No Time Compression:
For those with no time.
As many of you have read I am trying to complete this round of SH3 with no time compression and play in real time.
Well, as much as I love it, I have to "Mod" the way I play to ensure the "real" feel without having to spend 100's of hours in front of my PC, as it stands I sit in front of one all day 5 days a week.
So I have made the following changes, I lowered my realism to 50%, I know, I know BOO HISSS....I am not playing the real game, but as I see it, I am Captain and I want my crew to work for me, not the other way around. So only aspects of technolgy can fail and weather conditions are as real as can be as well as fatigue models.
I also had to "Mod" the way I play, so I changing the following, during my playtime I play at 1X only when I shut down for the night I note my speed and course, the following day I TC to where I would be if I ran all night/day at 1X.
Of course this runs into some minor and major problems:
1 - I have to ensure I used all the same settings as night before to ensure the correct amount of fuel/battery is used
2 - I have to ensure that crew get switched at the correct time to show a "end of shift" time.
3- (MAJOR) any encounters I face while in TC create a huge impact in game play as I should have hit them hours before or possibly missed them. (still unsure if this is a major problem or not)
I hope this way will work, if not I am going back to 1x only as I enjoy that time reading history books and watching movies on my laptop or surfing subsim..etc
I look forward to any thoughts you may have, feel free to share them.
