What do on on long, boring patrols

raymond6751 · 02-14-06, 02:16 PM

Prepare for action by getting to know your boat and the environment.
How far can your boat go at xx speed before the batteries are at 50%?
How long does a recharge take?
When is daylight around here?
When is sundown?
Where is the bottom? If you are not using external views, crash diving in shallow water can be quite an interesting experience.
Examine your crew before fatigue causes you to change their positions. They will be more efficient if placed in their original positions. This becomes easier after some courses earn them badges, but in action you want the best men on the job.
What types of torpedoes have you got loaded in the tubes? What are the characteristics of them?
Do you have a plan of action or just sail to your patrol area and back?
Where will daylight find you? Right in the enemy air patrol zone?
Where do you want to be when night falls? When your batteries need recharging?
Examine the ship register ahead of time. Knowing the basic information about the common types will help later in the stress of a contact/approach.
What's your crush depth? Check in the manual for your type.
When low on fuel, is there an alternate port closer than home, and how far away is that?
Even if you miss a sound contact or reported contact, make note of the locations because the unit will cycle back through those spots again. Hunt the hot spots.
I also read a book during daylight because it and the sound of the waves are SO relaxing.
Just don't trust the crew to spot everything!!

jimmie · 02-14-06, 02:40 PM

Cook a meal and eat, flipping some books, reading paper, smoke, drink, do laundry, some errands, possibly some work, etc.

trenken · 02-14-06, 02:51 PM

Time Compress

STEED · 02-14-06, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by trenken

Time Compress

Same here but with a nice cup of coffee

trenken · 02-14-06, 03:05 PM

I slow it down here and there to check up on things or maybe take a screenshot or something, but for the most part I like to try and get to my patrol point within a reasonable amount of time.

-Dreadnought- · 02-14-06, 03:06 PM

Read a book, study the maps. Read the manual... Plan ahead... Stare at the map for reported contacts from other subs/aircraft...

Wolfram · 02-14-06, 04:22 PM

play it hardcore, actually go to bed and have the sound up high enough to hear the crew - but then of course the engine sounds might take time to get used to.

For more realism, go further: I do not bathe for a week and spray a light coating of diesel on my food.

Kilamon · 02-14-06, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by trenken

I slow it down here and there to check up on things or maybe take a screenshot or something, but for the most part I like to try and get to my patrol point within a reasonable amount of time.

The patrol point is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules.

I've deviated from course so much, it's a wonder I ever make it out there. I need to get some Milk Cows installed so I can resupply at sea! There are so many juicy targets!

E.F von Schlippenbach · 02-14-06, 05:27 PM

E.F von Schlippenbach · 02-14-06, 05:28 PM

I play it real hard core when Im away on business I change the bedside lights to one with a red bulb and the other that is clear.

Then I leave the game running on x1 and go to my in game captains quarters get into bed and get some shut eye.

under red light of course to add to the immersion.

Save in the knowledge that my virtual crew will only wake me in dire emergencies.

However having served on hunter-killers and bombers, I am used to it and sleeping in a hotel bed is much more comfortable than my top teir bunk

MarkQuinn · 02-15-06, 01:16 AM

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I need to get some Milk Cows installed so I can resupply at sea! There are so many juicy targets!

Can the milk cows mod actually be installed during an existing career? Or do I have to start a new one for it to take effect?

MQ

Tikigod · 02-15-06, 01:24 AM

I b@$ch and complain and of course constructively criticize details that can make the game be much better on the forrums, etc....then I hear ALLLLLLARM!! MERCHANT SPOTTED!!! and then I snap out of my b@#ching mode and man my guns and get ready for battle....and then after the sink...I go back to the forrums and continue my journey...

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I need to get some Milk Cows installed so I can resupply at sea! There are so many juicy targets!

Can the milk cows mod actually be installed during an existing career? Or do I have to start a new one for it to take effect?

MQ

I think any change like that can be done as long as you are in port somewhere. Never make change from save game at sea or you will get CTD's when u enter 3-D environment. But, you can still use same campaign...only time I think you need to restart campaign is if there is a new ubi patch that changes actual code of exe.

kapitanfred · 02-15-06, 06:42 AM

Go looking!!!

THE_MASK · 02-15-06, 07:12 AM

I cut off a bit of salted meat i have hanging in the computer room and cook that up . I have my windows blacked out and i havnt seen daylight for two weeks .

Dowly · 02-15-06, 07:30 AM

Clean your room, make a nice meal, read a book, watch TV etc.

Then, after a hour or so, go to your computer and see that you have been bombed by a tin can that caused a leak thatÂ´s size of mouseÂ´s eye. Of course the leak was in crew quarters and the idiots in your boats just cant fix it and you die in 5 seconds.

02-14-06, 02:16 PM	#1
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	What do on on long, boring patrols Prepare for action by getting to know your boat and the environment. How far can your boat go at xx speed before the batteries are at 50%? How long does a recharge take? When is daylight around here? When is sundown? Where is the bottom? If you are not using external views, crash diving in shallow water can be quite an interesting experience. Examine your crew before fatigue causes you to change their positions. They will be more efficient if placed in their original positions. This becomes easier after some courses earn them badges, but in action you want the best men on the job. What types of torpedoes have you got loaded in the tubes? What are the characteristics of them? Do you have a plan of action or just sail to your patrol area and back? Where will daylight find you? Right in the enemy air patrol zone? Where do you want to be when night falls? When your batteries need recharging? Examine the ship register ahead of time. Knowing the basic information about the common types will help later in the stress of a contact/approach. What's your crush depth? Check in the manual for your type. When low on fuel, is there an alternate port closer than home, and how far away is that? Even if you miss a sound contact or reported contact, make note of the locations because the unit will cycle back through those spots again. Hunt the hot spots. I also read a book during daylight because it and the sound of the waves are SO relaxing. Just don't trust the crew to spot everything!!

02-14-06, 03:06 PM	#6
-Dreadnought- Sailor man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 49 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Read a book, study the maps. Read the manual... Plan ahead... Stare at the map for reported contacts from other subs/aircraft... __________________ If this is the day we shall fall, then let us go down with honour, and be remembered as the lonely knights of the sea, the men who felt mercy but were unable to give it... Because that is what we are.

02-14-06, 05:27 PM	#9
E.F von Schlippenbach Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________

02-14-06, 05:28 PM	#10
E.F von Schlippenbach Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I play it real hard core when Im away on business I change the bedside lights to one with a red bulb and the other that is clear. Then I leave the game running on x1 and go to my in game captains quarters get into bed and get some shut eye. under red light of course to add to the immersion. Save in the knowledge that my virtual crew will only wake me in dire emergencies. However having served on hunter-killers and bombers, I am used to it and sleeping in a hotel bed is much more comfortable than my top teir bunk __________________

02-14-06, 02:40 PM	#2
jimmie Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Japan Posts: 259 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cook a meal and eat, flipping some books, reading paper, smoke, drink, do laundry, some errands, possibly some work, etc.

02-14-06, 02:51 PM	#3
trenken Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 565 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Time Compress

02-14-06, 03:05 PM	#5
trenken Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 565 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I slow it down here and there to check up on things or maybe take a screenshot or something, but for the most part I like to try and get to my patrol point within a reasonable amount of time.

02-14-06, 04:22 PM	#7
Wolfram Weps Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: periscope depth Posts: 354 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	play it hardcore, actually go to bed and have the sound up high enough to hear the crew - but then of course the engine sounds might take time to get used to. For more realism, go further: I do not bathe for a week and spray a light coating of diesel on my food.

02-15-06, 06:42 AM	#13
kapitanfred Planesman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: South Australia Posts: 191 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Go looking!!!

02-15-06, 07:12 AM	#14
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	I cut off a bit of salted meat i have hanging in the computer room and cook that up . I have my windows blacked out and i havnt seen daylight for two weeks .

02-15-06, 07:30 AM	#15
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Clean your room, make a nice meal, read a book, watch TV etc. Then, after a hour or so, go to your computer and see that you have been bombed by a tin can that caused a leak thatÂ´s size of mouseÂ´s eye. Of course the leak was in crew quarters and the idiots in your boats just cant fix it and you die in 5 seconds.