Noob errors

Jimbuna · 07-15-10, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by sergei

Yep, I remember that story. I damn near laughed myself to death.

Here it is for anyone who missed it
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...64&postcount=5

Location: Ireland....say no more

CherryHarbey · 08-07-10, 06:49 AM

I have made many mistakes but worst series of mistakes was..

1st patrol out of Kiel before the war had even started.
Asked Nav to plot course through Kiel canal
Set ahead standard
go to kitchen to make cup of tea
return to find that because I had not told the Nav to follow the plotted course the boat had just ran straight out until it hit the land opposite
boat damaged beyond repair and I died despite being a stone's throw from the shore.

like to think I survived to be shot for gross mis-conduct

Sailor Steve · 08-07-10, 12:10 PM

They don't shoot you for that kind of thing, though. There are always uses for a captain of your talents. Garbage scows need kaleuns too.

U777 · 08-07-10, 01:10 PM

1. Forgot to move the watch officer from the forward bunks to the tower.

2. Tried to sink a torpedo boat with the deck gun.

3. Forgot to set the torpedo crew to load automatically, discovered the error when trying to sink a freighter and found all my tubes to be empty thus requiring a 180 to use one of the stern tubes.

CherryHarbey · 08-08-10, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by U777

1. Forgot to move the watch officer from the forward bunks to the tower.

2. Tried to sink a torpedo boat with the deck gun.

3. Forgot to set the torpedo crew to load automatically, discovered the error when trying to sink a freighter and found all my tubes to be empty thus requiring a 180 to use one of the stern tubes.

That watch officer is the laziest man on the boat, pretty soon, kicking him out of his bunk every time you surface is one of the things you do without realising you are doing it.

Arctic wolf · 08-08-10, 07:27 AM

I was starting my second patrol from Kiel. In free cam mode, moving around admiring my new emblem while my boat's slowly moving forward at 4/5 knots. Suddenly I press "p" (didn't really know what it did back then). Before I know it I get screeching noises from my boat and my crew trying to raise hell with damage reports all around.

Ohhh so it dives to periscope depth with "p"? Lesson learnt at the cost of 45 lives.

Gerald · 08-08-10, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Arctic wolf

I was starting my second patrol from Kiel. In free cam mode, moving around admiring my new emblem while my boat's slowly moving forward at 4/5 knots. Suddenly I press "p" (didn't really know what it did back then). Before I know it I get screeching noises from my boat and my crew trying to raise hell with damage reports all around.

Ohhh so it dives to periscope depth with "p"? Lesson learnt at the cost of 45 lives.

sharkbit · 08-08-10, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

That watch officer is the laziest man on the boat, pretty soon, kicking him out of his bunk every time you surface is one of the things you do without realising you are doing it.

Mod of the Year to the modder who can fix that. I assume it is a hard code thing though or it would have been done.

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....pretty soon, kicking him out of his bunk every time you surface is one of the things you do without realising you are doing it.

It does become second nature after a while.

frau kaleun · 08-08-10, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sharkbit

Mod of the Year to the modder who can fix that. I assume it is a hard code thing though or it would have been done.

It does become second nature after a while.

Yep, it just becomes part of the routine. I give the order to surface the boat, then hang out in the crew management screen until the rest of the watch appears up in the tower, then drag the lazy WO up there with them. My hands and fingers have pretty much memorized the process at this point.

Jimbuna · 08-07-10, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

I have made many mistakes but worst series of mistakes was..

1st patrol out of Kiel before the war had even started.
Asked Nav to plot course through Kiel canal
Set ahead standard
go to kitchen to make cup of tea
return to find that because I had not told the Nav to follow the plotted course the boat had just ran straight out until it hit the land opposite
boat damaged beyond repair and I died despite being a stone's throw from the shore.

like to think I survived to be shot for gross mis-conduct

Done that more times than I care to admit

Gaijin · 08-11-10, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Location: Ireland....say no more

OI!

