How FUN this game can be!

Safe-Keeper · 11-05-06, 09:06 AM

So after growing more and more tired of starting in '39 at Kiel or Wilhelmshaven, I broke my own rules and started of in France in mid-1940. One great patrol down, in the middle of the second one. Convoy encountered both times, about dozen ships sunk so far (six, give or take, each patrol). Big fun.

The problem is that while attacking the convoy during the second (current) patrol, I was attacked by escort ships and a destroyer happening to be close by. A total of two minor ships (a frigate and a corvette, methinks) and two destroyers hunted me relentlessy, and I've now taken some serious damage and currently find myself on the bottom off the coast of Ireland. I've used all my compressed air trying to keep from grounding. Eventually, though, I ran out and had to shut down the engine and drift, bow first, to the bottom.

I managed to stop the flooding, and since I'm running GW and that blasted Realistic Repair Times mod' I just downloaded, I'm looking at 4 hours, real-time, of nothing but sitting there on the bottom, 135 metres below the surface, while the "Flooding Recovery" timer slowly ticks down from 2000 minutes.

The first thing I'm doing when I get back to port is increase max. allowed time compression while hunted/in shallow waters from 8 to something significantly higher.

What a game:rotfl:.

Thank Goodness I've got homework to do.

11-05-06, 09:06 AM	#1
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	How FUN this game can be! So after growing more and more tired of starting in '39 at Kiel or Wilhelmshaven, I broke my own rules and started of in France in mid-1940. One great patrol down, in the middle of the second one. Convoy encountered both times, about dozen ships sunk so far (six, give or take, each patrol). Big fun. The problem is that while attacking the convoy during the second (current) patrol, I was attacked by escort ships and a destroyer happening to be close by. A total of two minor ships (a frigate and a corvette, methinks) and two destroyers hunted me relentlessy, and I've now taken some serious damage and currently find myself on the bottom off the coast of Ireland. I've used all my compressed air trying to keep from grounding. Eventually, though, I ran out and had to shut down the engine and drift, bow first, to the bottom. I managed to stop the flooding, and since I'm running GW and that blasted Realistic Repair Times mod' I just downloaded, I'm looking at 4 hours, real-time, of nothing but sitting there on the bottom, 135 metres below the surface, while the "Flooding Recovery" timer slowly ticks down from 2000 minutes. The first thing I'm doing when I get back to port is increase max. allowed time compression while hunted/in shallow waters from 8 to something significantly higher. What a game:rotfl:. Thank Goodness I've got homework to do. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.