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Thanks, it worked except for no servers in the list.

Use this to get multiplayer back. You won’t have the list but use manual connect when a server is online.

If anyone could set up a working Ship Simulator 2008 that'd be awesome!

Trying to dock in to that certain place like I did back in my multiplayer days in 2009...

I just remembered how good, sophisticated, convenient & charming Ship Simulator 2008 was! 
Much better than Ship Simulator Extremes in so many ways, except maybe for the water visuals.
Anyone else plays it still?  User-hosted multiplayer?

I see on forum stats the community started to lose interest in this place around 2013 & since 2015 the process of decline went stable. As if SSE didn't deliver what the community expected, much of stuff from SS08 got worse in SSE, disadvantages in SS08 stayed solid in SSE too. So the interest faded, I guess?
I know this place used to be overcrowded & so alive back in 2008-2010.

Looks like some still visit this place once in a long while, for the sake of visiting it.

Just checking in. Hope everyone is doing well!

Hello Pontus,

Each camera position is defined like this, measured from a design center :
<Location>-0.25 12.94 10.58</Location>
-0.25 means 25 cm to port side (- is port side, + is to SB)
12.94 means 12.94 m, positive up
10.58 means 10.58 m longitudinal, positive to bow
The cam editor is slightly flawed, there is no other way to edit the values than using a text editor that doesn't insert unwanted characters, so Notepad plus is certainly ok. Also, I think that having edited the file, after saving it, not closing your text editor, leaving your free roam mission and restarting a new one without reloading the game itself will work in any Windows version.
The issue of the keyboard sensitivity is simply done with the keyboard properties repeat delay and repeat rate of windows. Win + R, "Control keyboard". Slowing the keys changes also the arrow keys, I think.

Good luck and good night,
Luc

The forum has lately seen an increase of spam messages. Thankfully these are often swiftly reported and we'll try to remove these as quick as we can. However it still prompts for some changes as well as some information about this increase.

Why can't I register a new account?
Fortunately newly registered spambots cannot post anything due to lacking a license key. But as we've seen with the license key check, they'll eventually manage to bypass whatever old security measures are still in place. Countless of bots are registered on a daily basis. Since I couldn't find a single genuine new member registration from the past few weeks, I've closed off new member registrations.

Vstep has long since removed any links between the game's online functionality and the forum, so it's no longer essential to register any license keys.

Already existing members can still post as usual.


How do spambots suddenly gain access to license keys?
It appears that due to some data breach, leaked login credentials have been used to gain access to matching usernames on this forum that use the same passwords. It's the textbook example of why user accounts need unique passwords on each website.

The user accounts posting these spam messages are from dormant members with either none or only a handful of posts.

Fortunately, if this is correct, it's a finite problem only related to members who had identical login information stolen from somewhere else.
Unfortunately, it is likely a lot of members.


Has this forum been hacked/breached?
So far there are no indications of any breach on this forum itself. If I run the email addresses of the hacked members through https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (handy website to check if your information has been leaked somewhere) I see a huge list of data breaches in which the email addresses were involved.

That said, do bear in mind that for some reason this forum runs on an unsecured connection. Meaning that any passwords you enter are communicated to the server without encryption. In other words, on public wifi it is easy to intercept your login credentials. Also without an adblocker, it seems that this forum is infected with advertisements as well, so there are definitely security holes.


Change your password
If you are using a password that you've used on other websites, I recommend changing it for a unique one.

Hello again!

I'm happy to report that replacing the files for the White Marlin seems to have fixed the issues I had. Thanks a lot! I can only assume that replacing the files for the Red Jet will have the same effect.

There are two more things I'd like to tweak for the Marlin.
The first is the positioning of the helmsman camera. I'd like to move it forward a little. As it is it's difficult to see the map and the radar screens without zooming in and the angle of the instrument dials also becomes a problem. I assume this can be done by editing the <Location> string in the cam file so what I'm wondering is which of the three values is forward/back and what unit do the numbers represent? I'd normally figure this out by trial and error but loading Ship Simulator for some reason takes a very long time, so I'd be very grateful if you could share this information with me.

The second thing is the throttle sensitivity when using a keyboard. A small change in rpm means a big change in speed on a ship like the Marlin and I find it difficult to stop the throttle levers at the rpm I'm looking for. I think the change can be quite subtle as I don't want the movement of the levers to become too slow either. If you could point me in the right direction of where I could edit this value I'd really appreciate it. And if the file is encrypted, is there a chance that you could help me with this?

Regards,
Pontus