Full realism Campaign Series using the GWX OneAlex Edition - Page 8

Tonci87 · 04-24-24, 11:13 AM

Episode 65
U 55 finally encounters a convoy, but things don´t go according to the captains plan

Hooston · 04-24-24, 02:29 PM

"Goddam torpedo malfunctions"
No, not that one

"I have the feeling that I am getting rusty"
Getting closer...

Normally you are super cool in a crisis, but this time you seemed to spend a lot of time dithering instead of firing torpedoes. You then got red/green colour blindness on the AOB gauge. I love the way you get it wrong twice, once for the bow tubes then again in reverse for the stern tube shot. Then you accidentally sank the biggest ship in the convoy instead of the "meh" C3 cargo you aimed at!
I noticed the weather report changed to "excellent visibility" for a short time just after you first dived. Was there a temporary change in visibility? I didn't think that was a thing in SH3, but I've not played OneAlex.
Exciting stuff nonetheless. I actually prefer ranting at your videos to playing the game myself. More practice needed, which means posting more often

Tonci87 · 05-01-24, 01:37 PM

Yeah, I realized the AOB mistake after all the comments came flooding in

I think the weather report always changes to excellent visibility when I´m deep...
Anyway, here is the next part of the attack, and maybe an explanation for why I have been detected when approaching the convoy.

Episode 66

Hooston · 05-01-24, 04:54 PM

You have to stop making excuses for your useless weapons officer on the TDC. i suggest you reassign him when you get back to port. You might also want to discipline the watch crew for admiring each other through their binoculars instead of looking out for aircraft.

As some have pointed out the oiler you sank first was a new US fleet oiler, seemingly operating under a Royal Navy flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarr...s_oiler_(1939). So much for US neutrality. History does not remember this ship and the brave men who died on her, or the experimental rotating VHF radar she carried.

The Irish Government allowed RAF aircraft operating from Northern Ireland to overfly their territory using the "Donegal corridor" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_Corridor starting in early 1941. The Germans were not told about this.

04-24-24, 11:13 AM	#106
Tonci87 Captain Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 547 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	Episode 65 U 55 finally encounters a convoy, but things don´t go according to the captains plan __________________ How to use the RAOBF to measure speed, range and AOB, and then use the Attack Disc to set up a perfect 90° attack. Your diveplane controllers are killing you! Das Brot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irs1NOMJVfg

04-24-24, 02:29 PM	#107
Hooston Soundman Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 145 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Human after all "Goddam torpedo malfunctions" No, not that one "I have the feeling that I am getting rusty" Getting closer... Normally you are super cool in a crisis, but this time you seemed to spend a lot of time dithering instead of firing torpedoes. You then got red/green colour blindness on the AOB gauge. I love the way you get it wrong twice, once for the bow tubes then again in reverse for the stern tube shot. Then you accidentally sank the biggest ship in the convoy instead of the "meh" C3 cargo you aimed at! I noticed the weather report changed to "excellent visibility" for a short time just after you first dived. Was there a temporary change in visibility? I didn't think that was a thing in SH3, but I've not played OneAlex. Exciting stuff nonetheless. I actually prefer ranting at your videos to playing the game myself. More practice needed, which means posting more often

05-01-24, 01:37 PM	#108
Tonci87 Captain Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 547 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I realized the AOB mistake after all the comments came flooding in I think the weather report always changes to excellent visibility when I´m deep... Anyway, here is the next part of the attack, and maybe an explanation for why I have been detected when approaching the convoy. Episode 66 __________________ How to use the RAOBF to measure speed, range and AOB, and then use the Attack Disc to set up a perfect 90° attack. Your diveplane controllers are killing you! Das Brot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irs1NOMJVfg

05-01-24, 04:54 PM	#109
Hooston Soundman Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 145 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Excuses! You have to stop making excuses for your useless weapons officer on the TDC. i suggest you reassign him when you get back to port. You might also want to discipline the watch crew for admiring each other through their binoculars instead of looking out for aircraft. As some have pointed out the oiler you sank first was a new US fleet oiler, seemingly operating under a Royal Navy flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarr...s_oiler_(1939). So much for US neutrality. History does not remember this ship and the brave men who died on her, or the experimental rotating VHF radar she carried. The Irish Government allowed RAF aircraft operating from Northern Ireland to overfly their territory using the "Donegal corridor" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_Corridor starting in early 1941. The Germans were not told about this.