View Full Version : The Old Sailor's New Patrol Logs
Sailor Steve
03-05-09, 11:20 AM
A few years ago I posted a series of Patrol Logs, making them as realistic as I could. Some people found them fascinating, others found them boring. In fact they were not great stories like Laughing Swordfish's ongoing tale, nor were they funny like Brag's Balz series. They were just patrol logs.
I just completed the first 'pre-war' patrol of a new career, and thought I'd try again. This time I typed everything into SH3 Commander's new 'Patrol Log Editor' function, so they appear in Commander and in SH3's own Patrol Log section.
This is the first patrol of Herbert Geue, commanding the Type IIB u-boat U-7.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Patrol1-1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Patrol1-2.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Patrol1-3.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Patrol1-4.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Patrol1-5.jpg
And this is how it shows up in SH3:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH3Img4-3-2009_221525_843.jpg
Jimbuna
03-05-09, 11:27 AM
Very cool old chap....a bit of a change from the norm. :up:
A word of advice though, if I may.....BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! :DL
Otto Heinzmeir
03-05-09, 12:01 PM
I love it. Especially the conversation with the sailboater. Shake out missions are always enjoyable. Everythings so peaceful. Looking forward to the continuing career,:up: May it last through 1945.
Sailor Steve
03-05-09, 12:07 PM
Not a chance of that. I have Commander set to 'Realistic Career Length', so I'm only good for 6-8 patrols. There will be others though.
@ Jim: Yeah, I know...you'd only be happy if I sank the sailboats!
very cool. i enjoyed it. :up:
Pretty cool.:up: I'd like to put entries like that in my logs but I can never remember exactly when stuff like weather changes happen.
Sailor Steve
03-05-09, 03:23 PM
I'm pedantic, crazy and stupid. I write down everything in a notebook while I'm playing.
bigboywooly
03-05-09, 03:30 PM
I used to keep a notebook when in the wolfpack league
No chance of remembering bugger all a few hours later otherwise
Nice one Steve
:up:
polynike
03-05-09, 03:31 PM
cool idea :yeah:
coronas
03-05-09, 03:53 PM
A work good done. :salute:
The little comments are what make it. Especially the parts about practicing following sounds contacts and stuff. The sailboat part was great too. :up:
Captain Birdseye
03-05-09, 04:07 PM
Wow, thats brilliant. I had an image of a sea salty kaleun in a knitted blue jumper biting into an orange reading that :).
How did you get the log book up to make entries? I wouldn't mind doing so myself.
Sailor Steve
03-05-09, 04:26 PM
SH3 Commander 3.2 (the latest one "Thallium Edition") http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147237 has the Patrol Log Editor built right in. This link http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133102 will show you how it works, but you no longer have to download it separately.
JScones's first post will show you exactly how to use it. If you have any problems just ask.
Captain Birdseye
03-05-09, 05:08 PM
Thank you :) i'll try minimizing SH3 and writing things in. Although last time I tried the patrol log wasn't there.
Sailor Steve
03-05-09, 05:17 PM
If you minimize you'll need to use Notepad and transfer it later. SH3 Commander doesn't generate a log until the patrol is finished. You can only edit it after the fact.
I do it longhand and then type it in when I'm done. Just like real life.:D
Oneshot/Onekill
03-05-09, 05:36 PM
Love your log SS. Your not the only one.:arrgh!: I just started writing events down myself. Anything i can do to increase realism!:salute:
PappyCain
03-05-09, 07:44 PM
http://www.pastfoundation.org/U166/images/OnSailboat.jpg
Hey that was us in the sail boat! I remember now. :salute:
mookiemookie
03-05-09, 11:12 PM
You were born too late, Steve :rotfl::salute:
Nice idea Steve.:yeah: I like the immersion it brings to the game.
Sailor Steve
03-06-09, 03:25 PM
Hey that was us in the sail boat! I remember now. :salute:
I recognize you, but we didn't see any girls. You must have been hiding them.
Took yer picture, though.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH3Img4-3-2009_181835_234.jpg
Where've you been anyway, you old sea dog? haven't seen you post in awhile.
PappyCain
03-06-09, 04:59 PM
I have been slamin the sea trying to make it to the end of the war in my own DID lose no crew and bring home tonnage. Right now I am into May '44, with original '39 crew sailing out of Bourdeaux. Tonnage is down now although I am wacking some RAF scouts (12 on this patrol) but with only a 24 tons so far. By tonight in real life, if alive, the boat will head home. Helga awaits. This is my 2nd DID and the last one I lost my boat in Jan.44 when I answered the phone and the game was not paused and I was creamed when RAF radar dedected my snorkle. (never agian). Overall tonnage is fairly high even playing conservative. I would have more abandon if I arrived in the middle of a 'wolfpack attack'. That would be a great sight and allow for some good tactics. But alone I find myself steeering clear of well armed picket boats on convoy satisfied to pick off singles and doubles - my goal is my crew's safety and the safety of my boat and making it to the end. Why? I do not know. :up:
Sailor Steve
03-09-09, 12:49 PM
Well, since my SH1 days I have always simultaneous careers - one out of each available command. In that light here is the first patrol of Willi Burgel commanding U-101. Rather than play the 'sink the ships' scenario, I decided to turn it into a 'Transfer to Kiel' scenario.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Image1-6.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Image2-3.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Image3.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Image4.jpg
Otto Heinzmeir
03-09-09, 01:08 PM
Ok now figure out your knots per gallon. :haha: What happened to the sail boats?
Edit Um, I meant kilometers per gallon. Knots is a measurement of speed like miles per hour. You can't have miles per hour per gallon. :up:
Edit two. Or would it be kilometers per liter. I'm confused :-?
PappyCain
03-09-09, 06:02 PM
'Transfer to Kiel' scenario. I like that. In my WW2 prop sims I often do the same! What is good about them I may pick up a radio message to another flight and head into the fray as a lone wolf, very cool to approach combat in progress. Many times I just make a delivery then choose to fly out of a different field. All about immersion and what floats your boat!
:salute:
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