Oh well this isn't ominous at all

[frau kaleun]

Getting ready to start my first combat patrol of a new career and Commander informs me that my Obersteuermann has been killed in a bar fight.

:o

I guess I picked the wrong day to give up quaaludes. :O:

*sniff*

He was just an Oberfähnrich! He should've been in his bunk writing a letter home to his Mutti, not out engaging in drunken fisticuffs.

I keep telling the lads, if anybody makes fun of you again for having a woman kommandant, just smile mysteriously and give them a wink and a somewhat suggestive eyebrow-waggle and WALK AWAY.

Then point them out to me later and I'll open a can of Lady Kaleun Fu on their sorry butts.

OTOH I guess it's a good thing I played that first patrol at 100% realism, cuz now I'm gonna have to spend some renown to get me another navigator.

[brett25]

if anybody makes fun of you again for having a woman kommandant,:rotfl2:

[Jimbuna]

I keep telling the lads, if anybody makes fun of you again for having a woman kommandant, just smile mysteriously and give them a wink and a somewhat suggestive eyebrow-waggle and WALK AWAY.



Are you sure that's what they were making fun at :hmmm:


http://www.spunangel.com/uploaded_images/ugly_person-720907.jpg

:D

[sergei]

I guess I picked the wrong day to give up quaaludes.

:DL

[frau kaleun]

Are you sure that's what they were making fun at :hmmm:


http://www.spunangel.com/uploaded_images/ugly_person-720907.jpg


Well if the poor boy was gonna insist on handing pictures of his sister around, then he should've been a little less sensitive about the family resembance.

[Jimbuna]

LOL :DL

[Dissaray]

Who knows, this could be a good omen. Perhaps he was fated to die that day, had you gone out earlyer then he would have to have died on your boat and that could cause any number of issues most unplesant.

[TarJak]

Meh just get another one for the meat grinder!:arrgh!:

[frau kaleun]

Meh just get another one for the meat grinder!:arrgh!:

Done and done. :up:

[Paul Riley]

I never knew they could actually DIE while on leave :o
Do you also have realistic crew transfers on too?

[Didd]

On a similar theme, I once had one of my finest killed by partisans...in Wilhelmshaven!! That was a bit of a surprise - in a French base fine, but surely this didn't happen in Germany? Or did it?

[sergei]

On a similar theme, I once had one of my finest killed by partisans...in Wilhelmshaven!!
:o

I'm pretty sure once I lost a petty officer due to a car accident.

[Jimbuna]

On a similar theme, I once had one of my finest killed by partisans...in Wilhelmshaven!! That was a bit of a surprise - in a French base fine, but surely this didn't happen in Germany? Or did it?

It did in SH3 apparently :DL

[frau kaleun]

I never knew they could actually DIE while on leave :o
Do you also have realistic crew transfers on too?

Yes, realistic crew transfers.

Usually it's somebody transfering out to another boat, and someone transfering in fresh from training.

But I have also had crewmen who were arrested by local police for public drunkenness, injured in an auto accident, went on leave and never came back... and now killed in a bar fight.

It makes it interesting, especially after I've printed out my crew list at the finish of one patrol, given out whatever awards and quals were earned, and assured myself that I am satisfied with how things stand as we "prepare" to go out again.

And then I hit the "launch SH3" button and *POPUP!* find out my Chief Engineer went AWOL. :O:

[Sailor Steve]

When I have one die or just disappear, I roll a die. If I roll a one it happened at the last minute, and I sail one man short.

[Paul Riley]

When I have one die or just disappear, I roll a die. If I roll a one it happened at the last minute, and I sail one man short.

You have some interesting quirks Steve :DL

[frau kaleun]

When I have one die or just disappear, I roll a die. If I roll a one it happened at the last minute, and I sail one man short.

My boat always sails one "man" short. :O:

[Exakt]

My boat always sails one "man" short. :O:


True... but I wonder which pic in SH3Commander you use... no woman there...

Well, here is one that might do... (size 100x150, just like SH3Commander uses...)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/VAC1012/Frau_Kaleun.jpg

[Paul Riley]

True... but I wonder which pic in SH3Commander you use... no woman there...

