Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks

[svt94]

Very informative thread. I have read the whole thing.
One question. What is the deal with Windows 8? been running it for a year without a problem.

[Tony845]

In command.cgf I have changed the 'fire torpedo' key from 'enter' to 'space' (found my note on how to do that) now I want to use the 'enter' key to cancel time compression and return to normal time. How do I do that?

[I'm goin' down]

We all thought RR was on the bridge directing operations when he went down. But Alas! It was another skipper and ol' RR is back in the saddle. Send over my reenlistment papers and let's get the Barbarinna out of mothballs.

Salute to RR! Nice to see you captain!

Geez, I am almost a 3,000 posts!

[granite00]

Does anyone have links that work for the WernerSobe courses?

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by granite00

Does anyone have links that work for the WernerSobe courses?

That's the only one I've ever had. It's a good one and lead to all sorts of modifications.

Edit: Correction! I'll find the other two and upload them to You Tube where they will live for awhile.

[Rockin Robbins]

All WernerSobe links (in my opinion the best ever made) have been redirected to valid locations on page 1. Long live WernerSobe wherever he may be!

[granite00]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

That's the only one I've ever had. It's a good one and lead to all sorts of modifications.

Edit: Correction! I'll find the other two and upload them to You Tube where they will live for awhile.

The Sonar Only link is labeled "private". Is there another way to access it? Thanks for fixing the other two WernerSobe links.

[DrBeast]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Long live WernerSobe wherever he may be!

I'll second that! I still lament the fact that his improved sinking mod (can't remember its name, sorry...it's been years and I'm not getting any younger) never got a rehaul for 1.5

[DrBeast]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

DrBeast!

Cheers! It's good to be back

[granite00]

The Sonar Only link is labeled "private" in YouTube. Is there another way to access it?

[Rockin Robbins]

I have to redo that video as I used the little known Pink Floyd track "Echoes" and there was a copyright infringement claim against it. Isn't it amazing! I give Pink Floyd full credit. I tell people which album the song came from and urge people to go buy it, as they'll never have another opportunity to hear it but on my video. I'm sending people to buy the thing and they squash the video for infringement. Fine. Screw 'em. They benefit, not me.

But it means I have to redo the video. It's basically a Dick O'Kane attack without ever seeing the target. Simple, accurate, deadly and you can do it first try. If I make a good enough video. Just got the sound problem fixed with USB headphones/microphone and Windows 7. I'll be making a new video with podcast safe music soon.

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by DrBeast

I'll second that! I still lament the fact that his improved sinking mod (can't remember its name, sorry...it's been years and I'm not getting any younger) never got a rehaul for 1.5

That's something I may be qualified to look at. I have a copy and have actually used it.

Rumor is it's broken but Pssssst! here's the truth. With 1.5 new ship types were introduced. Those ships that were in 1.4 sink like WernerSobe intended: awesomely. The ships that aren't covered by the mod sink like the stock game. So you can use the mod and most ships will benefit. No babies will die, no kitties remain unfed and sleeping dogs won't be woken up.

[Rockin Robbins]

I began working on a remake of the Dick O'Kane Sonar Only video tutorial today. Pink Floyd must be eliminated!

[Rockin Robbins]

The new Dick O'Kane Sonar Only Technique video is up! I left the old one up with an annotation and link to the new one as there are a lot of posts under it and I want to spank Pink Floyd's handlers for putting in a copyright dispute on an item which benefited them much more than it did me. As a matter of fact, my video without Pink Floyd is just as good. Without me, they have a significant fraction of worldwide exposure for their product gone.

So the original video has an explanation of why the audio was muted and why it's been replaced, along with a link to the new video.

The new video is also a reply to those who posted in my optical Dick O'Kane video that it wasn't realistic enough. It wasn't supposed to be realistic, it was supposed to teach manual targeting to newbies. Sheesh!

Check it out! It's not perfect by any means but it's probably good enough.

[Crannogman]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

That's something I may be qualified to look at. I have a copy and have actually used it.

Rumor is it's broken but Pssssst! here's the truth. With 1.5 new ship types were introduced. Those ships that were in 1.4 sink like WernerSobe intended: awesomely. The ships that aren't covered by the mod sink like the stock game. So you can use the mod and most ships will benefit. No babies will die, no kitties remain unfed and sleeping dogs won't be woken up.

I used the Natural Sinking mod for a while in 1.5; I'll post screenies later, but I had some bizzarro effects. For instance, the Kuma CLs at the Battle of Savo Island. One I hit with torpedoes and it went vertical in the water (the bow over 100 feet in the air) but refused to die or go down. The other Kuma actually sailed between USS Chicago and HMAS Canberra, trading gunfire at point-blank range; when I turned off Natural Sinking, all 4 promptly went down. So if you can make it work that'd be awesome