Lorient Base??

richardphat · 05-20-08, 10:20 PM

Dont you guys hate docking at SH3 at lorient base??? It is so difficult to get the ship out and you cannot to make the time pass faster. Well of course you can if you are a good kaluen! But still it takes me more than 10 minutes to take the ship to the bay!?!?!?
Am I really a bad kaluen??!?!?:hmm:
Or is it just a bug

Murr44 · 05-20-08, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by richardphat

Dont you guys hate docking at SH3 at lorient base??? It is so difficult to get the ship out and you cannot to make the time pass faster. Well of course you can if you are a good kaluen! But still it takes me more than 10 minutes to take the ship to the bay!?!?!?
Am I really a bad kaluen??!?!?:hmm:
Or is it just a bug

No it's not a bug. If not adjusted, SH3 limits you to 4x TC when you're in close proximity to land. If you're using SH3 Cmdr what you need to do is to set the "proximity to land" setting in the Time Compresssion section to 64x (some people's systems can handle 128x). If you're not using SH3 Cmdr you can do this manually. I've forgotten how to do this as I always use SH3 Cmdr but if you search these boards I'm sure that you'll find out how. Just be sure that you carefully plot your course when close to land & it's very easy to run aground and remember that damage accumulates very quickly at high TC rates (your boat can be fatally damaged before you can take any action).

Teh_Diplomat · 05-21-08, 02:36 AM

Additionally, if you're traveling under 4 knots you can speed up the time compression past the default X2/X4.

JScones · 05-21-08, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by richardphat

Dont you guys hate docking at SH3 at lorient base??? It is so difficult to get the ship out and you cannot to make the time pass faster. Well of course you can if you are a good kaluen! But still it takes me more than 10 minutes to take the ship to the bay!?!?!?
Am I really a bad kaluen??!?!?:hmm:
Or is it just a bug

No probs here - when in Lorient I choose to use SH3Cmdr's "Start patrols at sea" option.

Even though my "LandProximity" TC is a high x512, starting at sea still saves me ~5 realtime minutes (and a lot of keystrokes through not having to raise the TC again after every "Ship spotted" message).

Platapus · 05-21-08, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JScones

No probs here - when in Lorient I choose to use SH3Cmdr's "Start patrols at sea" option.

I never knew that was an option with SH3Cdr. Where is that option located?

Can't believe I missed that

Is this something only in the newest version?

What I do when I depart Lorient is take my OOD and all but one watch crew and put them in quarters. I take the radio man and sonar man also in quarters.

I can usually maintain TC-4 in the harbour.

At least it is a whole lot better than the canal!!!

JScones · 05-21-08, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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Originally Posted by JScones

No probs here - when in Lorient I choose to use SH3Cmdr's "Start patrols at sea" option.

I never knew that was an option with SH3Cdr. Where is that option located?

This is why I created a User Guide.

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Can't believe I missed that

Is this something only in the newest version?

R3.1+

U56 · 05-21-08, 05:59 AM

I nice touch is the sound of the bells chiming on the bouys rolling in the waves as you exit or enter the estuary. I only noticed this at Lorient, though I am sure they must be near other bases as well.

Regards

Jimbuna · 05-21-08, 03:24 PM

For incoming sail to within 30 clicks and hit Esc

Murr44 · 05-21-08, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

For incoming sail to within 30 clicks and hit Esc

I do the the "to within 30 clicks & hit Esc" if I had an unsatisfactory patrol but sometimes I just want to "show off in front of the girls"

so I take the boat in all the way.

johan_d · 05-21-08, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Murr44

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

For incoming sail to within 30 clicks and hit Esc

I do the the "to within 30 clicks & hit Esc" if I had an unsatisfactory patrol but sometimes I just want to "show off in front of the girls"

so I take the boat in all the way.

YEAH!, and also on the way out.. just keeping that last minuts of feeling safe before the hell breaks loose!

richardphat · 05-21-08, 06:39 PM

Bah making a plot course and sailing at 1 knots does happen the same..

Alfred Keitzer · 09-05-14, 06:19 PM

No problem navigating, but yes, it is a pain. Not quite sure why they stuck the pier way back where they did. The actual bunker pens are much closer to the harbor inlet.

Sailor Steve · 09-05-14, 08:31 PM

Do you realize you're directly answering a post made six years ago?

GJO · 09-06-14, 10:06 AM

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Do you realize you're directly answering a post made six years ago?

That is the nice thing about this forum - time is irrelevant - we all live in the past . . .

Zosimus · 09-06-14, 12:58 PM

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That is the nice thing about this forum - time is irrelevant - we all live in the past . . .

I wish this forum had a like button.

05-20-08, 10:20 PM	#1
richardphat Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 682 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Lorient Base?? Dont you guys hate docking at SH3 at lorient base??? It is so difficult to get the ship out and you cannot to make the time pass faster. Well of course you can if you are a good kaluen! But still it takes me more than 10 minutes to take the ship to the bay!?!?!? Am I really a bad kaluen??!?!?:hmm: Or is it just a bug

05-21-08, 02:36 AM	#3
Teh_Diplomat Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Moncton, Canada Posts: 105 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Additionally, if you're traveling under 4 knots you can speed up the time compression past the default X2/X4. __________________ E2180 @2.6Ghz EVGA 8800GTS KO 640mb 2GB Ram - 22" Acer 1680 X 1050 GWX 2.1 w/ SH3 Cmd + OLC2

05-21-08, 03:24 PM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,478 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	For incoming sail to within 30 clicks and hit Esc __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-05-14, 08:31 PM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Do you realize you're directly answering a post made six years ago? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-21-08, 05:59 AM	#7
U56 Helmsman Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rockall Posts: 109 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	I nice touch is the sound of the bells chiming on the bouys rolling in the waves as you exit or enter the estuary. I only noticed this at Lorient, though I am sure they must be near other bases as well. Regards

05-21-08, 06:39 PM	#11
richardphat Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 682 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Bah making a plot course and sailing at 1 knots does happen the same..

09-05-14, 06:19 PM	#12
Alfred Keitzer Kapitän zur See Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 93 Downloads: 264 Uploads: 0	No problem navigating, but yes, it is a pain. Not quite sure why they stuck the pier way back where they did. The actual bunker pens are much closer to the harbor inlet.