Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged)

[Gunfighter]

Nice to see you deleted Picture :up: I'm sure you'll be forgiven:rock:

[Sailor Steve]

Can't say much for the language though.

Sorry! Not being an native English speaker I sometimes loose track of what's offensive.
But you have class.:up: Thanks.:sunny:

[Handy]

Hello everyone. Just picked up sh4 a few days ago and im loving it.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/atdi/DangerousGame.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/atdi/TotheDepths.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/atdi/Revenge.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/atdi/HoldTight.jpg

[Peto]

Hello Handy and Welcome!

You may be new to SH4 but your screenshots are outstanding!!!

:rock:

[clayman]

Yes ..... very nice! :up:

Great enhancement. That second shot has a nice hue shift to the dramatic.

[Syxx_Killer]

Awesome shots, Handy! :o:rock: Feel free to post more! :yep::lol:

[Handy]

Thanks! im gald you guys like them. Next time I take some new ones ill post them up. :D

[dslatter]

I was a clear night return to Mid-way from my mission with 4 after torpedoes. I got a merchant contact bearing 210 degrees heading south, a freighter. I order all stop and periscope depth and wait for it to cross my stern. I put 2 fish in it side at 2000 yards.

I then order a head standard & surface the boat when I get a Warship bearing 195 degrees heading south. Again I ordered all stop and periscope depth and wait for it to cross my stern. I had it in my cross hairs waiting for it to reach 2000 yards when the Destroyer sent out an EMP and blow up my video card.. I was on the edge of The Devils Triangle.:arrgh!:

[Defiance]

Land Ahoy cap'n ............

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/7-1.jpg

Convoy Spotted (bit late cap'n sheesh) ............

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/2-7.jpg

There She blows !!! ............

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/3-6.jpg

1 into 2 ...............

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/5-1.jpg

Some Newfangled Sub sir ? .................

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/6-1.jpg

[Orion2012]

Last night, I was returning from a patrol around Luzon when I happened upon a contact, heading due north, so i decided I would set up and fire my final 4 aft torpedos and see if I could pad my total tonnage. I fired tubes 7,8,9....just to watch 2 duds and one pass harmlessly beneth (no even camera just external) so I decided, by that point I still had somewhat of a shot left so i set tube 10 to magnetic to reduce the chances of a glancing blow and let her fly, even forgot to open the tube first...but I guess luck was on my side...

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm333/Orion3049/SH4Img2008-07-20_004127_574.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/AHMBS.jpg
Signal Light From Old Poster

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/PE4FlyBy.jpg
FlyBy1
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/PE4FlyBy2.jpg
Flyby2 from screen shots by Kriller2 PE4 WIP

[Digital_Trucker]

Excellent job on all of those, Gunfighter.:up: Nice work putting the fly-bys together.

Signal Light From Old Poster

I know it's not, but doesn't the guy operating the signal light look a lot like Opie Taylor/Richie Cunningham? (Showing my age here:rotfl:)

[Gunfighter]

Excellent job on all of those, Gunfighter.:up: Nice work putting the fly-bys together.

Signal Light From Old Poster

I know it's not, but doesn't the guy operating the signal light look a lot like Opie Taylor/Richie Cunningham? (Showing my age here:rotfl:)

Yes see what you mean Richie Cunningham from happy days, Big film director now I believe, my age showing now:rotfl:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Damn those look nice GF :yep::up:


RDP

[Digital_Trucker]

Yes see what you mean Richie Cunningham from happy days, Big film director now I believe, my age showing now:rotfl:
Yep, but before he was Richie, he was Opie Taylor in Mayberry, RFD (showing even more age). Oops, gotta go, Ernest T Bass is shooting up the neighborhood again:arrgh!:

[mcf1]

My first kill in SH4.
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9463/sh4img20080725122313765ps3.jpg

[Capt James]

Was on first mission pretty new to this game and this was my second attempt so instead of taking a direct route i deiced on reconing the various island chains along the way i managed to sing 3 merchants sometime after that i ran into a Destroyer and two gunboats, so its right in front of me as i lob a torp at it, it impacts and am feeling pretty please about that, as i go under the destroyer and begin to plot my next attack run when suddany i get calls from the CE going on about damage now first i thought dept charges but as i look at my dept guage it shows i was at about 700 ft and falling O.o and blowing ballast had no effect what so ever so either i pressed something i should of not or the destroyer got lucky :damn: heh

[Defiance]

WTG mcf1 :)

[mcf1]

Heeeeeeeelp, my sub is haunted :eek:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5374/sh4843sa8.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/FlyBy3.jpg
Great Skipper But Do You Not Think We Are Flying A Bit Low.:rotfl:

[mcf1]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/FlyBy3.jpg
Great Skipper But Do You Not Think We Are Flying A Bit Low.:rotfl:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Nice one :rotfl:

[Mihajlo]

Time to post my first pictures
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9691/sh4img2ew9.jpg
That was the loen freighter i managed to cripple after attacking a convoy, lets hope the crews last minutes are care free.
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9111/sh4img3qe3.jpg
But we all know with this game they wont be.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/695/sh4img1jq4.jpg
I ran into a convoy and noticed that they were all circling one ship of their own which wasn't moving, i took this opertunity to rise to periscope depth near the ship to take out the other targets, i also realised why the ship wasn't moving.
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2773/sh4img4rc7.jpg
Yet another victim.
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5854/sh4img5cg4.jpg
And this is the sub that does it all. The USS Gudgeon Gar Class.

[sqk7744]

Nice shots GF! :up:

Here's a sample of the Playable PT109 on a night attack run
http://battleflags.net/images/pt/SH4Img@2008-07-07_17.56.jpg

[Bosje]

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8278/whoavl2.jpg

"I count 11 escorts on this side of the troop transports, Sir, and probably 11 more on the other side."

"And only 1200 yards between them. Well, it's a nice night for it, XO. Wouldn't you agree?"

"Oh yes Sir. It's a very nice night for it. Pity we are out here doing this instead, really."

"Shut up and rig for general quarters. Decks awash, keep the rpm on the motors below 50."

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8586/shh1an1.jpg

"Destoyer now on bearing 290 at 600 yards, maybe we will get away with this after all."

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9031/shh2su5.jpg

"Patrol craft to starboard also about 600 yards, Sir."

"Very well, steady as she goes. If anyone drops a spanner I'll re-invent some of the 17th century disciplining methods."

Edit:

never mind

[Sailor Steve]

Nice shots GF! :up:

Here's a sample of the Playable PT109 on a night attack run
What's that big cannon doing on the back of that little PT boat?
:rotfl:

[Digital_Trucker]

Nice shots GF! :up:

Here's a sample of the Playable PT109 on a night attack run What's that big cannon doing on the back of that little PT boat?
:rotfl:

Why, blowing stuff up, what else?:rotfl:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Storm.jpg
Bad Storm Brewing Down There Skipper ? Yer ! It's That Bloody Kriller2 Messing With The Weather Again ??
Looks great Kriller2 and just kidding:rotfl:

[sqk7744]

Nice shots GF! :up:

Here's a sample of the Playable PT109 on a night attack run What's that big cannon doing on the back of that little PT boat?
:rotfl:
Why, blowing stuff up, what else?:rotfl:
Make stuff go BOOM now! :arrgh!:

http://battleflags.net/images/pt/SH4Img@2008-07-07_12.08.02_906.jpg

http://battleflags.net/images/pt/SH4Img@2008-07-07_18.19.44_718.jpg

[hossa18]

This is an amazing game.

TO SUBCOMPAC FROM PIKE SS173 X 0300 HOURS OBSERVED ENEMY TF 25 MILES SOUTHEAST DAVAO MINDANAO X SIX DD THREE CL THREE CA SIX LST X TF HEADING NORTH AT 12 KNOTS X FIRED LAST TWO FISH AT CL ONE HIT ONE MISS DAMAGE UNKNOWN X 0400 HOURS OBSERVED CONVOY OF ONE DD AND TEN FREIGHTERS HEADING NORTH ALSO X PIKE HAS SUNK SEVEN MERCHANTS IN SEA OF CELEBES X WAS RAMMED BY SUBCHASER DURING MIDNITE GALE X DAMAGE REPAIRED X OUT OF GUN HE AMMO X RETURNING TO HOME BASE ASAP X LTCDR HOSSA18

[Zero Niner]

A couple of pics of USS Spearfish's first air kill, on he 3rd patrol in Dec 1942 off New Britain.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/pete1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/pete2.jpg

[Zero Niner]

16 Dec 1942. The USS Spearfish, almost a month out of Brisbane, is on her 3rd war patrol in the Solomon Islands/New Britain area. So far the patrol has been fairly successful, the tally standing at 1 DD, 1 tanker and 4 merchants sunk thus far during the patrol. We have 10 torps left; 4 in the bow tubes (with another 4 reserves) and 2 in the stern ones.

Cruising the waters off New Ireland and New Britain, we receive a Flash message from HQ:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/01Orders.jpg

Looking at the charts, I determine that we are within range (about 200 nm) and we have sufficient time to make the intercept. The heavy escort (4 DDs) concerns me, but it's too good a target to pass up. We set course accordingly for Madang Roads.

In the pre-dawn hours of 18 Dec we make radar contact with the TF, which is NNE of our position.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/02Contact.jpg

Altering course, the radar blips soon reveal a small TF of 7 ships. Given the intel given earlier, I judge that the outer 4 ships are the escorts, and the 3 ships in the centre column are the high-value targets.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/03Contactresolutionradar.jpg

The TF soon comes into visual range:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/04Invisualrange.jpg

The TF is steaming SW whilst the Spearfish is approaching from its port. We are ahead along its course and I dive before the lead escort gets too close.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/04CDD.jpg

I come to a complete stop about 1200 yds from the TF's projected base course and order silent running. It's a matter of time before the high value targets come into view; the lead DD passes ahead without any idea we are there.

The high value targets comprise a Kuma-class CL
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/04Z1Tgtinsight.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/04ACL.jpg

And two Auxilliary Cruisers
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/04z1IDcfm.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/04BAuxCru.jpg

Since the 2 AuxCrus are worth about 14,000 tons each almost 3 times that of the CL, I decide to forego the CL and launch 2 torps at each of the Aux Cruisers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/05Torpsaway.jpg

[Zero Niner]

The torps hit home, the trailing AuxCru blowing first (since I launched torps at first).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/06Kaboom1.jpg

A short while later the other ships gets hit, although one torp is a dud.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/07AKaboom.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/07Kaboom2.jpg

The trailing ship, the first to be hit, succumbs to a massive explosion and sinks quickly.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/08Kaboom3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/09Sinking.jpg

Despite being hit by only one torp, the other ship settles by the stern.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/10Sinking2.jpg

I dive deep and soon as the torps are launched, and some depth charges come a bit close during the inevitable counter-attack.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/11DCattack.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/12AHuntinginVain.jpg

But no damage is sustained, and we slip away.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/ZeroNiner/SH4/TF%20Attack/13Gettingaway.jpg

End result: we sink the 2 Aux Cruisers with 4 torpedoes, and deciding that the job is done, we creep away submerged to the north east and live to fight another day.

[kriller2]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SHunter4/Storm.jpg
Bad Storm Brewing Down There Skipper ? Yer ! It's That Bloody Kriller2 Messing With The Weather Again ??
Looks great Kriller2 and just kidding:rotfl:

Sorry :oops: Can't help it, just want to make the SH4-experience as close to RL as possible! :up: , but the testing will start within a week and after that it's time for a a long break from adjusting and looking at pictures from the pacific.

@SQK that's an amazing shot of the "Playable PT109 on a night attack run" !

[Defiance]

Ghostly goings on

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/10-1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/1-9.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/5-2.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/8-1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Defiance_co/9-1.jpg

[Topo65]

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6664/sh420080806225537903dt9.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing1.jpg
New Sea
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing2.jpg
New Sea2
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing3.jpg
Smoke(Far Left)from on board Fire,Smoke(centre)Oil fire other Smoke Ships
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing4.jpg
Fog At Dutch harbour
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing5.jpg
Early Dawn
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing6.jpg
Good Morning Starshine
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing7.jpg
Storm Brewing
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing8.jpg
Last Hour of the Day
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing9.jpg
Goodnight Sea ?? you in the morning
Screens from Kriller2 PE4 a pleasure to test
tested on Nvid 8800GTS 640mgs

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice GF, looking forward to testing this myself later :D

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PE4Testing4.jpg

Like the subtly of the fog in this one :yep:


RDP

[LukeFF]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/LukeFF/SH4/SH4Img2008-08-05_164555_359.jpg

"Gah! Don't scare me like that!"

