Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1646848)

I resemble that remark :stare:

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water (Post 1646868)

Well if the shoe fits... :haha:

Originally Posted by thebigJ_A (Post 1649750)

everytime my watch officer sighted a ship, I'd hear "schiff gezeiten" twice, in two different voices! Also, that's all he'd say, both when he reported on his own, or when I asked for nearest contact. The text in both instances was correct. But always two guys' voices.

Originally Posted by thebigJ_A (Post 1649750)

More weirdness.

Things had been fine since my last post on this thread, until tonight. I was on patrol, and got a radio intercept for a convoy. I made a successful blind attack, middle of the night in a storm, didn't see any of my contacts. I put myself 90 degrees off their course and 1000m away, and fired at hydrophone directions. This was with full realism. Sorry for the digression. I had to brag to someone, girlfriend does not care!)

Anyway. I had to leave the house, so I paused and alt-tabbed. When I cam back a few hours later, as I escaped, everytime my watch officer sighted a ship, I'd hear "schiff gezeiten" twice, in two different voices! Also, that's all he'd say, both when he reported on his own, or when I asked for nearest contact. The text in both instances was correct. But always two guys' voices.

I stumbled right on a destroyer in the murk and had to crash dive. Took some damage. While down there, I got eight or ten messages in the text box that just said "CE:". Like the beginning of all messages from the CE, but blank. No voice either. He would report the depth just fine.

Very strange.

To give the end of my digression, I eventually got away (I don't think the destroyers had ASDIC, can that happen?) but my two periscopes and radio antenna are unfixable, as is my conning tower. Minor to moderate damage elsewhere. I battled flooding for an hour, and I have but a single aft torp left. IDK if I'll make it back around England to home. But hey, three ships sunk!

Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1649873)

I notice this sometimes. I've always assumed it was because the ship was off in a direction where one of the four watch crew spotted it first, and called it out... then the WO repeats it.

Sometimes there is a delay between the "schiff gesichtet" and the report of range and bearing, occasionally long enough to be annoying. I don't know why that is. Eventually I always get the full report, though, either by waiting or clicking. :DL

Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1649963)

If your not @100% realism the Esc key can be a Godsend :03:

Originally Posted by Missing Name (Post 1650293)

This is frustrating. It's like in Das Boot: "I want some PROPER damage reports!"

Originally Posted by thebigJ_A (Post 1650265)

Does that teleport you all the way to your home port?.

Originally Posted by thebigJ_A (Post 1650265)

If so, I'd rather not. Too cheaty for my tastes.

Originally Posted by thebigJ_A (Post 1649750)

Took some damage. While down there, I got eight or ten messages in the text box that just said "CE:". Like the beginning of all messages from the CE, but blank. No voice either.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1649873)

I notice this sometimes. I've always assumed it was because the ship was off in a direction where one of the four watch crew spotted it first, and called it out... then the WO repeats it.

Sometimes there is a delay between the "schiff gesichtet" and the report of range and bearing, occasionally long enough to be annoying. I don't know why that is. Eventually I always get the full report, though, either by waiting or clicking. :DL