Reflections of a noob
 

I finally upgraded my computer 2 weeks ago and went and bought SH4 (my old puter would not have worked- 1.5GHZ CPU and ATi 8500). At first I spent a little time on the ubisoft SH4 forum- jeesh, talk about a depressing place.:nope: After reading all the ripes, I wondered if I'd enjoy this game.:cry:

Then I came here to download a mod- what a breath of fresh air!:sunny:

Yes, I understand there are problems with the game (haven't personally hit them yet), but people here take a proactive approach.
If it can be fixed- you fix it.
If it can be improved- you improve it.
If someone needs help- you help them without getting snarky. Actually, you're often downright polite.:cool:

After installing the major mods, I was blown away by the changes in the game. In fact, I've just run on the surface looking around- never thought a game could bring back memories of running on the surface in real life. Of course, there's no diesel sound on a nuke boat;) (unless someone/thing scrammed the reactor).

Many thanks to all those who have worked SOOOO hard to bring the mods to this game, and who've taken time to answer questions I would otherwise have asked (usually find my answer with a search).

This is a great group of people with incredible patience and talent- nice to be here.

OK, now that I'm done brown nosing, back to work:D

Welcome aboard, enjoy the game and have fun!!!!:up:

Welcome to subsim SWDW :up: enjoy the fresh air and some of the finest mods ;)
/Kriller2

Thats why I came here and stayed. Welcome aboard!

I came for the tips.. stayed because of the free food.. ;)

Welcome aboard matey! I felt the same as you (alot of apparent bad reviews), but I'm lovin' the game so much.. despite the frightening mission's I've been handed thus far.. :p

Is there free beer also?:D

Only German beer.. and it mostly tastes like Bernard has been soaking his socks in the vats for a few weeks..

That is what gives it the kick that it has;) . The lint balls are a little distracting though:shifty:

tater, one of our brilliant modders, wants to change these missions to reflect real life a bit more accurately. Hopefully his labor on this will bear fruit!

O/T
 

Slightly O/T, but what's a Gold Crew?

Tater, Tater:rock: I love his mod. Much more realistic IMO.

Seriously though.. Photo Recon of Hiroshima in a Peach on my first mission.. :damn:

I made it back alive though.. Purple Heart and Bronze Star for my efforts.. :rock:

BN's have two crews...a Blue and a Gold...
Maximises time that a SSBN can stay underway.

Nice nice, very nice.... welocme to the fold and dont be afraid to ask stupid questions.

Its a great game, and a good community. It will only get better from here trust me ;)

SSBN's and now, SSGN's have 2 crews so they can maximize time on patrol. The boat can stay out and under much longer than the people can w food also being a consideration.

One crew is the Gold crew and the other is the Blue crew. (Navy colors you know;))

The old patrol cycle was 70 to 80 days on patrol, bring the boat back and do a turnover for 2-4 days (4 days if you were coming in with a severe problem) and then the new crew had her. They'd do a refit for 21 to 30 (usually 30) days which also included a shakedown cruise and then the boat would go out on patrol with the new crew. The crew on shore was called the "off crew" and would spend the first 4 weeks on a really light schedule and then would spend 8 hours a day 5 days a week in training of various kinds.

There is a new cycle being adopted I haven't read the details on yet- but there you have it, the basic concept behind the terminology.