Returning to SH III

nutworld · 05-26-12, 06:53 AM

Good day everyone.

After a lenghty absense from playing SH III with GWX (gold), I am back and have started a new career.

I know there are many experienced sailors out there who have done numerous careers.

I'm curious what Tools- for lack of a better word, do you use as you are running a patrol.

I guess I'm asking if you have paper, pencil and other writing instruments handy to mark and track contacts, etc.

I'm not ready to play the game at 100% realism, but I'd like to be more successful than I have in my previous attempts at this wonderful simulation.

What do you use when on a patrol? Other than lots of coffee.

Thank you for your help, and good luck.

Frenchy849 · 05-26-12, 12:04 PM

Well,I use a magazine,or my iPhone(for really long patrols),or just the plain old gramophone.
I use some paper and a pencil to detail my patrol log in SH3 Commander,and well,that's all,you don't really need all the equipment the U-bootfahrers had,unless you're REALLY into it.

nutworld · 05-26-12, 03:51 PM

Thanks for the reply Frenchy. I was just curious if I was "bat-crap crazy" to try and plot a few things out on paper during my patrol. Or if others are doing that same sort of thing.

Can you imagine the looks you'd get if you were to be able to go back to 1940 with an iPad or iPhone??

"yes, I can listen to music on this, and call people" no wires.

Kptlt. Siegmann · 05-26-12, 06:30 PM

I keep a written logbook of my patrols, and go into SH3 Commander at the end of my patrols to type up the final version of it before posting it. I used to use one of those dry erase board plotters, but can't seem to find it

. Made my life so much easier!

Laufen zum Ziel · 05-27-12, 04:22 PM

Welcome back to the best

VONHARRIS · 05-28-12, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by nutworld

What do you use when on a patrol? Other than lots of coffee.

Thank you for your help, and good luck.

You mentioned the most important one : Coffee!
Other than that , I am keeping a written log of my patrol to keep me busy as I am not using more than 128 TC.
Oh , since I am not very fond of saving and reloading during a patrol , I leave the PC running until the patrol is finished. This might take many days of R/L.
Some times I pause the game and l take a look in Subsim SH3 forums.

All the above that place when I have time to play!

nutworld · 05-28-12, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Welcome back to the best

I've got SH IV and SH V, but with the GWX and other mods installed, for some reason, SH III seems to be the one that keeps my attention and that I ENJOY the most. So you are totally correct, "back to the best" it is.

Sailor Steve · 05-28-12, 06:27 AM

I track any contacts that interest me on-screen. I do use pen and paper to keep a running log of all events which I type up in WordPad when I get the time, including a full position and weather report at the same time every day.

Kpt. Weyprecht · 05-28-12, 08:03 AM

I never tried making real patrol reports but I like having some paper to keep a log of my contacts. Then a calculator may be useful.
I sometimes do more plotting on paper and I find it gives a great feeling of authenticity. That's the way I learned maneuvering board. The only problem is that I only could print the Moboard template on standard A4 sheets which are too small to be comfortable. If you can have them on a larger format, go for it. Not having that, I later used Aaronsblood MoBo which is an outstanding tool. I often have MoBo on my working netbook (too weak to run any game). This way I have to solve everything in relative plot.
Recently I started a (paper) notepad where I'd write down useful things, a kind of my personal and handy "bag of tricks".

Genbrad · 05-28-12, 08:05 AM

I'm recently reinstalling sh3 but having difficulty on windows 7. I agree 3 is the best. I own them all!

Sailor Steve · 05-28-12, 09:27 AM

WELCOME ABOARD!

You should have no problems with Windows 7, but here is the place to help fix it.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=153900

Laufen zum Ziel · 05-28-12, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Genbrad

I'm recently reinstalling sh3 but having difficulty on windows 7. I agree 3 is the best. I own them all!

Welcome to the foru mate.

Jimbuna · 05-28-12, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Genbrad

I'm recently reinstalling sh3 but having difficulty on windows 7. I agree 3 is the best. I own them all!

Welcome Kaleun

flag4 · 05-28-12, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Genbrad

I'm recently reinstalling sh3 but having difficulty on windows 7. I agree 3 is the best. I own them all!

...what kind of difficulties?

Genbrad · 05-29-12, 01:23 AM

Thanks mates, hope to get some war reports soon. Dontwant to hijack the threadwith my problems

I also used to hang up the map of the atlantic on my wall for reference

05-26-12, 06:53 AM	#1
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Returning to SH III Good day everyone. After a lenghty absense from playing SH III with GWX (gold), I am back and have started a new career. I know there are many experienced sailors out there who have done numerous careers. I'm curious what Tools- for lack of a better word, do you use as you are running a patrol. I guess I'm asking if you have paper, pencil and other writing instruments handy to mark and track contacts, etc. I'm not ready to play the game at 100% realism, but I'd like to be more successful than I have in my previous attempts at this wonderful simulation. What do you use when on a patrol? Other than lots of coffee. Thank you for your help, and good luck.

05-26-12, 12:04 PM	#2
Frenchy849 A-ganger Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Lorient,France(no,really) Posts: 79 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Well,I use a magazine,or my iPhone(for really long patrols),or just the plain old gramophone. I use some paper and a pencil to detail my patrol log in SH3 Commander,and well,that's all,you don't really need all the equipment the U-bootfahrers had,unless you're REALLY into it. __________________ Rohr Eins,Los!

05-27-12, 04:22 PM	#5
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	Welcome back to the best __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

05-28-12, 06:27 AM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I track any contacts that interest me on-screen. I do use pen and paper to keep a running log of all events which I type up in WordPad when I get the time, including a full position and weather report at the same time every day. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-28-12, 09:27 AM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! You should have no problems with Windows 7, but here is the place to help fix it. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=153900 __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-26-12, 03:51 PM	#3
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the reply Frenchy. I was just curious if I was "bat-crap crazy" to try and plot a few things out on paper during my patrol. Or if others are doing that same sort of thing. Can you imagine the looks you'd get if you were to be able to go back to 1940 with an iPad or iPhone?? "yes, I can listen to music on this, and call people" no wires.

05-26-12, 06:30 PM	#4
Kptlt. Siegmann Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Docked at Kiel Posts: 128 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I keep a written logbook of my patrols, and go into SH3 Commander at the end of my patrols to type up the final version of it before posting it. I used to use one of those dry erase board plotters, but can't seem to find it . Made my life so much easier!

05-28-12, 08:03 AM	#9
Kpt. Weyprecht Gunner Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Paris, France Posts: 97 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I never tried making real patrol reports but I like having some paper to keep a log of my contacts. Then a calculator may be useful. I sometimes do more plotting on paper and I find it gives a great feeling of authenticity. That's the way I learned maneuvering board. The only problem is that I only could print the Moboard template on standard A4 sheets which are too small to be comfortable. If you can have them on a larger format, go for it. Not having that, I later used Aaronsblood MoBo which is an outstanding tool. I often have MoBo on my working netbook (too weak to run any game). This way I have to solve everything in relative plot. Recently I started a (paper) notepad where I'd write down useful things, a kind of my personal and handy "bag of tricks".

05-28-12, 08:05 AM	#10
Genbrad Nub Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm recently reinstalling sh3 but having difficulty on windows 7. I agree 3 is the best. I own them all!

05-29-12, 01:23 AM	#15
Genbrad Nub Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks mates, hope to get some war reports soon. Dontwant to hijack the threadwith my problems I also used to hang up the map of the atlantic on my wall for reference