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maillemaker · 06-14-07, 11:12 AM

Yeah, I've been wrestling with this while watching all these "100%" realism posts.

I tried it myself, and it was a little underwhelming to me.

First, I've turned back on the auto TDC. I found I could, in fact, sink ships without it, but to me the biggest problem was identifying ships. It just took too long to ID a ship. I think a real submarine captain would not be thumbing through the ID book - he would know on sight. So to me it is probably more realistic to have the auto ID on. If it would just do the auto ID, I could do the range and speed calculations myself.

So I turned the auto TDC back on. Maybe as I get more experience looking at ships I will be able to ID them by eye rather than having to use the ID book. The ID book is very slow, I find, to click from page to page.

I tried running with no Map Updates, but to me this is like sailing blind. I'm the Captain, dang it, and I expect my crew to keep track of things like contacts. I don't want to have to "do it all", running the hydrophone, checking the periscope, and tracking the positions on the map.

So I've got everything off except external view, auto TDC, and Map Updates.

The external view, well the game is boring just watching pole-dancing sailors in my sub - I like the view. The TDC compensates for my lack of nautical experience to identify ships. And the Map Updates just makes the game far less tedious.

So that's me.

06-14-07, 11:12 AM	#4
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I've been wrestling with this while watching all these "100%" realism posts. I tried it myself, and it was a little underwhelming to me. First, I've turned back on the auto TDC. I found I could, in fact, sink ships without it, but to me the biggest problem was identifying ships. It just took too long to ID a ship. I think a real submarine captain would not be thumbing through the ID book - he would know on sight. So to me it is probably more realistic to have the auto ID on. If it would just do the auto ID, I could do the range and speed calculations myself. So I turned the auto TDC back on. Maybe as I get more experience looking at ships I will be able to ID them by eye rather than having to use the ID book. The ID book is very slow, I find, to click from page to page. I tried running with no Map Updates, but to me this is like sailing blind. I'm the Captain, dang it, and I expect my crew to keep track of things like contacts. I don't want to have to "do it all", running the hydrophone, checking the periscope, and tracking the positions on the map. So I've got everything off except external view, auto TDC, and Map Updates. The external view, well the game is boring just watching pole-dancing sailors in my sub - I like the view. The TDC compensates for my lack of nautical experience to identify ships. And the Map Updates just makes the game far less tedious. So that's me.