New Skipper on Board!!

[Thundergrunt]

Greetings All

New U-Boat commander here I am Kapatinleutnant Bernard von Ufal of U-850 Type IX. Just completed my 3rd War Patrol I am based in Singapore and have sunk 162.693 tons. Is that good I just got a medal. Anyway I just wanted to drop a line and say hello and what a cool game this is. Coming over from IL2.

Happy Hunting
Thunder

PS. how do you take a screen shot

[Elektroniikka-Asentaja]

Welcome to the forums!

You can take screenshot by pressing ctrl+f11

Also you may want to remove the hud while taking screenies and it's done with numpad del.

- Elektroniikka-Asentaja

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD!

We also have a forum dedicated to the U-boat side of SH4, but of course you're welcome ask questions here or there.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Welcome abroad matey.

[Gerald]

@ Thunder! Welcome to SubSim,

[Andrew82]

Welcome!

[Rockin Robbins]

Welcome aboard. Showers not required and if you have a few diesel stains on your shirt, it adds to your credibility.

[Arlo]

I'm late to the party. Welcome!

[dreadedlyfe]

Welcome aboard shippy

[kylania]

Welcome aboard!

If you enjoy the U-boat side of things I urge you to take a look at Silent Hunter 5 now as well. DRM has been relaxed and with the mods you can download from here is a wonderfully enjoyable and playable U-boat sim now.

[Thundergrunt]

Thank you all for your warm welcomes. I am heding out on Patrol 4 I will post a pic. Also how do promotions affect crew, I just recived like 14 promotions on my last patrol. But also some new crew mmbers showed up on the left side. Is it better to swap a crewmen for a new guy or build up your crew toghether?? Also for targeting, I seem to be wasting alot of torpedos. and alot of my sinks I have been in less that 600m and broadside to a ship. how can i lead the bow and have the ship walk into it from further out. I take a lot of damage. I think i have had only 1 sub surface sink all have been on surface. and i have not even seen a warship yet. I sunk a Cruiser in a harbor that is my only warshipp all have been merchants.

[kylania]

Originally Posted by Thundergrunt

TAlso for targeting, I seem to be wasting alot of torpedos. and alot of my sinks I have been in less that 600m and broadside to a ship. how can i lead the bow and have the ship walk into it from further out.

For targeting this thread is essential. Get this method down and you'll be sinking ships like the best of them. Also since you'll have everything setup perfectly you'll be able to attack from range, then sneak away without them ever knowing where you were.

[Daniel Prates]

Originally Posted by Thundergrunt

and alot of my sinks I have been in less that 600m and broadside to a ship.

If you are managing to get in that position prior to firing, you are not playing as bad as you think!

I would say that 600 meters is to close, but with correct distance and speed data, you can get very good results firing from 1500, 2000 metres, if you manage to get broadside to a ship and fire when the target is still some 500 metres away from reaching an interception point between yours and the target's course. Geting yourself into that position is 75% of the art.

Firing from odd angles or odd positions can mean two things: a) you could have gotten yourself into a better position, and didnt (so, shame on you). b) the opportunity to fire just presented itself, its a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you will not be able to pursue and find a better firing position in the near future.

Situation "b", in 95% of times, will regard a fast-moving taskforce. They are not your preferable target anyway.

[Thundergrunt]

Hey all I have a targeting ? now, I have been watching the tutorials on how to shoot manually but. I cannot get the shadow of the ship thing to work, I can spin the dial and it only goes alittle but if i pull the mouse down the screen the shadow of the ship that you are supossed to touch the top of the mast with move to the spot but as soon as i let go it issapears and I cant hit anything. any help on how to fix?? oh yeah It is in the training mission in sub school with a porpiose class. thanks.

Thunder

[magic452]

Originally Posted by Thundergrunt

Hey all I have a targeting ? now, I have been watching the tutorials on how to shoot manually but. I cannot get the shadow of the ship thing to work, I can spin the dial and it only goes alittle but if i pull the mouse down the screen the shadow of the ship that you are supossed to touch the top of the mast with move to the spot but as soon as i let go it issapears and I cant hit anything. any help on how to fix?? oh yeah It is in the training mission in sub school with a porpiose class. thanks.

Thunder

When you pull the mirror ship down to the mast you than left click the mouse and that will mark the position of the mirror ship and input the range into the TDC input dial, next you click the little red triangle button to send range/bearing to TDC.

Magic