So I just got SH3 for christmas....

Soviet Creeper · 12-25-11, 06:55 PM

Promptly downloaded GWX, and the widescreen fix. But other than that I have not touched the game yet.

Against what little logic I have,I am planning to have the first ship I sink be a battleship, via raiding scrapa flow.I doubt anyone will have done that before. Ive got a good 50 hours in SH4's Uboat missions with Operation monsun, and Im hoping its remotely similar :>. I will (hopefully remember) make a video of it, and post it.

I must say, I think my uboat is going to end up as a hunk of metal under the sea. And thats the way I like it

andwii · 12-26-11, 01:12 AM

unfortunately your not gonna find a battle ship in Scapa Flow, but you will find the HMS Nelson in the port of Gibraltar.

Gargamel · 12-26-11, 01:29 AM

You will find that if it can be done, it probably already has.

If you haven't played SH3, I would recommend doing the academy missions without any mods. *Get used to driving the boat etc. * Especially since the Flak class is nigh impossible in GWX. * Then install Gwx, you will learn a lot of simple things there that will cost you dearly later. *

As to Scapa flow, I recommend doing a search here, there are a few lists of when you can find capital ships in it's harbor. *IF you want some historic realism, I'd recommend checking out www.u47.org (I think) for a detailed description of what Prien did. *On the few times I have raided SF, I followed his methods. *GWX modeled the harbor after his accounts for realism. *

But if you really want a BB caught in the wild, See if you can catch a convoy within the first few months of the war, the ones found in GWX were lightly escorted by ASW, and were heavy on the ASUW (ergo Battleships. *The latest/last chapter of my fiction "Schlitzhor" describes such an encounter, search for it. *

desirableroasted · 12-26-11, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Soviet Creeper

Promptly downloaded GWX, and the widescreen fix. But other than that I have not touched the game yet.

Against what little logic I have,I am planning to have the first ship I sink be a battleship, via raiding scrapa flow.I doubt anyone will have done that before.

Heh. Like reading The Onion.

postalbyke · 12-26-11, 10:35 AM

Whaddayamean, "no battleship in scapa flow?"

I once found a henry with several escorts bobbing gently in there, early in the war!

I ran out of torpedoes trying to finish the job cause I still wasn't that good at it back then, and I still haven't gone back and fixed that...
hmmm....

Soviet Creeper · 12-26-11, 11:31 AM

Tried to record it, but for some odd reason fraps decided it just did not want to work today. Its a shame, I ended up more or less "beaching" my sub gettting around a net, nearly taking a large caliberd round into my conning tower, and wobbling back into the water. I found a revenge class in there, just like in SH4's Op Monsun

. Sent 4 torps at it, 1 dudded, but in the end it ended up sinking.
On the way out, I had to beach my sub again. This time however, my sub slipped and got caught on the sub net. That let the land based guns pound me until game over

Atleast I got my battleship!

Jimbuna · 12-26-11, 11:35 AM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

Soviet Creeper · 12-26-11, 02:36 PM

Ramming my boat onto a beach to get around a subnet while taking fire from really big guns and not afraiding of anything isnt being agressive enough? dayum.

USS Drum · 12-26-11, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Soviet Creeper

Ramming my boat onto a beach to get around a subnet while taking fire from really big guns and not afraiding of anything isnt being agressive enough? dayum.

Here's how you get out take the east entrance and use the south channel there are no subnets there.

Arlo · 12-26-11, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Heh. Like reading The Onion.

LOL (But I'm cheering for him)

Gargamel · 12-26-11, 07:34 PM

Seriously, read the site I linked. It will show you how to get in and out easy. MinImal patrols, no nets, and you run on the surface for quite a while.

desirableroasted · 12-26-11, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Soviet Creeper

Tried to record it, but for some odd reason fraps decided it just did not want to work today. Its a shame,
A tleast I got my battleship!

On your first patrol. And into Scapa, no less. In a game+mod that baffles and flummoxes most of us experienced players.

Pity you didn't get a screen shot, but if it is that easy, I guess I will give it a go on my next career.

Soviet Creeper · 12-26-11, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Seriously, read the site I linked. It will show you how to get in and out easy. MinImal patrols, no nets, and you run on the surface for quite a while.