[AVGWarhawk]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/LukeFF/SH4/SH4Img2008-08-05_164555_359.jpg

"Gah! Don't scare me like that!"



"Gosh, the cooks beans were awesome but I hope none of the other fellas get a whiff of that air bisquit I just squeezed out".

[Digital_Trucker]

:rotfl::arrgh!::rotfl::arrgh!::rotfl:

[Zayphod]

FINALLY, got some screenies posted (hope this works):

Leaving Pearl, first mission:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Zayphod/SH-4/SH4001.jpg

On patrol - Rust never sleeps, nor do we:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Zayphod/SH-4/Sh4002.jpg

Sharp-eyed crew, looking for the bad guys:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Zayphod/SH-4/Sh4003.jpg

Anohter sunrise (yes, the lens flair is photoshopped):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Zayphod/SH-4/sh4004.jpg

Back to Pearl, repairs, refuel, reload, new mission sitting on my desk:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Zayphod/SH-4/Sh4005.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Worked great and nice pics.

[Zayphod]

Worked great and nice pics.

Thank you! :D

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnPE4.jpg
PE4 WIP
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnAttack2.jpg
Dawn Attack
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnAttack1.jpg
Dawn Attack
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnAttack1.jpg
Dawn Attack
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnAttack4.jpg
DD on the prowl
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnAttack3.jpg
No we aint there
Great work Kriller2

[Kloef]

Edited offcourse.I did some contrast and brightness changes thats all:)

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g171/Kloef/DrumatSunset.jpg

[Nokia]

Well here's some quite old ones.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2548/sh42008052413131842pq6.jpg
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9578/sh42008052413144229wg6.jpg
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/6065/sh42008052413150303py7.jpg
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/364/sh42008052413160192vo4.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3126/sh42008052413182523ln5.jpg
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/382/sh42008052413193593pc9.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3126/sh42008052413182523ln5.jpg


Oh no! The Japs have discovered Krazy Glue!

(or maybe VTOL)

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, I've been looking at other peoples pictures here, and I can barely even run SH4 on my poor machine. That said, I've been experimenting with it and thought I'd share.

These were taken in the Navigation Training School. The graphics controls are set to the absolute minimum, with every option turned off. But, with W_Clear's mod installed it still looks pretty darned good.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2008-08-14_222656_593.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2008-08-14_223008_359.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2008-08-14_223035_375.jpg

[Zayphod]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3126/sh42008052413182523ln5.jpg


Oh no! The Japs have discovered Krazy Glue!

(or maybe VTOL)

Ha ha, I was about to make the same comment. :rotfl:

[Zayphod]

Okay, I've been looking at other peoples pictures here, and I can barely even run SH4 on my poor machine. That said, I've been experimenting with it and thought I'd share.

These were taken in the Navigation Training School. The graphics controls are set to the absolute minimum, with every option turned off. But, with W_Clear's mod installed it still looks pretty darned good.

I gotta say, even at minimum settings, you're right - it does still look good.

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT3509.jpg

[jamz]

Capt Jamz respectfully submits the following patrol report for the first patrol of the USS Sailfish, Departing Manila 9 Dec. 1941 returning to Java January 17, 1942.

I would have liked to have known beforehand exactly how to "patrol" a given sector. After the Japanese took the Manila port, I would have to refit at the Java base, and I would never make it to the patrol area in the Louzon Straight before running out of torpedoes and deck gun ammo, and having to return to refit. Having done this a number of times until finally doing the research and figuring out how to finish a patrol, I further didn't realize that if you radio in every time, you will just get more and more orders until you finally quit radioing in.

Capt Jamz is obviously a Slow Learner, and reports sinking 340,284 tons on patrol Number One, before he finally figured out how to get back home. :rotfl:

[sqk7744]

Okay, I've been looking at other peoples pictures here, and I can barely even run SH4 on my poor machine. That said, I've been experimenting with it and thought I'd share.

These were taken in the Navigation Training School. The graphics controls are set to the absolute minimum, with every option turned off. But, with W_Clear's mod installed it still looks pretty darned good.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2008-08-14_222656_593.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2008-08-14_223008_359.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2008-08-14_223035_375.jpg

Very nice looking pics Sir! :up:

[Falkirion]

My second command USS Grayling, a Gar/Tambour class sub on her first war patrol out of Pearl. We set out at Dusk on December 9th for Honshu. Mission to patrol the waters and sink enemy shipping. Arrived at the target area after a trip through the Northern pacific to avoid enemy patrols was successful. We ran on the surface the entire way to our patrol area submerging only once at night to have a look at pair of DDs on patrol. Sitting at scope depth about 3000 yards away they didnt even notice me.

First encountered enemy ships in the middle of the night and despite the fact conditions for a surface attack werent in our favor we commenced an attack on a pair of fishing ships. They never stood a chance, 5 shots into both of them from our deck gun made sure the only they'd ever see again was the bottom of the Japanese sea. With this pair under our belt we continued on with a zigzag patrol of the waters south of the ships location. The morning after successfully sinking the two fishing ships our first contact was an aircraft. The Japs knew we were in the area. Quickly we dove to 150 feet popping up once every two hours to check on the surface until darkness set in again.

Two days pass without contact to the south so we turn northward and try our luck north of our first kill location. Luck smiles on us and throws us another pair of fishing ships on their way home. This time surface conditions are better for a night attack with the deck gun. We managed to sneak right into their paths this time. Its amazing how quickly a wooden boat will fall to high explosive shells from only 50 yards away. With this pair sunk we continue on the surface at night, running underwater at day to avoid the ever increasing air patrols in the area. They know we're here and want us sunk.

Three days pass without contact. The crew and I are getting restless by this time. We're sick of just little wooden fishing boats, we want some metal for our fish. Taking a risk we turn towards the coast of Japan hunting for some jucier targets. One day later we found them. Steaming south we get a surface contact at long range off our bow. Quickly plotting an intercept we steam into position and sit silent at periscope depth. Our target comes into view and she's better than the fishing boats we've encountered so far. A Small Old Split. Tubes one and two are prepped with firing solutions. At only 800 yards it'll be hard to miss but just incase tube 3 is prepped with a fast running torpedo at shallow depth. It doesnt take long before the triangle goes green and tubes one and two are fired. Two torpedos in the water. 50 seconds later the quiet laps of water against the scope is broken by the sounds of an explosion. Torpedo one has impacted the target dead center. Torpedo two hits a few seconds later a little aft catching something vital by the looks of it as the ship sends off a violent explosion. Watching through the scope I can hardly believe my eyes as she breaks in two, stern sinking about half a minute before the bow slips under the water.

Elated we continue on patrol. It seems to be our lucky night, three more contacts are picked up an hour later. Deciding to check a pair of contacts a little further out from the coast brings us across two fishing boats again. With a sigh I called for the deck gun to put some HE rounds into him. The second fisherman wisely turns his ship north and sails at a medium pace away from us. The first isnt so lucky and at 300 yards she's underwater in a few minutes. Deciding to forgo a northern chase we steam back west towards the other contact. Still with darkness on our side and at flank speed we get into position twenty minutes ahead of the second contact which turns out to be a Large old split. Happier with the larger target we set up for our attack. Tube one is set at 20 feet, 5 above her keel. Tube two at 15 for safety incase tube one misses. Tube three is set as a backup with another fast running torp. The freighter blissfully unaware that her fate is only mere minutes from being decided steams closer. Until finally, fifty seconds after leaving tubes one and two she's caught just aft of her keel by torpedo one. Torpedo two hits a second later. The captain of the ship now knowing that there's a sub out there increases speed. Watching through our scope I can hardly believe she managed to withstand the first two torps. Tube 3 is fired as she passes our bow, half a minute later it impacts in her fore section. This time starting a fire. Not wanting this target to escape we set ahead standard and surface the boat preparing to finish her off with the deck gun. Turns out to be unneccessary as just as we're surfaced and set for attack she slips stern first under the calm black waters.

With 11,700 tons now under our belts we sent a report to COMSUBPAC with our kill tally and tonnage. Orders return a minute later to head for the East China Sea and disrupt enemy merchant shipping. After sinking a total of seven ships for only 5 torpedos, I couldnt be happier to comply. Only worry is that enemy task forces have been reported all over that sector. Oh well, that'll just make things tougher for us which a challenge I'm sure my crew is up to facing. More to come.

Enroute to the South China sea we encountered two enemy vessels. Both were unescorted. Both now lie on the bottom of the ocean. Nice change of pace from days without contacts to two within a day of each other. Both kills were made in daylight. The first such attack I've managaed in daylight. Reached South China Sea patrol area. No contacts. Waited for 2 days, again still nothing. Ordered south to Luzon Strait.

Proceeded south at standard, radio reports flooding in of convoys to the east and west of my route to the patrol area. Ignored the reports due to torpedo shortage. I really shouldnt have sunk those freighters on the way to the South China Sea. Waste of good ammo I could have otherwise used on the convoys. Pushed on and came across a pair of unescorted freighters. Made visual contact and proceeded to wait. First freighter was a Medium European composite. Fired a spread of 3 torpedos. All made contact and sent it under. Second freighter turned to port to dodge around his mate, another two torpedos into him. Still he continued on relatively unscathed. I wasnt going to let him get away though, surfaced and chased him down wasting my last rounds of deck gun ammo on him. In the end I resorted to a pulled a hard port turn, and giving him 2 stern tubes worth of torpedos. Finally he went under. Breaking up on the way down. Proceeded to Luzon strait with another couple of thousand tons under my belt. Encountered a pair of Jap search planes on the way, fired off a clip of AA ammo at them getting strafed in reply. As soon as they passed over the boat with no apparant damage, I crash dived down to 180 making it under just in the nick of time as on their return pass both dropped bombs. No damage taken and the folly of attacking a well armored search plane pair noted for future reference.

Arriving in Luzon there was no action, various radio reports of convoys and task forces came in but we ignored it. Hunting in the area we were assigned. No contacts for two days again, then finally just before cutting my losses and heading for Pearl one contact came in. Single Large European composite. Intercepted and sunk with a single torpedo from tube 1 straight into the engine room. Boy did she blow big. She sunk under evenly then went down by the stern. Pulled the plug since I only had 3 torpedos left. A pair in my rear tubes and a single in my bow. On the way back I decided to swing by Wake Island to check on the Japanese forces there, encountering frequent CAPs as we passed by. Remained under the surface at day. After clearing Wake remained on surface at standard speed all the way back to Pearl.

After my first successful war patrol, I've got 47,000 tons of Japanese shipping under my belt. And a medal for my aggressive tactics. Maybe because I used the deck gun a bit too much...

[gAiNiAc]

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Hiyo!

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The office...........

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SS-364 Hammerhead

[mcf1]

The Germans got Bernard, the English got Dinsdale but what was the name of the Japanese one again?
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[Dirty Dee]

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[Hunter One]

It is February 13, 1943, , the USS “Drum”, a “Gato” class fleet submarine, after a refit at Pearl, is on its way to patrol the Caroline Islands from its homeport, Brisbane, Australia. On the way, skipper Ed. Beach decides to traverse the Solomon Sea and look inside the Jap base port of Rabaul. After sneaking past the destroyer picket ship, the “Drum” slowly reaches the port but finds only a small tanker, two gun boats, a sub chaser and a medium freighter. As it is light and the ships are inside piers, a torpedo attack and surface gunnery are not worth the risk to the “Drum”; Beach orders a return course to open waters.

Upon exiting the mouth of the bay, Lieutenants “Dirty” Callaghan and “Lonesome Bill” Clinton, expert sonar officers, report multiple long distance sonar readings. It’s their opinion that these sonar returns may indicate a Nipponese task force. The “Drum” has been forced to stay submerged by numerous aircraft sightings and daylight. The batteries are just under 50% and there is no chance to surface and recharge. One factor in “Drum’s” favor is the recent addition of Lt. “Morry” Gilmore, a propulsion specialist of great renown, who possesses the abilities to squeeze the last electron out of a battery and coax the great diesels to sip instead of gulp.

Knowing of the need to strike hard at the “sons of the rising sun”, Skipper Beach decides to gamble and sets a course bisecting the route of the unknown ships. As the “Drum” closes the distance, the sonar readings show not only the ominously familiar high pitched revolutions of destroyers but the lower bass sounds of capital ships.

Opportunities like these are few, the risks are high. The conditions, daylight and smooth seas, are not in the “Drum’s” favor but surprise may be the factor that tips the balance. A submarine attack in enclosed waters is not expected by the complacent Japanese who have lorded over the eastern Pacific and have swept all before them for years. Beach orders “battle stations” at the sight of a lone destroyer at 11,000 yards and alters course to a right angle to the approaching ship. Minutes pass and a second quick look through the battle ‘scope show the upper works of larger ships as well as a screen of escorts quickly approaching.

