Oh dear, I had another blonde moment.

Penelope_Grey · 03-18-07, 05:16 PM

Ok was out at sea in U-101. got the radio message to go to st Nazaire instead of back to Kiel. Ok cool. On my way there decided to make a hydrophone check, hit D and dived. going ahead slow!

I was tapping my right hand by the num keypad and I hit plus by mistake didn't realise I had, and so sped the game up. Then I gets called away for a moment, luckily, there was a sound contact which slowed the game back down to 1, and I then heard the screaming hull of the U-boat. I ambles back in, and then, I looks and the depth guage is reading 210m!

LOL needless to say I pulled straight out of it. The moral of the story is, don't dive without due care and attention! lol

Brenda!!!

bigboywooly · 03-18-07, 05:25 PM

:rotfl:

I only ever press P for a hydraphone check

D just keeps you going deeper

Dantenoc · 03-18-07, 05:31 PM

Many people dont press "p" because they beleive that 30 mts is best for hydrophone checks, instead of the usual periscope's depth of 11 mts.

Be that as it may, pressing D during time compression is still ill advised, what I do is just click on the 25 depth meter and drag the needle as low as it will go, thus settling on a depth of 25mts... it's not 30, but close enough :hmm:

bigboywooly · 03-18-07, 05:33 PM

:hmm:
Not looked at it that way but I get plenty of contacts at P depth

Mush Martin · 03-18-07, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

:hmm:
Not looked at it that way but I get plenty of contacts at P depth

Concur

Penelope_Grey · 03-18-07, 05:57 PM

From now on, down to 25m by clicking on the shallow depth.

P_Funk · 03-19-07, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

Ok was out at sea in U-101. got the radio message to go to st Nazaire instead of back to Kiel. Ok cool. On my way there decided to make a hydrophone check, hit D and dived. going ahead slow!

I was tapping my right hand by the num keypad and I hit plus by mistake didn't realise I had, and so sped the game up. Then I gets called away for a moment, luckily, there was a sound contact which slowed the game back down to 1, and I then heard the screaming hull of the U-boat. I ambles back in, and then, I looks and the depth guage is reading 210m!

LOL needless to say I pulled straight out of it. The moral of the story is, don't dive without due care and attention! lol

Brenda!!!

So are you a natural blonde? :p

*SMACK* *P_Funk's good navigator returns good sense to his daft Kaleun's mind*

ijozic · 03-19-07, 04:41 AM

I had a similar moment with TC. Encountered some large cargo and sank it with the deck gun (it really took a lot of hits to go down; I had only round a hundred of 88 mm rounds to begin with and I as their number rapidly declined, I began to wonder if it's possible to sink it at all but I guess then the waterline shots started to pay off). Anyway, set the speed to 1/3, set new course and only when I started pressing the numpad + key did I start to realise that my new course was to the RIGHT of my current one which, by coincidence, was the same side my unfortunate target was. "You got to be kidding me", I thought only to be interrupted with some damage reports and the ending screen. Last save was only three hours of attacking a convoy twice during the night and avoiding the depth charge runs of some vicious and well equipped destroyers ago. Yay!

Payoff · 03-19-07, 09:04 AM

Edit your snorkel depth in the sub config file for 25 or 30 meters. Then just hit the snorkel depth key. I even edited the voice file so the chief says "new depth 3-0 meters". Its pretty handy.

Ubåtskapten · 03-19-07, 09:23 AM

The best would be to set almost everything else to 0x in SH3Commander if one is to leave the game without pausing. For example if a ship is spotted TC drops to 0x. Would ofcourse be annoying during normal gameplay but for those who play only at 1x and don't wanna pause for leaving it'd might be a good thing.

On the other hand I've had a similar experience to that of ijozic, having attacked a large convoy, escaped depth charges with the last save several hours ago. And ofcourse, only to find out that I've left the cpu fan on too low rpm when the computer hangs up.

So stupid. Automatic fan controller ftw.

I guess the Save and exit-button is for those who are paranoid for this sort of things to happen.:rotfl:

03-18-07, 05:16 PM	#1
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oh dear, I had another blonde moment. Ok was out at sea in U-101. got the radio message to go to st Nazaire instead of back to Kiel. Ok cool. On my way there decided to make a hydrophone check, hit D and dived. going ahead slow! I was tapping my right hand by the num keypad and I hit plus by mistake didn't realise I had, and so sped the game up. Then I gets called away for a moment, luckily, there was a sound contact which slowed the game back down to 1, and I then heard the screaming hull of the U-boat. I ambles back in, and then, I looks and the depth guage is reading 210m! LOL needless to say I pulled straight out of it. The moral of the story is, don't dive without due care and attention! lol Brenda!!! __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

03-18-07, 05:25 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: I only ever press P for a hydraphone check D just keeps you going deeper __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-18-07, 05:31 PM	#3
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Many people dont press "p" because they beleive that 30 mts is best for hydrophone checks, instead of the usual periscope's depth of 11 mts. Be that as it may, pressing D during time compression is still ill advised, what I do is just click on the 25 depth meter and drag the needle as low as it will go, thus settling on a depth of 25mts... it's not 30, but close enough :hmm: __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682

03-18-07, 05:33 PM	#4
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	:hmm: Not looked at it that way but I get plenty of contacts at P depth __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-18-07, 05:57 PM	#6
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	From now on, down to 25m by clicking on the shallow depth. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

03-19-07, 04:41 AM	#8
ijozic Bosun Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 61 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I had a similar moment with TC. Encountered some large cargo and sank it with the deck gun (it really took a lot of hits to go down; I had only round a hundred of 88 mm rounds to begin with and I as their number rapidly declined, I began to wonder if it's possible to sink it at all but I guess then the waterline shots started to pay off). Anyway, set the speed to 1/3, set new course and only when I started pressing the numpad + key did I start to realise that my new course was to the RIGHT of my current one which, by coincidence, was the same side my unfortunate target was. "You got to be kidding me", I thought only to be interrupted with some damage reports and the ending screen. Last save was only three hours of attacking a convoy twice during the night and avoiding the depth charge runs of some vicious and well equipped destroyers ago. Yay! __________________ I'm a bit slow at first, but by the time the crew starts screaming "Captain, we're all gonna die!", I'm in complete control.

03-19-07, 09:04 AM	#9
Payoff Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nash Town, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Edit your snorkel depth in the sub config file for 25 or 30 meters. Then just hit the snorkel depth key. I even edited the voice file so the chief says "new depth 3-0 meters". Its pretty handy. __________________ "Hit Shokaku class carrier with three out of six torpedos. Recieved 105 depth charges during three hour period. Heard four terrific explosions in the direction of target, two and one half hours after attack. Believe that baby sank!" Lieutenant Commander Herman Kossler USS Cavalla

03-19-07, 09:23 AM	#10
Ubåtskapten Soundman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 141 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	The best would be to set almost everything else to 0x in SH3Commander if one is to leave the game without pausing. For example if a ship is spotted TC drops to 0x. Would ofcourse be annoying during normal gameplay but for those who play only at 1x and don't wanna pause for leaving it'd might be a good thing. On the other hand I've had a similar experience to that of ijozic, having attacked a large convoy, escaped depth charges with the last save several hours ago. And ofcourse, only to find out that I've left the cpu fan on too low rpm when the computer hangs up. So stupid. Automatic fan controller ftw. I guess the Save and exit-button is for those who are paranoid for this sort of things to happen.:rotfl: