dumb ideas thread - Page 2

JU_88 · 01-27-07, 10:48 AM

sailed underneath a sinking tanker, you guessed it - i went down with it the wreck bad timing or what.

High Voltage · 01-27-07, 11:03 AM

when i first started playing SH3, got into position to attack a convoy during the day, made sure everything was set up perfectly: AOB, distance to target, torpedo settings checked and counterchecked and tubes open...But i hadn't realized in the F6 screen that torpedo V would fire straight astern.

This threw me off so completely that I misfired on all of my other shots!

Destroyers counterattack. I dive deep and get depth charged. Run out of options so surface to try desperation torpedo shot. Was running silent so no tubes reloaded. Sitting duck. Dead duck.

Decided to search for help in a SH3 Forum and found you guys here at subsim.

Am no longer an embarassment to the Kriegsmarine.

mookiemookie · 01-27-07, 11:08 AM

Attacked a convoy in the channel that separates the Hebrides and Scotland. The water is only about 50m deep there. It wasn't so much the depth charges that got me at first...it was grounding myself in about 20 m of water, tearing out the bottom of my boat. The DD's just finished what the bottom started.

Man that was bad...

Sailor Steve · 01-27-07, 11:32 AM

Wasn't in a career, but the first time I played the 'Bismarck' scenario I decided to take a look around and surfaced right next to Rodney.

Mooncatt · 01-27-07, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Wasn't in a career, but the first time I played the 'Bismarck' scenario I decided to take a look around and surfaced right next to Rodney.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 01-27-07, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Wasn't in a career, but the first time I played the 'Bismarck' scenario I decided to take a look around and surfaced right next to Rodney.

Who the hell put the deaf guy at the sonar station?????????????

Iron Budokan · 01-27-07, 12:17 PM

Back in stock SH3 I torpedoed a C2 but she didn't go down. I surfaced at 0 knots about 50 m from the C2 and banged away at it with my flak guns (I was out of deck gun ammo.) Had a great time watching the cargo boxes explode and what not and raking the bridge with gunfire. What fun.

But while I was enjoying myself a DD came up from the other side of the C2 (which I couldn't see because I was on the opposite side). The DD steamed around the bow of the C2. My watch officer calls out that he sees a ship. No sh*t, Sherlock. The DD opens fire, blows my conning tower away and I plummet to crush depth.

Lesson learned: Watch the horizon.

Sailor Steve · 01-27-07, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Wasn't in a career, but the first time I played the 'Bismarck' scenario I decided to take a look around and surfaced right next to Rodney.

Who the hell put the deaf guy at the sonar station?????????????

There's a sonar station?????????????

SHII's scenarios always started you far enough away that surfacing was the best option. Why would I think SHIII should be any different?

Hartmann · 01-27-07, 12:55 PM

I forget the game running at Tc in an artic patrol when i return to home after several minutes i found my boat in the Ice cap

.

i did some screenshots because is a place rarely visited

i preffer caribbean patrols.

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-27-07, 12:58 PM

Der Kanal... Dumbest thing ever.

The second dumbest was launching a spread of 4 steam torpedoes set to _fast_ at a convoy 6 kms away.

Webchessie · 01-27-07, 01:09 PM

It's early 1943 and after watching "Casablanca" I decide to raid the port. Got in with no problems and used up all my available topedeos. . .

But wait! I have spares on the deck! So, being the fine commander that I am I surface next to a hulk (thanks to me) to reload.

Mistake.

Jimbuna · 01-27-07, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Once tried to leapfrog a sub net and become 'high n dry'

I love doing that! :rotfl:

I know....I've still got the screenshots somewhere :rotfl:

andy_311 · 01-27-07, 07:55 PM

Tried surfacing on 1024 TC but hit the "D" button by mistake

Morts · 01-27-07, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by andy_311

Tried surfacing on 1024 TC but hit the "D" button by mistake

oh crab (lol?):rotfl:

01-27-07, 08:38 PM

Not exactly a 'bad idea' per se, but . . .

