Snorkel

trenken · 03-05-06, 11:24 PM

I hear people refer to this. Is this the same as the periscope, or something different? No, I don't know much about subs.

jasondef · 03-05-06, 11:26 PM

With a snorkel, the sub could stay submerged and just raise the snorkel to refill on oxygen and air, and run the diesels underwater to recharge the batteries, so you didn't have to expose the whole sub and surface instead.

trenken · 03-05-06, 11:31 PM

How do you use the snorkel? Is there a hotkey for it?

jasondef · 03-05-06, 11:38 PM

There is, "X" is up/down snorkel, but you have to wait until the technology becomes available later in the war, and then of course you have to "buy" it with renown and add it to your sub. I forget when exactly, but the tech tree when you're in base between patrols will tell you.

Quillan · 03-05-06, 11:49 PM

Mid 1943, IIRC.

jasondef · 03-06-06, 12:07 AM

Quillan and Trenken, what's your current avatar rank say? Is that in Chinese and why? I don't get it...

Tonnage_Ace · 03-06-06, 01:43 AM

What's the snorkel??? You have 280 posts. I'm confused.

jasondef · 03-06-06, 01:57 AM

I was initially confused also, a couple of weeks ago with a string of newb questions. But I think all the posts are from a different game's forum, and new to this game.

Tonnage_Ace · 03-06-06, 02:17 AM

Isn't it addressed in the manual though? Or on the Wiki? I was new to this game a couple months ago but at least I researched the manual, Wiki and past posts before I started asking questions like: What's a periscope? :hmm: Let's trim the fat on the posts shall we.

VonHelsching · 03-06-06, 02:50 AM

The sub community is very helpful even to the most newb questions.

What I did, say 8 months ago, was to start reading old posts and searching:

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/search.php

The community manual was less full than it is today:

http://www.communitymanuals.com/shiii

Dantenoc · 03-06-06, 05:47 AM

Even to this day, the comunity manual isn't very complete at all, and rarely goes beyond the most basic of explanations. There's a lot of info in this forum that nobody has bothered to put into the Wiki.

03-06-06, 05:53 AM

Just proves my point, wiki's are highly unreliable and dubious at best.

XXi · 03-06-06, 09:15 AM

Jasondef ---> It means, Chinese Seaman. Or, to be more exact, Seaman of the Chinese NAVY.

Don`t know what`s the reason for such avatar though.

trenken · 03-06-06, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonnage_Ace

Isn't it addressed in the manual though? Or on the Wiki? I was new to this game a couple months ago but at least I researched the manual, Wiki and past posts before I started asking questions like: What's a periscope? :hmm: Let's trim the fat on the posts shall we.

Good for you. Now stop hijacking my thread. I talked to John Channing (moderator) and he said I can ask whatever questions I want. So if you have a problem with that, talk to him.

Bye.

John Channing · 03-07-06, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trenken

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonnage_Ace

Isn't it addressed in the manual though? Or on the Wiki? I was new to this game a couple months ago but at least I researched the manual, Wiki and past posts before I started asking questions like: What's a periscope? :hmm: Let's trim the fat on the posts shall we.

Good for you. Now stop hijacking my thread. I talked to John Channing (moderator) and he said I can ask whatever questions I want. So if you have a problem with that, talk to him.

Bye.

Easy there big fella.

While it is true that I did say that questions are always welcome and that most times you can expect a helpful reply, you do have some responsibility to help yourself. If someone points you to a resource it is always a good idea to check it out. You never know, you might just stumble across some other information that might enhance your enjoyment of the sim. In fact, you may even find the answers to questions you haven't even thought of yet!

And the last time I checked, they were all Neal's threads. We just get to use them from time to time.

JCC

03-05-06, 11:24 PM	#1
trenken Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 565 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Snorkel I hear people refer to this. Is this the same as the periscope, or something different? No, I don't know much about subs.

