Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged) - Page 49

STEED · 06-09-07, 04:09 PM

1945 is a great year for me and it just gets better. I got away with these raids as the Japanese went in to some sort of panic.

This day time raid ended with me having to fight my way out with heavy damage, I just made port at Saipan.
The lesson of the day don't get clever and sneak back in to the same port you hit a month earlier.

THE_MASK · 06-09-07, 05:54 PM

Very very devious . To paint the picture , it was at night and a rain squall had started . I was on the surface and couldnt even see the watch officer on deck because the visibility was so bad . My radar operator had previously picked up 2 merchants (frequency set to 8000) and i got into position when the rain squall started . All of a sudden i get a report from the radar operator of another ship.

GTHammer · 06-10-07, 02:22 AM

Resser I set your forth pic as my desktop. Great pic, I'm consistently amazed at how stunning the visuals in this game can be with the right hardware. Sadly I'm unable to play with the setting up much below minimum but thanks to everyone here I can still see some of the stellar images.

STEED · 06-10-07, 03:03 PM

Well here I go again on my second career in my little old S-Class.

CDR Resser · 06-10-07, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTHammer

Resser I set your forth pic as my desktop. Great pic, I'm consistently amazed at how stunning the visuals in this game can be with the right hardware. Sadly I'm unable to play with the setting up much below minimum but thanks to everyone here I can still see some of the stellar images.

Hey, Hammer. Thanks. I'm glad you like it. Your right the visuals in this game alone make it worthwhile. Just being able to take the pictures and share them is really just another goody that goes along with the game. HAPPY HUNTING

JALU3 · 06-11-07, 12:37 AM

Is the heading of this new ship different? If so . . . in the rain squall . . . will you be able to engage the ship? For as posted in my original thread in this posting . . . during really dark rain squalls . . . there's a possibility that visual range maybe reduce to one or tow boat lengths.

maerean_m · 06-11-07, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb

Sober I see you've got green lines on the side of the screens, I've got the same problem. Does anyone know what it is/how to solve it? Its really off putting.

It's a bug in the ATi drivers when using asymmetric antialiasing (2x or 6x). Laptop owners may even encounter very bad looking fonts. ATi owners must only use symmetric antialiasing (4x and 8x).

tener · 06-11-07, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by maerean_m

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb

Sober I see you've got green lines on the side of the screens, I've got the same problem. Does anyone know what it is/how to solve it? Its really off putting.

It's a bug in the ATi drivers when using asymmetric antialiasing (2x or 6x). Laptop owners may even encounter very bad looking fonts. ATi owners must only use symmetric antialiasing (4x and 8x).

i have the same problem,i just adjust the screen till they go away.:p

JALU3 · 06-11-07, 09:01 PM

Although I have sunk more important vessels in one day, namely a Hiryu class CV south of Davao . . . this has to be one of the highest single day ship totals that I have sank ever.

0511 09NOV42 - Long 146 34' E Lat 7 04' N - Small Old Split Freighter - 2428 Tons
0517 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Medium Old Composite Freighter - 4040 Tons
0951 09NOV42 - Long 146 33' E Lat 6 14' N - Medium Old Tanker - 4862 Tons
0951 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Small Old Tanker - 1618 Tons
0953 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Large Modern Composite Freighter - 7202 Tons
1205 09NOV42 - Long 146 39' E Lat 6 12' N - Small Modern Composite Freighter - 1852 Tons
1213 09NOV42 - Long 146 40' E Lat 6 22' N - Large Modern Composite Freighter - 7164 Tons
1216 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Medium Modern Composite Freighter - 4480 Tons

Thats 33646 Tons after an early breakfast . . . and a late lunch. I am nearly out of forward fish . . . and my crew is exhausted . . . I am going to fine a desserted tropic island and give them a days rest, if Truk doesn't send a couple planes at me first.

----

OK It's 0300 the next day at the shoal located near Long 147 E Lat 7 20' N . . . time for some R&R

CDR Resser · 06-11-07, 09:06 PM

Here are a couple more screenshots for your viewing pleasure.

Enjoy

CDR Resser

CaptBC · 06-11-07, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

JALU....

While we apprecieate and enjoy your patrol reports. The use of the enter key (paragraphs) instead of ... would be greatly apprecieated.

@ Capt BC... Good job sailor.

Thanks SteamWake! More to come as "Polly" makes her second war patrol to Luzon Strait!

THE_MASK · 06-11-07, 11:08 PM

GTHammer · 06-12-07, 05:41 AM

CaptBC

Hell of a report. Very professional and interesting to read. Hope to see another soon.

Wilko · 06-12-07, 05:47 AM

WOW Sober, that is fantastic

Argus00 · 06-12-07, 06:03 AM

So I'm on my way to the Caroline Islands, 60 ft down, and on TC. I'm in the middle of the Pacific so i guess I'm safe, right? WRONG. Bam-slam-wham-boing-bong-clunk-scrape-screech WE HAVE FLOODING, SIR! MEDIIIC! Sub sunk.

FTW???? Bungo Pete out here, DC-ing me? I load my save (made 5 minutes earlier), and I go slowly to the approximate position where I sank, at PD and keeping the same heading. All i see on the map is this:

Hmmm... what's that spec, at my 10 o'clock? Let's zoom in:

Okay, aside from the fact that this is proof that we evolved from the primordial soup and that evolution is obviously still going on, it seems I might have hit a sand bank or reef. So I go to the esxternal cam as I'm passing right over it, and I see this HUUUGE mountain ridge smack dab in the middle of the Pacific:

Note that you CAN pass it safely at PD at no more than SLOW, otherwise you WILL scrape or hit the top of the mountain as the sub bobs up and down at higher speeds. This was at PD and FULL speed:

I saved right after this scrape, and looked in the ActivePlayerUnits.upc file. The damage was Damage=0.042255

The mountains are not continuous, though, but you have to zoom in real close to see where you can pass safely while submerged. These gaps are clear all the way down, so you can sink freely and not hit anything on the way

So just mind where you run silent, run deep, mates!

