[Deutschmark]

Hi Kostas,

Look here at the Flatbed_V2;
http://library.qualitysimulations.com/b ... =58&page=6
This could have what you are looking for, its worth a try.

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[kostas]

Hi DM,

You are refer to the sub flatbed.
even there the depth instrument is wrong

sub on sea level


sub on bottom

[pascal72]

Hello,

In Virtual Sailor, the Depth gauge worked correctly for Submarines :



But I encountered also this problem in VSF when making a little submarine :



As you can see, the Depth gauge works in fact as an "Echosounder".... :roll:

It's the reason why I made a Depth gauge for submarine as you can read and test it in this post :

viewtopic.php?f=198&t=34653&start=0

You must use the Altimeter instrument and invert the values from 0 to -100.. hope this helps.

[kostas]

so that was the secret... to name the instrument as alt instead to depth
sorry Pascal i has download only the crew and i didn't saw your instrument 8) 8)
so here it is in depth of 100m


THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASCAL!!!!

[pascal72]

You are welcome Kostas and happy that this "Altimeter trick" solves the problem for reading the real Depth.. I think the "change" about the Depth gauge came after this discussion about some conflict with Echosounder :

http://hangsim.com/forums/viewtopic.php ... pth#p18617

It would be nice if the depth gauge could work correctly again and also if we could have a "Depth limit" parameter for Submarines in Canvas Knights : most submarines in WW1 were limited between -50m and -75m.. :wink:

By the way, your new texture for the new Depth gauge is very nice and realistic , it seems the E-11 class E british Submarine will be an excellent model for Canvas Knights ..

Cheers

[kostas]

thanks Pascal. Unfortunatelly i did not found images of instruments for this submarine of WW1. So i made them with a little "retro" style.
As for the altimeter i saw that the indicator does not stop in the depth of 100m, but keeps on turning around. So i make a new instrument adding an indicator for 100m and a numeric panel

here it

sea level


100m of depth


bottom of sea

[Deutschmark]

I like your gage Kostas looks really nice
Good going Pascal on figuring out how to get a depth gage working 8)

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[Bartolomeus]

Great looking sub Kostas, amazing work!

Marko

[kostas]

Sorry guys, but i have another problem :-?
i'm trying to make in VSF a throttle instrument for the submarine with the follow cfg of the needle:
1 [needles]
0.0 [xpos]
0.0 [ypos]
0.0 [zpos]
1.0 [scale]
0 [x0]
1 [x1]
-2.79 [y0]
2.79 [y1]

and i see this in game


The needle rotate only clockwise with engine forward or in reverse

But if in my vehicle.cfg change the [type] from sumbarine to boat, that needle work fine forward or in reverse (as in all my boats until now)

i'm thinking that is an issue of the game

[Deutschmark]

Well like I have said before in VSF there are some things that will work on a boat but not on a submarine, just do the best you can no one will fault you for something that is a game issue.

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[kostas]

well, because it might be a problem of VSF game, i solve it with a ....trick
i made two needles, one rotating clockwise, the second in the opposite direction and a half cover as reverse handle

forward


reverse

[Deutschmark]

Great stuff Kostas! looks good!!!
I like when a problem is found and one takes on finding away around it 8)

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[Jambo]

Gentlemen!

I take my hat off to you! hock: 8)

You're full of ideas and solutions!

Jambo