Game settings and Mission Difficulty settings

aurora-7 · 01-02-08, 10:06 AM

Does the mission difficulty setting override the basic games settings you set from the main menu?

I've custom set my games settings to have limited fuel and battery levels but when I start playing career missions set to 'normal' difficulty, it seems I have unlimited diesel fuel, anyway. I've sailed from Pearl Harbor to Japan with no change in my diesel fuel levels.

AVGWarhawk · 01-02-08, 10:31 AM

When you start your career, on the left side in the office is a radio on the shelf. Click that and then set up your game play options. It will save it from then on.

aurora-7 · 01-02-08, 11:01 AM

Thanks, I'll do that tonight.

aurora-7 · 01-03-08, 08:29 AM

What a difference. It takes almost half a tank to get from Pearl to Japan, depending on your route. I hope I can at least make Midway on the way back.

AVGWarhawk · 01-03-08, 09:02 AM

You will need to be concious of your fuel. Normally I will go flank to Midway out of Pearl. Refuel. From there on I go at 10 kts to my first mission point. It is slow going but you have just over 3/4 of a tank. Plenty of fuel to patrol. When I do hit my patrol area of set speed at 7kts. The race is not won by the swift but by the stealthy. I only go flank to chase my target. Doing this saves a lot of fuel. When I get to half a tank, I look real hard at my location, torp load out. If I can squeeze in one more mission I do so. If not, I head on home.

aurora-7 · 01-03-08, 10:37 AM

I thought maybe ‘Standard’ speed was what submariners used to cruise to their patrol regions while on the surface because it was the best balance between speed and fuel consumption so I’ve been using that setting to get a least within 1000 miles of Japan.

I need to be more patient. Last night I tried moving to within 1000 miles of Japan too quickly and got reckless. I spotted two destroyers and should have submerged immediately and instead dawdled on the surface too long thinking maybe they couldn’t see me at night. Should’ve figured if I can see them, they can see me. By the time I dvied it was too late. They zeroed in on me and I got depth charged and my hull cracked open. Luckily I made a save point after just departing from Midway for refueling.

01-02-08, 10:06 AM	#1
aurora-7 Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 45 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Game settings and Mission Difficulty settings Does the mission difficulty setting override the basic games settings you set from the main menu? I've custom set my games settings to have limited fuel and battery levels but when I start playing career missions set to 'normal' difficulty, it seems I have unlimited diesel fuel, anyway. I've sailed from Pearl Harbor to Japan with no change in my diesel fuel levels.

01-02-08, 10:31 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,305 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	When you start your career, on the left side in the office is a radio on the shelf. Click that and then set up your game play options. It will save it from then on. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-03-08, 09:02 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,305 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	You will need to be concious of your fuel. Normally I will go flank to Midway out of Pearl. Refuel. From there on I go at 10 kts to my first mission point. It is slow going but you have just over 3/4 of a tank. Plenty of fuel to patrol. When I do hit my patrol area of set speed at 7kts. The race is not won by the swift but by the stealthy. I only go flank to chase my target. Doing this saves a lot of fuel. When I get to half a tank, I look real hard at my location, torp load out. If I can squeeze in one more mission I do so. If not, I head on home. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-02-08, 11:01 AM	#3
aurora-7 Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 45 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks, I'll do that tonight.

01-03-08, 08:29 AM	#4
aurora-7 Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 45 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What a difference. It takes almost half a tank to get from Pearl to Japan, depending on your route. I hope I can at least make Midway on the way back.

01-03-08, 10:37 AM	#6
aurora-7 Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 45 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I thought maybe ‘Standard’ speed was what submariners used to cruise to their patrol regions while on the surface because it was the best balance between speed and fuel consumption so I’ve been using that setting to get a least within 1000 miles of Japan. I need to be more patient. Last night I tried moving to within 1000 miles of Japan too quickly and got reckless. I spotted two destroyers and should have submerged immediately and instead dawdled on the surface too long thinking maybe they couldn’t see me at night. Should’ve figured if I can see them, they can see me. By the time I dvied it was too late. They zeroed in on me and I got depth charged and my hull cracked open. Luckily I made a save point after just departing from Midway for refueling.