Louvert
06-11-12, 09:32 AM
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Greetings All, Louvert here. I am new to the world of sub sims having spent the last decade or so flying in the war-torn skies above the Western Front. However, I decided it was time for a break from that theater while I wait for the next edition of Over Flanders Fields to be released, and since my father had wanted to serve in the Navy in WWII, (but was denied such service due to health issues), I though I would give him a tip of the hat and enlist with the submariners in SH4.
This is really quite a wonderful sim, outstanding graphics and interface, and I love the manual targeting it offers. I've just completed 16 weeks at sea to start off my first campaign, as Captain of the Tarpon, departing from Pearl on December 9th, 1941 and returning on April 4th, 1942. Refitted at Midway on the way out and back and three more times down at Surabaya while completing a variety of missions in the regions between there and Japan. Had several very close calls with some enemy destroyers, but did manage to evade them each time. Also had numerous run-ins with aircraft, and while we were nearly always able to dive before they got to us, my AA gunner had to do his job on at least three occasions. Ended the tour with a total of 87,500 tons of merchant ships to our credit, and a few medals for my crew as well as the Navy Cross for me. Just refitted at home port and after a month's leave we are ready to take to the seas again.
I should mention I am running SH4 Gold at 80% realism with contact updates left active as well as the use of the external camera, (though I've only used that once just to see what our ride looks like from the outside). It is really very exciting and challenging to hunt for those lone merchant ships, stalk them, and send them to the bottom before they have a clue we're even there. I've yet to attack a convoy, but I will do a bit of reading on how to go about that and just might give it a go on this outing.
BTW, nice digs you folks have here but ah, where's the bar? I assume new Captains buy the drinks.
Cheers!
Lou
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Greetings All, Louvert here. I am new to the world of sub sims having spent the last decade or so flying in the war-torn skies above the Western Front. However, I decided it was time for a break from that theater while I wait for the next edition of Over Flanders Fields to be released, and since my father had wanted to serve in the Navy in WWII, (but was denied such service due to health issues), I though I would give him a tip of the hat and enlist with the submariners in SH4.
This is really quite a wonderful sim, outstanding graphics and interface, and I love the manual targeting it offers. I've just completed 16 weeks at sea to start off my first campaign, as Captain of the Tarpon, departing from Pearl on December 9th, 1941 and returning on April 4th, 1942. Refitted at Midway on the way out and back and three more times down at Surabaya while completing a variety of missions in the regions between there and Japan. Had several very close calls with some enemy destroyers, but did manage to evade them each time. Also had numerous run-ins with aircraft, and while we were nearly always able to dive before they got to us, my AA gunner had to do his job on at least three occasions. Ended the tour with a total of 87,500 tons of merchant ships to our credit, and a few medals for my crew as well as the Navy Cross for me. Just refitted at home port and after a month's leave we are ready to take to the seas again.
I should mention I am running SH4 Gold at 80% realism with contact updates left active as well as the use of the external camera, (though I've only used that once just to see what our ride looks like from the outside). It is really very exciting and challenging to hunt for those lone merchant ships, stalk them, and send them to the bottom before they have a clue we're even there. I've yet to attack a convoy, but I will do a bit of reading on how to go about that and just might give it a go on this outing.
BTW, nice digs you folks have here but ah, where's the bar? I assume new Captains buy the drinks.
Cheers!
Lou
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