Anyone else play in realtime?

flakmonkey · 06-12-07, 08:44 AM

Im about 3 days into my second realtime patrol (ie 1xTC) , and was wondering if anyone else out there plays in 1X?

It started out of necessity as i use RealNav which means im never 100% certain of my exact position and dont want to increase the TC and risk straying of course or running aground.

So far im really enjoying it as im seeing the sunrises/sunsets and watching the weather slowly changing as the days roll by, rather than just zooming at 1024X untill i find something to sink.

Only problem so far is im fast running out of books to read!

Am i the only one?

SmokinTep · 06-12-07, 08:45 AM

I don't have 4 years to finish a career............

Kpt. Lehmann · 06-12-07, 09:02 AM

I intend to when the GWX mod is complete.

No more tedious testing and coordination... just being able to relax and share patrol reports with the GWX dev guys! No more expectations for us...

DiD career... and finally being able to choose a favorite U-number... getting attached to my "crew."

Sounds like pure bliss to me. I'll be able to finally read my U-boat/naval library for enjoyment instead of abusing them as "tools for research."

I even bought and tested a baby monitor so I could do other things around my U-boa... I mean house... while I am sailing. (Yes, I'm dead serious about the baby monitor!

)

I think I'll probably need to sign up for a twelve step program too.

ReallyDedPoet · 06-12-07, 09:08 AM

When I retire yes

But that is close to 20 years from now. At that time I will have a fully modelled, life size VIIC or Gato Class Sub in my backyard, I will play out of it

.

Good luck to those that do, past, present and future

RDP

ichso · 06-12-07, 09:48 AM

Just to sit there and see nothing happens for days wouldn't be very much fun I think. I also don't want to run my PC as a fulltime SH simulator either

Shipping around at 512x (or less if there eventually is something special/dangerous nearby) is relaxed and time expensive enough.

Jimbuna · 06-12-07, 10:30 AM

I honestly wish I had the time and patience to give it a go

its a viic · 06-12-07, 10:34 AM

I dont play at more that 512 tc.

Does that count?

Sailor Steve · 06-12-07, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokinTep

I don't have 4 years to finish a career............

More like 12, if you do it honestly; that is, when real life intrudes, pausing the game and sitting there for the whole patrol. Letting it run while you do other things still isn't real time.

btaft · 06-12-07, 11:28 AM

Do you take a month off after a patrol and tend to real life? Or is the time spent in the bars hoping Bdu won't reassign your boat the med

Schöneboom · 06-12-07, 11:34 AM

What, Steve? You mean you don't regard your home as your U-boat?? I'm shocked!

Me, I'm always busy on my boat, while listening for reports from my crew. I wonder if this means my girlfriend is BdU?

Let's see... I don't see her for long stretches of time... she transmits orders frequently by wireless... Hmmm...

"Return to Base!"
"Jawohl!"

Heibges · 06-12-07, 12:27 PM

I try to play most of the tactical parts in Real Time. But I cruise at 1024 until I get to my patrol area.

Avatar · 06-12-07, 12:40 PM

Be careful that you dont get cabin fever.

Schöneboom · 06-12-07, 01:00 PM

Another "You've Been Playing SH3 Too Long" Moment:

While on patrol I was tidying up in the galley, I mean kitchen, and heard a loud buzzing in the air. My first thought: "FLUGZEUG! ALAAARRRM!!!"

It was just a big fly -- but I swear it sounded just like a Hurricane!

Reminds me of when in "Das Boot" (uncut) the lookout Dufte calls for a crash dive, and it turns out it was probably a bird!

Hitman · 06-12-07, 01:03 PM

I suppose the fair thing to do would be to play in real time but catch up with time compression the time you spent far from your PC, so every real life day is a game day....:hmm: A one month patrol per real month of life does not sound bad at all, specially if you consider that you will "skip" the 28 days in base...or will you be able to be without playing SH3 28 days while your U-Boot is virtually refitted?

Thniper · 06-12-07, 01:49 PM

Does the fatigue model work correctly, if you start a real time career?

I'm looking forward to start a RT career in about three weeks, when I have more time to play SH3.
Already got me some seaweed and a canister of MDO (marine diesel oil), just for authenticity.

