A question for the old SH2 sailors.

[prowler3]

When I used to sail in SH2 I was able to put markers on the map to outline the shallow areas where I could not go without going aground. I can't, for the life of me, remember how I used to accomplish this. I used it to marker out the areas of Scapa Flow I had to avoid while at periscope depth (as an example) and then I would set my course, skirting these areas, to avoid detection while I snuck in.

My question is...is there a map tool, for SH3, which can tell me what the depth is at my cursors position? I believe it was something like this that I used to employ in the SH2 map...but I'm older and I've had a few more beers since that time...I just can't recall how I did it. :p

As far as "reality"...I assume that real U-boat captains would have had this info on their charts? I know that getting into shallow water is not the best of situations for a sub...but it can come in handy, at times. The navigator in SH3 can only tell me current depth under my keel...I'd like something to use for course planning on the map.

Any ideas?

And if there are any old SH2 Captains out there who know what I'm talking about...tell me how I used to do it before I go insane!

Thanks gang!

[Torplexed]

The depth of the ocean in SH2 where your cursor is hovering, was located on the mini-map in the lower right. Yeah...too bad you can't drop notes in SH3. Some good ideas get left behind. I miss the logbook in the captain's cabin..However, remember, in reality no navy in WW2 had charts so good that they showed the exact depth everywhere.

[Brag]

There were a lot of good things in SHII that were left behind--Pity. But I'm glad the DDs that could see you behind islands are gone

I had to laugh Brag. I recall being in a Fjord in Norway in SH2 and trying to sneek up on some merchants located up stream. I thought - the DDs are on the other side of this large island - no problemo. Then I start hearing the thunderous sound of DDs cranking up - they were always loud in SH2. And this noise when on for ever as I slowly made my way under the surface thinking they'd never make it into the narrow channel I was in. Then suddenly the noise got very loud and sure enough a quick look outside (of course from under water since you could not see top side from underwater in SH2) revealed the long underside of a DD's hull racing toward me in my 20 meters deep water!

I still have to laugh, cause I don't know how that silly DD made it around into that tight water way when in other wider areas I had seen them run aground. In fact as it dumped its DCs that killed me it did next run into the shore line - cause it was a small area.

[kiwi_2005]

SHII itself wasn't really impressive, but when the mods came out it rocked.
Aces campiagn & Pacific Aces campaign were the main ones i used but their were plently more great mods.

Another good thing was they coded SHII to play alongside Destroyer Command game over the net or Lan, nothing beats playing against a mate whos hunting you in the fog in his destroyer.

I thought they were going to bring out Destroyer Command II for Silent Hunter III but sadly that never happened. Maybe DCII for SHIV:hmm:

[Brag]

The Norwegian campaign in SHII was a hoot. Ships running aground all over the place. I nestled my boat next to a beached battleship and fired one round from my deck gun. Another BB kept firing at the Battleship, behind which I was hiding. When the BB was destroyed , I got credit for the Kill :rotfl: :rotfl:

[ReallyDedPoet]

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