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groomsie · 02-18-09, 01:19 PM

The "stutter" I normally interpret as when there is a lot to process in the game, such as if you are nearing a coast, shallow water, or lots of contacts in area. Keep in mind that the "contacts" may not yet be detectable to you, and I know when you see this stutter with no explanation it may be time to look closer (maybe go to 100' or so and listen?).

Are you seeing this stutter all the time, or in particular are you seeing it in open ocean away from contacts and land?

Regarding awards, may want to look into Captain Scurvey's (sp?) Medals mod, it is very good I think and now that he has it updated for TMO 1.6.3 and I've gotten back to port I'm going to re-initiate it.

Something I saw allueded to some time back is I do think it is possible the way you start your career impacts awards: My first career I started the game in "Easy" and gradually worked up to manual targeting and full realism, but I almost always got the CMOH at each patrol end, to the point it was kinda annoying. This career I started in "Realistic" and no reknown, then adjusted settings to same as first career--what I'm seeing is after 5 complete war patrols and comparable results, I have 1 award (a silver star) to my credit. So, I've heard that your initial setting carries on for awards despite what adjustments you may make from there on gameplay, and I'd say what I have seen supports this.

02-18-09, 01:19 PM	#2
groomsie Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Stoughton, WI Posts: 140 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	My $0.02 The "stutter" I normally interpret as when there is a lot to process in the game, such as if you are nearing a coast, shallow water, or lots of contacts in area. Keep in mind that the "contacts" may not yet be detectable to you, and I know when you see this stutter with no explanation it may be time to look closer (maybe go to 100' or so and listen?). Are you seeing this stutter all the time, or in particular are you seeing it in open ocean away from contacts and land? Regarding awards, may want to look into Captain Scurvey's (sp?) Medals mod, it is very good I think and now that he has it updated for TMO 1.6.3 and I've gotten back to port I'm going to re-initiate it. Something I saw allueded to some time back is I do think it is possible the way you start your career impacts awards: My first career I started the game in "Easy" and gradually worked up to manual targeting and full realism, but I almost always got the CMOH at each patrol end, to the point it was kinda annoying. This career I started in "Realistic" and no reknown, then adjusted settings to same as first career--what I'm seeing is after 5 complete war patrols and comparable results, I have 1 award (a silver star) to my credit. So, I've heard that your initial setting carries on for awards despite what adjustments you may make from there on gameplay, and I'd say what I have seen supports this.