one way voice-tube? IMPLEMENTED (as voice tubes to hydrophone and radio-room from conning tower) Last edited by Fidd; 11-06-23 at 08:46 AM.