Got ash-canned like no tomorrow: every compartment flooding to some degree.

Assigned damage control, shuffled crew around to the worst ones, then went back to the hydrophones, trying to manuever into the escorts blind spots.

Went, "WTF!?" when I heard the frantic cry of 'we are diving too deep Sir!'

Yep . . .

You guessed it . . .

Was still in silent running.

::sighs::

01-27-07, 11:03 AM	#17
High Voltage Chief Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: U-33. Depth Charges...sinking.. Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	when i first started playing SH3, got into position to attack a convoy during the day, made sure everything was set up perfectly: AOB, distance to target, torpedo settings checked and counterchecked and tubes open...But i hadn't realized in the F6 screen that torpedo V would fire straight astern. This threw me off so completely that I misfired on all of my other shots! Destroyers counterattack. I dive deep and get depth charged. Run out of options so surface to try desperation torpedo shot. Was running silent so no tubes reloaded. Sitting duck. Dead duck. Decided to search for help in a SH3 Forum and found you guys here at subsim. Am no longer an embarassment to the Kriegsmarine. __________________ The new-moon night is black as ink. Off Hatteras the tankers sink. While sadly Roosevelt counts the score-- Some fifty thousand tons--by MOHR

01-27-07, 11:08 AM	#18
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Attacked a convoy in the channel that separates the Hebrides and Scotland. The water is only about 50m deep there. It wasn't so much the depth charges that got me at first...it was grounding myself in about 20 m of water, tearing out the bottom of my boat. The DD's just finished what the bottom started. Man that was bad... __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-27-07, 11:32 AM	#19
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Wasn't in a career, but the first time I played the 'Bismarck' scenario I decided to take a look around and surfaced right next to Rodney. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-27-07, 12:17 PM	#22
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Back in stock SH3 I torpedoed a C2 but she didn't go down. I surfaced at 0 knots about 50 m from the C2 and banged away at it with my flak guns (I was out of deck gun ammo.) Had a great time watching the cargo boxes explode and what not and raking the bridge with gunfire. What fun. But while I was enjoying myself a DD came up from the other side of the C2 (which I couldn't see because I was on the opposite side). The DD steamed around the bow of the C2. My watch officer calls out that he sees a ship. No sht, Sherlock. The DD opens fire, blows my conning tower away and I plummet to crush depth. Lesson learned: Watch the horizon. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins,* Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

01-27-07, 12:55 PM	#24
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I forget the game running at Tc in an artic patrol when i return to home after several minutes i found my boat in the Ice cap . i did some screenshots because is a place rarely visited i preffer caribbean patrols. __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

01-27-07, 10:48 AM	#16
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,813 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	sailed underneath a sinking tanker, you guessed it - i went down with it the wreck bad timing or what.

01-27-07, 12:58 PM	#25
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	Der Kanal... Dumbest thing ever. The second dumbest was launching a spread of 4 steam torpedoes set to _fast_ at a convoy 6 kms away. __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to

01-27-07, 01:09 PM	#26
Webchessie Helmsman Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Florida USA Posts: 102 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	It's early 1943 and after watching "Casablanca" I decide to raid the port. Got in with no problems and used up all my available topedeos. . . But wait! I have spares on the deck! So, being the fine commander that I am I surface next to a hulk (thanks to me) to reload. Mistake. __________________

01-27-07, 07:55 PM	#28
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Tried surfacing on 1024 TC but hit the "D" button by mistake

01-27-07, 08:38 PM	#30
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Not exactly a 'bad idea' per se, but . . . Got ash-canned like no tomorrow: every compartment flooding to some degree. Assigned damage control, shuffled crew around to the worst ones, then went back to the hydrophones, trying to manuever into the escorts blind spots. Went, "WTF!?" when I heard the frantic cry of 'we are diving too deep Sir!' Yep . . . You guessed it . . . Was still in silent running. ::sighs::