Edit: hmmm, so not only suck at sinking merchants, but at posting screens, too... don't know why my pics don't show up here.

Edit2: sorted that out. Hey, how come my pics suck vs. everyone else's?

06-09-07, 04:09 PM	#721
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	1945 is a great year for me and it just gets better. I got away with these raids as the Japanese went in to some sort of panic. This day time raid ended with me having to fight my way out with heavy damage, I just made port at Saipan. The lesson of the day don't get clever and sneak back in to the same port you hit a month earlier. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

06-10-07, 02:22 AM	#723
GTHammer Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 127 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Resser I set your forth pic as my desktop. Great pic, I'm consistently amazed at how stunning the visuals in this game can be with the right hardware. Sadly I'm unable to play with the setting up much below minimum but thanks to everyone here I can still see some of the stellar images. __________________ GT USS Hammer

06-10-07, 03:03 PM	#724
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Well here I go again on my second career in my little old S-Class. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

06-11-07, 12:37 AM	#726
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Is the heading of this new ship different? If so . . . in the rain squall . . . will you be able to engage the ship? For as posted in my original thread in this posting . . . during really dark rain squalls . . . there's a possibility that visual range maybe reduce to one or tow boat lengths. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

06-11-07, 09:01 PM	#729
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Although I have sunk more important vessels in one day, namely a Hiryu class CV south of Davao . . . this has to be one of the highest single day ship totals that I have sank ever. 0511 09NOV42 - Long 146 34' E Lat 7 04' N - Small Old Split Freighter - 2428 Tons 0517 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Medium Old Composite Freighter - 4040 Tons 0951 09NOV42 - Long 146 33' E Lat 6 14' N - Medium Old Tanker - 4862 Tons 0951 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Small Old Tanker - 1618 Tons 0953 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Large Modern Composite Freighter - 7202 Tons 1205 09NOV42 - Long 146 39' E Lat 6 12' N - Small Modern Composite Freighter - 1852 Tons 1213 09NOV42 - Long 146 40' E Lat 6 22' N - Large Modern Composite Freighter - 7164 Tons 1216 09NOV42 - Long "" Lat "" - Medium Modern Composite Freighter - 4480 Tons Thats 33646 Tons after an early breakfast . . . and a late lunch. I am nearly out of forward fish . . . and my crew is exhausted . . . I am going to fine a desserted tropic island and give them a days rest, if Truk doesn't send a couple planes at me first. ---- OK It's 0300 the next day at the shoal located near Long 147 E Lat 7 20' N . . . time for some R&R __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

06-09-07, 05:54 PM	#722
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Very very devious . To paint the picture , it was at night and a rain squall had started . I was on the surface and couldnt even see the watch officer on deck because the visibility was so bad . My radar operator had previously picked up 2 merchants (frequency set to 8000) and i got into position when the rain squall started . All of a sudden i get a report from the radar operator of another ship.

06-11-07, 09:06 PM	#730
CDR Resser Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Submerged ahead Posts: 252 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	More Screenies Here are a couple more screenshots for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy CDR Resser __________________ Holy Equestrian Order of Saint John Moses Sometimes, in war, there is an inverse moral. The greater the performance, the harsher the consequence. R.H. O'Kane

06-11-07, 11:08 PM	#732
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73

06-12-07, 05:41 AM	#733
GTHammer Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 127 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	CaptBC Hell of a report. Very professional and interesting to read. Hope to see another soon. __________________ GT USS Hammer

06-12-07, 05:47 AM	#734
Wilko Officer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Aussie Posts: 249 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	WOW Sober, that is fantastic __________________ You take it easy... and have a nice day

06-12-07, 06:03 AM	#735
Argus00 Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 153 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	So I'm on my way to the Caroline Islands, 60 ft down, and on TC. I'm in the middle of the Pacific so i guess I'm safe, right? WRONG. Bam-slam-wham-boing-bong-clunk-scrape-screech WE HAVE FLOODING, SIR! MEDIIIC! Sub sunk. FTW???? Bungo Pete out here, DC-ing me? I load my save (made 5 minutes earlier), and I go slowly to the approximate position where I sank, at PD and keeping the same heading. All i see on the map is this: Hmmm... what's that spec, at my 10 o'clock? Let's zoom in: Okay, aside from the fact that this is proof that we evolved from the primordial soup and that evolution is obviously still going on, it seems I might have hit a sand bank or reef. So I go to the esxternal cam as I'm passing right over it, and I see this HUUUGE mountain ridge smack dab in the middle of the Pacific: Note that you CAN pass it safely at PD at no more than SLOW, otherwise you WILL scrape or hit the top of the mountain as the sub bobs up and down at higher speeds. This was at PD and FULL speed: I saved right after this scrape, and looked in the ActivePlayerUnits.upc file. The damage was Damage=0.042255 The mountains are not continuous, though, but you have to zoom in real close to see where you can pass safely while submerged. These gaps are clear all the way down, so you can sink freely and not hit anything on the way So just mind where you run silent, run deep, mates! Edit: hmmm, so not only suck at sinking merchants, but at posting screens, too... don't know why my pics don't show up here. Edit2: sorted that out. Hey, how come my pics suck vs. everyone else's? __________________ ________________________ Semper ubi sub ubi ubique. Last edited by Argus00; 06-12-07 at 09:08 AM.