The skipper is using a deadly dangerous but effective battle tactic and is running at periscope depth. He will depend on the skill of his crew and the unusual underwater speed of the “Drum” which has been certified at 10 kts. and results from the work of engine/motor expert CPO “St. Nick” Watkins. Orders for “silent running” are issued, the range decreases. Now Beach plays ”keep-away” with the escort vessels, popping the 'scope up and down and listening to the sonar readings.

The “Drum” beats closer to the task force which reveals itself to be a half dozen escorts, two “Shokaku” class fleet carriers, one “Akitsu” and one “Taiyo” escort carriers, two “Chitose’ class seaplane tenders and two “Maya” class heavy cruisers.

Unbelievably, Beach maneuvers to within 1,000 yards of the zigzagging fleet carriers which are running at high speed. The closeness of the attack is dictated by the use of the USN torpedoes, “Marks 14 and 23”. Their steam propulsion is a tell-tale during daylight, targeted ships can steer clear of the tracks if their crews are well-drilled. The Nipponese escort vessels, now aroused, are vectoring in towards “Drum”. Beach has targeted the first “Shokaku” in line, the carrier bears down at 15 kts. and at 700 yds., Beach launches a salvo of two bow torpedoes. The salvo runs hot, straight and true and strikes the “Shokaku” amidships.

Within seconds the wounded beast takes a starboard list. It is a vicious, mortal strike, gutting the carrier which goes down within minutes, driven by the force of its dying engines and its own momentum. No survivors are observed. The Nipponese are in turmoil and maneuvering wildly. In the ensuing melee, Beach targets an “Akizuki’ destroyer and hits it with a stern torpedo. The destroyer explodes in a great orange ball of flame and smoke and goes down, broken in two like a dry stick.

“Drum” is right in the middle of the task force and Beach is looking for targets of opportunity. The destroyers are pinging wildly all around but the silenced “Drum” is masked by the sounds of the surrounding ships. As he is targeting one of the escort carriers, Beach sees the second “Shokaku” run one of its own escorts, an “Akizuki”, under its forefoot. The “Akizuki” is driven under by the massive carrier and explodes, the carrier continues on in its frenzied, uncaring flight.

There is time for one last strike. Beach targets one of the escort carriers and fires two torpedoes again at close range. Two hits! The damaged vessel begins to slow down and turn. Beach spins the periscope to look around before ordering a dive… .

As I look through the periscope, all the ships disappear, at the same time, instantly!!!??? :down: What the he!! has happened? My once in a career moment has vanished w/o a trace, no sonar, no radar contacts. I did get credit for the “Shokaku” and “Akizuki” but for the escort carrier, nothing.

Has anyone else experienced this in the game? BTW, I slunk into Rabaul to see if the task force had docked there, nothing. Well, after all it is only a game (so I tell myself).

"Run Silent, Run Deep"
Cmdr. E. L. Beach USN

[Sailor Steve]

The Germans got Bernard, the English got Dinsdale but what was the name of the Japanese one again?
Akiti Oschiti.

[Digital_Trucker]

The Germans got Bernard, the English got Dinsdale but what was the name of the Japanese one again? Akiti Oschiti.
:rotfl:

[mcf1]

The Germans got Bernard, the English got Dinsdale but what was the name of the Japanese one again?
Akiti Oschiti.
:rotfl: I'm having problems pronouncing it

[Falkirion]

Patrol number 2. With the addition of 4 new crew members the USS Grayling was set to ride the express way to Tokyo with orders to patrol off the south western portion of Honshu. Leaving Pearl there were contacts, some friendly, some unknown assumed friendly this close to a US port during the middle of a war. If they were Japanese, god help them. Our planes would be on them like flies on feces in the tropical sun.

The trip to Tokyo was uneventful, even more so as we passed into Japanese territory we followed standard procedure. Surfaced at ahead standard (Infinite fuel still) during the night, half an hour before dawn submerge and run at 2 or 3 knots for the day at 150 feet down, rising to periscope depth every now and then to see if any aircraft were around and willing to donate themselves for target practice.

We reached the patrol area and remained there for 3 days. Slipping outside the 200 mile circle on two seperate nights to check out the ports nearby. A Sampan donated itself as target practice for our deck gun during that time, with a beautiful piece of navigation work from our navigator that put us right in his path, in the middle of an inky black night it never stood a chance. It went down with all hands after 4 high explosive shells ripped it apart.

On our last day in the zone and after numerous calls of convoys transiting the nearby area a large oil split freighter decided it was time to come directly down our throats. Foolishly, and even with fog on our side limiting visibility we were spotted. I debated letting the target go and based on how quickly the Japanese could get an air response unit over to our position 300 miles off shore I was confident I could sink the target and be gone without them any the wiser. The merchant made a zig zag course towards my waiting kill zone. At 700-800 yards it was going to be hard to miss. Still covering off both avenues I set tube 1 to run at 15 feet, running 1 degree to starboard at fast. Tube 2 was set slow, 10 feet and 1 degree port. The waiting game was nearly the death of me. Just after I'd fired off the pair of torpedos a bomb exploded close behind the sub, rattling some teeth but leaving the sub completely unharmed. With the knowledge he'd come around for another pass, I took the sub down to 200 feet and turned north towards the Japanese coast. Assuming that the escorts thought we'd head south away from the danger zone. We heard the merchant go under and happily we ran deep for a couple of hours before chancing a quick run on the surface to get some distance the targets last position. Just as we broke the surface gunfire raced its way across the bow. A Zero was right in our path and radar didnt pick it up at all. Crash dive back to the safety of the inky black even as the jap dropped his load of bombs across the path of the Grayling. This time we went deeper, down to 220 feet. And remained there running slow, beneath the thermal layer at 194 feet. We only surfaced at night and put in the report to COMSUBPAC of the pair of kills we'd made over the past 4 days. Orders came back immediately to head for the south china sea again and harass enemy shipping. With the amount of enemy task forces passing through the area and the target rich environment. We're looking forward to sending some more Jap metal to the seabed.

South China sea. Middle of the night and my sonar man calls in a contact. Having a listen in it sounds like a Destroyer and at least one other ship. Not wanting to pass up a good opportunity we decide to go take a peek. Reaching a point 2000 yards from their projected course we stop dead in the water and sit at periscope depth, rigged for silent just in case we have to dive suddenly. The trails of smoke coming towards us resolve themselves into a group of three ships running line astern, a Matsuki destroyer, a subchaser and gunship. Deciding to take a risk and see what happens I call for tubes one through three to be set for fast, and angle the torps at 2 degree intervals heading left. Its a tense wait as the Matsuki I've targeted gets closer and closer. Finally it passes into the firing solution and I send out my three fish, hoping to score a hit, eyes glued to the destroyer as it glides past ready to call for a deep dive if they detect me or the fish. They detect the fish, go to flank and break to starboard. Not quickly enough though as tube threes fish strikes home on the number one screw. The other two went wide. At 33% it was foolish to think I'd actually manage to strike home on a destroyer running at 12 knots from 2000 yards. Still the hit leaves me less worried about the destroyer and I dive down to 250 and proceed on towards it at 1 knot. Its a slow and painful wait with all three ships trying to find me. The subchaser though is way off to my starboard and I'm heading towards the destroyer at 1 knot ready to finish it off. The destroyers speed keeps dropping off and as we come up to periscope depth to take another shot she's gradually sinking by the stern. Stuff her. If the japs love Bushido as much as the rest of the world do we're better off without them. Tubes 4 and 5 are prepped and fired, while we go down to 300 feet to slink away. When the torpedoes hit I could hear it even without the sonarman's confirmation. She was hit and hard. One of the torps must've caught a magazine or fuel reserve because it broke her back and split her right across the keel.

Deciding to have a shot at the subchaser we slip back up to periscope depth for another long range shot, this time with the stern tubes. The subchasers sitting at rest, waiting to see where we're going to pop up. Well good thing for us its far enough away we feel safe. Tubes 7 and 8 fired and we wait. The torps scream in and at the last second the subchaser fires up her engines an swings to starboard, even with tube 8 set turn run a little to port it goes wide and the subchaser steams in along the bearing the torpedos came in on. Ordering a dive back down to 300 the Grayling and her crew slip away to the south. Not coming up above 300 feet until four hours later at midday. After a quick check of the surface with the observation scope, the Grayling finally breaks the surface again after being below for the better part of 8 hours. We hung around for the next three days. Only getting a long range sound contact that we didnt feel the need to chase down. With one warship and two merchants under our belt and ever fearful of air attacks, we continue on closer towards China to get to the next zone COMSUBPAC assigned us.

One last objective and maybe we can get home. Damn 1.5 update just made me lose this career. Ah well luck was on my side as I was assigned the Grayling again when I started my 1.5 career.

[Gunfighter]

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Almost Alpha 1
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Almost Alpha 2
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Almost alpha 3
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Almost Alpha 4

[Gunfighter]

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Don't you just love it when there Dead In The Water
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Watch it
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The colour of War
Testing PE4 looking great and I know there more to come:up:

[Falkirion]

Look closely at the fire. This is what happens when you get 5 rounds of HE shells in your fishing boat mate
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My last cargo ship from my first patrol. One fish hit the engine room. The second shot felt like a waste.
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My current patrol after successfully downing a destroyer. Sitting on the surface at sunset.
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[BlueFlames]

A little preliminary searching showed that on its third patrol, the real S-46 sank a grand total of zero tons. Leaving Brisbane in May and returning the following month, it shadowed a few convoys, but never got into position to engage. It was spotted by IJN destroyers, that all decided not to engage. It patrolled in choke-points along merchant shipping routes, but found no targets.

My third patrol in S-46 was slightly more lucrative (http://home.comcast.net/~blueflames/200kPatrolMap.png). In fact, it would have been my first 100,000-ton patrol in any subsim, ever*, if it hadn't turned out being my first 200,000-ton patrol (http://home.comcast.net/~blueflames/200kPatrolSummary.png) ever.

Three factors big played into this insane tonnage total....

First and foremost, I decided I was going to get at least one career done in stock SH4, before diving into the realm of supermods, so wow, is the Pacific target-rich, or what? Holy bejebus, I try to move away from sunken ships for an in-game hour, before saving after an encounter (to avoid sunken ships instantly refloating upon reload), but when I was on some of the major shipping lanes, I couldn't sail for an hour before getting some new contact on SJ radar or the hydrophone.

Second to that was the sub tender at Tulagi. My patrol lasted from September 24, 1942 until November 29, 1942, and it wouldn't have made sense to stay out that long without resupplying. The Tulagi resupply point let me go hunting, rearm, and get back to work without having to make any particularly long jaunts away from the warzone, where previously, I'd have to sail all the way back to Brisbane. During this patrol, I resupplied three times, using up all forty-eight torpedos and nearly 1,000 rounds for the deck gun.

Finally, I was dead-set on participating in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal**, and after finishing my initial objectives in mid-October, it was questionable as to whether or not I'd be able to get to Brisbane and back to the Solomons in time. Of course, I wasn't going to let a month of potential patroling go to waste, especially after finding a number of shipping lanes in the Bismark Sea and leading between Rabaul and the Solomons. Of course, because the battle occurs near Savo-island, inside radar range of Tulagi, why not resupply and have one more merry jaunt through the shipping lanes, after the fact? Yes, please.

***

The highlight of the patrol was the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Knowing that the Allied and Japanese fleets met in the sound between Guadalcanal and Savo, I wanted to try to catch the Japanese in a pincer move, letting friendly cruisers do their job, then catching the remaining Japanese during their retreat. Things went awry, the night of the battle, though....

ComSubPac sent warning that Allied naval forces were about to engage the Japanese, while I was resupplying for my second time at Tulagi on the evening of November 12. I set out at full speed, noting that fuel wouldn't be an issue this close to a resupply point. My initial search for the task force focused on "The Slot," right down the middle of the Solomon Islands. Crossing The Slot at its south-east edge, I detected nothing and made my way back toward Savo and Iron-Bottom Sound, maintaining twelve knots.

This time, I made radar contact a large taskforce coming around the western shallows off Guadalcanal. Thinking this to be the Japanese force, and with no sign of the Allied fleet, I plotted an intercept and ran the engines up to flank speed, with intent to attack. Thanks to the radar track, I got into a beautiful position to stop, let the escorts pass, and fire from within the taskforce. Problem was, I made visual contact just short of where I meant to dive....stars and stripes....and then a white ensign. Now, I'm as happy to see friendlies as the next guy, but after a choreographed intercept like this, the last things I wanted to see were US and Aussie ships.

