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Ducimus
02-26-07, 04:18 AM
http://www.ducimus.net/sh3/million.jpg


I've been trying to think of a way to get my last Hurrah's out of this game before SH4 comes out, and i wonder if a 1 million ton challenge is it.

I mean, for sure you'd have to start at the begining of the war when its a turkey shoot, and id probably have to un-nerf the tonnage ive reduced in my GWX tweak pack , but i really wonder if its possible. You'd have to sink some BB's or something i'd think. I also figure you'd also want expend all your torpedo's with the smallest number of days at sea possible to get back in, and out again with a fresh load. In short, i think you'd have to be aggressive as hell. I wonder if it's possible, and by what year. A 100K patrol in GWX is quite possible though.

So you figure 10 patrols at around 60 days tops, 31 days between patrols... im guessing 1 patrol could last (worst case scenario) 3 months. Thats 4 patrols a year, at 100K (best case scenario), so lets say 80K instead... times 4 patrols a year, equates out to about 320K a year , so in 3 years youd have 960K.

So assuming you started in 1939, you probably wouldnt reach the 1M mark tell sometime in 1943? Hmmm wow, that could take weeks or a month or two real world time playing a few hour every night.

:hmm:
Sounds like a challenge for a basket case. :88)

Mooncatt
02-26-07, 04:21 AM
i think you are being very very optimistic :o good luck with it though, ill be very impressed if you suceed

danlisa
02-26-07, 04:35 AM
It's probably doable, you might need to factor in upgrade days & I assume this would have to be in an IX;), I'll find it hard to believe it would be possible in a type7.

To have the shortest patrol length you would need most of your patrols to leave from the west coast of France & catch the convoys coming/going to the Med.

Good Hunting Ducimus:88)

Torplexed
02-26-07, 04:37 AM
Smashing idea! Yeah baby yeah! If you get this character in your periscope, you win by default.

http://www.eleves.ens.fr/home/moran/austinround.gif

Morts
02-26-07, 05:22 AM
hahahaha:rotfl: :rotfl:

Jimbuna
02-26-07, 09:55 AM
Probably need SH3Cmdr tweaked to '1 day in base' after each patrol :arrgh!:

Brag
02-26-07, 11:26 AM
You'll have to murder Bernard first. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Morts
02-26-07, 11:28 AM
You'll have to murder Bernard first. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
no i dont think that i would like too murder you:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Sailor Steve
02-26-07, 11:47 AM
Stock game, minimum settings, reload when you die...sure, it should be easy.

Ducimus
02-26-07, 12:10 PM
LOL, i didnt say i was going to do it, .. yet.. im only wondering if its possible- GWX, DiD.

Early war, is EASY EASY EASY. So i don't think dying would be much of an issue until around 1942. Truthfully i don't know if i have enough motivation left in this game to attempt it, but i have to wonder just the same.

CNemo
02-26-07, 12:11 PM
Yeah, and while we're at it we may as well play a XXI from '39 onward.... Do it in half the time? :D :D :D

CNemo
02-26-07, 12:12 PM
lol Ducimas, you posted the rules while I was typing

Ducimus
02-26-07, 12:12 PM
Type 21 isnt a WW2 submarine as far as im concerned. I honest havent tried to use that thing in a year now.

Rykaird
02-26-07, 12:21 PM
It would seem to me the real challenge to getting to 1M tons isn't productivity - GRT per patrol - but rather surviving through 1943.

danurve
02-26-07, 01:32 PM
Your last hurrah .. ?
Sounds like just one more player challenge. Some games like Silent Hunter refuse to die off. I'm sure 4 will grab much attention, but the mods keep 3 alive. One of the best things about this game.

Heck there's tons of people still playing SimCity 4, from `03.

Ducimus
02-26-07, 02:06 PM
Im just trying to find some sort of landmark or goal to achieve before i personally put this game away, and probably never touch it again is all.

edit:

acutally i think.. If i read one of his posts correctly, Keelbuster made 1M sometime in 1944 with NYGM. I think i might try a career game in NYGM for ****s and giggles since while ive toyed with it.. ive never made a serious career game in it. Just wasn't intrested... i think im bored enought right now to give it the ole college try before i shut the gate on my SH3 gaming.

Sailor Steve
02-26-07, 05:44 PM
Put it away??!!! I'll NEVER put it away! At least not until a vastly improved version comes along. I have a whole war ahead of me...SH3 and SH4 side-by-side, a career based on every flotilla and every subron...put it away??!!!:ping: :ping: :ping: :ping: :ping:

Ducimus
02-26-07, 06:14 PM
lol, once i have SH4 in my hot little hands, SH3 will become a distant and fading memory ;)

IceGrog
02-26-07, 06:47 PM
lol, once i have SH4 in my hot little hands, SH3 will become a distant and fading memory ;)
SH4.......who will be the first to mod it and what will it be called

Ducimus
02-26-07, 07:01 PM
Truthfully, i have my doubts that mods will spring up for SH4 on the level they did for SH3 for various reasons. They'll be a few small mods here or there for sure though.

Jimbuna
02-27-07, 05:32 AM
I reckon the two will eventually combine ie: the ability to sail in either theatre playing either side :arrgh!: