map or not to map

[chrisy]

ok! only had this game for about a month or so and im just getting the hang of fast 90 manual targeting.

curently running at 67% realisum and i am now thinking off going to no map updates.
how hard is it to run with no map updates?
do you get any extra radio updates apart from convoy reports?
or is it a case of listen ,listen and listen alot?


what do you old sea dogs recamend! :hmm:

[Farside]

Originally Posted by chrisy

ok! only had this game for about a month or so and im just getting the hang of fast 90 manual targeting.

curently running at 67% realisum and i am now thinking off going to no map updates.
how hard is it to run with no map updates?
do you get any extra radio updates apart from convoy reports?
or is it a case of listen ,listen and listen alot?


what do you old sea dogs recamend! :hmm:

you only really get convoy reports and yeh its pretty much listen listen listen, but i feel its better, i would defo turn them off

[AlanSmithee]

Turning off map updates makes SH3 a whole new game. Attacks become harder but much more satisfying when you have to do all the plotting yourself.

However, there is something overly difficult about turning off map updates, since in the real world you would have a crew that could plot marks on your map. I'd suggest using Observer's Assisted Plotting mod. It allows you to select and view information on a single target at a time (emulating the information you crew would give you), without showing you ship icons on the map. Good luck!

[Dowly]

I`ve started to play with 'no map contacs', I know it is more satisfying when you sink a ship... but... I have to find one first...

[humesdog]

Originally Posted by AlanSmithee

Turning off map updates makes SH3 a whole new game. Attacks become harder but much more satisfying when you have to do all the plotting yourself.

However, there is something overly difficult about turning off map updates, since in the real world you would have a crew that could plot marks on your map. I'd suggest using Observer's Assisted Plotting mod. It allows you to select and view information on a single target at a time (emulating the information you crew would give you), without showing you ship icons on the map. Good luck!

Where can we get that mod? Is that the same mod included in real uboat 1.43?

[chrisy]

ok thanks people.

tryed no map up dates last night i am now at around 80 somthing percent realisum the only thing i havn,t turned of is camara views and such.
im stil get contacts on the nav map
is this wrigth?
but nothing on tdc map.
sunk 2 c2's last night, 1 of southhampton and 1 south of ireland.
was well chuffed much more rewarding.

IM STILL SUPOSED TO GET THE NAV MAP CONTACTS :hmm:
I WAS EXSPECTING LIKE ZERO,NILE ,NAFF ALL BUT I SUPPOSE THIS WOULD BE A BIT TO HARD.
OR IM I RIGHT IN THINKING THESE ARE WHAT MY RADIO GUY PICKS UP?

[AlanSmithee]

Where can we get that mod? Is that the same mod included in real uboat 1.43?

This is the same assisted plotting mod that's included in the newest version of RUb. Note that it does result in some problems with single ship contacts appearing on the map. However, this mod is supposedly a fix for the problem, though I haven't had a chance to test it yet.

im stil get contacts on the nav map D'oh!
is this wrigth?
but nothing on tdc map.

IM STILL SUPOSED TO GET THE NAV MAP CONTACTS Hmmm
I WAS EXSPECTING LIKE ZERO,NILE ,NAFF ALL BUT I SUPPOSE THIS WOULD BE A BIT TO HARD.
OR IM I RIGHT IN THINKING THESE ARE WHAT MY RADIO GUY PICKS UP? Arrgh!

You should still be getting convoy and single ship contacts on the map. You are correct - the gray squares that are showing up are contacts that are being radioed to you by BdU or that your radio man is detecting. As you note, you won't be seeing anything on the tdc map, or see anything on the nav map when you're zoomed in.

No map updates may be hard, but it's not sadistic!

sunk 2 c2's last night, 1 of southhampton and 1 south of ireland.
was well chuffed That Rocks! much more rewarding.

Well done!