Recommanded max Time Compression ?

Gilbou · 03-05-10, 02:38 PM

Hello

I am using silent hunter 3
with gmx 3.0 gold mod
+ sh3 commander 3.2 + the small patch for gwx 3 for it

What is the maximum recommanded time compression value so i wont miss anything ?

I can go up to 1024 and that's far enough for me.
I have been using the search function of the forum but i don't get a clear answer to that question :/

What is the highest time compression level I can use (around 256 or 512 ?) so I wont miss contacts ?

RConch · 03-05-10, 02:50 PM

128x seems to work the best for traveling for me.

KL-alfman · 03-05-10, 03:51 PM

yep, 128x for travelling to your grid.
32x or 64x for patrolling, and 1x for attacking or rather evading .....
but that's just my way to sim.

Gilbou · 03-05-10, 04:25 PM

Ok. I'll use 128.
Up to know I was using x1024 until I got close to England,
then x128

I need to tweak the config file to drop to x1 for some things.

Thanks.

KL-alfman · 03-05-10, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gilbou

Ok. I'll use 128.
Up to know I was using x1024 until I got close to England,
then x128

I need to tweak the config file to drop to x1 for some things.

Thanks.

just a recommendation.
you will define your style to play ....
but I can tell, when on 1024x in one of my first careers I ran aground and haven't even known why! there's only one little spot north-west of Madeira (IIRC) and sure I was the one to hit it!!

KeptinCranky · 03-05-10, 05:17 PM

I tend to use 1024 to 4096 for crossing long stretches of open ocean where I don't expect to run into anything.

128x for patrolling in aircraft rich environments, it tends to ensure a proper amount of aircraft encounters, but gives you enough time to respond

512x when loitering at 20m for hydrophone-based hunting in shipping lanes

in other areas I use 256x

short bursts of up to 64x when approaching targets (gets it over with quicker) and 1x for dodging DDs

BrewerAlpha · 03-05-10, 10:29 PM

Bah! You guys are women.

128x seems to be the preferred max time compression for most SH3 players here.

I prefer 64x because the whole 1 hour = 1 minute (roughly) thing appeals to me.

Paul Riley · 03-06-10, 06:09 AM

Personally I dont like to spend nearly all day travelling from one grid square to the next.Some do,some dont,simple.

03-05-10, 02:38 PM	#1
Gilbou Chief Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: France Posts: 313 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Recommanded max Time Compression ? Hello I am using silent hunter 3 with gmx 3.0 gold mod + sh3 commander 3.2 + the small patch for gwx 3 for it What is the maximum recommanded time compression value so i wont miss anything ? I can go up to 1024 and that's far enough for me. I have been using the search function of the forum but i don't get a clear answer to that question :/ What is the highest time compression level I can use (around 256 or 512 ?) so I wont miss contacts ?

03-05-10, 02:50 PM	#2
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	128x seems to work the best for traveling for me. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

03-05-10, 03:51 PM	#3
KL-alfman Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Weimar Posts: 930 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	yep, 128x for travelling to your grid. 32x or 64x for patrolling, and 1x for attacking or rather evading ..... but that's just my way to sim. __________________ Life, Liberty and Property!

03-05-10, 10:29 PM	#7
BrewerAlpha Watch Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 22 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Bah! You guys are women. 128x seems to be the preferred max time compression for most SH3 players here. I prefer 64x because the whole 1 hour = 1 minute (roughly) thing appeals to me. __________________ BrewerAlpha SH3 Midshipman 3 careers / 2 subs lost / 8,488 tonnage sunk

03-06-10, 06:09 AM	#8
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Personally I dont like to spend nearly all day travelling from one grid square to the next.Some do,some dont,simple. __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

03-05-10, 04:25 PM	#4
Gilbou Chief Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: France Posts: 313 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Ok. I'll use 128. Up to know I was using x1024 until I got close to England, then x128 I need to tweak the config file to drop to x1 for some things. Thanks.

03-05-10, 05:17 PM	#6
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I tend to use 1024 to 4096 for crossing long stretches of open ocean where I don't expect to run into anything. 128x for patrolling in aircraft rich environments, it tends to ensure a proper amount of aircraft encounters, but gives you enough time to respond 512x when loitering at 20m for hydrophone-based hunting in shipping lanes in other areas I use 256x short bursts of up to 64x when approaching targets (gets it over with quicker) and 1x for dodging DDs