Time compression.

[Admiral Halsey]

Is it really that dangerous to go above 256x compression in waters that aren't safe? I'm still used to playing SH4 and 8192x compression and this is the only thing holding me back from playing SH3 more often.

[RConch]

Personally, I do not go above x64 when the War starts.
There are numerous posts\threads detailing the issues that can happen at high time compression. Not the least one being that you could be dead before you even know why.

Do a search on this topic and I think you will find all your answers and can make up your mind.:salute:

[Pisces]

It's not so much a guarantee that things will go wrong. It's a chance thing. More that you reduce your chances of intervention in time when it does happen.

[BigWalleye]

Time compression is not inherently more dangerous in SH3 than in SH4. It's just that, in SH4, there are large stretches of ocean out of the reach of maritime patrol aircraft and not patrolled by surface fleet elements. In SH3, those open ocean areas are a lot smaller. Eventually, by late war, they are non-existent.

Consider that an aircraft cruising at 150 kts is covering 77 m/sec. At TC 1024 - the maximum recommended for NYGM - that aircraft can cover 79 km(!) in one update cycle. With the horizon at 20 km, this means that, from detection to engagement, you have one second to react.

The flip-side is that, with transit distances so much smaller, you don't need to play SH3 at the high TCs that are needed to keep SH4 from becoming a crushing bore. In SH3, you are in an active combat zone practically from the moment you leave the submarine pens, with maybe a bit of a breather in mid-ocean. The two games play very differently, as they should. I'd suggest you try SH3. Keep the TC low. You won't be bored!

[maillemaker]

I think it depends on the speed of your computer, too.

I routinely run at 4028 or whatever it is and my system will halt on running into something.

However, running into a destroyer in bad weather at high TC is usually bad.


Steve

[Paulebaer1979]

I routinely run at 4028 or whatever it is and my system will halt on running into something.
Yes. I do it this way, too. On large trips to Penang (LSH 5.1) i went up to 8192. But for this high TC you need a powerful rig (http://www.sysprofile.de/id115494).