I find it much more fun to just charge in and hope for the best. This is why i never finish my campains.

andwii · 12-26-11, 08:47 PM

dang I have been in Scapa more then 10 times and have yet to see a battle ship, blarg. lol

Jimbuna · 12-27-11, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Soviet Creeper

Tried to record it, but for some odd reason fraps decided it just did not want to work today. Its a shame,

Atleast I got my battleship!

What was the date?

12-25-11, 06:55 PM	#1
Soviet Creeper Planesman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the corner of shame Posts: 187 Downloads: 143 Uploads: 0	So I just got SH3 for christmas.... Promptly downloaded GWX, and the widescreen fix. But other than that I have not touched the game yet. Against what little logic I have,I am planning to have the first ship I sink be a battleship, via raiding scrapa flow.I doubt anyone will have done that before. Ive got a good 50 hours in SH4's Uboat missions with Operation monsun, and Im hoping its remotely similar :>. I will (hopefully remember) make a video of it, and post it. I must say, I think my uboat is going to end up as a hunk of metal under the sea. And thats the way I like it __________________ I used to be a huge submarine guy but now I'm a huge submarine girl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

12-26-11, 01:29 AM	#3
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	You will find that if it can be done, it probably already has. If you haven't played SH3, I would recommend doing the academy missions without any mods. Get used to driving the boat etc. Especially since the Flak class is nigh impossible in GWX. * Then install Gwx, you will learn a lot of simple things there that will cost you dearly later. * As to Scapa flow, I recommend doing a search here, there are a few lists of when you can find capital ships in it's harbor. IF you want some historic realism, I'd recommend checking out www.u47.org (I think) for a detailed description of what Prien did. On the few times I have raided SF, I followed his methods. GWX modeled the harbor after his accounts for realism. But if you really want a BB caught in the wild, See if you can catch a convoy within the first few months of the war, the ones found in GWX were lightly escorted by ASW, and were heavy on the ASUW (ergo Battleships. The latest/last chapter of my fiction "Schlitzhor" describes such an encounter, search for it. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design. Last edited by Gargamel; 12-26-11 at 01:43 AM.

12-26-11, 10:35 AM	#5
postalbyke Chief Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: In the past... Posts: 321 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 1	Whaddayamean, "no battleship in scapa flow?" I once found a henry with several escorts bobbing gently in there, early in the war! I ran out of torpedoes trying to finish the job cause I still wasn't that good at it back then, and I still haven't gone back and fixed that... hmmm.... __________________ God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. -Voltaire

12-26-11, 11:31 AM	#6
Soviet Creeper Planesman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the corner of shame Posts: 187 Downloads: 143 Uploads: 0	Tried to record it, but for some odd reason fraps decided it just did not want to work today. Its a shame, I ended up more or less "beaching" my sub gettting around a net, nearly taking a large caliberd round into my conning tower, and wobbling back into the water. I found a revenge class in there, just like in SH4's Op Monsun . Sent 4 torps at it, 1 dudded, but in the end it ended up sinking. On the way out, I had to beach my sub again. This time however, my sub slipped and got caught on the sub net. That let the land based guns pound me until game over Atleast I got my battleship! __________________ I used to be a huge submarine guy but now I'm a huge submarine girl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

12-26-11, 11:35 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-26-11, 01:12 AM	#2
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	unfortunately your not gonna find a battle ship in Scapa Flow, but you will find the HMS Nelson in the port of Gibraltar.

12-26-11, 02:36 PM	#8
Soviet Creeper Planesman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the corner of shame Posts: 187 Downloads: 143 Uploads: 0	Ramming my boat onto a beach to get around a subnet while taking fire from really big guns and not afraiding of anything isnt being agressive enough? dayum. __________________ I used to be a huge submarine guy but now I'm a huge submarine girl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

12-26-11, 07:34 PM	#11
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Seriously, read the site I linked. It will show you how to get in and out easy. MinImal patrols, no nets, and you run on the surface for quite a while. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

12-26-11, 08:47 PM	#14
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	dang I have been in Scapa more then 10 times and have yet to see a battle ship, blarg. lol