optimum TC?

Bilge_Rat · 04-08-07, 07:37 AM

Has anyone worked out what is the optimum time compression to get the best results in a campaign, namely weather generation, reports, crew management.

I remember in sh3, if you went above, I believe, 32 or 64, crew fatigue was no longer calculated.

In Sh4, 16 days out of Pearl, I have been running a campaign at both 512 and 128 TC, stopping after every watch change to check the weather and crew fatigue and I have not noticed any difference between the two. The crew will get fatigued/recover from fatigue, gain experience and the weather will change the same at both 512 or 128.

con20or · 04-08-07, 07:39 AM

Worse still, in SH3 if you went above 256 (or was it 128) airplanes didnt attack you!

Hope it isnt the same in SH4? Although judging from some of the things Ive read, its the opposite

LZ_Baker · 04-08-07, 10:16 AM

I'll be at 4000X compression and airplanes will show up. I don't think fatigue is an issue because of the way the crew switches watches. You just have to make sure before you do a long run that the aa/deck gun crews are off station and the damage control team is off because they don't change watches and will just keep working.

Skubber · 04-08-07, 10:21 AM

SH3 trained me very well to avoid high time compression because I didn't want to get "jumped."

I have to keep reminding myself that I can go up to 4000 or whatever it is.

SH4 time compression seems much, much more functional. Yes?

AVGWarhawk · 04-08-07, 10:24 AM

My experience thus far concerning TC is there are no issues. Planes arrive, ships are spotted, sonar detects sound. All in all the TC is good.

con20or · 04-08-07, 10:39 AM

As a matter of interest, have they implemented a way of using high X TC with your scope raised and having the AI keep watch, not just by hydrophone?

Not as big a deal in SH4, as no schnorkels, but would be good.

04-08-07, 07:37 AM	#1
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	optimum TC? Has anyone worked out what is the optimum time compression to get the best results in a campaign, namely weather generation, reports, crew management. I remember in sh3, if you went above, I believe, 32 or 64, crew fatigue was no longer calculated. In Sh4, 16 days out of Pearl, I have been running a campaign at both 512 and 128 TC, stopping after every watch change to check the weather and crew fatigue and I have not noticed any difference between the two. The crew will get fatigued/recover from fatigue, gain experience and the weather will change the same at both 512 or 128.

04-08-07, 07:39 AM	#2
con20or Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 269 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Worse still, in SH3 if you went above 256 (or was it 128) airplanes didnt attack you! Hope it isnt the same in SH4? Although judging from some of the things Ive read, its the opposite __________________ QA Lead on Scourge of War - http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml (98% rating on Armchair general) - http://www.armchairgeneral.com/scour...ame-review.htm SoW Waterloo Announced for 2015!!

04-08-07, 10:16 AM	#3
LZ_Baker Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 213 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I'll be at 4000X compression and airplanes will show up. I don't think fatigue is an issue because of the way the crew switches watches. You just have to make sure before you do a long run that the aa/deck gun crews are off station and the damage control team is off because they don't change watches and will just keep working. __________________

04-08-07, 10:21 AM	#4
Skubber Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Posts: 239 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	SH3 trained me very well to avoid high time compression because I didn't want to get "jumped." I have to keep reminding myself that I can go up to 4000 or whatever it is. SH4 time compression seems much, much more functional. Yes? __________________ "I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." - Captain John Paul Jones, 1778

04-08-07, 10:24 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	My experience thus far concerning TC is there are no issues. Planes arrive, ships are spotted, sonar detects sound. All in all the TC is good. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-08-07, 10:39 AM	#6
con20or Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 269 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	As a matter of interest, have they implemented a way of using high X TC with your scope raised and having the AI keep watch, not just by hydrophone? Not as big a deal in SH4, as no schnorkels, but would be good. __________________ QA Lead on Scourge of War - http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml (98% rating on Armchair general) - http://www.armchairgeneral.com/scour...ame-review.htm SoW Waterloo Announced for 2015!!