Well, here is one that might do... (size 100x150, just like SH3Commander uses...)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/VAC1012/Frau_Kaleun.jpg

How do you insert your own images into Commander?
Thanks :)

[Exakt]

How do you insert your own images into Commander?
Thanks :)

Basically, you can use any pictures, but 100x150 size is the best... to replace it with another, double-click on the picture, it will open the browse window... choose your pic... if you want to use another one, out of the selection, you must make sure that you put the picture into the following folder X:\Program Files\SH3 Commander\Images\

[frau kaleun]

True... but I wonder which pic in SH3Commander you use... no woman there...

Well, here is one that might do... (size 100x150, just like SH3Commander uses...)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/VAC1012/Frau_Kaleun.jpg

Nah, I just take whatever kaleun Commander gives me. If I were gonna put in my own pic it would probably be something more like:

http://thebooksmugglers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/15578__04aliens_l.jpg

[sergei]

Good call.
Ripley is one Bad Ass M*********R :DL

[Paul Riley]

put the picture into the following folder X:\Program Files\SH3 Commander\Images\

That was what I was after,thanks mate :up:

[Paul Riley]

Good call.
Ripley is one Bad Ass M*********R :DL

Damn right!
"get away from her you BITCH!" :arrgh!:

[Paul Riley]

Frau,

How about Diana from the legendary V the mini series from the 80s?
Not only was she tough she was a god damn sexpot on legs :yeah:
http://www.stargods.org/V_Diana.jpg

[frau kaleun]

Good call.
Ripley is one Bad Ass M*********R :DL

I'm not sure it would work out too well, though.

Me, viewing Hood through periscope:

I say we take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Crew, giving each other nervous looks:

Uh... frau kaleun, was ist "nuke"?

[sergei]

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/554/alienshudsongameover.jpg

[Paul Riley]

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/554/alienshudsongameover.jpg

Hudson "what do we do now man,what do we do?!"
Burke "why dont we build a fire and sing some songs?"

:rotfl2:

[sergei]

My favorite Hudson quote

'I'm ready, man, check it out. I am the ultimate badass! State of the badass art! You do NOT wanna ******* with me. Check it out! Hey Ripley, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you! Check it out! Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Vwap! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase-plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks... '

:DL

[Jimbuna]

Ripley rocks...every time :rock:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7HTO3jP-_lk/Sh4GVdBsBkI/AAAAAAAACww/M-jdZ5GQgI4/s400/Ellen_Ripley_05.jpg

[frau kaleun]

Ripley rocks...every time :rock:

I wanna be her when I grows up. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

I wanna be her when I grows up. :yep:

Well you'd better book the op in advance :O:

[krashkart]

Did you leave port on a Friday? :DL

[Paul Riley]

My favorite Hudson quote

'I'm ready, man, check it out. I am the ultimate badass! State of the badass art! You do NOT wanna ******* with me. Check it out! Hey Ripley, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you! Check it out! Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Vwap! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase-plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks... '

:DL

Surely you must have had the film running at the same time as typing that,that was pretty impressive.
LMAO @ "sharp sticks" ,classic stuff :har:

[Dissaray]

Well you got to have sharp sticks. How else are you going to dispatch the aliens? Frankly I am suprized the Germans got as far as they did with the U-boats without having any sharp sticks on board. Then again they did lose the war.... Maybe a connection? :hmmm:

[sergei]

Surely you must have had the film running at the same time as typing that

Nope, used the interweb to find that.
It's great :DL

[frau kaleun]

Well you'd better book the op in advance :O:

No rush. I'm not planning on growing up anytime soon. :D

[Paul Riley]

No rush. I'm not planning on growing up anytime soon. :D

Just how old ARE you Frau? ;)
Sorry to be a rude nosey git :oops::up:

[frau kaleun]

Just how old ARE you Frau? ;)
Sorry to be a rude nosey git :oops::up:

Old enough to know better, still too young to resist. ;)

In all seriousness I would have been 46 come September, however since "Operation Merlin" went into effect in 2004 I have in fact been aging backwards and was expecting to turn 32 (again) this year.

Sadly, joining this forum has had some unintended and unforeseen effects on my plan, accelerating the process beyond my control. My current estimates indicate that I am now rapidly approaching 8 years of age.

It's possible I could arrest or even reverse this development if I stayed out of the Caption This Photo and Awesome Jokes threads, but where's the fun in that?

[gmuno]

Be happy that you're 8 again. You can go to school with not much to worry about. You've got regular vacation, someone else does all the paying and not to speak about having to do all the homework. All you have to do is cleaning the mess in your room a bit every fortnight...

[Sailor Steve]

I wanna be her when I grows up. :yep:
My mom is hurt.:cry:

[frau kaleun]

My mom is hurt.:cry:

I shall be them both, for my name is Legion.

[Jimbuna]

Just how old ARE you Frau? ;)
Sorry to be a rude nosey git :oops::up:

Steady on there tiger :rotfl2:

[krashkart]

Old enough to know better, still too young to resist. ;)

In all seriousness I would have been 46 come September, however since "Operation Merlin" went into effect in 2004 I have in fact been aging backwards and was expecting to turn 32 (again) this year.

Sadly, joining this forum has had some unintended and unforeseen effects on my plan, accelerating the process beyond my control. My current estimates indicate that I am now rapidly approaching 8 years of age.

It's possible I could arrest or even reverse this development if I stayed out of the Caption This Photo and Awesome Jokes threads, but where's the fun in that?

As they say; humor is the best medicine. :DL

[Paul Riley]

Old enough to know better, still too young to resist. ;)

In all seriousness I would have been 46 come September, however since "Operation Merlin" went into effect in 2004 I have in fact been aging backwards and was expecting to turn 32 (again) this year.

Sadly, joining this forum has had some unintended and unforeseen effects on my plan, accelerating the process beyond my control. My current estimates indicate that I am now rapidly approaching 8 years of age.

It's possible I could arrest or even reverse this development if I stayed out of the Caption This Photo and Awesome Jokes threads, but where's the fun in that?

Keep up the good work,stay young and fight hard! :D
God bless video games!

[Paul Riley]

Steady on there tiger :rotfl2:

;) ...meow

[Jimbuna]

http://www.antonine-education.co.uk/physics_a2/Module_4/bear_trap.jpg

[Gaijin]

I say we take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Crew, giving each other nervous looks:

Uh... frau kaleun, was ist "nuke"?

Herr Hudson: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Frau Vasquez: No. Have you?

[frau kaleun]

Herr Hudson: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Frau Vasquez: No. Have you?

:haha:

Classic.

[Paul Riley]

Hudson - "somebody saild 'alien' she thought they said 'illegal alien' and signed up!"
Vasquez - "f##k you man!"
Hudson - "anytime anywhere"

:har:

I never thought we would be discussing aliens in a uboat forum LOL

[Snestorm]

OTOH I guess it's a good thing I played that first patrol at 100% realism, cuz now I'm gonna have to spend some renown to get me another navigator.

100% realism? Y E S ! I am totaly impressed.

[frau kaleun]

100% realism? Y E S ! I am totaly impressed.

First patrol. August 1939. Not too hard to play at 100% realism when all you have to do is not run into anything for four days. :O:

[Snestorm]

First patrol. August 1939. Not too hard to play at 100% realism when all you have to do is not run into anything for four days. :O:

Please, let me know how you like it.
It certainly is a different game, without all the perks.

It's the fact that things can, and do, get screwed up that realy keep it exciting.

[frau kaleun]

Please, let me know how you like it.
It certainly is a different game, without all the perks.

It's the fact that things can, and do, get screwed up that realy keep it exciting.

Well I am on my second (first combat) patrol now and I really really REALLY like it! Mainly because I decided to use Commander to fool the game into thinking that my current realism options actually do add up to 100%.

:haha: :oops: :rotfl2: :rock:

Basically I finally decided that, after several weeks of not really "playing" because I was just trying to work the kinks out of all the mod combinations I was looking at, what's fun for me right now is to go out, sink ships, live to tell the tale, and get amply rewarded for it. So for the time being whatever options I choose are going to be 100% realism for me.

When that gets too easy I'll ratchet the difficulty level up a notch or two.

[Snestorm]

Well I am on my second (first combat) patrol now and I really really REALLY like it! Mainly because I decided to use Commander to fool the game into thinking that my current realism options actually do add up to 100%.

:haha: :oops: :rotfl2: :rock:

Basically I finally decided that, after several weeks of not really "playing" because I was just trying to work the kinks out of all the mod combinations I was looking at, what's fun for me right now is to go out, sink ships, live to tell the tale, and get amply rewarded for it. So for the time being whatever options I choose are going to be 100% realism for me.

When that gets too easy I'll ratchet the difficulty level up a notch or two.

Oh! Now I see. That's cool.
Maybe you should call it "100%", with quotation marks?
(At least you have to drive yourself home now. That in itself is quite an addition.)

