Frenchy,
Thanks for the help. My "fuel level in snorkel" was a typo in the subject, which I found I was unable to edit, but you figured out what I meant.
Also thanks for identifying the SMGs in the rack in the conning tower; I couldn't figure out which SMG they were.
I often forget that Europeans seem to have more "grown-up" attitudes about wine than lots of us on the west side of the pond. I used to play in a community orchestra in Homer, Alaska, with the father and grandfather of the singer, Jewel. Yul, the grandfather who immigrated from Switzerland to Alaska, mentioned during a break in a rehearsal for "Amahl and the Night Visitors" that "back home" there'd be wine backstage for the performers, who could generally be counted upon not to abuse it.
And it *is* a bit more romantic & civilized feeling than having carbon tet in the bottles, like the little family picture on the bulkhead in front of one of the dive planesmen.
I don't know if there's a shortcut to just appear in the conning tower. When I start taking incoming ordnance, sometimes I still get so nervous that I can't point-and-click fast enough and accurately enough to get around in the boat to do stuff myself instead of relying on my WO and such. I *do* use the "H" shortcut LOTS because I often hear targets before my SO does, so I frequently dive to periscope depth and go listen myself if nothing has been showing up visually or on radar from the bridge at the surface. I wish there were a "Shift-T" or similar to get me into the conning tower.
Thanks again for the help. Obviously I don't *need* to see the actual fuel gauge, and even with the Shift-F2 roaming mode, I still don't get to see any comparments forward of comms or aft of the command room. Guess that's why I've got a Chief Engineer who can tell me the mundane stuff
diddly dahdidah
Zygoma
May your number of surface operations exceed your number of dives by one, at the end of your career.
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