Hello

[Vipre]

I'm not much of a naval game person, space navies are a different story, but I am a fan of RPGs and simulation games in general and loved Silent Service on the NES back when.

Having come across effingcontroller's "Let's Play Silent Hunter III" on YouTube however and seeing not only how great it looked but how exciting it was to watch I started checking to see if I could add it to my collection. While my antique PC doesn't come close to being up for SH4 or 5 it is suited nicely for III.

After silently hunting it down, inspecting the manual and installing it, I loaded up the first Naval Academy mission and took a look around the boat and area with the external cam. By the time I finished the Flak tutorial I was hooked deep. I've never seen something look as insanely good on my PC before as watching from the seafloor looking up as a burning aircraft by pure chance crashed directly overhead.

Upon completing the Academy missions I launched a career on 81% difficulty. I left event cam and external cam on for the cinematic value as seeing torps run and going external underwater to watch ships sink is one of the best parts. Left the noise meter on despite not understanding how to get use out of it or paying much attention to it to begin. Finally left WO assist on in part because it didn't make sense why he wouldn't be able to do that task and in part to help teach me to do it by double checking my work.

Completed my first patrol, 10 days 9-3-39 to 9-13-39 out of Wilhelmshaven to AF87 and back. Had no luck in the zone itself as a storm blew in just as I reached the patrol area and I couldn't see or hear anything. I did sink a small Norwegian merchant on the way up, had to...it all but fell in my lap without my trying. Didn't know it's nationality at the time, couldn't see more than the outline in the dark, but it was out of Bergen headed straight at England so I consider it justified as it could've been British for all I knew at the time or supporting them.

I won't make habit of sinking neutrals though and would like to have explained what some of the posts I've read here which say "command frowns on it in-game" mean. I'm also looking for a "fix" for the default flag and Bismarck textures but I've had no luck yet, any help would be appreciated.

Hoping to be around a while,

Vipre a.k.a "Hans Richter, Leutnant zur See"