03-05-06, 11:26 PM	#2
jasondef Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 358 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	With a snorkel, the sub could stay submerged and just raise the snorkel to refill on oxygen and air, and run the diesels underwater to recharge the batteries, so you didn't have to expose the whole sub and surface instead. __________________ "My, God! Those bulkheads! Did you hear them burst!" System: 40gb 5400rpm HD \| Generic MB from around '02 \| P4 2.6 400GHz \| 1 GB PC2100 DDR (2 mismatched 512's) 16x CD-ROM \| GeForce 7800 AGP \| broken Radio Shack case fan \| Ergonomic keyboard (missing a shift key) PS2 ball mouse \| surge protector \| USB 1.1 expansion card \| Really cool surround-sound headphones

03-05-06, 11:38 PM	#4
jasondef Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 358 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There is, "X" is up/down snorkel, but you have to wait until the technology becomes available later in the war, and then of course you have to "buy" it with renown and add it to your sub. I forget when exactly, but the tech tree when you're in base between patrols will tell you. __________________ "My, God! Those bulkheads! Did you hear them burst!" System: 40gb 5400rpm HD \| Generic MB from around '02 \| P4 2.6 400GHz \| 1 GB PC2100 DDR (2 mismatched 512's) 16x CD-ROM \| GeForce 7800 AGP \| broken Radio Shack case fan \| Ergonomic keyboard (missing a shift key) PS2 ball mouse \| surge protector \| USB 1.1 expansion card \| Really cool surround-sound headphones

03-05-06, 11:49 PM	#5
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Mid 1943, IIRC. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

03-06-06, 12:07 AM	#6
jasondef Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 358 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Quillan and Trenken, what's your current avatar rank say? Is that in Chinese and why? I don't get it... __________________ "My, God! Those bulkheads! Did you hear them burst!" System: 40gb 5400rpm HD \| Generic MB from around '02 \| P4 2.6 400GHz \| 1 GB PC2100 DDR (2 mismatched 512's) 16x CD-ROM \| GeForce 7800 AGP \| broken Radio Shack case fan \| Ergonomic keyboard (missing a shift key) PS2 ball mouse \| surge protector \| USB 1.1 expansion card \| Really cool surround-sound headphones

03-05-06, 11:31 PM	#3
trenken Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 565 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How do you use the snorkel? Is there a hotkey for it?

03-06-06, 01:43 AM	#7
Tonnage_Ace XO Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 411 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	What's the snorkel??? You have 280 posts. I'm confused.

03-06-06, 01:57 AM	#8
jasondef Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 358 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was initially confused also, a couple of weeks ago with a string of newb questions. But I think all the posts are from a different game's forum, and new to this game. __________________ "My, God! Those bulkheads! Did you hear them burst!" System: 40gb 5400rpm HD \| Generic MB from around '02 \| P4 2.6 400GHz \| 1 GB PC2100 DDR (2 mismatched 512's) 16x CD-ROM \| GeForce 7800 AGP \| broken Radio Shack case fan \| Ergonomic keyboard (missing a shift key) PS2 ball mouse \| surge protector \| USB 1.1 expansion card \| Really cool surround-sound headphones

03-06-06, 02:17 AM	#9
Tonnage_Ace XO Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 411 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Isn't it addressed in the manual though? Or on the Wiki? I was new to this game a couple months ago but at least I researched the manual, Wiki and past posts before I started asking questions like: What's a periscope? :hmm: Let's trim the fat on the posts shall we.

03-06-06, 02:50 AM	#10
VonHelsching Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 1,025 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The sub community is very helpful even to the most newb questions. What I did, say 8 months ago, was to start reading old posts and searching: http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/search.php The community manual was less full than it is today: http://www.communitymanuals.com/shiii

03-06-06, 05:47 AM	#11
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Even to this day, the comunity manual isn't very complete at all, and rarely goes beyond the most basic of explanations. There's a lot of info in this forum that nobody has bothered to put into the Wiki.

03-06-06, 05:53 AM	#12
Cdre Gibs Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Just proves my point, wiki's are highly unreliable and dubious at best.

03-06-06, 09:15 AM	#13
XXi Ensign Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland / Nagoya, Japan Posts: 227 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Jasondef ---> It means, Chinese Seaman. Or, to be more exact, Seaman of the Chinese NAVY. Don`t know what`s the reason for such avatar though. __________________ lasciate ogni speranza... voi, chi entrate

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