Resources

[Linton]

When you play DW or SC what resources do you have next to the computer e.g. ping list,weapons table etc?

[Ultraboy]

A coke.

The lack of anything else may explain my success rate. :hmm:

[OneShot]

At first I had the manual, Frequency list, a calculator, lots of white paper and stuff like that next to me (not to forget a bunch of notes). Nowadays I rely on memory and my intuition at least as far as the airborne platforms go. If I play a sub or the FFG then its back to square one with manual and all the stuff I can get.

[Bellman]

The following :-

1. X-keys keyboard - allows one key macros. Switchable 2 layers - one for Subs one for Heli.

2. A vertical noteholder unit at each side of the monitor, with.......

3. Flip-Frame transpareny protectors* modified to hold 'Check-Lists'
(Several - Cavitation, Sub max/mins etc.)
* Acquired from a clearance cut-price shop for peanuts - nobody there new what the heck they were for. :lol:

4. Magnetic board featuring a manual sonar progress system.

5. Headphones & mike.

6. A nodding old Moose on top of monitor 1 and Pengun rocker paused to launch from the top of the
other momitor.(sic) **

7. A large mug of tea.

** Very sensitive signal receptors - one starts nodding vigorously the other leaps into space as the
wife stomps into range ;) A Momitor is a must !! :hulk:

PS. I suspect the young and talented dont need such clobber !!

[goldorak]

I use only the frequency list and from time to time the manual when I forget the weapons characteristics. :oops:

[Bellman]

:lol: There are now 4 ways to do things !

:-j

[Kapitan]

When i play i have a drink, and my blue folder which contains 3 manuals ping list's ect.

I rarely use it.

[Fish]

Coffee, and a sheet with range conversions (miles to yards, yards to miles).
Headset.
And I ike to have a nodding moose. :lol:

[SeaQueen]

When you play DW or SC what resources do you have next to the computer e.g. ping list,weapons table etc?

-Hot tea

-My laptop, with my ASW planning spreadsheet for quick an easy calculation of various things that seem to pop up again and again (limiting lines of approach, CPA course, CPA distance, barrier effectiveness, area search effectiveness...). It's mostly navigational kinds of issues. Also I have the frequency list opened.

-A stopwatch.

-A scientific calculator.

-One of the hats I've collected from vessels I've visited. You gotta have the hat. :|\

-Lately, Die Zauberflote has been essential operating equipment as well. I'm all about all of that coloratura.

[Bellman]

Dang it - I must make a severe protest about the interpretation of 'resources,' SQ. :D

Any piece of equipment acting as an advanced warning device like my moose can be interpreted as a neo-military
resource - an adjunct to intensive military gaming in the face of severe 'local opposition !. But the divine
and gentle Mozart is hardly conducive to simulated military perations. The soporiphic relaxed mood induced
is not appropriate to putting blood in the water.
I know the Admiral, who the lads nickname Sarastro, prefers the 'Twilight of the Gods.' It is that sort of music,
he says, that inspires and stiffens resolve ! :hulk: Mind you the 'ole f*rt aint into Opera or he'd run with
'Don Giovanni, a cenar teco' - the darker sides Commendatore would be right up his creek !

Hat use is one of those things we dont talk about - its for the late, late show. But it can happen ! ;)

[Kapitan]

I do have maps that i use frequently during long patrols and trail missions, they help me project the likelyhood of where my target is going and also helps rule out the areas where some submarines cant go.

Main area of operations being along the Lomonosov ridge under ice, it runs from greenland about 900 miles from baffin bay heading down to the pacific rim via north pole ending in the far east siberia about 2000 miles from the chukchi sea.

[Linton]

I think Bellman has lost it-perhaps we should rechristen him quasimodo as he was a bit mad due to his bells!Perhaps he had a heavy lunch of spam.Kapitan where do you get your charts,and what scale are they?Do you find them useful?What manuals do you have in your folder?

[Kapitan]

LOL questions questions

Iuse maps i find on the internet they are mainly of under ice ridges and hiding points, and also choke points i make up, i find them useful in missions such as close in trail, transit and a few other types of mission, they also help me project where you are most likely to go.

They are A4 size however i could get them larger and admiralty charts which are too big so A4 is a very good size.

In my book i have the FFG guide, blue book of submarine ops, verious ping and aquisition charts as well as sonar profiles and pictures, also my under ice guide and now the revised guide.

If you want we can try a track and trail, non combat mission and see how well these charts work, i can send you them also.

[Linton]

Would you give the address of the chart publishers to save some googling?

[Kapitan]

Cant it was a long time ago in fact way back to when DW was first released, i can scan and email them to you though.

[Bellman]

Linton before you get anoraky about maps ask yourself - will they conform to what is actualy represented in the game.

One of the most important considerations for submarriners is the topography. Distribution of underwater
features such as seamounts, ridges, depressions etc. Regretably, but understandably, given the scale of such
an undertaking, and its impact on the performance of the 'normal ' home PC, these features are either
not present or simplified.

A little 'Search ' - amongst others see:
http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=40277&highlight=contours

Note MaHuJa and Amizaurs posts particularly about constructing ones own topographical charts relevant to
what is in the game !

[SeaQueen]

But the divine
and gentle Mozart is hardly conducive to simulated military perations. The soporiphic relaxed mood induced
is not appropriate to putting blood in the water.
I know the Admiral, who the lads nickname Sarastro, prefers the 'Twilight of the Gods.' It is that sort of music,
he says, that inspires and stiffens resolve ! :hulk: Mind you the 'ole f*rt aint into Opera or he'd run with
'Don Giovanni, a cenar teco' - the darker sides Commendatore would be right up his creek !

Not warlike enough huh? Try pissing off a soprano some time. See how far that gets you. It's good to be a diva. Actually... if you really want to get into it, I'm a die hard balletomane. I take class 3 times a week. I've got the pink shoes to prove it too. :-)


Hat use is one of those things we dont talk about - its for the late, late show. But it can happen ! ;)

What? Are you afraid the children might find out about the hat?

[Bellman]

:lol: :o :huh: :oops: :yep:

[Bellman]

Almost missed Lintons little jibes ! Fish is very observant he reminds me they exist ! :ping:

L: I mus'nt swap infantile name calling so I will discard those labeling the humourless and analy retentive !
After all they deserve our sympathy and understanding ! Oh yes ! ;)

:-j

[Linton]

Gentlemen can we get back to the subject before the moderators spot the childish ranting!

[LuftWolf]

Oh, the moderators here actually encourage mindless ranting, so long as its done in a gentlemanly manner. :lol:

[Bellman]

'' In a gentlemanly manner'' :ping:

What is appropriate here in the 'Mess' is not on the bridge ! Most with RL and simulator experience can distinguish.

But BOT the thrust of 'interest' here was in maps - it would be interesting to hear proposals or experience/s.
No sarcasm intended ;)

[Linton]

I think Kapitan's use of the maps is a good idea.It also gives a better feel for the seaspace you are using.