What type of SH3 player are you?

[TheDudTorpedo]

Hi,

Having read quite a few threads now, its obvious there is quite a diverse range of approachs that people use when playing SH3. I've formed the impression that many people here are quite serious (in a good way of course) about the realism factor of the game.

In order to quantify my impression, I thought I might start a poll to test the accuracy, or inaccuracy, of my impression. I also realise that with the many options and tweaks available to the game (some via 3rd party MODS like SH3 Commander), it's not possible to cater for every single type of setup/realism setting. So, I've made some very broad categories that I hope might suffice (please chosse the once closest to your indvidual approach to the game).

What realism setting do you use?
1. Extreme Hardcore : 100% realism + D.I.D
2. Hardcore : 75% - 100% realism
3. Macho Man : 50% - 75% realism
4. Tough Guy : 25% to 50% realism
5. Super Soft : 0% to 25% realism

I'll go first ,and vote 5. :D

Thanks,
Dud

[AndyW]

Realism 85% because I turn on external view and scope stabilization (historically correct) + DID + Manual Navigation.

Guess that makes me an extreme harcore player.

Cheers,

[Jimbuna]

-1 :smug:

[gmuno]

Straight 1, i always play sims at 100%. Anything less isn't a sim anymore...

[Kapt Z]

Hardcore= 94% + DID

[Sharkley]

#2 + D.I.D

[Synthfg]

#2 but resurrection allowed

[sharkbit]

#2 + DID
:)

[HanSolo78]

Type 3 :salute:

[SpeedyPC]

Real dead hardcore #1 while I am still :damn::damn::damn::damn:

[Oneshot/Onekill]

#2+DiD

[PBV]

At 72 I guess I'm a macho [que Village People :P]

With DiD, btw

[nfitzsimmons]

#3 + DID

[PappyCain]

#1 D.I.D. & #2 D.I.D

:salute:

[Hanomag]

Numbah two G.I. !! :arrgh!:

[Sailor Steve]

#2 + DiD. I'm too lazy not to use the Weapons Officer. I'm finally weening myself of the external views, but there I am.

...scope stabilization (historically correct)
I really don't want to go off topic, but you started it!:p2:

How were the scopes stabilized?

[Bent Periscope]

Type 2, I only get to play sporadically so I have to make the best of it.

[Onkel Neal]

Super hard core. If I die in the game, I will go drown myself in the bath tub :ping:

[Lt.Fillipidis]

84% + D.I.D. I use the god's eye (which im thinking of turning off)
and weapons officer assistance. I wont say no if you tell me to do manual on a shot and i will probably find my target if its less than 5000km but i believe that 100% is too much for one man.

[JohnnyBlaze]

:rotfl: @ Neal

Compared to that I'm soft as baby cheeks :har:

Okay seriously I play at 85%. Weapon officer assistance on to identify targets, scope stabilization on for OLC gui and external view for eye candy. I guess I play D.I.D because I just started a new career after I was sank. I just haven't thought about it before.
And I use manual navigation and I'm going out there to do my job, but most of all I'm trying to bring my crew back home.

[GoldenRivet]

#1

I have my own recognition manual, I occasionally plot attacks on paper using pencil and compass and strait edge, I time ships by stop watch, and even have one notch on my belt for a 1x time compression patrol of about 2 weeks duration.

:salute:

next step, decorating my room with encased red lights! ;)

[Paul_IronCoffin]

100% realism, but don't play DiD. I don't want to spend several evenings just to lose my life. After all, I'n also expending my real life! It's only a game...

[RoaldLarsen]

See my sig. I tweak several config files via SH3 Commander for even more realism regarding equipment availability, patrol areas, sensor capability..., and I impose additional restraints on myself in areas the game does not model, such as reloading torpedos from external storage, max snorkeling speed, etc. I patrol the area BdU sends me to. I adjust my TC to reduce sightings of ships but maintain numbers of aircraft attacks.

When I lose a sub, I don't start over at the beginning of the war, when life is relatively easy. My new career starts up where the last one left off, but with a rookie crew. If a Kaleun retires, my replacement career gets a somewhat more experienced crew than rookie but usually not nearly as experienced as the retired one.

I don't do my own star sightings or other advanced navigation.

So maybe that makes me about a # 0.6

[Steeltrap]

2 + D.I.D.

I like external views and I use 'God's eye view' as I find the errors in the stadimeter too frustrating.

[Lzs von swe]

#2+DID.
External on, but use it only for screenies. Well, almost only for that...
Gods eye on and no, I´m not going for manual targeting but I have no weapon officer helping me. Makes 80%.

Is that semi realistic:hmmm:

[Snorkle]

#2 at 86%, D.I.D like Roald Larsen, Gods Eye ON, everything else off.
TC usually below 128 except for empty homeward runs.
Hoping to understand how to plot 100% manually soon.
Full manual torp setting in the TDC, not even using the datapad.

[Captain Nemo]

#2 + D.I.D.

Nemo

[difool2]

I'm assuming "DiD" means "Dead I'm Dead." Been here 5+ years or so and never saw that term used here before.

In any event #2. It isn't "realistic" for the captain to madly rush from station to station like he's the only competent crewmember on board (or the only one on board).

[Onkel Neal]

As long as you're enjoying the game, it's the right level for you.

Now excuse me, my U-boat just succumbed to a 4 hour depth charging and I have to go kick my girlfriend out of the bathroom :dead:

[Wicked Popsicle]

#2 I think in the next few weeks i am going to learn how to do the TDC.

[JHuschke]

Hardcore 100% :yeah:

[Wicked Popsicle]

huh and SS man I see I am with the 2nd SS myself in RO.

[timmyab]

80% + DID.I don't like manual targetting and I don't think it was the captain's job anyway was it?I do have a house rule though that I must have sight of the target for at least five minutes before I can launch unless it's very close range.Not sure how realistic this is.
For me DID is the thing that generates the excitement.That's where the fear and the joy comes from.It hurts when suddenly it's all over but it's all good character building stuff.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm assuming "DiD" means "Dead I'm Dead." Been here 5+ years or so and never saw that term used here before.

How odd, considering all the threads devoted to it. It simply means "Dead is Dead", meaning you've died, the career is over and there is no way you would resurrect it by reloading an earlier save.

[tomfon]

1. Extreme hardcore, but the WO does the recognition for me.

I've never managed to survive the war. I was always depth-charged to death. This hedgehog is deadly accurate. You may survive the depth-charging but you will not make it if the destroyer attacks with the "hedgehog" thing as well. Now, if there is another destroyer around... kiss your officers and confess your sins ; the black ripper has come to visit you. :-?

Anyway, that's just me.

[Larry U-136]

Number 2

[Greystone]

I'm surprised that no one appears to be playing at #4, and only one so far at #3...
I play at #4 (43%).

[GoldenRivet]

As long as you're enjoying the game, it's the right level for you.

Now excuse me, my U-boat just succumbed to a 4 hour depth charging and I have to go kick my girlfriend out of the bathroom :dead:

if i had a dollar for every time :har:

[iambecomelife]

#2, DiD. I keep the external camera mainly for screenshots. Never had much use for auto targeting - it is a lot of fun to "eyeball" my torps.

I love old games like "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe", where there's no way to resurrect your guy (without modding tools). I still remember getting my P-47 ace killed on his second-to-last mission when I was 11 years old. :rotfl:

[kiwi_2005]

I am so hardcore that when i go on patrol i turn my monitor OFF... :yep: :yawn:


[serously realism is around 80+ %, sometimes manual targetting On/ sometimes not. I mean no need to have a stroke over the game. :) ]

[DaveU186]

I've pretty much tried it all with regards to realism and accuracy, with mods and so on, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm a bit inpatient and so on, and prefer keeping the realism to the minimum.

[Jimbuna]

I've pretty much tried it all with regards to realism and accuracy, with mods and so on, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm a bit inpatient and so on, and prefer keeping the realism to the minimum.


You play the game at whatever level your happiest at....nothing wrong with that http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[Kongo Otto]

#2
I play with 85 % + D.I.D :yeah:
I could play with 100% but guys over 40 years of age, like me, could have a heart attack from it. :har::har::har:

[nikbear]

Realism settings vary,but never less than 50% and DiD,Always!:yeah:it really depends how much time I have available,whole weekend to myself:06:then the realism gets cranked up,quick fix of U-boat carnage:06:then it goes down a bit,horses for courses as they say,whatever makes you happy:yeah:

[Greystone]

"I am so hardcore that when i go on patrol i turn my monitor OFF... :yep: :yawn:"


Thanks, Kiwi; it's been days since I've had a good laugh...:know:

[gadflyjs]

#2, with external cam and "god eye".

[astak9]

Type 3 player (about 74% reality) :salute:

but what the heck is DID:-?

[Sailor Steve]

I've pretty much tried it all with regards to realism and accuracy, with mods and so on, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm a bit inpatient and so on, and prefer keeping the realism to the minimum.
WELCOME ABOARD!:sunny:

but what the heck is DID:-?
Dead Is Dead. If you die your career is over - no reloading saved games to 'save' a kaleun you like just because you can.

[Otto Heinzmeir]

I've re-evaluated what type of player I am. I decided i am DIDID. Which means once I get killed I quit playing, since in real life you only get one chance. I didn't count DID's from silly stuff like hitting bridge Pylons and micro islands while at TC. The simulation plays true. A real life Kaluen had no chance of making it through the war. Now that I got my history lesson, I may mod the game instead of playing it. Only playing to game test. But since the weather here is finally nice. Probably won't be around till next winter.

[Task Force]

Between 4&5

I play DID. But I use externals... everything else turnt on.:yeah:

[Contact]

1. Extreme Hardcore : 100% realism + D.I.D

Arrhh.. It's still not that extreme as SH3 says, but it will be very close to it when I start exploring real navigation mod on my next career :yeah:

[Murr44]

Type 3. I play DiD too; will not reload a previous save unless I have a CTD with the current one. Fortunately that doesn't happen very often.

[Sailor Steve]

Well, there are times when Dead is NOT Dead, such as when for some unexplained reason the Kiel auto-transit in GWX runs you into the shore and you die. Or when you reload the game and it runs you into the bottom for no apparent reason.

[Murr44]

Well, there are times when Dead is NOT Dead, such as when for some unexplained reason the Kiel auto-transit in GWX runs you into the shore and you die. Or when you reload the game and it runs you into the bottom for no apparent reason.

I'll reload a career if either of those things happen. I've only slammed into the shore once during the Kiel auto-transit & only experienced the dreaded "crash dive of doom" :eek: once that I can remember. Otherwise I play DiD.

[Otto Heinzmeir]

I've actually gotten board with the game. Its probably just tooling around in the harbor listening to gramophone tunes when I get back to it. Or I will go back to GWX and look for schools of Dolphins. Too bad we can't go fishing for Sailfish or something.

[Bent Periscope]

:DL4 to 3, depends on my day.

[Brer Rabbit]

95% "god's eye" and DID. Goal is to survive and bring crew home---unfortunately that hasn't happened too often. just finished my first career with GWX3 -- three patrols sunk while trying to engage my first real convoy attack Oct 31, 1939. I have mainly concentrated on easy pickins, ie single ships.

[Paul Riley]

As long as you're enjoying the game, it's the right level for you.

Now excuse me, my U-boat just succumbed to a 4 hour depth charging and I have to go kick my girlfriend out of the bathroom :dead:

:rotfl::rotfl:

[Paul Riley]

I've just started playing at 100% with the map updates off,which I don't know if i'm going to like,we'll see :shifty:

[Bronzewing]

Type 2, but then I like type 2s. I sank a Nelson class (not sure which one of them it was) at anchor in the old U3. I play at 78%

[onelifecrisis]

DID and my own version of "100% realism" ;)

[Ancient Mariner]

Hi

I'm still fairly new to the forum here,but have lurked for a while and finally joined on.

I play in the 75%+ category,haven't quite got the hang of manually aiming the torps yet but once i do i will be setting it to manual.Also DiD always has been.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome to SUBSIM AM :yep:
Enjoy your stay.

[Ancient Mariner]

Thanks man,gave it a go today on manual torps,but ended up gettin DC and blown to bits,luckily it wasn't my career.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Ancient Mariner http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

That's two we have now http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif (check out Sailor Steve).

[Wicked Popsicle]

I just recently pounded myself up to 100% D.I.D.

[fgsr1969]

100% only way nothing, more dissapointing than a miss after a miscalculation however there is no greater reward than hearing those bulkheads moan and groan after a successful hit due to correct calculations.:salute:

[Leandros]

no. 3 - 65% - I like to delegate responsibiblity to my very good officers. Also, the technical guys are wizards with those torpedoes - which give zero duds.....:DL.

Not to talk about the outside view which is a major part of the entertainment.

[applesthecat]

I think the goal of gaming is entertainment, and the external views add to that, even though not being true to life, so I include external views. Seeing your torpedo race towards the target, not knowing if it will hit is a joy the real uboat guys didn't have. Why rob yourself of that joy if the point of gaming is entertainment? Increased realism doesn't always translate into increased enjoyment. Sometimes in the quest for realism, we lose the plot.

BTW, what is DID?

[sharkbit]

DID=Dead Is Dead

You die, you don't play the game again for a year and a day!:D




Just kidding:
You get sunk, you don't reload a previous save-unless you died because of some stupid TC thing or computer issue. You start a new career, not necessarily from the start of the war again though. I start from the next month. I want to expereince the whole war.
:)

[h.sie]

I'm a MBvM-Player. MBvM = Mad by the variety of Mods. Since I found this forum, I've never played SH3, because I spent all my "playing time" with trying and testing all available mods, making my own little tweaks, making my own (not very famous) hsGUI and so on, all in order to get my "most realistic" game, which I still have not. It really drives me crazy, but there will be a stop point now. Some little changes to ship and submarine acceleration/deceleration and some little improvements to my hsGUI, and then .... SH5 perhaps comes out and I can put all my work into the trash.


aaaarrrrrgh!

[sharkbit]

I'm a MBvM-Player. MBvM = Mad by the variety of Mods. Since I found this forum, I've never played SH3, because I spent all my "playing time" with trying and testing all available mods, making my own little tweaks, making my own (not very famous) hsGUI and so on, all in order to get my "most realistic" game, which I still have not. It really drives me crazy, but there will be a stop point now. Some little changes to ship and submarine acceleration/deceleration and some little improvements to my hsGUI, and then .... SH5 perhaps comes out and I can put all my work into the trash.


aaaarrrrrgh!
Keep up the good work! I've used some of your mods.
:DL