Black swans

[Wulfmann]

Originally Posted by Salvadoreno

so wulfman you going to let me use ur RND layer? I wanna try it out.

PM an email add and I will send it to you.

Wulfmann

[andy_311]

Originally Posted by Wulfmann

PM an email add and I will send it to you.

Wulfmann

I would also like to try it please.

[The Noob]

Originally Posted by midshipsnake

SH3 = no challenge at all (so far)

Try the Following:

1.Go to Data\Cfg
2.Open "Sim.cfg" in notepad.
3.Set the "Sonar Detection time" to something from 15-5.
4.Set the "Hydrophone Noise factor" to 0.3
5.Save the Changes.

Finish!

Now you got you're "Expert Destroyers".

[Wulfmann]

Originally Posted by andy_311

I would also like to try it please.

That goes for anyone. I am not uploading any mods but will send them to a few here. Trust me, this is not for those that are easily frustrated.

Wulfmann

[Salvadoreno]

did you try to send them wulfman??

[Wulfmann]

I sent them to everyone that PMed me an email. I will resend it today.

Now I must confess. The ones I sent are not the toughest one. When I did this before months ago for RUB installs the only people that reported back said it was more real and they now see they did not want realism as much as they thought!! :rotfl:

I must also confess the 1944 career I just completed was also not the tough one, I wussed out!

Because I had failed so many times I had to lighten it up a little to be sure I could do it with something harder than the GW one but not as hard as what I know is right.
Convoys in 1943-45 did not have gaps to waltz in to. Sneaking in to a convoy in the last two years was virtual suicide yet we do it all the time.
So, I put my tough RND in and spent yesterday redoing a whole section of that super-GW RND.
What I did was remake all the English traffic.
I am sure you all know the multi-ship groups you run into on occasion. Well, what I did was make them into small convoys with 3-5 merchants and 2-4 escorts. !943-45 only. Local traffic was well protected by all books I have read and did not meander around alone. .
So, I started my first patrol and ran into the only 2 ships I did not modify. I then did a brilliant job of timing the sweeps of the escorts to a large convoy and snuck in. I hit a big tanker and a liberty but did it with long shots 2 and 3 columns form my position and I turned 90% long before they hit.
3 escorts converged on where I was.
I was so proud! They found nothing.
But, there were 5 DEs 1 Frigate and 2 corvettes. No matter I was sure I had out maneuvered them as well. I was almost out side the screen to the rear. I was so sure I switched to the map and hit TC.
It stopped at 8X.
I was being pinged. That one closest DE made a 90 and was heading for me. I have a T5 in the stern tube and he would feel it! I would survive this one alert tin can. I fired, the fish was running true and was on his course (I love listening to the merging noises in the hydro!).
I went back to peri to witness his demise and sure enough he was hit.
But, I noticed another DE in his wake coming hard. I turned a 360 peri view and the frigate was pouring on the smoke as was a corvette.
Alarm!!!!
I set for 240 meters. So far (2 hours) I have been a half step away from their accurate drops and I doubt I will survive as a fourth escort has joined the group.
I had planned an early day at the gun club this morn so saved this for later today.

I really can see why most would rather not do this.
Escaping is nearly impossible and once you have you feel like you may need counseling after ward and you must force your mouse onto to SHIII icon to open the game the next time.
Then when you hear the ping again you feel like some one stabbed you each time. You sweat, you get the feeling you are actually in the boat and god forbid you must go to the bathroom.
Putting it on hold can be a disaster as you must know where each escort is so you can plan your next turn. The slightest mistake could mean you turn into the exploding cans instead of away.
When the convoys has at least 2 escorts on each side and at the rear you can not use that homi to open a gap, shoot and flee.
In truth, I know this and had actually planned to be outside the screen and fire 4 fanned fish and hoped for a hit or two. But, as I set up the convoy for this I peried up and found it had turned and was rolling over me. I luckily had not been found by the lead escort but that may only have prevented the inevitable.

The real truth is, I prefer this impossible scene to the successful career. The challenge is riveting, intense, hard to breath OMG I am going to die almost for real!
But, only because this is a virtual U-Boat. In real life I would have happily spent 1939-41 at sea and the rest of the war training dead men diving in the Baltic.

Wulfmann