What file need changing to identify lifeboats on map?

[Starforce3]

When you drop a spy you get a lifeboat icon. But they don't show up on the map when they launch from enemy ships. Also, one of the patches mentioned putting torpedo on the maps as well. I know this is unrealistic to the point of being silly but I never get torpedo on my map...

[Starforce3]

When you drop a spy you get a lifeboat icon. But they don't show up on the map when they launch from enemy ships. Also, one of the patches mentioned putting torpedo on the maps as well. I know this is unrealistic to the point of being silly but I never get torpedo on my map...

[Wolferz]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Starforce3:
When you drop a spy you get a lifeboat icon. But they don't show up on the map when they launch from enemy ships. Also, one of the patches mentioned putting torpedo on the maps as well. I know this is unrealistic to the point of being silly but I never get torpedo on my map... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The life rafts do show up on the map. If you zoom up close you will see them as little blue icons. Life boats were removed in the 1.4 patch due to the aggravation caused by your lookouts reporting them as ships. Torpedos can only be seen on the battle map but, they are there.

[Starforce3]

battle map? Is that different from the navigation map? ANd if I zoom in all the way I see neither torpedo nor liferaft. If the liferaft have been removed in 1.4 (which is what I have) there must be a way to put them back.

[Wolferz]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Starforce3:
battle map? Is that different from the navigation map? ANd if I zoom in all the way I see neither torpedo nor liferaft. If the liferaft have been removed in 1.4 (which is what I have) there must be a way to put them back. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not the life rafts. The life boats from enema ships were removed. Believe me when I say, " You don't want them back in the game."
Mudering survivors is against the Geneva Convention and it's just not Cricket. Besides, running them over with your boat isn't easy to do as the Life Boats seem to move at a higher rate of speed than two humans could possibly row. More unrealistic than not seeing them on your map. If you really really want them back, reinstall the game and only use the 1.3 patch.

The tactical map is opened from the Command bar map icon, then the second button from the left will open the tactical map.

[Starforce3]

I do open the map from the command bar then. I still don't see any torpedo even when zoomed all the way in. Is there a special option in realism settings to do this?

[dgrayson]

There are two map screens. Navigation map and Attack map. In the Attack map you see the projected topedo path, if you a have a target locked, and the time the fish will take to get there. The targeted ship will have a circle around it. Once you fire a torpedo you can follow it on the map.

Press F1 for a the help screens. All the keyboard shortcuts are lised there.

Dave

[Starforce3]

I'm sorry, but can you simply tell me what to press? It's not on the back of the paper version of the hotkeys included in the game nor the onscreen help. All I see is the F3 for the navigation map. I can find nothing at all about any other map listed anywhere.

[dgrayson]

My game is heavily MODDED so my shortcut keys are different than stock.

Here is a picture. The attack map is the arrow with the dot.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z107/davegrayson/To%20Forum/AttackMap.jpg

Dave