Hard to Port fire Starboard Tubes !!!!

[steel shark]

i made this a while back but have now decided to add it to epic w@ters as a optional mod

basically it dose 2 things


it modifies the color on the players boat icon to Red & Green so port and Starboard Orientation to target can be ascertained more easily as you maneuver your vessel


ive also added Port & starboard labels on the stores panel for extra reference


these additions make faster tube selection for faster torpedo firing and side correction ect :


which tube to fire a wire guided torpedo from or to cut down on torpedo turn time after exiting the tube


its a simple addition but knowing faster were your tubes are in relation to your target is very important in naval warfare

to make this better i changed the torpedo tube positions on all vessels so for example a November was :

1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8

or

8 7
6 5
4 3
2 1

is now

1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8

for Port & starboard tube sides

some submarines have center tubes these i divided in to Port and starboard as well so :

1 2 3
4 5 6

is now

1 4
2 5
3 6

bear in mind some are vertical 2 stacks 8 in total :

2357
1468

or reversed

1468
2357

or

5678
1234

or reversed

8765
4321

and if they have aft tubes the same

p=port s=starboard


p s
---------->Fwd Tubes
1 4
2 5
3 6

--------
p s

7 9
8 10
---------->Aft Tubes

bear in mind the tube positions are still valid its just the order that they are positioned on your hud that matters so its the vessel tube order that makes the difference hear.


as in real life see pic.1)

hear is a Fwd torpedo room layout : of a soviet-foxtrot-class

p s

6 5
4 3
2 1

on my mod then vessels either have port / left tubes or Starboard / right tubes

if the vessel has middle tubes so like a skipjack tubes are divided in the middle

1,2 are outer port tubes

3 is a middle tube (port side group)

4 is a middle tube (starboard side group)

5,6 are outer starboard tubes

most NATO submarines have clear port & starboard tubes usually theirs only a few that dont like swiftsure , skipjacks , barbels ect


so this mod mainly helps with Russian stuff

like sierras , akulas ect


1,2 outer port tubes

3,4 middle port tube group

5,6 middle starboard tube group

7,8 outer starboard tubes


so if you in combat and maneuvering you have to keep track of which side to fire from and also what tube to use hence this mod


so with this mod in essence


tube 1 is best port tube then tube 2 ect

&

the highest numbered tube is best starboard tube then the next highest number tube ect


in all cases


so in the game a swift sure has 5 tubes

so i now know :


load wire weapons in port tubes 1,2


tube 3 is a middle tube so harpoon tlam ect ie no wire


load wire weapons in starboard tubes 4,5


so as you can see i can maximize my angels for my weapons by loading the right weapons in to the best tubes for em for any submarine in the game very easily


Steel Shark