I'm almost forced to play in navmap station.. because my laptop is not so performing in 3D and moreover gets hot too much (the DDs could hear my cooling fan!)

Most of my time is spent at the map screen or bridge with occasional visits to the crew management screen.

When nothing is happening, I play at TCx128 so most of the time is on chart view. When on TCx1 I'm wherever needed.

When reading, I'm usually on the bridge at TCx1

Thanks for all the ideas
 

I notice that I like to sit at the map desk and play with the TC on as well.

When we spot something, I have a habit of wanting to go see what it is. So I go to exterior camera view.

I just learned about the Control F2 key to freely move about the ship so I'm having fun with that.

Also, did you know that if you're at the periscope and hit the 0 key you will get a view of the periscope like you're standing in front of it, if you hit the 0 key again then you get a view of the conning tower. Didn't know that one either!

ah yes, immersion

tc x 128 on map most of the days of the patrol, but i'd say i spend most gaming time in some or other 3d environment. just love standing on the bridge, in the control room or in the radio room. or in my bed while watching telly or reading a book

just for fun, try this: disable external (and ofc. event-) camera. then listen to the torpedoes as they congregate with the screws. much more interesting in fact than watching the wake track towards the hull in the outside cam. you'll spend more time identifying targets and getting things done from the inside of the boat, it's likely to be more rewarding

anyway that's how i like to play and it hasn't gotten boring yet :)

Map view most of the time. (I have this weird fetish when it comes to maps and atlasses. They make me at ease. Everytime I walk past a streetmap I feel the need to examine it. Google Earth/Maps? Tishews needed!) When nothing is going on I keep an eye out for contact reports while listening to the Gramaphone. Which does get repetative soon, but that's realism for 'ya. Allways with moderate TC (64x-128x). Until I have made visual contact (or should soon) then stay at TC 1x. Most of the time I await a visual contact while looking through the (OLC Gui) Observation scope in the expected direction. Except in the night I use the binoculars mostly because they are less blinding. I mostly ask my watch officer for bearings and range as I plot so that's done via the map aswel.

I have my crew arranged in a 2-shift system so I only go to the crew panel when needed to switch them. The crew I have now hardly need babysitting (just nap-time every 2 hours).

As for staying on your uboat or not. Yes, I feel the free-cam is too free and reveiling. Conningtower view is as free view as I allow myself. Torpedo cams I allow myself to see where and how they meet their appointments. Also for reasons of eyecandy. But I'll turn that off eventually. Bosje makes a compelling argument.

I find that this is the game that has pulled me in the most.:yep: Sh4 may have the graphics but not the same feeling, Theres just something diffrent.:hmm: I have a habbit of getting into the game and staying on it for days.:D Never been so intrested is subs in my life.:rotfl: My friends know me as the sub boy.:know: