R.I.P. the crew of U-19

So on my 7 patrol in 1940. I head to Am 23, on my way out of Wilhelmshaven (Im up by Norway at this point, because I was going to go up and around England) I get a merchant spotted. For some reason, a Brit merchant was that far into our waters, alone. So I take her out with two torps. Then I set back on my course and put up TC to 128 and head out of the room for a bit, only to come back to the death screen(Boo-Shady). I was having a good career too.

6 patrols (Again I dont count one because it was just a trip back from a resupply ship with nothing sunk) with a total of 103,842 GRT.

I'd recieved my first ever Iron Cross 2nd class and had a quite promising looking career ahread of my Kaleun. Too bad. Time to start a new one, I may start in a much later date just to try the war at a much harder stage

[JEuler]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

Then I set back on my course and put up TC to 128 and head out of the room for a bit, only to come back to the death screen(Boo-Shady). I was having a good career too.

Sorry for your loss.It's a good lesson, you will never make such a mistake again.If you must leave the game,go to 1TC and submerge.

[CherryHarbey]

If leave the game, I pause it, I have also lost a boat whilst away, never again. Even 1TC isn't worth the risk for me. Leave for 5 minutes at 1TC, what are really saving, 2.5 seconds of real time at 128TC when you get back.

[frau kaleun]

RIP Herr Kaleun.

I will leave it at 128 TC if I'm doing something else in the same room only a few feet away where I can keep an eye on things... and then only if I'm cruising out of range of air cover and well away from any place that's likely to be mined.

If I have to leave the room for a short time but will still be where I can hear any alerts, and not so involved with something else that I might miss one if it happens, I'll drop back to 1 TC.

Any other diversions that are likely to take longer or be too distracting... I just pause the game. Better safe than sorry IMO.

Made me quite sad at first Ohhhh well new Kaluen this time

[Legionary74]

Cant you just open the save game from when your still in port? >.>

[K-61]

I simply keep five saves for each patrol, numbered 1 through 5. After I save #5 I simply save the next one as 1 and then cycle through them until the end of the patrol. Before and after each significant game event I create a new save point. As soon as I spot a ship, I save. After attacking I save and so forth. Having only one save point per patrol means you have to either abandon your career or reload the entire patrol again from scratch if you have a time compression accident. This is my one exception to my "Dead is Dead" style of game play.

Originally Posted by K-61

I simply keep five saves for each patrol, numbered 1 through 5. After I save #5 I simply save the next one as 1 and then cycle through them until the end of the patrol. Before and after each significant game event I create a new save point. As soon as I spot a ship, I save. After attacking I save and so forth. Having only one save point per patrol means you have to either abandon your career or reload the entire patrol again from scratch if you have a time compression accident. This is my one exception to my "Dead is Dead" style of game play.

I may just do that since it was kinda hinky I died in a TC accident. Didnt think of loading my save, thanks for the advice K-61

[Gerald]

USNSRCaseySmith, sorry, but you will again

[captaindnnis]

Sorry maybe dumb q but what is TC?? you're Depth??

Cheers

[K-61]

Time compression.

[the.terrabyte.pirate]

My last TC death was from my own stupidity.

I was sick of the Keil canal TC dropdowns, so I adjusted all the TC rates in SHIII commander to max, planning to quickly pass through the canal at max TC without dropping back to 1 for every time a ship was spotted, or the water got to shallow. I'd then save, exit, edit the paramaters back to normal, then go on my merry way.

Expecting horrendous lag, I loaded, hit the auto course for the Keil canal at ahead standard, bumped up TC to max, and left the room. Came back a few minutes later to find myself dead.

Seems I'd plotted a Kiel canal inbound course rather than outbound, and my navigator sent my boat out of the pen, across the harbour, and beached her on the opposite shoreline. I only realised this when I did exactly the same thing on the reload, and stayed to watch what happened.

So who gets the court martial?

Originally Posted by the.terrabyte.pirate

So who gets the court martial?

you win the prize

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by the.terrabyte.pirate

My last TC death was from my own stupidity.

I was sick of the Keil canal TC dropdowns, so I adjusted all the TC rates in SHIII commander to max, planning to quickly pass through the canal at max TC without dropping back to 1 for every time a ship was spotted, or the water got to shallow. I'd then save, exit, edit the paramaters back to normal, then go on my merry way.

Expecting horrendous lag, I loaded, hit the auto course for the Keil canal at ahead standard, bumped up TC to max, and left the room. Came back a few minutes later to find myself dead.

Seems I'd plotted a Kiel canal inbound course rather than outbound, and my navigator sent my boat out of the pen, across the harbour, and beached her on the opposite shoreline. I only realised this when I did exactly the same thing on the reload, and stayed to watch what happened.

So who gets the court martial?

You. Though if you are the least bit clever, it will be Bernard. And lest you get your knickers in a knot worrying about him, don't. The guy is teflon (not even invented yet!).