Also trained my cockatiel (small parrot) to imitate seagulls.

Anything I forgot?

06-12-07, 08:44 AM	#1
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Anyone else play in realtime? Im about 3 days into my second realtime patrol (ie 1xTC) , and was wondering if anyone else out there plays in 1X? It started out of necessity as i use RealNav which means im never 100% certain of my exact position and dont want to increase the TC and risk straying of course or running aground. So far im really enjoying it as im seeing the sunrises/sunsets and watching the weather slowly changing as the days roll by, rather than just zooming at 1024X untill i find something to sink. Only problem so far is im fast running out of books to read! Am i the only one? __________________

06-12-07, 09:02 AM	#3
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	I intend to when the GWX mod is complete. No more tedious testing and coordination... just being able to relax and share patrol reports with the GWX dev guys! No more expectations for us... DiD career... and finally being able to choose a favorite U-number... getting attached to my "crew." Sounds like pure bliss to me. I'll be able to finally read my U-boat/naval library for enjoyment instead of abusing them as "tools for research." I even bought and tested a baby monitor so I could do other things around my U-boa... I mean house... while I am sailing. (Yes, I'm dead serious about the baby monitor! ) I think I'll probably need to sign up for a twelve step program too. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

06-12-07, 09:08 AM	#4
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	When I retire yes But that is close to 20 years from now. At that time I will have a fully modelled, life size VIIC or Gato Class Sub in my backyard, I will play out of it . Good luck to those that do, past, present and future RDP __________________ Back in the Day Last edited by ReallyDedPoet; 06-12-07 at 09:50 AM.

06-12-07, 10:30 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,526 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I honestly wish I had the time and patience to give it a go __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-12-07, 11:34 AM	#10
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	What, Steve? You mean you don't regard your home as your U-boat?? I'm shocked! Me, I'm always busy on my boat, while listening for reports from my crew. I wonder if this means my girlfriend is BdU? Let's see... I don't see her for long stretches of time... she transmits orders frequently by wireless... Hmmm... "Return to Base!" "Jawohl!" __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

06-12-07, 08:45 AM	#2
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't have 4 years to finish a career............

06-12-07, 09:48 AM	#5
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Just to sit there and see nothing happens for days wouldn't be very much fun I think. I also don't want to run my PC as a fulltime SH simulator either Shipping around at 512x (or less if there eventually is something special/dangerous nearby) is relaxed and time expensive enough.

06-12-07, 10:34 AM	#7
its a viic Gunner Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 97 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I dont play at more that 512 tc. Does that count?

06-12-07, 11:28 AM	#9
btaft Soundman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 147 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Do you take a month off after a patrol and tend to real life? Or is the time spent in the bars hoping Bdu won't reassign your boat the med

06-12-07, 12:27 PM	#11
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I try to play most of the tactical parts in Real Time. But I cruise at 1024 until I get to my patrol area. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

06-12-07, 12:40 PM	#12
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Be careful that you dont get cabin fever.

06-12-07, 01:00 PM	#13
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Another "You've Been Playing SH3 Too Long" Moment: While on patrol I was tidying up in the galley, I mean kitchen, and heard a loud buzzing in the air. My first thought: "FLUGZEUG! ALAAARRRM!!!" It was just a big fly -- but I swear it sounded just like a Hurricane! Reminds me of when in "Das Boot" (uncut) the lookout Dufte calls for a crash dive, and it turns out it was probably a bird! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

06-12-07, 01:03 PM	#14
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	I suppose the fair thing to do would be to play in real time but catch up with time compression the time you spent far from your PC, so every real life day is a game day....:hmm: A one month patrol per real month of life does not sound bad at all, specially if you consider that you will "skip" the 28 days in base...or will you be able to be without playing SH3 28 days while your U-Boot is virtually refitted? __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

06-12-07, 01:49 PM	#15
Thniper Planesman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Niedersachsen, Germany Posts: 186 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Does the fatigue model work correctly, if you start a real time career? I'm looking forward to start a RT career in about three weeks, when I have more time to play SH3. Already got me some seaweed and a canister of MDO (marine diesel oil), just for authenticity. Also trained my cockatiel (small parrot) to imitate seagulls. Anything I forgot? __________________ "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." ------------------------------- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726)