First patrol

IDUboat · 05-18-07, 10:49 AM

Hello all, I've been lurking for a few weeks now. I actually bought SH3 about a year ago and just recently was able to upgrade to a new PC so I can play it now and it was worth the wait. After going thru the training scenarios a few times to adjust from SH2. I entered my first patrol. A Type VII out of Brest early in the war. After completing 24h at my patrol grid I was returning to base and I encountered a large convoy in heavy seas at night. I was able to sneak into the middle of the convoy and drop two C2's and a coastal merchant with my aft tube on the way out. Not a peep from the escorts. I had to save the game at that point because it was already 1:30 AM. So when I loaded it back up the seas were calmer. I continued on back to base when I encountered another convoy at night. I got my self into a position for a shot with my remaining els to go after a T3 tanker. I was able to sneak into position past the screening DD's and I actually got inside the screening coastal merchants but as soon as I popped up my periscope and I was busted there were flood lights everywhere. WOW great eye candy I had to use the exterior view to enjoy the sights. That was until the depth charges started. I was able to finally sneak away after taking 10% hull damage and flooding my radio, flak and deck gun's were destroyed. I was able to repair everything but that stupid valve in the control room. I couldn't figure out how to fix that, is there a way? I was able to get back into base safe with no further contacts. I did get the boys some medals with my WO getting the Knights cross. Here's to looking forward to my next patrol.

Bottoms Up, now wheres that cabaret Thomsen was telling me about?

I'm running vanilla with the patch trying to figure out what mods I should download it sounds like GWX would be fun. I think I'll go thru a full career before making any changes.

IDUboat

(Idaho Uboat)

bigboywooly · 05-18-07, 10:54 AM

Hi and welcome aboard

Yes it would be a good idea to get a grasp of the game before adding in GWX

Congrats on first succesful patrol and look forward to many more of the same

Enjoy your stay

Brag · 05-18-07, 11:02 AM

Welcome aboard, IDU.
Good idea to play vanilla for a while, good training for GWX.

Jimbuna · 05-18-07, 12:42 PM

Welcome aboard kaleun IDUboat

When you think the time is right....enjoy the GWXperience

Sailor Steve · 05-18-07, 05:24 PM

Welcome aboard. I'm right below you, in Utah.

melnibonian · 05-19-07, 02:44 AM

Welcome to SubSim

rb4door · 05-19-07, 03:19 AM

welcome.

You have so many sleepless nights ahead of you while playing sh3!

Chock · 05-19-07, 03:24 AM

Just joining everyone else in welcoming you aboard IDUboat, sounds like you are off to a good start

Good hunting - Chock

nikbear · 05-19-07, 04:03 PM

Welcome aboard IDUboat,sink'em all

IDUboat · 05-21-07, 10:50 AM

Thanks! On my second patrol I got into a bunch of unescorted ships. Happy days indeed! I had two unescorted T2 Tankers to finish of my patrol and not a single escort in site!

What is the best way to get screen shots? I used to use some software when I was playing B17-2. But I don't remember what it was, any ideas?

Chock · 05-21-07, 10:58 AM

Control and F11 will take screenshots and put them in your SH folder, but they are .BMP files and so they might be better converted to .JPEGs, most file hosting sites prefer .JPEGs, as they are compressed more (with some loss of quality but nothing major).

FRAPS will also take screengrabs (you can choose a folder where you want it to save them).

Using the PRINT SCREEN key on your extended keyboard will also place a screengrab in your system memory, if you do this and then open a photo editing program (such as Photoshop), you can then hit Control N, Return, then Control V and this will automatically create a document at the correct size and paste the screengrab from your memory into the new document. Using this method, you'll have to flatten the file in most picture editing programs to save it in a lot of formats however, as not many support layers other than .TIFF and .PSD.

Oh, and the Delete key on the numeric keypad hides the interface.

Useful info about various picture file formats can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_format

Have fun.

Chock

Sailor Steve · 05-21-07, 10:58 AM

I just use Control+F11. They're stored right in your SH3 folder.

IDUboat · 05-23-07, 12:39 PM

Sweet, I started practicing manual targeting last night on the torpedo tutorial mission.

Man that was fun. It took a few trys, but there was a satisfying crunch when that ship broke in two.

