Epic Fail!

Howard313 · 03-26-11, 03:15 PM

So, it was patrol #17, the first patrol I had with the GWX mod installed, I set to all ahead one-third, and proceeded to plot out my course.

Overwhelmed with all the new features, and the fact I wasn't the only one in port anymore (more ships sailing around me? Awesome!) I used the external view cam to see all the ships and stuff.

Me: This is incredible, Look they even got swastikas on them!
W.O.: Please don't embarrass yourself again Captain, remember the light-boat incident?

Anyway this went on for a good 5 minutes, until my crew started complaining about how we were taking damage, and there was this horrible grinding noise, so i looked back at my ship

and this is what i saw.

It turns out the navigator won't use the course you plotted without you telling him "return to course."

Who knew?

STEED · 03-26-11, 03:19 PM

Fish In The Water · 03-26-11, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard313

and this is what i saw.

To which you no doubt replied:

"If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the beach!"

Howard313 · 03-26-11, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

To which you no doubt replied:

"If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the beach!"

Lol right! And who knows, after a few more attempts I might be driving the world's first land-based submarine.

03-26-11, 06:31 PM

ediko · 03-26-11, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard313

Lol right! And who knows, after a few more attempts I might be driving the world's first land-based submarine.

Well at least BDU wasn't dumb enough to give you a brand new uboat. This one looks like it has been through a lot already, or is it from the light-boat incident?

frau kaleun · 03-26-11, 07:24 PM

Oh I have so totally been there and done that. This is why I always start out of Wilhelmshaven, I ran aground so many times trying to get out of the Baltic into the North Sea that Denmark finally took out a restraining order.

Another little thing you might want to know about plotting courses, if you haven't discovered it already... you want to zoom in REALLY close on the map when you do it if you are plotting a course near land.

Turns out a lot of those "straight" shorelines at low magnification get really "jagged" up close, with lots of little bits that stick out into the water. I plotted a course right over top of one of the little jagged spits of land and didn't realize it until the crew starting screaming about all the damage we were taking.

Gargamel · 03-26-11, 07:26 PM

To: Kaluen Howard
From: BDU
re: New U-boat

Your new expiremental U-boat has arrived, U-Deep 6. PLease feel free to pick it up ASAP.

Attached is a picture for identification.

Fish In The Water · 03-26-11, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargamel

To: Kaluen Howard
From: BDU
re: New U-boat

Your new expiremental U-boat has arrived, U-Deep 6. PLease feel free to pick it up ASAP.

Attached is a picture for identification.

Cool...

Screen doors to keep the fish out!!

03-26-11, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Oh I have so totally been there and done that. This is why I always start out of Wilhelmshaven, I ran aground so many times trying to get out of the Baltic into the North Sea that Denmark finally took out a restraining order.

But, at least you left Bernard to clean up the mess.

Sailor Steve · 03-26-11, 09:51 PM

In SH2 it was worse. I once accidentally overshot a waypoint at high TC and died several thousand feet up a mountainside.

Gargamel · 03-26-11, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

In SH2 it was worse. I once accidentally overshot a waypoint at high TC and died several thousand feet up a mountainside.

ScreenShot!

Sailor Steve · 03-26-11, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

ScreenShot!

It was eight years ago! Either take my word for it or take a hike!

Gargamel · 03-26-11, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It was eight years ago! Either take my word for it or take a hike!

Do it again!

Sailor Steve · 03-27-11, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Do it again!

How 'bout I send you a copy of SH2 so you can load up the world's worst subsim and hope that sooner or later it will happen to you?

03-26-11, 03:19 PM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	__________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

03-26-11, 07:26 PM	#8
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	To: Kaluen Howard From: BDU re: New U-boat Your new expiremental U-boat has arrived, U-Deep 6. PLease feel free to pick it up ASAP. Attached is a picture for identification. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-26-11, 09:51 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	In SH2 it was worse. I once accidentally overshot a waypoint at high TC and died several thousand feet up a mountainside. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-26-11, 03:15 PM	#1
Howard313 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: America Posts: 211 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Epic Fail! So, it was patrol #17, the first patrol I had with the GWX mod installed, I set to all ahead one-third, and proceeded to plot out my course. Overwhelmed with all the new features, and the fact I wasn't the only one in port anymore (more ships sailing around me? Awesome!) I used the external view cam to see all the ships and stuff. Me: This is incredible, Look they even got swastikas on them! W.O.: Please don't embarrass yourself again Captain, remember the light-boat incident? Anyway this went on for a good 5 minutes, until my crew started complaining about how we were taking damage, and there was this horrible grinding noise, so i looked back at my ship and this is what i saw. It turns out the navigator won't use the course you plotted without you telling him "return to course." Who knew? __________________

03-26-11, 06:31 PM	#5
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03-26-11, 07:24 PM	#7
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Oh I have so totally been there and done that. This is why I always start out of Wilhelmshaven, I ran aground so many times trying to get out of the Baltic into the North Sea that Denmark finally took out a restraining order. Another little thing you might want to know about plotting courses, if you haven't discovered it already... you want to zoom in REALLY close on the map when you do it if you are plotting a course near land. Turns out a lot of those "straight" shorelines at low magnification get really "jagged" up close, with lots of little bits that stick out into the water. I plotted a course right over top of one of the little jagged spits of land and didn't realize it until the crew starting screaming about all the damage we were taking.