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Originally Posted by Twitchy

Hey, CCIP, where did you get that sig quote from?

The Oesten one?

From an interview with SHIII developers on... Softpedia, I think, a few months ago. They described their experience in working with Oesten on developing SHIII, and that's one of the things he's told them - he is, apparently, an active computer user.

The particular quote refers to a specific mission from a WWII sub sim (he didn't say which) which simulated one of the actual convoy battles he was in (probably the one involving the Malaya incident), and that was his response to playing that mission through :)

is there some kind of link to that interview? sounds VERY interesting.

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Originally Posted by Twitchy

is there some kind of link to that interview?

Yes.

It's called Google. :|\

Here's that bit of the article if you just want to read it:

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Softpedia News: What was Jurgen Oestenâ€™s contribution to Silent Hunter III?

Tiberius: First of all, he confirmed some of our research regarding the usage of submarines, the life aboard such a vessel and the tasks of a submarine commander. We also benefited from more obscure technical information unavailable anywhere else, like the famous dispute about Â« thermal layers Â». The notion of Â« thermal layer Â» represents a property of the water to reflect the sound in certain weather and hydrological conditions. Herr Oesten has confirmed us that during the war, although the German navy was evolved from technological point of view, they didnâ€™t succeed in devising a system that accurately detects these Â« thermal layers Â» so that they can be used in combat. We were considering about using this concept to allow the player to create specific tactics, but after talking to Herr Oesten, we decided to use it just as a random element.
On the other hand, he told us about some of his attacks, including the one against a British convoy, in which he succeeded in damaging a large warship, the Malaya battleship. Moreover, he offered us the perspective of a superior officer who also occupied the position of Chief of Staff for the North Sea theater of operations. This thing provided us with a better image on the development of the dynamic campaign. And for me, the anecdotes related to his war stories, are invaluable, because itâ€™s very hard to find someone that was an eye witness to those events and who is capable of accurately and objectively relating it.

Cristian: At his 91 years, he is flawless person, regarding the coherence of speech, the way he drives â€¦

Tiberius: Herr Oesten is a complete gentleman: he talks excellent English, he didnâ€™t approve to take the cab or to let us drive. He plays the computer, and related to the anecdotes Iâ€™ve mentioned before, he told us he played a submarine game, and one of the battles he was involved in was being simulated there and he said that: â€œItâ€™s very difficult to win, they beat me almost all the time. In real life it was much easierâ€ (ha!ha!ha!)

I got an email assignment to go sign into WAW forums. I dont know if i done this right, but i went to the forums and tried to sign in using my german player name yet can't remeber doing a password for this. So i register just now. i didn't use my german name. Just kiwi. Got accepted into forums but have to wait for a reply.

Was i suppose to register or was i suppose to use the german name that i chose when i filled out the forum to be accepted from the very begining.

waw is so frustrating.

three days ago. an email recieved from Bdu with title Assignment. Please head to the forums and sign up. Sign up as what? my german character or do i sign up new. I tried the german character but what was the password? im sure i never entered a pw when originally signing up to play waw. So i sign in new as kiwi i get in. I get a message i cannot enter until i get confirmation so i wait next day i get a email with title welcome to waw forums. Cool! i head back into waw forums and sign in as kiwi enter password. error message your username or pw is incorrect? Its not cause i copied pasted it to notepad when i created it the day before. I now cannot enter the forums and when i go to the 9th flotilla my german name is not there., yet i was told in an email before i have been assigned to the 9th. WHF or what the hell am i doing wrong. Im not blaming waw, because of the lack of info i am lost at sea. Most sign ups send you an email stating this is your username and password please keep in safe place etc., It should be explained in steps what us new comers have to do. Yes step by step.

I think where i went wrong was the signing up in the forums Do i sign in under the German name or create a new register???

I'll throw a message on this to BdU - hopefully you guys can sort it out... :hmm:

Thanks. I know its me that has lost the plot so to speak. Ive done something wrong.

Thanks again

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

I believe you signed up on the forums as kiwi, however the rules state that you must sign up on the forums as your capt. name.

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You must sign up at the forums using your kaleun name as your login name

Just sign up using your capt. name and all should be well :up:

BdU
WaW

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Just sign up using your capt. name and all should be well

Thanks but one problem, i know my kapitans name but not the password :damn: :damn: :damn:

So how can i solve this? Is there anyway WAW can email me with my password for Hans Rahmlow. Or would it be wiser to just start all over again and reapply :hmm:

Man in the real world i would of probably been assigned to desk duty after all this :oops:

Desk duty in Stalingrad, perhaps. :hmm:

Avon or or iblitz: I saw that you have to download the WaW realism mod.....can you use that with other mods, like IuB, or SH3 Commander?

I spent most of a conference call at work today browsing the WaW wiki, and it definitely looks very cool! I'm ready to enlist as well!

I wonder of there were any real u-boat commanders named Von Scheerbach.... :hmm:

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Originally Posted by Von Scheerbach

Yes, you can use Rub and SH3 Commander, Harbour Traffic (however I am not allowing use of the Milk Cows yet)

Good Hunting

BdU
WaW

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Wolves at War sounds fantastic. I do have one question though.. do I understand correctly that manual targeting is optional?

I am proud to say i am an player that requires WO help. If i want realism then i'll go build me a real uboat :lol:

Dowly,

I was trying to keep things simple and easy for the Flottilla Commanders by have just one posting for grid assignments in each Flottilla and the Kapitans just getting the grid assignments in that manner.

Your idea, has merit but there are some logistical issues with this. Each Flottilla Commander would need send out between 15 to 20 individual posts to the members of the flottilla in the respective Communications forum to assigne patrol grids, not every Kapitan sails at the same time or does every patrol, therefore some wasted time and effort for the Flottille Commander.

Trust this answers the reasoning for doing it the way it is done.

Good Hunting,
FUBAR
aka von @ WAW