[frau kaleun]

Oh! Now I see. That's cool.
Maybe you should call it "100%", with quotation marks?
(At least you have to drive yourself home now. That in itself is quite an addition.)

I confess I came very close to putting a value of 1 on one of the options I wouldn't select now anyway, thus keeping my realism to 99%, so I would still have the option to teleport home. :O:

But when I started using limited fuel the point of that was to make it so I would have to take into account the journey home when I was looking at fuel consumption and reserves, which I have done a good job of so far - the only reason I ever teleported after that was if I was just loading a patrol to test a mod out and then needed to exit again so I could make some changes, or maybe because I was very close to home anyway but didn't want to plod slowly through the harbor as constant ship/plane sightings dropped me to 8 TC over and over again.

Now If don't feel like dealing with the harbor traffic I use Commander to start and end at sea, so that's not really an issue. And if I'm testing mods I don't get fair enough away from my start point that teleporting is even necessary to re-dock.

Plus I like keeping patrol logs and it wouldn't look right if it showed a ship sunk in grid AM52 one day and then "returned: Wilhelmshaven" the next.

(I should add that the first patrol, I did actually play at "real" 100% realism. Since there was no hunting or being hunted, it wasn't really much of a difference, except I kept hitting the key for ShipCam and then grumbling because I didn't have one!)

[Snestorm]

but didn't want to plod slowly through the harbor as constant ship/plane sightings dropped me to 8 TC over and over again

You're braver than me. All sightings drop my TC to 1.

[frau kaleun]

You're braver than me. All sightings drop my TC to 1.


Well planes seem to drop to one automatically and I used Commander to make it drop to 1 for enemy ships but how do you get it to drop to 1 for friendlies/neutrals?

[Sailor Steve]

Well I am on my second (first combat) patrol now and I really really REALLY like it! Mainly because I decided to use Commander to fool the game into thinking that my current realism options actually do add up to 100%.
I edited mine in the actual game files. I stick with 99% because, like, what if I lose my rudder, man?

One of the options I leave on is Weapons Officer Assistance. Between 'Manual Targeting' and the Assisted Plotting mod it feels real without being too hard. I make up for it by taking many sightings, so there is a chance they'll spot my scopie.

You're braver than me. All sightings drop my TC to 1.
Same here. I cruise out of the harbor in real time. For the Kiel Canal I use the mod that makes them see it once and shut up.

[Snestorm]

Well planes seem to drop to one automatically and I used Commander to make it drop to 1 for enemy ships but how do you get it to drop to 1 for friendlies/neutrals?

Documents / SH3 / data / cfg / main

Time Stop: 0
Real Time: 1
Land Proximity: 1
Critical Damage: 1
Crew Efficiancy: 1
Air Enemy Detected: 1
Sound Effects: 2
Character Animation: 4
Enemy Detected: 1
Radio Report: 1
Particles: 1
Pray State: 1
Hunter State: 1
3D Render: 32
Maximum: 1024

I thought I remembered a setting for "Ship Spotted", but I don't have it in my notes.
If it exists, it should be "1".

[frau kaleun]

:DLDocuments / SH3 / data / cfg / main

I thought I remembered a setting for "Ship Spotted", but I don't have it in my notes.
If it exists, it should be "1".

I don't see anything for that in the GWX main.cfg. Wasn't an option for it in Commander either, which is why I was wondering how anyone got it to drop for non-enemy ships.

Not sure I want to drop to 1TC in that situation anyway, I was just curious.

[Snestorm]

:DL

I don't see anything for that in the GWX main.cfg. Wasn't an option for it in Commander either, which is why I was wondering how anyone got it to drop for non-enemy ships.

Not sure I want to drop to 1TC in that situation anyway, I was just curious.

Sorry, I can't help you with that one, as I don't have either GWX, or Commander.

Note: They are both outstanding!
I just have a more "ala carte" dining style. Just some small mods and a-little (lidt) tweeking.

[Jimbuna]

Sorry, I can't help you with that one, as I don't have either GWX, or Commander.

Note: They are both outstanding!
I just have a more "ala carte" dining style. Just some small mods and a-little (lidt) tweeking.

Duly noted http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6356/av129190fjwl3.gif

[Snestorm]

Duly noted http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6356/av129190fjwl3.gif

You knew that, you you you devil you.
( S M I L E Y )

(No emoticons either).

[brett25]

Duly noted



:rotfl2::yep: