Permission to come aboard?

GJO · 11-17-13, 09:20 AM

I found an unused copy of the Silent Hunter III dvd at the Leamington Spa Re-use Centre where I work and thought that it looked interesting. The last time I played with any sort of naval simulation game was back in the early 1980s - long before the Internet made this stuff easy - I think the game was called "Hunt the Bismark" and it was played on my Apple IIc and ran nicely on my available 32kb of RAM . . .

Anyway, as it was over a year since I bought the DVD, I decided to give Silent Hunter III a try - before I knew it I was totally immersed with my boat and crew, making 33 patrols before getting the message that 'the war is ended'.

I have now added the 1.4 patch and GWX3 and started out again with two patrols before the war and now on my third patrol in September 1939 - all seems to be going well except that I could do without some of the frequent radio messages . . .

The realism is enhanced by the fact that I live on a boat. At one point in the game while trying to evade a destroyer escort there was a huge bang and my boat rocked violently. In real life, another boat had been trying to go astern and had accidentally collided with me while I was tied up. I was so immersed in the game that it almost gave me a heart attack . . .

u crank · 11-17-13, 09:36 AM

Welcome to SubSim GJO.

Great first post.

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Originally Posted by GJO

- all seems to be going well except that I could do without some of the frequent radio messages . . .

WB's Mission Orders Lite. Great mod. I can't play without it.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1385

von Kinderei · 11-17-13, 10:37 AM

Wel-come aboard Kaleun ...

Sailor Steve · 11-17-13, 11:05 AM

Great opening story!

Aktungbby · 11-17-13, 11:37 AM

Welcome aboard GJO!

those in-marina maneuvers are tough; I damage my SHV Uboat routinely just getting out of Lorient, and as jibman/ grinder aboard an actual 30 footer out of Vallejo, it helps to have a long boat hook for 'fending off' as my real life skipper is a little inept exiting the docks; trust you were'nt

damaged too much!

Jimbuna · 11-17-13, 11:56 AM

Welcome...always good to see another Brit on here

11-17-13, 09:20 AM	#1
GJO Engineer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: On the Oxford Canal in England Posts: 202 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Permission to come aboard? I found an unused copy of the Silent Hunter III dvd at the Leamington Spa Re-use Centre where I work and thought that it looked interesting. The last time I played with any sort of naval simulation game was back in the early 1980s - long before the Internet made this stuff easy - I think the game was called "Hunt the Bismark" and it was played on my Apple IIc and ran nicely on my available 32kb of RAM . . . Anyway, as it was over a year since I bought the DVD, I decided to give Silent Hunter III a try - before I knew it I was totally immersed with my boat and crew, making 33 patrols before getting the message that 'the war is ended'. I have now added the 1.4 patch and GWX3 and started out again with two patrols before the war and now on my third patrol in September 1939 - all seems to be going well except that I could do without some of the frequent radio messages . . . The realism is enhanced by the fact that I live on a boat. At one point in the game while trying to evade a destroyer escort there was a huge bang and my boat rocked violently. In real life, another boat had been trying to go astern and had accidentally collided with me while I was tied up. I was so immersed in the game that it almost gave me a heart attack . . .

11-17-13, 10:37 AM	#3
von Kinderei Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,606 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 0	Wel-come aboard Kaleun ... __________________ vK

11-17-13, 11:05 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Great opening story! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-17-13, 11:37 AM	#5
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,072 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard GJO! those in-marina maneuvers are tough; I damage my SHV Uboat routinely just getting out of Lorient, and as jibman/ grinder aboard an actual 30 footer out of Vallejo, it helps to have a long boat hook for 'fending off' as my real life skipper is a little inept exiting the docks; trust you were'nt damaged too much! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

11-17-13, 11:56 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome...always good to see another Brit on here __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!