Right, then.... Where are those IJN BB's? I dropped back to twelve knots and set course back to Savo. I figured, the Japanese were coming in from the northern approaches and would clash headlong into the Allied force or cause them to double-back after passing south of Savo. In either case, if I circled around the east and then the north side of Savo, with enough speed, I could catch the Japanese in retreat, as I had originally planned. The friendlies didn't do exactly what I had expected, going around Savo at twenty knots in the opposite direction and never meeting the Japanese.

In the wee hours of the morning on November 13, I made first contact with the Japanese task force on SJ radar. Again, I plotted an intercept, but the IJN force changed course. I was able to correct, but I wasn't as happy with the new angle of attack.

Then, something most unexpected happened.... Prior to this point, I had been able to approach several convoys with my SJ radar left on, with no reaction from escorts, unless they visually spotted me. This time, from miles outside of visual range, three destroyers peeled off of the task force and began steaming toward me, very quickly. I grumbled at length about this encounter, of all encounters, being the first one to include Japanese radar (or radar detection) equipment.

It was hairy few moments with these three destroyers, even after I got to one-hundred-ninety feet and went dead-silent, and it seemed like it was going to get really dicey, when all but three of the remaining warships began moving in my direction. Fortunately, after I gave the first three the slip, the remaining destroyers (I think they were destroyers, anyway) seemed to operate on the assumption that I was trying to escape to the south. I was quite hopeful that they'd come around the corner to an angry beehive of Allied cruisers, but irregardless of whether they would or not, they were past me.

That left three warships ahead of me, to the north, puttering about, without going anywhere and a mob behind me. I made a safe bet that the three ahead were battleships or cruisers, banking on the destroyers actually doing their job. Before I could really approach, though, the whole taskforce very suddenly decided to regroup. What I presumed to be the big ships began a slow move south, while the destroyers broke of their search, picked up some speed, and turned north.

If ever there was a time to act, this was it. One of the slowpokes was going to cross dead-ahead, inside 2,000 yards, probably before the destroyers got too close. I sped up to two knots† and began an ascent to periscope depth. I got up just in time for the nearest mystery ship to get into a decent (though admittedly not great) position from which to be attacked. Moments after raising the scope, I sent all four loaded torpedos at the Ise-class battleship that had wandered into my maw. The first was aimed to foul the screws; the following two sent with magnetic exploders at the BB's keel, and the final was overled, just in case the Ise managed the same epic acceleration that destroyers manage in SHIV.

After firing, I immediately began another dive to 190 feet, securing from silent running (to allow torpedo reloading), but remaining slow. One of the destroyers began searching for me, southeast of my actual position, and while a few of the others got close, none detected me before splitting again to the south. On my way down, I heard two torpedo impacts and lost hydrophone contact with the Ise, albeit without any indication of it sinking. While I was running deep and reloading, the sun was rising, and the rest of the taskforce split into two groups. The bulk of the force headed due south, and a smaller detachment headed west by southwest. Only the Ise and the one destroyer actively searching for me stayed behind.

Once I had tubes one and two reloaded, I was getting into position to fire at a ninety-degree AOB inside 1,100 yards. Again, I ascended to periscope depth. Once there, I got to assess the damage from those first three hits. It looked like my first torpedo had been the one that missed, as there was no visible damage to the rear of the ship, so I assumed that instead of fouling the screws with that first torp, I fouled the boilers with my second two. From that near-perfect firing position, I sent another pair of magnetic torpedos at the Ise, one under the superstructure, and the other under the number two turret. Both hit their marks, though I had been hoping to hear a secondary fuel/ammunition explosion, which never happened. The response to my action was tepid, with two destroyers pulling off the back of the main force to join the remaining search ship. The lot of them wound up queuing up and circling the same area, three nautical miles southeast of my actual position.

Not particularly bothered with their activities, at such range, I turned my hydrophone to the battle, or I would have, if there was much of a battle to be heard. The Allied and Japanese forces did cross paths, but my actions delayed the Japanese just long enough that the two forces could only fire from extreme range. I don't know how my hydrophone operator identified the nationality, but the gun battle resulted in one Japanese ship sunk before a mutual withdrawl began.

Before that happened, though, I popped back up one more time to fire off another pair of torpedos. This time, the Ise was listing heavily to starboard, so I fired shallow-runners with contact triggers at the foredeck and midship. If that battleship tilted any further, I'd have been able to put holes in the top of the turrets, and since there were already four chunks taken out of the keel, I figured there wasn't much left to be done with more magnetic torpedos. Again, both torpedos hit, and this time, the Ise finally rolled over. The three destroyers, still three miles away, did not react, maintaining their search pattern.

Once I had put enough distance between myself and the destroyers, I surfaced. I made a half-hearted attempt to put some torpedos into another battleship in the retreating Japanese force, but I made my attack from much too far away, and my salvo of four torpedos all came up short. Nobody seemed interested in responding, and S-46 was totally void of torpedos now, so I broke contact and made one more trip over to Tulagi....and didn't turn my radar back on until I got there. *Grumble*

That is, incidentally, how you turn a major engagement between surface forces into a tiny scuffle. I don't know exactly what the standard IJN ASW strategy was, but in this instance, it seemed like they had the big ships drop everything and stop, while the destroyers proceeded to ignore the threat.


* -- This is a list consisting of Silent Service 1 (NES-version), Silent Service 2 (DOS-version), and the Silent Hunter series, starting at II.

** -- What kind of sucker goes sailing to a Japanese port, when the IJN is perfectly willing to send their Battleships to you? Not this kind of sucker! Wait a second....

*** -- Also playing into this is my realism setting of 59%, kept so low by leaving dud torpedos and manual targeting turned off, either of which could have easily sliced my tonnage in half. I'm a casual subsimmer, and always have been, so this is really just me being bubbly about achieving a personal best; I've still the greatest respect for people who can sink a quarter of this patrol tonnage at or near 100% realism.

† -- Careful, there. Speed kills!

And as a final summary, I transcribed my patrol log into Excel and did a little analysis. (Screenshot (http://home.comcast.net/~blueflames/200kPatrolSheet.png))

[kylania]

Shooting down a fighter just before crash diving:

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[mcf1]

Playing hide n' seek under the moonlight :arrgh!:
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9945/sh4img171ep8.jpg

[Ivan Putski]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/IvanPutski/SHIV/USSTroutSS202.jpg

[Seminole]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3126/sh42008052413182523ln5.jpg


Oh no! The Japs have discovered Krazy Glue!

(or maybe VTOL)



...or these could be those new Jap vertical takeoff fighters we heard were in development...:huh:

[kriller2]

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3897/pe4waterqb3.jpg

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/6938/pe4water2hk5.jpg

[Falkirion]

Ah Kriller you're killing me. Those shots of PE4 look great! But here's a couple more from me, taken last night
Lurking beneath the pacific.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-01_210203_734.jpg
Running silent and as deep as I dare
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-01_214015_828.jpg
Sunrise/Sunset (I cant remember!) surface/dive, I'm guessing surface though.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-01_210745_468.jpg
And a funny one I took before I installed U-Boat expansion. Check out what this DD is doing!
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-01_215634_031.jpg
I'd call that around 25-30 knots, going backwards lol

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice pics Falkirion :yep::up:


RDP

[U-46 Commander]

Look what I found in the pacific!

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk129/Wolfgang_Kutzner/SH4Img2008-09-05_151750_109.jpg

The Flying Dutchman! What a suprise!

[Ivan Putski]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/IvanPutski/SHIV/S-42.jpg

[LukeFF]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/LukeFF/SH4/SH4Img2008-08-24_032246_421.jpg

"Just being prepared for the worst, that's all."

[Cambaz]

I m taking screen shots with "ctrl+F11" but i cant find them where did they located, in which file? And I don't want to use that screen shots that taken with "PrtSc" button because it takes the print of screen with all things like taskbar and gauge and i dont want to see any of them in my SS:cry: so please help me how can i find my "ctrl+F11" ScreenShots?

[Falkirion]

Cambaz check your main SH4 folder. The screens should be there in .bmp format.

To take screens without the toolbar press Del on the number pad on your keyboard.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod1.jpg
With Shader Mod 1
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod2.jpg
With Shader Mod 2
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod3.jpg
With Shader Mod 3
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod4.jpg
With Shader Mod 4 fire on hillside crashed a/c
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod5.jpg
With Shader Mod 5 from Kriller2 and Team. WIP
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/introuble.jpg
This is known as In Deep Sh t you will only do it once

[kriller2]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod1.jpg
With Shader Mod 1
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod2.jpg
With Shader Mod 2
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod3.jpg
With Shader Mod 3
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod4.jpg
With Shader Mod 4 fire on hillside crashed a/c
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShaderMod5.jpg
With Shader Mod 5 from Kriller2 and Team. WIP
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/introuble.jpg
This is known as In Deep Sh t you will only do it once

Hi Gunfighter,
Nice pictures :up: , so which one of the shaders-mods do you like most?

[Cambaz]

Cambaz check your main SH4 folder. The screens should be there in .bmp format.

To take screens without the toolbar press Del on the number pad on your keyboard.

thanks for your help friend :) preciated

[Zero Niner]

To take screens without the toolbar press Del on the number pad on your keyboard.
To add, numlock has to be enabled for this to work.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SunRise1.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SunRise2.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SunRise3.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SunRise4.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SunRise5.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SunRise6.jpg
New Sunrise in PE4 with shaders awesome job Kriller2 and Team Thank You

[Cambaz]

I think it's time to go home, yea i'm scared too guys...

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1211.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1293.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1292.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1291.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_129.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1272.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1271.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_127.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1261.jpg (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1261.jpg)
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_126.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1216.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/cambazct/SH4Img10-9-2008_1213.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnAttack5.jpg
Dawn Attack 1
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/DawnAttack6.jpg
Dawn Attack 2
OH ! Off Topic Here if the 'Big Bang Experiment' goes Wrong and it could,Could the last Guy alive turn off the lights !!!!:nope:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/HeadOn1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/approach.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/TurnOver.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Contact.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/TwoforOne.jpg
Thouhgt You Might Like To See This

[spike12]

Smashy smashy!:rotfl:

[DeepIron]

THAT... was freakin' awesome!

In all my games, I've never seen a collision at all...

[Falkirion]

Probably an insurance job :rotfl:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/FeetWet.jpg
Look at that water its so real my feets wet
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/KongoBeating.jpg
A Kongo Takes a Beating
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/PTOnARun.jpg
PT Boat on a attack Run
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ReflectionsonaMod.jpg
This one I Call Reflections on A Mod
Well Done Kriller2 and all the guys that worked on this mod :up: :up: :up:

[Topo65]

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2843/sh4img20080913180050742kb2.jpg

MORE PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTS 4!!!

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3914/sh4img20080913180038365mg7.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

There is no finer looking naval sim than SH4 with PE4! :cool:

Edit:

Here are a couple shots I took a little bit ago.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-13_183530_281.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-13_192131_593.jpg

[Torps]

Good Job Kriller as always

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4290/setmq9.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2959/kittygb8.jpg

[kriller2]

Thanks :up: , nice screenshots Torps and Syxx Killer

@Syxxkiller how did you get the crew looking like that on the submarine - is it stock?

[Nisgeis]

It's a drop off the commando raid mission from stock.

[kriller2]

Yes you are right :rotfl: , I remember the sequence now you say it.

[Syxx_Killer]

It's a drop off the commando raid mission from stock.
That's correct. Currently I am not running one of the supermods (although I have a lot of other mods enabled at the moment). I can never make my mind up which one I want to use. One minute it's one, then the other. I am probably the most indecisive person on Subsim! :doh::damn: As proof of that indecisiveness, I just reinstalled TMO. :oops:

[Tebok]

The First and Last Voyage of Captain Noob

Immediatly starting my patrol I came across a ship which I believe to be a Yamato Class battleship!!!111!!! So I fired every torp I had!! LOLZ!!!
http://members.aol.com/tebok73509/1.jpg

I PWNED IT! LOLZ!!!11!!! NOW I END MY PATROL TO GET MY MEDALS!!! I AM THE BEST SILENT HUNTERS PLAYER ON THE PLANET! NOW I WILL GO ONLINE AND PWN SOME NEWBS!!!11
http://members.aol.com/tebok73509/2.jpg

WTF!?!?!? THIS GAME SUXS!!!! I NEVER PLAYING AGAIN!!!!
http://members.aol.com/tebok73509/3.jpg

[Te Kaha]

Priceless!! :rotfl:

[Te Kaha]

On my 5th patrol, S of Palau, 22nd March 43, a single old split freighter came across my way, early morning, still dark, fair weather, bit waves, no good for magnetic setting.

