Small questions not worth opening a new thread

Kruger · 09-22-08, 08:14 AM

Hi guys,

1 - Did US Subs get fitted with snorkels during ww2 ? I really miss my good old VIIC back in the Kriegsmarine days.

2 - How do you get a new boat in SH4? Do you have to buy it (stupid idea) like in SH3?

Quillan · 09-22-08, 09:56 AM

No snorkels during the war, and new boats are just luck. As far as I know, every time you end a patrol and there's a better boat available there's a chance that you will be offered it. It doesn't cost you any renown if you accept it, however, you'll only have the standard gear on the new boat and will have to purchase upgrades all over again. You might find yourself in a new port, too.

kylania · 09-22-08, 10:04 AM

The upgrades I've had were just given to me. However the way it was given was silly. After a patrol I get a generic screen saying "You've been offered a new boat, we won't tell you what it is but you must choose now!"

SteamWake · 09-22-08, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylania

we won't tell you what it is but you must choose now!"

This always bothered me. Only through experience and knowledge do you have a clue as to what it might be.

But then again generally speaking it is an 'upgrade' however if your happy in your current boat /shrug.

I cant see "Hey we have a new boat avail to you... care to take her on?" "Uhhh what kind of boat, what can she do? Whats her weapons, range, speed?" "Well we cant tell you... so you want it or not?"

Ivan Putski · 09-22-08, 01:08 PM

I`ve been offered new boats several times, always decline, and stay with the one I have. The renown system has always bothered me in SHIII, ans SHIV. New equiptment should be available on certain dates, and according to where you are based at the time. Supplies may, or may not be always available in certain areas. Puts

Kruger · 09-23-08, 03:30 AM

Exactly. This is why I always cheated the renown system in SH3 and modified it by hand. However, in SH4 it doesn't seem to be necessary, for I always have the money to buy a couple of Cuties.

Another queastion for you guys. I was watching Destination Tokyo last night, and there is the sequence where the boat's cook gives the crew some Christmas presents. He complains that he never gets a medal, no matter what the boat's successes are. Does anybody have any extra information about the cooks on Navy's subs ? Did they ever get a medal ? After all, in my opinion the cook is one of the most important man aboard, and his job can be sometimes harder, because he has to concentrate on something else than the action itself.

SteamWake · 09-23-08, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kruger

I always have the money to buy a couple of Cuties.

Yea but what about torpedoes

Kruger · 09-23-08, 11:43 AM

...geez, I forgot 'bout them

Fishie · 09-23-08, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kruger

I always have the money to buy a couple of Cuties.

Yea but what about torpedoes

Priorities, man! Priorities!!!

Task Force · 09-23-08, 03:37 PM

I dont like the fact that you dont know what kind of boat you are going to get. Some boats are worst than the one I have now.:rotfl:

Kruger · 09-23-08, 04:21 PM

Hm serious problem. It seems that my sub will forever be doomed to be "The flying yankee"

I receive a message that Manila is under constant attack, and my based changed to surubaya. Great. I arrive at Surubaya, only to find out that I can only ressuply, but I cannot dock.

I check the map and see that Manila is still blue. So i plot my course to there, only to find out that it is guarder by some jap subchaser. WTF ?

I radio in my status, and I am ssigned a nex patrol zone, after previously being told that I can get back to post (Ghostly Surubaya)

Am I going to spend the entire war in an eternal patrol ? Where can I dock ?

SteamWake · 09-23-08, 04:39 PM

Frustrating aint it. Shame they cant just tell you where to go...

In the meatime look for the Blue Anchor that is 'tilted' or not straight up and down.

Failing that there is this http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ding+home+base

Task Force · 09-23-08, 04:44 PM

Try Fremantal, austrila.

