Hello again

01-30-16, 09:04 PM

Wow Guys I don’t know where to start. I’m coming back to the forum after being away for over 10 years. I originally joined the subsim around 99-2000 playing SH1. I almost cant believe whats happened since then. I havnt been on here since early sh3 release around 2005. And wow some of my old shipmates are still here. I wonder if any of you remember me. My handle then was Scott of the Pacific, Neal, Hawk, Colin its been a long time, you guys must have racked up some tonnage singe then LOL. If you have trouble remembering me we spent a lot of time on SH1, I remember when we first started sinking Japanese convoys on full manual TDC. In those days we didn’t know if the mastheights in the recognition manual were to scale, I remember calculating them by measuring the masts with a ruler on my PC display then scaling to the ship LOA (which was on the manual), there was no stadimeter so we had to use the reticule marks in the scope. What fun. I remember when I hit the first ship on manual TDC from those calculations and then we knew that the game physics model was really true. I remember doing all this for one ship type and then someone I cant remember if it was Hawk that went and calculated every ship mast height in a weekend and we were off sinking the Japanese merchant marine on manual. Tonnages dropped from arcade level and everyone started getting scared to lose a sub …yeah!

Well that’s enough reminiscing. Its great to be back. I bet I’m sooooo out of practice. I just did a fresh install of SH3 and am getting going on first patrol. I cant wait to get into the GWX and some of the mods all these people have been building its truly amazing.

Torplexed · 01-30-16, 09:48 PM

That is indeed one long furlough. Welcome back subsimmer from the dawn of time.

HW3 · 01-30-16, 09:51 PM

Welcome Back Aboard!

Aktungbby · 01-31-16, 01:25 AM

Pirate Roberts!

Jimbuna · 01-31-16, 08:52 AM

Welcome

Eichhörnchen · 02-03-16, 12:52 AM

Welcome back!

u crank · 02-03-16, 05:33 AM

Welcome back Pirate Roberts.

Commander Wallace · 02-03-16, 09:24 AM

Welcome back to the fold.

02-04-16, 11:16 PM

Great to be back. Hah ! this is going to sound quaint but I just finished my first patrol on sh3 stock (not bad experience now with 10 years of processing power, honestly I didnt think the AI was too bad) only wasted one torpedo and didn't relize till almost home that I had such a powerfull deck gun.. yeah really!. Then uploaded GWX and ....Holy moly .. yes.. I spent about over 3 hours on 1x TC just gawking at stuff. It makes sneaking past a neutral fishing boat fun. Just sunk first Tramp on full manual night surface end around, missed smoke stach by 15yards by mis-calculating speed by .5 knots but ....YEahahhah.

See you on the water

01-30-16, 09:04 PM	#1
Pirate Roberts Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hello again Wow Guys I don’t know where to start. I’m coming back to the forum after being away for over 10 years. I originally joined the subsim around 99-2000 playing SH1. I almost cant believe whats happened since then. I havnt been on here since early sh3 release around 2005. And wow some of my old shipmates are still here. I wonder if any of you remember me. My handle then was Scott of the Pacific, Neal, Hawk, Colin its been a long time, you guys must have racked up some tonnage singe then LOL. If you have trouble remembering me we spent a lot of time on SH1, I remember when we first started sinking Japanese convoys on full manual TDC. In those days we didn’t know if the mastheights in the recognition manual were to scale, I remember calculating them by measuring the masts with a ruler on my PC display then scaling to the ship LOA (which was on the manual), there was no stadimeter so we had to use the reticule marks in the scope. What fun. I remember when I hit the first ship on manual TDC from those calculations and then we knew that the game physics model was really true. I remember doing all this for one ship type and then someone I cant remember if it was Hawk that went and calculated every ship mast height in a weekend and we were off sinking the Japanese merchant marine on manual. Tonnages dropped from arcade level and everyone started getting scared to lose a sub …yeah! Well that’s enough reminiscing. Its great to be back. I bet I’m sooooo out of practice. I just did a fresh install of SH3 and am getting going on first patrol. I cant wait to get into the GWX and some of the mods all these people have been building its truly amazing.

01-30-16, 09:48 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	That is indeed one long furlough. Welcome back subsimmer from the dawn of time. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

01-30-16, 09:51 PM	#3
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,579 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Welcome Back Aboard! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

01-31-16, 01:25 AM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,056 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard er back! Pirate Roberts! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-31-16, 08:52 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-03-16, 12:52 AM	#6
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,455 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! __________________

02-03-16, 05:33 AM	#7
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,747 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Welcome back Pirate Roberts. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

02-03-16, 09:24 AM	#8
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,321 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Welcome back to the fold.

02-04-16, 11:16 PM	#9
Pirate Roberts Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Thank you maties Great to be back. Hah ! this is going to sound quaint but I just finished my first patrol on sh3 stock (not bad experience now with 10 years of processing power, honestly I didnt think the AI was too bad) only wasted one torpedo and didn't relize till almost home that I had such a powerfull deck gun.. yeah really!. Then uploaded GWX and ....Holy moly .. yes.. I spent about over 3 hours on 1x TC just gawking at stuff. It makes sneaking past a neutral fishing boat fun. Just sunk first Tramp on full manual night surface end around, missed smoke stach by 15yards by mis-calculating speed by .5 knots but ....YEahahhah. See you on the water