Fired one torpedo, hit her, reducing her speed from 10 kts to 6. Ship started evasing manoeuvers. Fired a second torpedo, hit her, bur she was still afloat, appeared to try to turn around heading back where she came from.

Fired a 3rd torpedo, hit her, still afloat, but her bow was already pointing downwards. So I decided to fire a 4th torpedo.

As the 4th torpedo was on it's way, the old split freighter started to sink. But the 4th torpedo also hit her in the bow.

Then I checked my logbook and I was credited with...... 2 sinkings! :o

One was the Large Old Split Freighter, 8,213 tons. :up:

The other was...... the liferaft, 0 tons :o

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/EndWorkDay.jpg
End Of A Working Day
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SaluteToKriller2.jpg
Salute to Kriller2 and Team

[Seminole]

Couldn't resist this one. 6 fish. Three dead ducks. Heavy fog. Heavy precip. Heavy Seas.

None were visible. Sonar location only. The second and third were lucky collaterial damage ...:oops:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/SH4Img2008-09-14_181659_380.jpg

[Seminole]

There is no finer looking naval sim than SH4 with PE4!

....you are certainly right about that. I've been wanting to return to the Atlantic and the Kriegsmarine for some time now.

I just can't do it...because SHIV is so good looking.

I'm hoping someday there will be a full Atlantic campaign for SHIV. You would think UbiSoft would want to do the project and pick up some rather easy cash...just look at how SHIV Gold sold.

[Diopos]

Seminole you're playing with loaded dice!!!!!:o :rotfl: :rotfl:

Now are you sure it was a Jap TF???:hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[USS Santa]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/EndWorkDay.jpg
End Of A Working Day
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SaluteToKriller2.jpg
Salute to Kriller2 and Team
How did you get that flag on your boat? :o

[Gunfighter]

@ USS Santa You see the little guy at the rear of tower well he walked to the end of the boat and ?????????????Just kidding :rotfl: photo shop,reflection is copy and paste and adjusted.

"End of the Boat" The RFB guys are gon'a shoot me for that "The Stern of the boat"

[USS Santa]

it's really look so cool, photoshop do the trick :rotfl::|\\

[Kruger]

It was a beautiful misty morning in Tinian. Until two juicy Maru's exploded while being moored. Ine of them was actually low on water, full of ammunition.

http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=81921053xy3.jpg




Somehow I don't seem to be capable of inserting ain image here....I'm blond. Help me.

[Seminole]

Seminole you're playing with loaded dice!!!!!:o :rotfl: :rotfl:

Now are you sure it was a Jap TF???:hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

:lol: :lol: :lol:



1. thats what the external camera is for....
2. thats why I play with it on....that plus the ability to enjoy all the super SH4 graphics...:yep:


Besides..if it had happened to be a friendly convoy it would have gotten just what it deserved for being <50 miles from the entrance to Rabaul in June 1943...:shifty:

[Syxx_Killer]

Destiny Awaits

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-16_192457_062.jpg

Looking Back

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-14_205834_343.jpg

Ahead Full

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-16_192809_531.jpg

Silence Is Broken

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-16_195509_531.jpg

Don't know why I came up with the corny titles. :oops: The bottom shot was the last from that patrol. USS Tirante was sunk by a couple DEs. I launched six torpedoes at two ships then dove deep (400 ft.) and ran silent. I was making my escape and the convoy seemed a ways off. I was well below the thermal layer. All of a sudden all hell breaks loose. Some how one of those dumb DEs could hear me creeping along at 2 knots at 400 feet. I dove to 450 feet and tried every which way to loose him. He called one of his friends and it wasn't long until one of them got a lucky hit. That made me so mad. There is no way they should have heard me! They were off in the distance and somehow picked me up. I decided to play dead-is-dead so USS Tirante is now on eternal patrol. :x

[Torps]

Thanks :up: , nice screenshots Torps and Syxx Killer

@Syxxkiller how did you get the crew looking like that on the submarine - is it stock?

Had to disable everything to get my sun looking right but it works and looks great Kriller.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8596/riseel7.jpg

[ShalashakaDS]

Im new to this comunity and sub simulation and this is my first post, im not posting a doubt or anything like this since this foruns have done a great jog getting my mind rid of most doubts that i could have. Im pretty sure someone must have post something similar but its my history now.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2128/screenie11postjx8.jpg

Found this in my second patrol in the entire carrer, i had just dropped an spy near yokosuka and decided i wouldnt go home with only 2 small fishboats sunk, so i decided to take a look at near harbors, and there she was with other 2 heavy cruiser just standing there waiting for a torpedo...

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7325/screenie16postpe3.jpg
...and thats what i got, 10 torpedos later,luckly, only one dud (playing with USS Grampus, fired my fore tubes, dived a bit more, went under her, fired my after tubes, i also happened to sunk the heavy cruisers but forgot to take pictures of those(i try to play with everything as much realist as possible, but i just cant turn off external view...))
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4439/screenie5postwu7.jpg
This one i just found pretty, hope someone will enjoy this pics, otherwise, sorry for the useless post.

[Nisgeis]

Very nice shots ShalashakaDS! :up:. I like the one where the victim is deeper than the sub :D.

[chief.kaiser]

Just started a new career starting out in a S boat, at first i thought it was a piece of **** but now i love it.

The S-37 was given the task of a resupply mission out of Manilla. I quickly completed my objective but "forgot" to call it in. I like going freelance. I recieve news that japan are about to invade Borneo so i set up a course and pottle along at 8 knots :damn:

I arrive and begin my standard patrol pattern. 5 hours later a recieve word that a ship is spotted, cant see what it is yet. I work out its rought direction and set an intercept course. Its a Large European Liner headed for Borneo with 3 escorts. I dive and get into position as best i can. 3000 yards away, would have liked to have been closer but oh well. I set up 4 fish and fire them all, 2 at the engine room area, 1 aft and 1 to the bow. The bow torp ripped the bottom of her bow off and left her looking like a shark, the two torps heading for the engine room impact and blow the ship in half. Im already at 200 feet and heading away at this point.

Not a bad start. 18000 tons, more than i expected in my S boat:up:

I set course for port, already happy with my haul.

14 hours later a new contact, ship spotted. I go to the TDT and i cant believe my eyes :o Another European Liner! This one unescorted.

I order flank speed, however this target is ahead of me and traveling at 12 knots, i cant pull more than 8 out of my S boat no matter how much i rock foward in my chair trying to gain some momentum :p

I break off the persuit and feel very disapointed.

Im now 50 miles from Manilla when i recieve word that its being bombed almost constantly, i have a new base in Java. Ok time to turn around.


29 hours later.... Ship Spotted Sir. I move to TDT and spot what?......... You guessed it. ANOTHER European Liner!. Yet again unescorted and this time im ahead of her.:arrgh!:

I set up a intercept and charge flank speed at her projected course. Just got in range as she crosses my bow, 4 torps away in same pattern as before. Another 18000 tons on the board :D


Ok time to head home, the drinks are on me.

2 days later we get multiple ships spotted on the horizon. Well im happy with my haul and i only have 4 torps left. I dive to 200 feet and rig for silent, intent on passing under this convoy undetected.

While under the convoy i notice just how many contacts there are and decide to pop up to periscope depth quickly and have a peek.

I cant believe my eyes, the persicope breaks water and what do i see? A Shokaku carrier bearing 005. Turns out i was under a huge task force of 3 carriers, a couple of battleships, lots of destroyers and a few merchants.

I fire all 4 torps at the carrier infront of me and dive deep.

All 4 torpedoes impact and the carrier begins to lean to the left. 10 minutes later shes upside down and ive chalked up another 28000 tons.

I get out of this mass of ships suprisingly easy and head home, reporting 5 convoys on the way back.


I get to port with 65530 tons scored up and not a single scratch on my sub.

Not bad for a Pig boat

Ill admit that 99% of this patrol was pure luck and the other 1% historcial inaccuracys:p

[NarcAngel]

Well, I've never really had much success ramming ships, even this one at 21 knots, the bastard just wouldn't sink. I had a row of nice torpedoes in my stern section but all the torps were stuck because of a previous encounter, one shell crippled that section. Had not one single bow torp left and was very limited on shells, and worse, the sea was so bad that I would miss 2-3 shots I'd fire each time. Oh! I'll also play party pooper by saying that there is something utterly wrong when I can unram the ship when my stern is up in the air, thus I have no propulsion and yet, I just put on full reverse and reversed! That's what I call thick air!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c153/LLBellyLint/ToRamOrNotToRam.jpg

Ya know, I just realized something... I was trying to ram a OIL TANKER... isn't this like trying to light a match inside a gas bottle making factory?

[Ivan Putski]

Not much holding him together.


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/IvanPutski/SHIII%204/FatalHit.jpg

[SteamWake]

Lemme guess he was still doing 10 knots :doh:

[Ivan Putski]

No, surprised me, he lost speed, usually does`nt happen, I put a fish from the stern tube in him, finished him off.:D

[Sailor Steve]

Still and all, that's a great shot.

[Falkirion]

Brilliant torpedo work to blow that hole. Best I've managed is to knock the screw off a DD which I later finished off with a pair of torps breaking its back and blowing away everything on the decks.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-08-28_201925_218.jpg
Here's the destroyer I was on about. I swear it had a command tower with a bridge on it once. The black outline is where I'm positive the break was.

[fatty]

I just finished uploading this only to notice the limits on resolutions. So instead I will just let you all follow this link rather than resize:

USS Plunger (http://jmgillis.com/plunger.jpg).

SH4 1.5, PE4, TMO 152, and some adjustments to tones and luminance in Adobe Lightroom.

[bookworm_020]

Ill admit that 99% of this patrol was pure luck and the other 1% historcial inaccuracys:p

I'd take the result anyway!:yep: Well done!:up:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/supplys2.jpg
We Help Out (May It Always Be So)

[C DuDe]

Well, I've never really had much success ramming ships, even this one at 21 knots, the bastard just wouldn't sink. I had a row of nice torpedoes in my stern section but all the torps were stuck because of a previous encounter, one shell crippled that section. Had not one single bow torp left and was very limited on shells, and worse, the sea was so bad that I would miss 2-3 shots I'd fire each time. Oh! I'll also play party pooper by saying that there is something utterly wrong when I can unram the ship when my stern is up in the air, thus I have no propulsion and yet, I just put on full reverse and reversed! That's what I call thick air!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c153/LLBellyLint/ToRamOrNotToRam.jpg

Ya know, I just realized something... I was trying to ram a OIL TANKER... isn't this like trying to light a match inside a gas bottle making factory?

And they still let you go out to sea?!?
Who's your dad..... Don't know of any rank which could pull that off.

[Red Devil]

Nice shot, depth 100

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/subsim1.jpg

[Dirty Dee]

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n103/cg350z/SH4/sh4-12.png

[kwbgjh2]

It must have been in spring 08 when i converted from TMO to RFB. Same time i learned the manual targetting which was really hard for me. So always when the frustration growed to high i took a little break. I activated the Silent Fire Mod and did the Battle of Midway. I really dont know how often did so but one game i will remember forever.
This happened only once, never before, never again... as i had sunken nearly all japs battle ships, carriers, destroyers... the japanese Air Armada attacked. It was the hugest attack on a single submarine that took place in WW2

But they had no chance and here it goes :rotfl::rotfl:

Uups: Whats this?

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9205/sh4001px2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Wow: must be the complete japs airforce !!
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9176/sh4321ada7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ok.. take aim




http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7018/sh4022eb0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Lets rock..
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6697/sh4026fr3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Superb... what a firework
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2108/sh4030gi5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Well done, boys.....lets go home
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3816/sh4315hq2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8910/sh4001oq0.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh4001oq0.jpg)

[kwbgjh2]

I love it when a screen shot looks like an historic painting.

[/URL][URL="http://imageshack.us"]http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4203/sh4237bo5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Reflections.jpg
Reflections1
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Reflections2.jpg
Reflections2
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Storm2.jpg
Storm Brewing
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Storm2News.jpg
Storm Brewing Old Newspaper Style
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/InToTheNight.jpg
In To The Night
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/icecream.jpg
For fun

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/BowShot1.jpg
Close up(a little blocky)to show Torp Track on a longrange bow shot 6.865yds
thought I would just give it a try anyone done the same with good results??
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/BowShot2.jpg
When she spotted Torp(and they do) she made a hard turn to port, Too Late

[Rilder]

Early to mid March, 1942, after resupplying at midway I witness and air attack.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/midway1.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/midway2.jpg
Allied ships open up on the planes, though the carrier doesn't lauch fighters.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/midway3.jpg
Jap planes take casualties.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/midway4.jpg
Prisoners are captured

From my standpoint the jap attack is unsuccessful and I continue on my mission.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/midway5.jpg
However things don't end for me, a couple jap bombers pass by and are shot down, provoking the japs, who begin launching zeros at me, I dive under and hold well till the next day where I'm caught by surprise, I crash dive but its too late.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/midway6.jpg
The attack forces me to surface and the other zero swings around, My aa gunner rips into the air with all his might but the gun runs out of ammo, and he lands a bomb right on the deck of the boat.