Kruger · 09-23-08, 05:19 PM

Thanks folks. It seems that I have to sail to Pearl. 10k km

)

Kruger · 09-24-08, 05:10 AM

Hi all. I am now reading the
Current Doctrine Submarines (USF-25(A))

At
Section 5

point 4505 is states that " Multi-speed torpedoes should be kept set continually to the highest speed which will reach the target under the conditions existing. "

Then why are torpedoes set by default in SH4 at low speed and magnetic impact ? Is there a mod to change this default setting, or can I manually change a config or something to reflect the reality ? I find it very annoying to set all torpedoes manually, and when I reload to find them set default again.

09-22-08, 08:14 AM	#1
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Small questions not worth opening a new thread Hi guys, 1 - Did US Subs get fitted with snorkels during ww2 ? I really miss my good old VIIC back in the Kriegsmarine days. 2 - How do you get a new boat in SH4? Do you have to buy it (stupid idea) like in SH3? Last edited by Kruger; 09-22-08 at 09:30 AM.

09-22-08, 09:56 AM	#2
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	No snorkels during the war, and new boats are just luck. As far as I know, every time you end a patrol and there's a better boat available there's a chance that you will be offered it. It doesn't cost you any renown if you accept it, however, you'll only have the standard gear on the new boat and will have to purchase upgrades all over again. You might find yourself in a new port, too. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

09-22-08, 10:04 AM	#3
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	The upgrades I've had were just given to me. However the way it was given was silly. After a patrol I get a generic screen saying "You've been offered a new boat, we won't tell you what it is but you must choose now!" __________________

09-22-08, 01:08 PM	#5
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I`ve been offered new boats several times, always decline, and stay with the one I have. The renown system has always bothered me in SHIII, ans SHIV. New equiptment should be available on certain dates, and according to where you are based at the time. Supplies may, or may not be always available in certain areas. Puts __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."

09-23-08, 03:37 PM	#10
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I dont like the fact that you dont know what kind of boat you are going to get. Some boats are worst than the one I have now.:rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

09-23-08, 03:30 AM	#6
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Exactly. This is why I always cheated the renown system in SH3 and modified it by hand. However, in SH4 it doesn't seem to be necessary, for I always have the money to buy a couple of Cuties. Another queastion for you guys. I was watching Destination Tokyo last night, and there is the sequence where the boat's cook gives the crew some Christmas presents. He complains that he never gets a medal, no matter what the boat's successes are. Does anybody have any extra information about the cooks on Navy's subs ? Did they ever get a medal ? After all, in my opinion the cook is one of the most important man aboard, and his job can be sometimes harder, because he has to concentrate on something else than the action itself.

09-23-08, 11:43 AM	#8
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	...geez, I forgot 'bout them

09-23-08, 04:21 PM	#11
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Hm serious problem. It seems that my sub will forever be doomed to be "The flying yankee" I receive a message that Manila is under constant attack, and my based changed to surubaya. Great. I arrive at Surubaya, only to find out that I can only ressuply, but I cannot dock. I check the map and see that Manila is still blue. So i plot my course to there, only to find out that it is guarder by some jap subchaser. WTF ? I radio in my status, and I am ssigned a nex patrol zone, after previously being told that I can get back to post (Ghostly Surubaya) Am I going to spend the entire war in an eternal patrol ? Where can I dock ?

09-23-08, 04:39 PM	#12
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Frustrating aint it. Shame they cant just tell you where to go... In the meatime look for the Blue Anchor that is 'tilted' or not straight up and down. Failing that there is this http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ding+home+base

09-23-08, 04:44 PM	#13
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Try Fremantal, austrila. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

09-23-08, 05:19 PM	#14
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Thanks folks. It seems that I have to sail to Pearl. 10k km )

09-24-08, 05:10 AM	#15
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Hi all. I am now reading the *Current Doctrine Submarines (USF-25(A))* At Section 5 point 4505 is states that " Multi-speed torpedoes should be kept set continually to the highest speed which will reach the target under the conditions existing. " Then why are torpedoes set by default in SH4 at low speed and magnetic impact ? Is there a mod to change this default setting, or can I manually change a config or something to reflect the reality ? I find it very annoying to set all torpedoes manually, and when I reload to find them set default again.

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