So ive Discovered the true SH 3.
 

Yeah been playing GWX for a while at 80% realism (auto targeting and external view allowed) and the game started getting boreing uninteresting.


Read up on manual targeting and practiced then started a DiD career with it.

Wow its like a whole new game I feel so satisfied when I perfectly aim a torpedo and blow ship up in one good critical hit.

Its like every shot is a personal vendetta.
100% Realism forever!!! :rock:

:|\\ welcome to the 100 % realism club :ahoy:

Agree!!! :up:

Manual targeting is a whole new game...

Maraz

I've been playing with manual targeting for a year. Now I found an even more interesting feature - doing manual targeting without the lock function, as there was no lock target in WW2 TDCs. The key here is learning how to estimate the range to target, as AOB and speed are easy to "guesstimate". Finding the range without locking is however the hardest challenge, especially in heavy seas.

You set the bar to a new height kaleun :arrgh!: :up:

Someday I have to get into this :yep:

RDP

Once you fell into the dark side there is no return, young padawan :arrgh!: Muahhhhhaahhah

I loved AOD and consider it the best subsim ever done, but once I got hooked by the manual targeting I could no longer return to AOD. This thing is addictive, and it even got me started in doing wiz wheels and such.

BTW Packerton, I really recommend you to build one of the availables, it really gives you that feel that is the ice on the cake.:up:

If after a number of patrols you find that manual targeting starts getting a little redundant, the next immersion step would be to add manual navigation. Turning that on a few months ago made this game look brand new again after playing it for almost two years.

I'm really enjoying the "GWX - 100% - manual targeting - manual navigation - DiD" combo of the game and feel that $29 I spent back in summer '05 was one of the best transactions ever made!!

My next move/wish is to sail in a real WWII U-boat (if I can find one) :arrgh!:

Yes, I agree that sailing in a real U-boat would raise the immersion factor a bit, but it would probably come in at a price tag well above $29. :D

Lol yeah, how cool would that be? Can imagine Bernard yelling ALLLAAARRRRMMM when he sees an airliner lol.

Please excuse my ignorance....but what is DiD?

Dead is dead :up:

DiD means Dead is dead... you don't reload saves so kind of makes you nervous sometimes...:-?

When manual targeting will get boring, try manual navigation, this is another new game...:D

Thanks, it takes discipline but I agree that it certainly adds to the suspense. I find myself listening very carefully to where the depth charges are exploding.

I take it the manual navigation essentially gets rid of your sub icon and you have to manually plot your heading/speed/time?

Doesn't sound like this would be for me (I spent my at sea time in the engine room) but I can certainly appreciate the added dimension....perhaps one day