Welcome to Wilder Mills Combrats : These are simple, small, functional, fun vehicles with classic Niki Wilder artistic flair to do basic,,old=school combat with friends. You don't need role play or pilot outfits to play.
Rez the submarine on water, right click, and select "board". Once you're seated the engines will be running and ICS enabled. On the surface arrow keys work for direction and page up/down for power. As in RL the boats travel faster on the surface than they do submerged. On the surface right mouse click will fire the cannon and "t" or "ta" fire forward and aft torpedoes.
"d" in chat will cause the ship to dive, and then the arrow keys control it in 3 dimensions (much like a plane). Submerged, right mouse click fires the forward torpedoes (no cannon under water), and "ta" still fires aft one. Submerged or surfaced "pc" will give you a periscope view which is a good fixed reference on the boat to aim from. The scopes are not lined up centerline of the boat, so you'll have to figure out the offset. "nc" returns it to the normal cam.
These submarines have ICS combat system. This combat system, in these vehicles, rezzes torpedoes and cannon rounds, takes partial damage on different sides, and proximity damage from explosions. Your own torpedoes can kill you easily if detonated in close range, so take that into account.
On the surface or submerged, "p" in chat sends out a sonar "ping". It will notify you by hovertext over the back and in chat of all avs within 96m, relative position (in degrees, clockwise from your bow), their distance, and depth. If they are above the surface the readout will indicate "Above Surf", and you can ignore them as combatants. If any of them are within 20m of you the hovertext will be yellow, as a torpedo detonation within that distance may damage you.
help = quick list of chat commands
sit= sit adjust
c = Follow/Dynamic cam
pc = periscope cam
nc = normal cam
d = dive
s = surface
p = ping sonar sweep
hud on/off = hovertext hud
ics on = combat on
t = fires torpedo
ta = fires aft torpedo
left mouse = fire cannon on surface, torpedo submerged
sh = submerged sound off
help = this message
If you get killed in combat your sub will disappear and you will ascend to the surface in a bubble! You have 60 seconds to survive in the bubble. If the bubble hits an object or is rammed by an opponent, it will explode and you will have to rez another Sub If you make it to 60 seconds, your sub will regenerate and start so you may continue the fight! I take no responsibility whatsoever for the bubble popping sequence. I was forced to script it or Niki would publish all my secrets.
MeganAnn Mills
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Top notch full-featured submarine in a fun-sized package!
Get ready to spend hours rediscovering the fun you can have underwater and join the combrats group if you're looking for someone to challenge, it really is a wonderful build and a challenge when facing an opponent too!