Who else is holding up the honour of the Fleet Boats?

[MGR1]

Originally Posted by ReFaN

Havent played SH4 in a loong time, fire it up being all excited, then after 1 hour of cruising around finding nothing, im bored to tears.

Admittedly, a distinct possibility when sailing around. However, if you open up the campaign layers in the editor, you'll see all the convoy and single shipping routes. Fire up the game, head on over to the choke points and something will show up.

It's my take on the sort of intelligence the sub skippers would have had.

If you want a real challenge, though, download and have a go at the Battle for the Baltic mod by Dagon and the boys over here: http://sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=60210. Trying to get out of and back to Kronstadt is very "interesting"!!

Now, is anyone going to have a go at giving the Sargo and Tambor classes the correct sail?

Mike.

[sergei]

Seconded. You'll find the Baltic anything but boring.

Longest time I had from leaving port to enemy action: about 2 days
Shortest time I had from leaving port to enemy action: about 2 minutes

And no, I'm not kidding.

[ReFaN]

Originally Posted by MGR1

Admittedly, a distinct possibility when sailing around. However, if you open up the campaign layers in the editor, you'll see all the convoy and single shipping routes. Fire up the game, head on over to the choke points and something will show up.

---It's my take on the sort of intelligence the sub skippers would have had.---

If you want a real challenge, though, download and have a go at the Battle for the Baltic mod by Dagon and the boys over here: http://sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=60210. Trying to get out of and back to Kronstadt is very "interesting"!!

Now, is anyone going to have a go at giving the Sargo and Tambor classes the correct sail?

Mike.

heh, where i was patroling my last mission theres absolutely no Merchant routes. my pride suffers a major setback.

I love SH4! I'm an old Pigboat sailor from back in the 60's (USS Carp SS-338). Qualified in Dec. '66 while out at sea in the north Atlantic, was given my Dolphins on deck by the Captain and then was promptly thrown overboard by the crew (in workboots and dress blues-in Dec.). The boys took me out to "Drink my Dolphins" when we got back to port ( I think they have since outlawed that). We only fired one torpedo with a live warhead in my time onboard and we blew up a rock down in the Caribbean. One of the best times of my life! Whenever we went out to sea the crew put out a newsletter called the "Flail and Snibble" that was totally irreverent and poked fun at everyone from the Captain on down. Had some crazy characters on that boat. Just by chance I came across Sh4 in a store (I wasn't much of a gamer) and bought it because of the memories I had. It wouldn't run on my computer so I built one that would run it maxxed out. I started playing in April of '08 and was loving it until my computer developed weird problems in early summer of '09. Real life intruded and I wasn't able to fix it until late last year (I only used it for gaming and had at least 3 others in the house for internet etc.).There were lots of options when I came back so I tried several and I'm now running TMO 1.7+ RSRD. It's August of '42 and I'm on an S boat in the Solomons. I have been out to sea for a month, refueled once and have not fired a torpedo! This is just wrong! There are constant planes driving me down and I haven't even seen a ship to shoot at??? I love this game and I'm not thinking of quitting it but I'm open to suggestions. There should be lots of action in the Solomons at this time. With all the mods for this game I can see myself playing it for years to come, I haven't even tried the U boat option yet. Kudos to all the modders.

Urge
USS Carp (SS 338)
USS Nautilus (SSN 571)
USS Shark (SSN 591)

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Urge

I love SH4! I'm an old Pigboat sailor from back in the 60's (USS Carp SS-338). Qualified in Dec. '66 while out at sea in the north Atlantic,

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Urge
USS Carp (SS 338)
USS Nautilus (SSN 571)
USS Shark (SSN 591)

You might enjoy reading the Recollections of an After Battery Rat.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Urge

I love SH4! I'm an old Pigboat sailor from back in the 60's (USS Carp SS-338). Qualified in Dec. '66 while out at sea in the north Atlantic, was given my Dolphins on deck by the Captain and then was promptly thrown overboard by the crew (in workboots and dress blues-in Dec.). The boys took me out to "Drink my Dolphins" when we got back to port ( I think they have since outlawed that). We only fired one torpedo with a live warhead in my time onboard and we blew up a rock down in the Caribbean. One of the best times of my life! Whenever we went out to sea the crew put out a newsletter called the "Flail and Snibble" that was totally irreverent and poked fun at everyone from the Captain on down. Had some crazy characters on that boat. Just by chance I came across Sh4 in a store (I wasn't much of a gamer) and bought it because of the memories I had. It wouldn't run on my computer so I built one that would run it maxxed out. I started playing in April of '08 and was loving it until my computer developed weird problems in early summer of '09. Real life intruded and I wasn't able to fix it until late last year (I only used it for gaming and had at least 3 others in the house for internet etc.).There were lots of options when I came back so I tried several and I'm now running TMO 1.7+ RSRD. It's August of '42 and I'm on an S boat in the Solomons. I have been out to sea for a month, refueled once and have not fired a torpedo! This is just wrong! There are constant planes driving me down and I haven't even seen a ship to shoot at??? I love this game and I'm not thinking of quitting it but I'm open to suggestions. There should be lots of action in the Solomons at this time. With all the mods for this game I can see myself playing it for years to come, I haven't even tried the U boat option yet. Kudos to all the modders.

Urge
USS Carp (SS 338)


USS Nautilus (SSN 571)
USS Shark (SSN 591)

If you're playing RSRD and I'm sure you know your history, you should have no problems finding ships. I have a "ConvoySS" thread showing convoys and TF on SS locations. I've battled hundreds of large convoys and partaken of every major battle. Get some battle maps, ect.

I stay in the Solomon's in 42. All the Solomons battles are scripted and with radar not much can get by you. Many large DD groups run the slot as do several TF.

You'll also find convoys in the Bismark sea and the shipping land between Palau and Wewak.

I assume you have the mods loaded and you've seen the difference, ect. Planes are not much of a problem for me, unless in a campaign area.

[Wolfling04]

Sailing in the USS. Harder SS-257 right now

[AVGWarhawk]

Gents,

Currently I'm reading this book:

http://www.stephenlmoore.com/sm_lost.html

It is excellent and fully describes first hand what submariners endured in the POW camps. It was not pleasant. Not at all. Reading some of the accounts by the men that were there gets me a bit angered. At any rate, I recommend this book as a must read if the silent service during WW2 intrigues you. Fear not the price. Amazon has it for under $20.00 used and if you collect WW2 submarine books for your library this is a must have.

Carry on!

[ReallyDedPoet]

Having a hell of a patrol using the GFO Mod and a few others