And down she goes :(

[CobraDriver]

Well we love to share the great ones, me included, but............

Ya gotta be honest and sad is sad, I lost a crew over a damn stupid little mistake, well little at the time but obviously huge now.

I was sitting at the mouth that goes right into the belly of the beast in Japan. I get sonar, fast ships moving, I ping em. Thats it, even though at 10k distance they come straight for me. I'm sitting at 150 feet, they make 1 pass and wipe out my boat with depth charges.

Guess I'll never ping em again, what a mess. I need to get demoted and face charges.

CD

[Seminole]

I'd like to be..... under the sea....

We would be warm.... below the storm...

Resting our head..... on the sea bed

We would sing and dance around ....

because we know we can't be found...

We would shout.... and swim about...

The coral that lies... beneath the waves....La La La La La La....

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/Untitled.jpg

[Falkirion]

:rotfl:Sminole. Love that song, very catchy disney tune

[Sailor Steve]

Disney tune? Oh, did they use it in Little Mermaid or something?

Lennon and McCartney, sung by Ringo on Abbey Road.

[Seminole]

:rotfl:Seminole. Love that song, very catchy disney tune


Octopus's Garden...by The Beatles 1969 ....2nd song written by Ringo...


...we never dreamed back in the hazy dazy 60's that the Beatles were so SH series prescient...:D

Extract and reorder certain lyrics from that tune and they could well serve as any submariner's theme song I think...:yep:

[Sailor Steve]

...2nd song written by Ringo...
Really? Not having the disc handy (all my best stuff is in storage) I just assumed it was another John&Paul tune that he sang. Actually it would be his second full authorship, with 'Don't Pass Me By', but he also was credited with collaborating on 'What Goes On?'

[Seminole]

If you can believe George:


Harrison commented: "'Octopus's Garden' is Ringo's song. It's only the second song Ringo has ever written, mind you, and it's lovely." Ringo's first solo composition had been "Don't Pass Me By" on The Beatles album. He added that the song gets very deep into your consciousness "because it's so peaceful. I suppose Ringo is writing cosmic songs these days without even realizing it.

But the next time I'm jamming and RS drops in I'll ask him.... just to make sure...;)


I wonder though just how cosmic Geroge would have thought it if he had actually been aware of how smoothly the lyrics dovetails with the reality of submarine warriors's world? :shifty: ...all safe and warm..below the storm...I'd like to be under the sea...

[Rilder]

Bernard decides to take a break and go on a cruise!

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/badday.jpg

OH BUGGER!

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl:

Good one, Rilder!:rock:

[Nokia]

First moving AI sub I've seen
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3746/sh42008100400550096vr5.jpg
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5291/sh42008100400573308xo7.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9972/sh42008052413010834ib6.jpg

[SirHendrik]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/2916462572_4c9cdc4397_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mavkilla/2916462572/)
ref: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mavkilla/2916462572/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mavkilla/2916462572/)

[punkmaster98]

wow i would buy that.

[Nisgeis]

Sir Hendrik,

Did you create that image, if so what did you use?

[Agiel7]

I intercepted a merchant convoy escorted by several destroyers. My usual strategy is to get in close to my intended targets and plant myself somewhere in the middle of the convoy, since once I've been made, the destroyers would have to wait for all of the merchant ships to get out of the way before they can drop depth charges on me.

This time, I start hearing pings just as I finalized my firing solution. I targeted two large composite freighters (or something or other), plugging three into each. The pings start getting closer and closer, but I was confident that I could crash-dive to a safe depth before the destroyers could do any real damage (the only thing I have the ego to admit, I'm a master of evasion. My skills as a hunter however, leave much to be desired).

Once I fired the last of my torpedoes, I briefly scan the horizon with my periscope. However, I discovered that a destroyer was literally RIGHT ON TOP OF ME. I was still at 12 metres depth and the destroyer just ran its hull right on my boat's conning tower. The boat was rocked violently, but surprisingly, there wasn't a whole lot of damage. It then occured to me that the distinct sound of depth charges being deployed and detonated were absent, so, I decided to take a look at what happened using the free camera.

As it turned out, the Japanese destroyer was on the wrong end of that collision, as its hull apparently took a whole lot more damage than my sub did. Before you know it, the words: "Enemy Unit Destroyed" appeared on my message log and the destroyer was nosediving into the sea.

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/GeordieLand.jpg
:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Orion2012]

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm333/Orion3049/SH4Img2008-10-10_130040_734.jpg

[LukeFF]

USS S-23, December 1942. Somewhere off the coast of the Aleutians:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/LukeFF/SH4/SH4Img2008-10-10_004750_265.jpg

[LukeFF]

@LukeFF nice shot dive planes opening about to dive ??

Thanks. It's just the angle of the shot that makes it look like the planes are about to extend.

[ncorpuz34]

Howdy fellas. Im New, here are some pics from my first patrol:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0026.jpg
S-41 Leaving Port. View from the lighthouse.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0027.jpg
Looking back at the lighthouse
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0041.jpg
Rise and shine! Looks like someone didn't get enough sleep!
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0049.jpg
3rd day of patrol somewhere in the Celebes Sea.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0054.jpg
Ah finally! A break in the weather
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0154.jpg
Contact, Merchant! Bearing 292!
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0220.jpg
Trying out the Dick O' Kane Method
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0202.jpg
Set to magnetic detonation. Depth 15ft. Flooding tubes one and two!
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0204.jpg
Torpedo one is a dud sir! Torpedo two IMPACT!
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0206.jpg
Where'd all the survivors go!? Sharkfood anybody?
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0210.jpg
Wreckage stuck in the shallow depths.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-14_0211.jpg
Clear day, and some nice swells. Who brought their surfboard?

[The General]

Great photos! They really show off SH4's graphics. Why people are waisting their time on mods for sh3, when they could work on this, is beyond me. :roll:

[Sailor Steve]

Because graphics aren't everything. For the player a fully modded SH3 is still the only way to go for a full and rich u-boat campaign.

For the modder? Well, most of them are making the switch, so I don't see what you're fretting over. Even the GWX team is starting their work. Others are finishing mods that they started long ago, and then looking at going over themselves. You seem to be criticizing for nothing.

[kriller2]

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4475/pe41ng2.jpg

[The General]

Steve, you remind me of a girlfriend I once had. :lol:

[USS Santa]

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4475/pe41ng2.jpg
i am so choked. :huh::o:|\\

[Sailor Steve]

Steve, you remind me of a girlfriend I once had. :lol:
Well, we all try to do our part.:sunny:

[Falkirion]

Ah well my first foray into the Pacific in a while. I've been caught up with other games so I decided to take the night off from working on them to relax and try and get me some Japs. Get them I did! But before I get to that some shots of my trip with the USS Gar. Currently still on patrol December 1941.
Leaving Pearl, taken from the CV deck. Hey photos aren't meant to be in colour yet!
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-21_145932_156.jpg
Sunrise. Out in the middle of a beautiful Pacific ocean. Thanks Kriller!
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-21_152529_046.jpg
Sunset. Love the reflection of the sun on the water
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-21_191520_667.jpg
Be vewy quiet. I'm hunting japs. Had that caption in mind when I took this shot.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-09-21_192653_590.jpg
And now for some action shots. I started a new career. 1943, Gato class USS Silversides out of Brisbane. After reaching my assigned patrol area I got 2 contacts, both fast. This was the first I made contact with, she was steaming right up my stern but a few quick turns put her under the eyes of tubes 1 and 2.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_202159_718.jpg
She didn't win.
While I was destroying this guy I'd been tracking another over the horizon both on radar and hydrophones. I moved straight into position once I'd confirmed he wasn't changing course. Good thing the merchie didn't see my scope.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_203328_953.jpg
Yeah I see you, just wait...
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_203403_500.jpg
Fire! Torpedo in the water. Merchant is completely unaware
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_203604_921.jpg
Torpedo impact! The second of the two fish I shot at him strike home.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_203634_937.jpg
Came up to finish off with the deck gun just incase he decided to try and get away but the two fish did the job. She was completely alight by the time I broke the surface.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_203712_968.jpg
Two large merchants in a night, this guy had a secondary set of explosions in his engine room or somewhere astern.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_203808_593.jpg
And we slunk away to try and get into position to make contact with another reported merch headed east.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/Falkirion/SH4Img2008-10-15_204134_343.jpg
Man do I ever enjoy sending these guys packing for a vacation to Davy Jones Locker.

[Red Devil]

Leaving Brisbane heading on patrol to Solomans

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/brisbane.jpg

[Red Devil]

and then leaving Fremantle in my Balao

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/fremantleport.jpg

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/OKSurface.jpg
OK !! Who Said "SURFACE"

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/ShoutDive.jpg
For god sake nobody shout "Dive"

[Sailor Steve]

For god sake nobody shout "Dive"
"Dive? Aye aye, sir! Dive the boat!"

[Gunfighter]

For god sake nobody shout "Dive"
"Dive? Aye aye, sir! Dive the boat!"
Well Thank You SS remind me to put you on my Hit List :rotfl:

[Falkirion]

Gunfighter whats the story behind that collision in the U-Boot? Looks interesting since I've never had a DD come that close to ramming me. Caught a shell from a shore battery once though, wasn't pretty. Huge hole in the side of my sub.

[Ivan Putski]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/IvanPutski/SHIV/USSDrumPatrol13.jpg

[Gunfighter]

Gunfighter whats the story behind that collision in the U-Boot? Looks interesting since I've never had a DD come that close to ramming me. Caught a shell from a shore battery once though, wasn't pretty. Huge hole in the side of my sub.
Hi Yes ran out of Torps, and he was the last DD thought I would take him on in a GUNFIGHT(you know us Gunfighters) Bad Mistake he charged me down.Thought I would just make it a fun screenie.thanks for the interest.:yep: Checkout page 108 post 2155 Collision shots.

GUNFIGHTER

[Lt West]

This is after a nasty run in with a task force they got the jump on me, my time elapse wouldnt stop so i got a few holes here and there.
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/zachjack/SilentHunter/sh4_2008-08-21_10-12-02-99.bmp
Can you Say "Payback!"
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/zachjack/SilentHunter/sh4_2008-08-21_15-51-09-31.bmp

[Sledgehammer427]

Moonlight
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-05-29_204310_092.jpg
Twilight
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-10-19_011043_686.jpg
Commandos
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-10-19_005048_545.jpg
Commandos 2
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-10-19_004912_233.jpg
Sawfish (my Boat!)
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-10-16_172527_668.jpg

[Sledgehammer427]

influenced to download my foxtrot and november mod? no? well, here, maybe this will be a little more convincing.
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-04-03_225514_781.jpg
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-09-28_231024_701.jpg
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-09-29_220935_638.jpg

[tomoose]

First time posting screenshots but just had a good patrol;
Part One

Deckwatch night;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelDeckWatch1.jpg

Deckwatch
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelDeckWatch2.jpg

A misty morning....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelFoggymorning.jpg

.....which didn't get any better;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelRoughseas.jpg

It didn't seem right to make this one black and white;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelMoonlight1.jpg

[tomoose]

Part Two;

One of three victims on this patrol;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelVictimshot.jpg

Deck gun in action;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelDeckGun.jpg

Another victim goes to the deep;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelvictim2.jpg

Back at Midway and cosying up to a tender;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelMidway1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelMidway2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Tomaz99/SHIV/USSPickerelMidway3.jpg

[Sledgehammer427]

holy cow tomoose, thats quite a bit of range innit?
on your deck gun in action shot

[tomoose]

It looks a LOT closer through the aiming sight, LOL. I think it was the 5000yd mark. I blurred the pic a bit which probably makes it look a lot farther than it was.
;)

[Lt West]

I'm on the sixth patrol of my career in the USS Albacore Gato-class.


