wont your pc fry after bein switched for day/weeks on end? and what if u have to leave the house durin a convoy attack or while your bein depth charged?

I don't know about his PC in particular, but generally modern PCs can run for months or years without problems. At home I have an old Debian-based server (233 mhz P2, modded to be extra quiet), which has been running since mid-2005 with only a few short "service breaks"(cleaning, a few minutes at most). Currently the uptime is just short of 12 months. Granted it's not the same as playing SH3 nonstop.

Good luck for your patrol GoldenRivet :up:

His PC won't fry. In fact, it's less stressful to leave it running.

Where I worked we once had a PC that was turned off every day at COB, and turned back on every morning. One morning, it wouldn't boot. Since it was under a maintenance contract, we sent it out to our vendor.

The problem turned out to be that the constant heating/cooling cycles from turning it on and off had worked the processor chip out of the socket (before the days of ZIF locking sockets). All it took to fix it was to push the chip back down.

Besides which, the PC I'm posting this on has been on continuously, except for during thunderstorms, for 2+ years with no ill effects.

my PC routinely runs for days on end already, besides, i have a lot of time off the next couple of weeks.

i hope to have a good patrol but one that only lasts about 12 days:up:

Good luck captain, .... by the way .... are you sure you took adequate supplies, f.e. beer?;) You know thirst may kill you faster then ASW patrols:-?

Good luck GoldenRivet! I read a thread over on the Ubi forum (some time back) that somebody tried a x1 patrol in a type IX! He was never heard from again! By the way, the boss has just asked if you could come in Tuesday....?:)

msge begins

From: U-843
To: U-202

Yr dep noted per BdU advice. Good hunting.
KL Bert

msge ends

From: U202
To: Bdu

01aug1941
1300 Hours
Bf5114

Daily Report

No Sightings No Contacts :: Have Received Your Message Regarding Status Of La Spezia :: Fourteen Torpedo, Two Hundred Nineteen Rounds Deck Gun Remaining Nine Hundred Eighty Rounds AA Remaining :: Fuel Food And Water Status Good :: Weather As Follows :: Wind Two Two Seven Degrees At Three Knots Sunny Sky Scattered High Cirrus Clouds Visibility Excellent Calm Seas :: Continuing On Course At This Time :: Request That You Forward Any Reports Of Enemy Contact Relevant To Our Area Of Operations :: Expect Next Report Within Twenty Four Hours :: End

From: U202
To: Bdu

01aug1941
1743 Hours
BF4323

UPDATED WEATHER :: SEA VERY ROUGH :: WIND TWO TWO ZERO DEGREES AT TWENTY NINE KNOTS :: SKY CLEAR AND VISIBILITY EXCELLENT :: BARO PRESSURE FALLING RAPIDLY :: NOTHING OTHER TO REPORT :: End

From U 505:

Hmm, I wonder, how will you handle the situation I'm currently in at 1x TC

Bad weather, fog rain, 15m/s wind, the whole shebang, a convoy, about 500km west of Ireland Februari 1942, convoy heading NE, first picked up heading NNW in BE38 and stalked it (at TC) to AM48 where it turned NE, weather still the same for about 48 hours now

have been shadowing fairly close, between 10 and 25km, monitoring hydrophones regularly waiting for weather to clear. counted at least 5 Escorts, that by this time may have radar so needs constant vigilance....

How to deal with 48+ hours of shadowing, employ spare crew that's around? extra coffee?

your thoughts?

the best course of action in that scenario would be to have at least one other person here with me who was as into SH3 as i am... this way we could monitor the game in shifts.

the course of action would be much the same as in real life... stalk the convoy and wait for the weather to break. frequent sound checks to keep an eye on them. and a realization that the weather might not break before the convoy reaches the shallows. at which point if that is the case... plan B: return to course and hope for another encounter.

1x TC is maddening in that regard. right now im about 400KM west of Brest... and i have been at sea now for 22 hours. my last ship contact was the escort from port which turned around and faded into the distance behind us... after that the gulls gave up interest and headed inland... after that the light house outside of brest faded steadily away and at that point it was just U-202 and the sound of the ocean.

this morning i set my alarm for 4:00 am to follow my routine, cook breakfast, check on the progress and crew etc doing a sound check so close to france was pointless so i skipped it.

I was worried about the threat of aircraft but gambled and remained on the surface throughout most of the night last night and thoughout today

i have done three crossword puzzles now, cooked lunch and about to have dinner and my main source of any scenery in SH3 is an endless sprawl of blue waves.

im currently past my 10th save game. with mnay many more to go for sure.

the computer has not missed a beat fortunately. I have dual monitors and through the past 22 hours and 14 minutes of game play i have "task switched" about a thousand times without any problem.

given sea state and wind conditions the use of the deck gun is out of the question right now. its unfortunate that we cant forecast weather on here because as of yet... no matter what target i come across it will have to be hit with torpedoes.

one thing is for sure... whatever ship i encounter is going to the bottom... come hell or high tide!

I can empathize a bit, I'm now going into the thrid night stalking that convoy and it's only about 150km to where it gets shallow, I don't mind that much, I'm well versed in 120m max depth evasion (GWX testing helps :D) the convoy is only going 6 knots and zigzagging a lot so i still have hopes, but I'm in a IXc and supposed to be Paukenschlaging about now... not harassing convoys well inside the western approaches...:hmm:

I have taking up the habit of gnawing my nails in frustration the past 5 hours though, I can't imagine doing that at 1x TC...:doh:

DAY 03

From: U202
To: Bdu

02AUG1941
1145 Hours
BF1883

NO CONACTS NO SIGHTINGS :: WEAPON LOADOUT REMAINS UNCHANGED :: WELL INTO KELTISCHE SEE AND PERFORMING NUMEROUS SOUND CHECKS :: HEAVY SWELLS WIND ONE ZERO NINE DEGREES AT SEVENTEEN KNOTS :: LIGHTNING OBSERVED AND NO RAIN YET :: VISIBILITY FAIR :: END

From: U-111
To: U-202

Good hunting!

Someone can create an on-line program where 2-4 players can work in shifts conrolling the boat. Say some one in Australia, one in the US, and, of course, one in Germany. As long as they make a pact to forsworn all other un-necessary activities such sex, business trips, family gatherings for the next, said, 6 years, while play this game. Of cause, things can always end earlier.:roll: