My first fully manual sink!!! wait a second...

Thendash · 02-17-08, 09:26 PM

Like the title says, I just sunk my first ship without any help from the WO! I used OLC GUI and GWX2.0 and it was at night to boot!
I get a report that there's a merchant ship heading towards me at long range so I get into a nice ambush position 90 degrees off it's starboard side. Once it comes into visual range I dive down to periscope depth and start inputting all the needed info with the help of OLC's gui tools. I waited until it was 5 degrees off of my bow then let loose two eels and not a second after I press fire, I go; "**** I forgot to identify it's flag..." So I take a quick peek with the camera and low and beholed it's... German! D'oh!
So now I'm watching and praying that my data was off somehow, it was my first manual attack how well could I do right? right...? It turns out I was perfect, first torp hit dead center then the secon hit the bow. Down it goes in a firery explosion as I sit there crying and wondering how I'm going to explain this to my superiors... BERNARD!!! Hmmm maybe I've been playing too much SH4 and confused my allies and enemies a bit. Doupt they'll believe that...
This is a testamate to the tools included in OLC's gui mod, even a complete noob like me can hit... my ally.

Sailor Steve · 02-17-08, 09:44 PM

Congratulations! Of course Bernard never gets in trouble for any of this stuff.

antikristuseke · 02-17-08, 10:31 PM

Heh, had my first sinking using that mod myself today, but i made sure to identify the flag beforehand, that 9750grt freighter did not reach britain with her war supplies and sank in AN2394

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8...5034703xb7.jpg

Pisces · 02-18-08, 09:38 AM

Still well done, the both of you.

bruschi sauro · 02-18-08, 11:39 AM

Ok Well Done Commander, Next Trip Military Prigion......

Antiacus · 02-18-08, 03:17 PM

Good Show!

Way to put those traitorous collaborators to the sea floor! Let that be a lesson for anyone else who dares pipe british radio over the 1MC.

I'm reporting all this to BDU and suggesting at minimum a promotion for you.

Brag · 02-18-08, 03:32 PM

You can explain your aiming methods to the Gestapo. They are interested in nautical stuff.

02-17-08, 09:26 PM	#1
Thendash Seaman Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 36 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	My first fully manual sink!!! wait a second... Like the title says, I just sunk my first ship without any help from the WO! I used OLC GUI and GWX2.0 and it was at night to boot! I get a report that there's a merchant ship heading towards me at long range so I get into a nice ambush position 90 degrees off it's starboard side. Once it comes into visual range I dive down to periscope depth and start inputting all the needed info with the help of OLC's gui tools. I waited until it was 5 degrees off of my bow then let loose two eels and not a second after I press fire, I go; "**** I forgot to identify it's flag..." So I take a quick peek with the camera and low and beholed it's... German! D'oh! So now I'm watching and praying that my data was off somehow, it was my first manual attack how well could I do right? right...? It turns out I was perfect, first torp hit dead center then the secon hit the bow. Down it goes in a firery explosion as I sit there crying and wondering how I'm going to explain this to my superiors... BERNARD!!! Hmmm maybe I've been playing too much SH4 and confused my allies and enemies a bit. Doupt they'll believe that... This is a testamate to the tools included in OLC's gui mod, even a complete noob like me can hit... my ally.

02-17-08, 09:44 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Congratulations! Of course Bernard never gets in trouble for any of this stuff. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-18-08, 03:32 PM	#7
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02-17-08, 10:31 PM	#3
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Heh, had my first sinking using that mod myself today, but i made sure to identify the flag beforehand, that 9750grt freighter did not reach britain with her war supplies and sank in AN2394 http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8...5034703xb7.jpg

02-18-08, 09:38 AM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Still well done, the both of you.

02-18-08, 11:39 AM	#5
bruschi sauro Frogman Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florence Italy Posts: 307 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Ok Well Done Commander, Next Trip Military Prigion......

02-18-08, 03:17 PM	#6
Antiacus Medic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Springfield, Oregon Posts: 161 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Good Show! Way to put those traitorous collaborators to the sea floor! Let that be a lesson for anyone else who dares pipe british radio over the 1MC. I'm reporting all this to BDU and suggesting at minimum a promotion for you.