The 5th war patrol I set out on was by far my most spectacular too date(for me anways!), I had cam across a lone large modern composite frieghter while patroling at Honshu in foggy,rainy, and high seas weather. I fired 2 fish and she was still afloat so I fired a 3rd and she split in half. That was 7145 tons to my record so I was quite pleased. So when i was maybe a third of the way back home a juicy target was received by radio at 0800 hours, A small convoy heading South South West. it was only 90 or so miles away so I figured I'd give it a shot. It was pitch black,foggy,rainy, and High waves all over the place. We must have been in a tropical storm or something because it rained for 10 days straight. Due to the poor visibility I had to get in close...a little too close for comfort about 2000 yards just to decide if I should Engage or not. I raised the Attack Periscope just above the swells, And I counted 2 ****atsuyu Destroyers and a Large passenger liner. "Have this one for dinner." I thought to myself. I fired 2 fish at the first destroyer that was in front of the liner then fired 2 aft tubes at the destroyer behind me. They both went up in flames and made a satifactory explosion with it. Then I turned my eyes for the passenger liner. She was at a perfect distance of 1200 yards, Since I wanted to be sure to sink her I fired four fish at her(Last time it took 5 to sink the same kind of liner) They slammed into her portside and sank her within 40 seconds so then I was all like :rock: :rock: and plotted a course for home. But about 20 miles away another ****atsuyu destroyer caught up with me. And my radar officer is incompetent and failed to report the contact so we were depth charged...heavily. From the con to the forward torpedo room we got hit 3 times directly, And our damage was severe

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/zachjack/SilentHunter/sh4_2008-10-22_15-19-25-10.bmp


But after several tries, I broke hard to port and headed away from the destroyer at full speed (about 4 knots with all the flooding!) I repaired the major damage on the bulkheads and got the flooding in the command room under control and started pumping out water, But the trim of the submarine was way off my bow was angeled way down because of the torpedo room being full of water i couldnt maintain a constant depth and had to hit emergency surface to halt loss of depth control. Once i was 1500 yards away from the destroyer i risked it all and surfaced. I wasnt spotted and returned course for home but then i got orders to do some photo recon in tapsuki harbor. but alas, both my periscopes were destroyed so i headed for home anyways. When i arrived i recieved the purple heart and a promotion!


I had a total of 17403 Tons of ships sunk that patrol 60,000 total!



PS: I transfered our Pee-Wee Brained Radar man to a different vessel and shelled out the renown for a top notch one.

[Niels]

I was just doing my first career with a Tambor class this time, in the east chinese sea...minding my own bussines. Then i had a contact of a merchant, so i go to there, minding my own bussines again...had the time compression on x256 and i thought it was nice to watch outside, for some reason my instinct said: Boy, you've got the get up there and check it out.

So i did.

My freakin' sonar guys are sleeping or something, because as i was pressing F11 and watch the area, these guys show up. My sonar was only watching this merchant, like 9000 KM away i guess. Scared the **** out of me how stupid this game acts sometime.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s320/comenius1/SH4Img2008-10-24_134948_287.jpg

[Seminole]

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/OnSand.jpg



:shifty: ....if you mean Land HO!...then say Land HO.... not:" were in shallow water, sir"....I don't have the time to go look for myself everytime....


oh well ...at least we know now that the depth gage doesn't dual function as an altimeter...

[Diopos]

:shifty: ....if you mean Land HO!...then say Land HO.... not:" were in shallow water, sir"....I don't have the time to go look for myself everytime....


oh well ...at least we know now that the depth gage doesn't dual function as an altimeter...

{:o :rotfl: :damn: :p :hmm: :) :D :roll: }x2

Ok! Time to test if we can get a torp firing solution for airplanes! :doh:

[Lt West]

How did you do that???? Did you just run into ground at ahead flank? or is theres specific spot and angle you need to hit it id love to try it...and i wonder whatd happen if you tried to fire a fish in mid air lolol

[Seminole]

July '44.The place was an atoll in the Marshall Islands Group. Brand new base had just opened for business and looked like a promising place to refuel. Seemed a direct route to the war zone...just a matter of slipping through the channel into the open sea...:yep:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/oner.jpg



Problem was...no open channel.:nope: Zooming in revealed...well..an atoll...:damn: ... an almost complete ring of reefs...


http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/seconderer.jpg

It didn't take AHEAD FULL...it only required Ahead Slow..plus a stubborn persistent Skipper who didn't bother to make sure the shallow water warnings didn't contain "hidden" obstacles. Heck on the map it looked like we were actually going to make it across.:yep:

:up: ...I wish I had thought of your idea to try and fire a torp while stuck there....dang that would have been a hoot to see...most likely it would have dropped down and blown the bow off...as if that would have mattered at this point...;)

[Lt West]

Hey I tried that and I couldnt quite get the angle you got but i got close enough and the torpedos blew up before they left their tubes almost blew my bow off I fired all 4 of em....:arrgh!: :arrgh!:
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/zachjack/SilentHunter/sh4_2008-10-27_17-29-38-59.bmp
See Anything Smith???? No.....I but I think We may have hit something.... Like what? I dont know maybe a badger or the Kraken something like that. Hey what are you doing!?!?! Listening to my new ipod nano (availbiable at meijers) Sounds awesome do like i do every watch shift. But what about the ship......oh forget it! "DIESEL ENGINES DESTROYED SIR!"
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/zachjack/SilentHunter/sh4_2008-10-27_17-32-36-90.bmp
:shifty: :shifty: :shifty: :shifty: ................I know what you mean by "We're in shallow waters Sir!" and "LAND HO" would be nice if the crewmen said that. And no you cant a solution for airplanes I tried.....

[Seminole]

Hey I tried that and I couldnt quite get the angle you got


Mayhaps if you had tried at that very, very thin section to the left of my last screen shot.

Quite by accident that is exactly where I chanced to hit the reef and "almost" made it across. Could be if you hit it just there, at full speed ,you might actually make it across...but I doubt it would be without considerable damamge.


...told you it would probably blow the bow off...but I thought the fish would at least clear the tubes...:shifty: ...oh well...

[ncorpuz34]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-29_0135.jpg
Moonlight Stroll
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-29_0314.jpg
Whale watching.....at 40 ft below sea level
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-28_2300.jpg
Anyone have directions to Albuquerque?
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-28_2306.jpg
Putting Cromwell method to good use
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-29_0028.jpg
Had to put 6 Mark 10s in her before she went down. Probably only needed 4 and waited it out but I was impatient and wanted to get outta there ASAP (who wouldnt with convoy with 6 escorts?) I scored a lucky propellor shot on her sister ship passing by.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-29_0057.jpg
I let the Japs spend one more night on their cruise before I surface at sunrise for some target practice. This is the easiest 10000 tons you'll ever get boys!
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/ncorpuz34/sh4/SH4Img2008-10-29_0109.jpg
Send the last 3 fish precisly under each mast and 1 below the stack. Notice the time it took after the last impact to time she starts going down. A little more than an hour thanks to the new RFB Mechanics.

[Seminole]

Omi-san!, if you don't stop making faces at those nice sub guys..I'm gonna kick your shins so hard.....Wakarimasu ka?

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/avastmehearties.jpg

[U-46 Commander]

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/OnSand.jpg



:shifty: ....if you mean Land HO!...then say Land HO.... not:" were in shallow water, sir"....I don't have the time to go look for myself everytime....


oh well ...at least we know now that the depth gage doesn't dual function as an altimeter...

Had the same problem. But I actually jumped the beach and the sub was totally out of the water! But being the resourceful country boys me and my crew are, we built a gigantic raft and rowed it back to base!:smug: :rotfl:

[<Jason>]

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8093/surpriseandnorthhamptonlu4.jpg

Surprise and Northampton parked together during early morning refit in Brisbane. The Northampton's felt much safer sleeping near us. :lol:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/EarlyDawn.jpg
Dawn Attack
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/FogAttack.jpg
Light Fog Attack

[Seminole]

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/Seminole_05/OnSand.jpg



:shifty: ....if you mean Land HO!...then say Land HO.... not:" were in shallow water, sir"....I don't have the time to go look for myself everytime....


oh well ...at least we know now that the depth gage doesn't dual function as an altimeter...

Had the same problem. But I actually jumped the beach and the sub was totally out of the water! But being the resourceful country boys me and my crew are, we built a gigantic raft and rowed it back to base!:smug: :rotfl:


Yeah...but were you successful in shifitng the blame to some poor swabie doping off on midwatch? Gotta keep thinking ahead to that flag rank down the road...you know...;)...can't be having no bad efficiency ratings screwing things up....

[Seminole]

Gunfighter -Dawn Attack - Fog Attack

What environmental mod(s) are you using?

Could you list them please?

[Gunfighter]

Gunfighter -Dawn Attack - Fog Attack

What environmental mod(s) are you using?

Could you list them please?

Using Kriller2's PE4 thats all, I use the camera alot to get the right position to take a screenshot like in Fog the lower you get the camera to the water can change the look of a picture try it and you'll be suprised at the results,also watch the shadows in the evening shot they to can change the way your screenshot comes out hopes this helps.:up:
edit:also try catching a explosion just as it happens can give you different colour glow from fire.in the Fog shot It would of been different if the camera had of been higher, less colour ect:

[Quagmire]

I simply call this one Sadness.......

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1569/sadnessxj4.jpg

.

[Fincuan]

Nice shot :up:

Persistent gunners on that ship. Men like that would be sorely needed in the IJN instead on that rusty bucket :lol:

[Arclight]

Every now and again you come across something really exciting...
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-11-02_194350_953.jpg
But ofcourse, you're not always in a position to really enjoy it... (they nearly ran me over :nope: )
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-11-02_194607_031.jpg
Well, at least I got to enjoy the sight.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-11-02_211038_671.jpg
One of our flyboys was enjoying the sight as well... untill they spotted him. :lol:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-11-02_211110_468.jpg

[<Jason>]

great pictures there! :ahoy:

[Sledgehammer427]

arclight...where in the world did you find that lil nugget?;)

i just got done raiding truk...the hairs on my arm are still standing....

[Arclight]

If you mean where I found them; it was on my 3rd patrol with RSRDC (on top of RFB 1.52). Got orders to patrol south-west of Midway. I think this formation was part of the IJN taskforce that attacked Midway (historically, Battle of Midway). They were steaming north at 20kts, so I was never going to catch up. I hoped they would turn west to Japan at some point, and they did, but they steered an exact collision course to me, so I had to let them pass within less then 500 yards. Tried launching a spread from the stern tubes after they passed, but came under immediate fire from the DD trailing behind them. :doh: :damn:

Raiding Truk? Wow... I'm in that neighbourhood at the moment, but navigating those narrow channels leading to the harbour and then getting out alive... I don't know if I can pull that one of... :hmm:

[Factor]

nice screens

[Arclight]

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-10-29_032247_828.jpg

[Sledgehammer427]

Arclight, a little incentive to make you want to raid truk
HINT: try the northern passage...

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-11-03_173312_780.jpg
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-11-03_173238_030.jpg

USS Scorpion
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/Fastrat91/SH4Img2008-11-03_162028_108.jpg

[Arclight]

I'm actually in the middle of that raid right now. :D

Sunk a Fuso-class and I'm working on a Yamato, but I don't think I've got enough torps left to finish that one of.

Fuso sinking in the front with the Yamato burning in the background;
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-11-06_041246_984.jpg
Entered from the south-east, found the first harbour empty and continued little north, then turned west to nearest docks. Found those 2 at anchor.

Nice underwater shot. :up:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/SubFltSim.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

That's an awesome shot, Gunfighter! :o:cool:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/FltSubSim.jpg
@ Syxx_Killer same format as Great morning Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ???:rotfl:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/FSub.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

@ Syxx_Killer same format as Great morning Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ???:rotfl:

I do no evil, see no evil, hear no evil. :88)

Btw, great shots, especially the last one! :lol:

[<Jason>]

i like em too. keep em coming :smug:

[ncorpuz34]

Nice pics Gunfighter, but I can't help but wonder is that sky and clouds "al natural" or "enhanced" ? ;)

[Gunfighter]

Nice pics Gunfighter, but I can't help but wonder is that sky and clouds "al natural" or "enhanced" ? ;)

OK Guys you got me the pics are enhanced IE:the sub is from SH4 PE 4 and the sky is from FltSimX they make great shot anyway.:rock:

[Gunfighter]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/ABThing/Lost.jpg
Boy is he lost
Ok Guys last one.:rotfl:

[Falkirion]

Whoa a time traveling Cessna! Nice one Gunfighter.

Does it have a flux capacitor and gull wing doors like all good time machines should?

[Syxx_Killer]

Boy is he lost
Ok Guys last one.:rotfl:

rofl! I love it! :rotfl: I wonder if the pilot got lost looking for the Grey Poupon? :88)

[Quagmire]

Here is the latest of my SADNESS series...

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2512/linerdown1mz8.jpg

Another ship in the convoy pulls aside to collect survivors...

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4674/linerdown2pk8.jpg

The Death of a Once Proud Liner...

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/1783/linerdown3qt0.jpg
.

