RE: SHIII Watch Bill

[Arnold]

Is this watch bill to manage my crew accurate?

0000 - 1st sea watch, starboard engine room watch (2 officers/2 sailors), sonar room, radio room, control room sailors.

0400 - 2nd sea watch, control room sailors.

0600 - Port engine room watch (2 officers/2 sailors), sonar room, radio room. Wake up crew for maintence duties in bow or stern torpedo rooms.

0800 - 3rd sea watch, control room sailors.

1200 - 1st sea watch, starboard engine room watch (2 officers/2 sailors),
sonar room, radio room, control room sailors.

1600 - 2nd sea watch, control room sailors.

1800 - Port engine room watch (2 officers/2 sailors), sonar room, radio room.

2000 - 3rd sea watch, control room sailors.

2100 - silence in the boat for sleeping

exceptions: bad weather sea watches last 2 hours, battle stations, emergencies.

[Tessa]

As nice as you've worked things out there are some conflicts with it and how things were normally scheduled. Your approach is admirable, though micro-managing the crew to this degree will in the long run just drive you nuts and take up time.

A simple search should find it quick enough, while back someone posted a really great article on how Lemp? (can't recall with 100% assuredness of the captain that wrote the article, might have been Topp or Schempke) about how they ran the day to day operations of their boat and kept order. It's a great article that gives first hand insight into the day to day operations (when not engaged in combat or convoy action) and a lot of details you rarely hear about.

Trying to control your watches is like trying to control the weather, you can plan and try but once the first shot is fired any plans go straight out the window. Especially after a prolonged convoy fight (enhanced even more if you have to shadow the convoy to get into range to attack at night) you can easily have your whole crew at action stations for 2 or three days straight without any rest. Once the battle is over of course you still need to have watches manned but the entire crew needs a rest otherwise they're useless (of completely fatigued) if you happen to run into another convoy inside a day or two of the last engagement.

[Arnold]

As nice as you've worked things out there are some conflicts with it and how things were normally scheduled. Your approach is admirable, though micro-managing the crew to this degree will in the long run just drive you nuts and take up time.

A simple search should find it quick enough, while back someone posted a really great article on how Lemp? (can't recall with 100% assuredness of the captain that wrote the article, might have been Topp or Schempke) about how they ran the day to day operations of their boat and kept order. It's a great article that gives first hand insight into the day to day operations (when not engaged in combat or convoy action) and a lot of details you rarely hear about.

Trying to control your watches is like trying to control the weather, you can plan and try but once the first shot is fired any plans go straight out the window. Especially after a prolonged convoy fight (enhanced even more if you have to shadow the convoy to get into range to attack at night) you can easily have your whole crew at action stations for 2 or three days straight without any rest. Once the battle is over of course you still need to have watches manned but the entire crew needs a rest otherwise they're useless (of completely fatigued) if you happen to run into another convoy inside a day or two of the last engagement.
^ Thanks! I'm rather late in playing this game. I purchased the DVD version years ago, yet I was unable to afford a fast enough computer until I purchased one last week. I avoided installing the DVD version because I heard of problems with the anti-piracy software (starforce). I downloaded the game from Ubisoft and it works great! I passed my all of my exams with excellent scores. I'm starting out on my first patrol.

[Sailor Steve]

Starforce was only on the early versions. Any one you buy now is Starforce-free (and disc-free). I recommend the one that comes bundled with SH2. It's very cheap and works great. That's the one I use.

[Akela]

I passed my all of my exams with excellent scores. I'm starting out on my first patrol.

Congratulations and good hunting!! (We can use the help out here.)

[Yoriyn]

A simple search should find it quick enough, while back someone posted a really great article on how Lemp? (can't recall with 100% assuredness of the captain that wrote the article, might have been Topp or Schempke) about how they ran the day to day operations of their boat and kept order. It's a great article that gives first hand insight into the day to day operations (when not engaged in combat or convoy action) and a lot of details you rarely hear about.

Tessa can you give a link to this article, looks very interesting.

[frau kaleun]

Tessa can you give a link to this article, looks very interesting.

Yeah, if anybody can point to it that would be great. Sounds like a good read.

[Tessa]

Interview was actually with Luth (would never recommend anything written by Lemp), you can read it in full here (http://www.uboatarchive.net/LuethLecture.htm).

[Jimbuna]

Thanks for the link http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif