[VulcanRidr]

First, let me say thank you for your service.

Originally Posted by ET2SN

I have multiple versions of DW, RA, and LWAMI installed on my machine (Win10, 64 bit).

I'm one of those weird corner cases. I am playing on Unix (FreeBSD, specifically) under WINE. The nice part is that WINE rates DW as "Platinum," which means everything works. The other nice thing is that FreeBSD (or Linux, for that matter) doesn't use nearly the resources just for the operating system that Windows does.

I started out with the Strategy First direct download version of DW which is installed in my Program Files (X86) folder. I then copied the main DW folder out to my desktop, ran the RA or LWAMI installer, then renamed the copied main folder (DWLWAMI, DWRA142, DWRA1477, etc.) and finally moved the new main file directly into my C drive folder.

The Strat First version of DW comes with a program called LaunchDW.exe located in each DW main folder. I click on that in the version I want to use and select the top Launch option to start the game. This also updates the entries in my registry so I can just click the Start icon on my taskbar to play the version I selected. I have LWAMI and 5 or 6 versions of RA installed, which is over kill but, well, why not?

I just have the two CD version of the game that I bought (and forgot about) years ago. I think my CD set shipped with version 1.02 of DW.

This isn't the most efficient use of hard drive space but I have a 1TB hard drive that mostly plays DW and Flight Sim 2002 so space isn't a huge concern.
And, best of all, it works.

Meh, I do IT for a living (Unix/Linux system administrator, which is why I run FreeBSD on my desktop/laptop). Spindles are cheap. 3TB drives are less than $100. DW+RA plus DW+LwAmi is 3.9GB. You could fit almost 800 copies of that on a 3TB drive.

One of the things I really like about DW (besides the fidelity of the over all game) is that you can develop your own tactics and play the game the way you want and its equally as valid as anyone else.

I believe that is called "if it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid" rule...

The way I play is fairly unique. I did this stuff for real from 1987 to 1993. I qualified submarines aboard the USS Barbel (SS580) when we were homeported in Sasebo Japan and then transferred to the USS Bremerton (SSN 698) in Pearl Harbor after the Barbel was de-commissioned. I guess you could say that the way I play the game is tainted by the real world.

What I was getting to with the torpedo dodging question is that you are now in charge of a multi billion dollar national asset and a crew of approx. 130 people. Don't forget that. Its hard to say "Sorry about that" 130 times when the ship is flooding.

Attack submarines can (should?) be thought of as sniper rifles. You're set up to make long range shots while staying concealed. Your game is ambush, not YOLO. That's just a pet peeve of mine when I watch YouTubers dodging torpedoes in Cold Waters. Yeah, its entertaining but dude, you've already lost the fight.

I agree. I have watched some Cold Waters videos and I can't remember the dude's name, but every mission, he ends up getting detected and fired upon. I understand the whole time sensitive thing, but once you get the call of "torpedo in the water!", you go from hunter to hunted. Obviously, I don't have the depth of experience that you do, I was a SATCOM puke in the Army. But subs and aircraft have always fascinated me. It sounds like we are about the same age. I was in from '84 - '92.



And I like the analogy of sub combat being the same as a sniper. That is even more accurate than my personal one of sub combat being like a mugging.