Keelbuster · 05-23-07, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IDUboat

I was able to repair everything but that stupid valve in the control room. I couldn't figure out how to fix that, is there a way?

Uh...i think it's compressor damage - you mean the blast of air coming out of a pipe, or the sprays of water near your XO's head? I think it's usually damage to the control room that - surprisingly - results in those effects.

Btw - Ahoy! Glad you're onboard.

05-18-07, 10:49 AM	#1
IDUboat Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First patrol Hello all, I've been lurking for a few weeks now. I actually bought SH3 about a year ago and just recently was able to upgrade to a new PC so I can play it now and it was worth the wait. After going thru the training scenarios a few times to adjust from SH2. I entered my first patrol. A Type VII out of Brest early in the war. After completing 24h at my patrol grid I was returning to base and I encountered a large convoy in heavy seas at night. I was able to sneak into the middle of the convoy and drop two C2's and a coastal merchant with my aft tube on the way out. Not a peep from the escorts. I had to save the game at that point because it was already 1:30 AM. So when I loaded it back up the seas were calmer. I continued on back to base when I encountered another convoy at night. I got my self into a position for a shot with my remaining els to go after a T3 tanker. I was able to sneak into position past the screening DD's and I actually got inside the screening coastal merchants but as soon as I popped up my periscope and I was busted there were flood lights everywhere. WOW great eye candy I had to use the exterior view to enjoy the sights. That was until the depth charges started. I was able to finally sneak away after taking 10% hull damage and flooding my radio, flak and deck gun's were destroyed. I was able to repair everything but that stupid valve in the control room. I couldn't figure out how to fix that, is there a way? I was able to get back into base safe with no further contacts. I did get the boys some medals with my WO getting the Knights cross. Here's to looking forward to my next patrol. Bottoms Up, now wheres that cabaret Thomsen was telling me about? I'm running vanilla with the patch trying to figure out what mods I should download it sounds like GWX would be fun. I think I'll go thru a full career before making any changes. IDUboat (Idaho Uboat)

05-18-07, 10:54 AM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Hi and welcome aboard Yes it would be a good idea to get a grasp of the game before adding in GWX Congrats on first succesful patrol and look forward to many more of the same Enjoy your stay __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

05-18-07, 11:02 AM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard, IDU. Good idea to play vanilla for a while, good training for GWX. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

05-18-07, 12:42 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome aboard kaleun IDUboat When you think the time is right....enjoy the GWXperience __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-18-07, 05:24 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Welcome aboard. I'm right below you, in Utah. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-19-07, 02:44 AM	#6
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Welcome to SubSim __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

05-19-07, 03:19 AM	#7
rb4door Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St Naz Posts: 129 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	welcome. You have so many sleepless nights ahead of you while playing sh3!

05-19-07, 03:24 AM	#8
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Just joining everyone else in welcoming you aboard IDUboat, sounds like you are off to a good start Good hunting - Chock

05-19-07, 04:03 PM	#9
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard IDUboat,sink'em all

05-21-07, 10:50 AM	#10
IDUboat Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks! On my second patrol I got into a bunch of unescorted ships. Happy days indeed! I had two unescorted T2 Tankers to finish of my patrol and not a single escort in site! What is the best way to get screen shots? I used to use some software when I was playing B17-2. But I don't remember what it was, any ideas?

05-21-07, 10:58 AM	#11
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Control and F11 will take screenshots and put them in your SH folder, but they are .BMP files and so they might be better converted to .JPEGs, most file hosting sites prefer .JPEGs, as they are compressed more (with some loss of quality but nothing major). FRAPS will also take screengrabs (you can choose a folder where you want it to save them). Using the PRINT SCREEN key on your extended keyboard will also place a screengrab in your system memory, if you do this and then open a photo editing program (such as Photoshop), you can then hit Control N, Return, then Control V and this will automatically create a document at the correct size and paste the screengrab from your memory into the new document. Using this method, you'll have to flatten the file in most picture editing programs to save it in a lot of formats however, as not many support layers other than .TIFF and .PSD. Oh, and the Delete key on the numeric keypad hides the interface. Useful info about various picture file formats can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_format Have fun. Chock

05-23-07, 12:39 PM	#13
IDUboat Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sweet, I started practicing manual targeting last night on the torpedo tutorial mission. Man that was fun. It took a few trys, but there was a satisfying crunch when that ship broke in two.