We regret to inform you...
 

....that U-108 (IXB) has been lost at sea with all hands in may 1942, off the coast of USA :damn:

Apparently the skipper thought that he was finally out of the range of those pesky Catalinas - Aber Nein! He did put up a good fight, downing one of the Catalinas earlier, but the last one appeared after a long pause and so the skipper thought it was all right to go to TC 128 :cry:

Well, dead is dead. Too bad about my crew, they were good men all well trained.

---- RATS ----
Sven

U-417 fires three shots with the deck gun to honor the heroes of U-108.

I`m having problems with the enemy planes too. The Bay of Biscay is their playground now.

Watch that time compression vs. enemy air in later years, it's
a sure killer of U-Boats...


JIM

I second what FAdmiral said! time compression becomes your enemy in later years, when it comes to aircraft attacks.

There are no roses on a sailors grave,
No lilies on an ocean wave,
The Only tribute is the seagulls' sweeps,
And the teardrops that a sweetheart weeps.

Hi all

Thanks for your kind words - and Drebbel for the flowers :sunny:

Yes, TC can be a killer, we all know that! So I tried to be very careful, sailing 'Deck Awash', and if surfaced I had the flak manned. And I kept to TC64, and kept my finger on the backspace button.

But, as I said: After shooting down the second to last Cat, I had sailed TC64 for most of the night, leaving square CB (I think) on course SE. So I really thought I was in the green, relieved my flak gunners and went to TC128, waiting for dawn where I would submerge. 2 Minutes later (still pitch dark), "Aircraft spotted". It was too close to dive, so I manned the flak guns, went to AKA (had been travelling at slow speed to preserve fuel), 15 degr stb rudder - to no avail. 2 bombs on top of me, sound of water and broken glass, a short glimpse of the damage screen with most of my boat red and the crew too...You're D.E.A.D.

Sigh - I was actually a bit shaken. Just goes to show how much you are immersed in this fantastic game!

New career: This time I think I'll stick to type VII to avoid the long patrols. I need to see some convoys around England, I haven't seen one in my last 10 patrols or so (I 'died' on no 15). Maybe I should also try RuB, it seems very interesting!

Brgds
Sven (former U-108) :arrgh!:

Crew of the U-110 will toast their fallen comrades.

Hi,

Jürgen Müller, The captain of U-78 and his crew feel deep sadness at the loss of fellow Wolves!

Regards

Kaleun

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TimeStop=0
RealTime=1
LandProximity=32
CriticalDamage=1
CrewEfficiency=1
AirEnemyDetected=0
SoundEffects=2
CharacterAnim=4
EnemyDetected=8
RadioReport=8
Particles=8
PrayState=8
HunterState=32
3DRender=16
Maximum=4096

editing ur tc in the main.cfg in ur save folder realy helps...
my game autopauses as soon as a aircraft is spotted/detected.

Therein lies the problem: When is the enemy DETECTED?? Answer: When he is SEEN!

At night or reduced visibility that is often too late! If only we had a mechanism to drop TC when the stealth icon trurns RED. But the only mechanism I know of is your eyes, and how fast you are on the backspace key :-?

Oh, and I do have set my TC to 1 on any enemy detected.

BRGDS
Sven

Spotting of planes is a bit ****ed up.

But not to worry, there may be some mod fixes on the way.

:sunny:

The faster the TC, the smaller the response time of the watch crew. It shouldn't really be like this. The applies to planes and ships alike.

No, the planes have an extra variable that needs to be taken into account, which is their height. Ships are only distance. The height at which crew can spot can be modded, so hopefully it'll have an effect...

The speed of your PC also has an effect on this I beleve.