[<Jason>]

look at that stern come out of the water! whoa! :D great pics guys!

[Red Devil]

The Cessna reminds me of the scene in The Final Countdown where the F-14 flies alongside the Zero inbound to Pearl Harbour. The look on that Japs face!!!

[Gunfighter]

Some nice shots there Quagmire
@ Red Devil yes I remember that picture.It was quite good I'm glad it wasn't in smelly vision, know what i mean ??

[Deep-Six]

Here are some of mine w/ the USS Gar in the East China Sea.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/Lyrkiller/SH4Img2008-11-17_160434_546.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/Lyrkiller/SH4Img2008-11-17_160432_421.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/Lyrkiller/SH4Img2008-11-17_160328_140.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/Lyrkiller/SH4Img2008-11-17_160325_375.jpg

All pics are unedited.:D

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3641/sh4img20081118002313906qm4.png (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&amp;myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

And the USS Stingray at dawn.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4378/sh4img20081104153013859eg0.png (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&amp;myref=http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

[The Joker]

RFB 1.52+Patch
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6131/patrolfw1.th.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=patrolfw1.jpg)http://img529.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[Reno]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/shguns.jpg

This shot was taken in October, 2007. Mods included...

RFB for ROW RC 1, RSRDC_P1_RFB, ROW Sub Reflections and Roll Pitch Mod, ROW Object Reflections vs_2, ROW Ship Reflections, vs_2, ROW Hi Res Sea Foam, Natural Sinking Mechanics 3.3 Classic, S-Class Black Hi Res, etc.

[Reno]

Some more 2007 shots taken with ROW and RFB/RSRD...

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/manoverboard.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/NagaruMaru.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/unsinkable6go.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/unsinkable7.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/kill3.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/kill.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/steamerdown2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/settingsun.jpg


This one was edited with a slight oil painting effect...

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/paintingeffect2.jpg

[THE_MASK]

Very funny old video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCftAR3xVd4&feature=related

[flakmonkey]

Woo, my first sh4 screenie!
Well i know its not the most dramatic screenshot ever, im new to sh4 and still marvelling at the purdy water effects...
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/SH4Img2008-11-22_035255_112.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

Woo, my first sh4 screenie!
Well i know its not the most dramatic screenshot ever, im new to sh4 and still marvelling at the purdy water effects...


That's my favorite part of SH4 is the water effects! I spend more time watching my sub sail in free cam mode than carrying on with my mission! :oops: Anyway, when you learn the ropes and get comfortable with the game get PE4 and enable it. It makes already good graphics a whole lot better! You can find PE4 here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=138663

Good hunting! :arrgh!:

[Reno]

Don't be shy, Syxx. Post some of your PE screens. I'm curious how they look. I've been using the original ROW because I prefer the variety of the water colors of ROW instead of just the blue/purple of PE. I found the blue to also give a blue/purple cast to the rest of the scene, making even the subs a light blue/purple...this is one of Kriller's recent shots to illustrate the point...

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/pe41ng2.jpg

and here's one of my shots using ROW from a year ago showing the different hues and colors and the three dimensional quality.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/manoverboard.jpg

When the whole shot takes on the same hue it seems like you also lose some of the three dimensional pop and in some scenes it's like the scale is also affected. I've looked through this thread and other PE threads and although most shots seem to be taken in low light making it difficult to compare, those that are taken in daylight have that sameness of hue and lack of dimensionality. As far as the wave effects go, I don't see anything different than the state of the art a year ago with ROW. If anything they seem to have less volume and the reflections from the ships and land and special effects seem to be off. I've already talked about the real colors of Luzon, Sea of Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, etc. so I won't belabor the point. For those who have been in that area of the world the vivid blue is unusual and not the norm...

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/SeaofJapan.jpg
Sea of Japan

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/USSKittyHawk-YokosukaJapanoutforcar.jpg
USS Kittyhawk, Yokosuka, Japan

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/Hinomisaki09.jpg
Hino-masaki, Japan

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/midwayatoll.jpg
Midway Atoll

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/MindoroIslandSouthofLuzon.jpg
Mindoro Island, off the southern coast of Luzon


And just to show you that the Pacific Ocean doesn't have a lock on vivid blue, here's the Teddy R. and company steaming in the Atlantic...
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/TeddyRAtlantic.jpg

[kriller2]

No thats a very old photo you have there Reno :lol: the photo was taken as work in progress, here is the newest from my work on PE4.1, but right now im working with W_clear :cool:

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2085/pe5wip2xn2.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe5wip2xn2.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7643/pe5wip2foamap0.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe5wip2foamap0.jpg)http://img146.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

By the way who do you think decided in which colour the ocean and sky should be in ROW and made the textures ?

[Task Force]

Looking very good Kriller.:yep::D

[Reno]

No thats a very old photo you have there Reno :lol: the photo was taken as work in progress, here is the newest from my work on PE4.1, but right now im working with W_clear :cool:

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2085/pe5wip2xn2.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe5wip2xn2.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7643/pe5wip2foamap0.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe5wip2foamap0.jpg)http://img146.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

By the way who do you think decided in which colour the ocean and sky should be in ROW and made the textures ?

That screen was taken from your post on 10-15-08. I wouldn't call that old. As far as your new shots, they appear much the same, with an overall blue cast to everything including the sub. Unless there is a drastic difference in video cards (mine is an 8800gtx) I'm surprised you're not seeing it.

As far as the texture work is concerned I recall Dave giving kudos to not only you but also to Jaketoox and l3th4l. Are you saying you were the only one responsible for the ROW colors in the water? Did Dave and the others not have a say? And if it was solely your input then why such a drastic change from the original work? Did you find different, more accurate photographic references for the area modelled. If so, can you share those with us and maybe do a side by side comparison of references used by ROW and those used by PE.

I've tried to illustrate by photos various locales that an American skipper would likely sail in the Pacific War and I've spent some time in the area. The colors seem so off that I'm wondering if we're seeing the same thing. What video card do you have?

[walrusbomb]

new computer. newfound freetime. and definitely new screenshots!

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/262/web002ql0.png

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8899/web001nh3.png

[walrusbomb]

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9076/web005za1.png

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5554/web006kt6.png

[kriller2]

No thats a very old photo you have there Reno :lol: the photo was taken as work in progress, here is the newest from my work on PE4.1, but right now im working with W_clear :cool:

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2085/pe5wip2xn2.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe5wip2xn2.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7643/pe5wip2foamap0.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pe5wip2foamap0.jpg)http://img146.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

By the way who do you think decided in which colour the ocean and sky should be in ROW and made the textures ?

That screen was taken from your post on 10-15-08. I wouldn't call that old. As far as your new shots, they appear much the same, with an overall blue cast to everything including the sub. Unless there is a drastic difference in video cards (mine is an 8800gtx) I'm surprised you're not seeing it.

As far as the texture work is concerned I recall Dave giving kudos to not only you but also to Jaketoox and l3th4l. Are you saying you were the only one responsible for the ROW colors in the water? Did Dave and the others not have a say? And if it was solely your input then why such a drastic change from the original work? Did you find different, more accurate photographic references for the area modelled. If so, can you share those with us and maybe do a side by side comparison of references used by ROW and those used by PE.

I've tried to illustrate by photos various locales that an American skipper would likely sail in the Pacific War and I've spent some time in the area. The colors seem so off that I'm wondering if we're seeing the same thing. What video card do you have?

I suggest you read this thread regarding this subject:
@To Reno and everyone else regarding ROW (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=144815)

[Seeadler]

The colors seem so off that I'm wondering if we're seeing the same thing. What video card do you have?
The impression of a color on a PC depends on many factors, such as the color temperature settings in the monitor firmware, graphic card type (ATI, Nvidia, ...), driver settings, monitor type (LCD or CRT) and some more.

If you use a TFT it depends also on the panel type, the build-in color correction and contrast value.

I have also a 8800GTX and find the blue ocean color in PE4 based on my hardware and settings too extreme, exaggerated and unrealistic. So I changed for myself the textures, colors, shaders and scene.dat settings to adapted the visuals to my expectations.

Since I've noticed that you cannot develop environment mods suitable for every hardware and ingame-settings configuration, I have removed my own mods in this case out of the public.

[Syxx_Killer]

Don't be shy, Syxx. Post some of your PE screens. I'm curious how they look. I've been using the original ROW because I prefer the variety of the water colors of ROW instead of just the blue/purple of PE. I found the blue to also give a blue/purple cast to the rest of the scene, making even the subs a light blue/purple...this is one of Kriller's recent shots to illustrate the point...
Ok, since you talked me into it... :lol: These were taken a while back using PE4. Some shots came from using TMO and others not using it (modded game, stock campaign). I think I am going to start using it again. Yes, I am the MOST indecisive member of Subsim! :oops::damn::88)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-13_210549_234.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-14_144129_796.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-14_153811_968.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-14_205318_718.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-14_205626_671.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-14_205812_500.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Syxx_Killer/SH4%20Shots/SH4Img2008-09-14_205834_343.jpg

[kriller2]

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9076/web005za1.png

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5554/web006kt6.png

:up: Very nice screenshot Walrus. I like the black and white look of them.

[walrusbomb]

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8827/web008vv4.png

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2466/web009gq9.png

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/5262/wallpaper010by6.jpg

[Task Force]

Veary good shots walrubomb, also veary bright.:lol:

[mcf1]

EDIT: oh by the way, nice pics Reno :up:http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4846/sh4img212lb5.jpghttp://www.subsim.com/radioroom/%5Burl=http://imageshack.us%5D%5Bimg=http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4846/sh4img212lb5.jpg%5D%5B/url%5D

[Sailor Steve]

Some great shots coming out of SH4 lately. I'm especially impressed by this one:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/262/web002ql0.png

[Arclight]

Absolutely. The rigging in particular looks very fine. Makes me wonder how much AA was applied in-game. :hmm:

*hmm, I can taste the mai-tais already. :lol: ;)
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/SH4Img2008-06-21_052445_859E.jpg

[Reno]

EDIT: oh by the way, nice pics Reno :up:http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4846/sh4img212lb5.jpghttp://www.subsim.com/radioroom/%5Burl=http://imageshack.us%5D%5Bimg=http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4846/sh4img212lb5.jpg%5D%5B/url%5D

Thanks, mcf1. Very nice shot you have here. Thanks for sharing.

[walrusbomb]

Absolutely. The rigging in particular looks very fine. Makes me wonder how much AA was applied in-game. :hmm:


Arclight,

nhancer: AA = Combined 8xS + Super-Transparency (no Gamma Correction) (all compatibility set to GENERAL)

[Arclight]

You cheat! :rotfl:

There's a thread started by Rubini on Nvidia tweaks. He says you can't do more than 4xMSAA, or you lose the sun halo.

:hmm:

Halo be damned, I'm cranking it up. :arrgh!:

[Sledgehammer427]

*sigh*

hate to tell ya...but youll miss it.

[walrusbomb]

*sigh*

hate to tell ya...but youll miss it.

quoted for truth. I go back and forth, specially with that SUNRISE shot where sunflare isn't needed yet. The tiny peaking red sunrise in that shot looks good without the flare.

One thing I've noticed, for my rig anyway, is the EA:strategy games AA compatibility makes rigging/thin lines WORSE.




http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9271/walrus001qk0.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4434/walrus002fe1.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/669/walrus003du9.jpg

[Torps]

You cheat! :rotfl:

There's a thread started by Rubini on Nvidia tweaks. He says you can't do more than 4xMSAA, or you lose the sun halo.

:hmm:

Halo be damned, I'm cranking it up. :arrgh!:

Not true! Still have the halo.

[Arclight]

But what AA mode are you using?

I lost it as soon as I turned it up. And no, it's not worth it. :cry:

[Torps]

But what AA mode are you using?

I lost it as soon as I turned it up. And no, it's not worth it. :cry:

exactly like this with nhancer: AA = Combined 8xS + Super-Transparency (no Gamma Correction) (all compatibility set to General

[WolfyBrandon]

USS SwordFish Back In Action...

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[Pasterz]

Somewhere on the Pacific:
- I swear the God, she went down somewhere here...
- Search her stupid, Capitan will kill us if we won't find her...

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[Reno]

Sunrise San Bernardino Strait

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/reno187/shortsidesunrise.jpg

[Fisherman]

Shooting the Moon
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[tater]

LOL. That's the moon and sun? In my universe (this one I'm typing in) they are the same size :)

Also, that shows how screwy the moon and sun are in SH, both are 1/2 a degree or so, what's the FOV on a pair of binos in ww2? 7 degrees?

If the sun and moon were right, they'd be the same size, and both might be perhaps as wide as the base of the deck gun (the wide bit).