I resemble that comment.

And anyway, its not like I was seriously drunk. I'd only had about 6 beers. That's like, officially considered sober over here.

Jimbuna · 08-12-10, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaijin

OI!

I resemble that comment.

And anyway, its not like I was seriously drunk. I'd only had about 6 beers. That's like, officially considered sober over here.

LOL

U777 · 08-14-10, 11:37 PM

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A word of the wise (or not so wise) to all the other noobs like me out there: when you see a plane, DIVE. Trying to duke it out with them on the surface is not smart at all. Just crash and get the hell out of there.

Good idea, the only time I would employ the AA guns are if the sub is too damaged to dive or its too shallow.

JokerOfFate · 09-19-10, 07:29 PM

Oh, I have a very long list of noob mistakes:
1) Driving into my own fat eel.
2) Killing myself with 2 of my own homing eels.
3) Attacking a convoy, thinking I was submerged.
4) Surfacing under a destroyer while it was dropping DCs.
5) Exploded
6) While using hot keys, a set the speed to back emer. while leaving port.
7) Rammed a sinking C3 cargo.
8) Sunk a ship,dove to 15m, sinking ship lands on top of me and brings me down with it.

One time not too long ago, I was having a beer and biscut while reloading the externals 'bout 4 mins left.
"Aircraft spotted"
I drop my biscut which lands on a clean plate (Good day),
I drop my beer which lands on my pants (Bad day),
I spot the plane all it is is a search plane,
but that thing made me drop my beer, so flak crew on deck.
"Fire at will"
They blow the thing out of the sky,now it's his turn.
He crashes into the side of the ship, blowing me out of the water.(Karma on the spot)

Sailor Steve · 09-19-10, 10:15 PM

That's a pretty impressive list!

08-07-10, 12:10 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	They don't shoot you for that kind of thing, though. There are always uses for a captain of your talents. Garbage scows need kaleuns too. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-08-10, 07:27 AM	#6
Arctic wolf A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Under the Iceberg Posts: 71 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	I was starting my second patrol from Kiel. In free cam mode, moving around admiring my new emblem while my boat's slowly moving forward at 4/5 knots. Suddenly I press "p" (didn't really know what it did back then). Before I know it I get screeching noises from my boat and my crew trying to raise hell with damage reports all around. Ohhh so it dives to periscope depth with "p"? Lesson learnt at the cost of 45 lives. __________________ Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!

09-19-10, 10:15 PM	#15
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's a pretty impressive list! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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08-07-10, 06:49 AM	#2
CherryHarbey Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 200 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I have made many mistakes but worst series of mistakes was.. 1st patrol out of Kiel before the war had even started. Asked Nav to plot course through Kiel canal Set ahead standard go to kitchen to make cup of tea return to find that because I had not told the Nav to follow the plotted course the boat had just ran straight out until it hit the land opposite boat damaged beyond repair and I died despite being a stone's throw from the shore. like to think I survived to be shot for gross mis-conduct

08-07-10, 01:10 PM	#4
U777 Medic Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 159 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	1. Forgot to move the watch officer from the forward bunks to the tower. 2. Tried to sink a torpedo boat with the deck gun. 3. Forgot to set the torpedo crew to load automatically, discovered the error when trying to sink a freighter and found all my tubes to be empty thus requiring a 180 to use one of the stern tubes.

09-19-10, 07:29 PM	#14
JokerOfFate Sonar Guy Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 387 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Oh, I have a very long list of noob mistakes: 1) Driving into my own fat eel. 2) Killing myself with 2 of my own homing eels. 3) Attacking a convoy, thinking I was submerged. 4) Surfacing under a destroyer while it was dropping DCs. 5) Exploded 6) While using hot keys, a set the speed to back emer. while leaving port. 7) Rammed a sinking C3 cargo. 8) Sunk a ship,dove to 15m, sinking ship lands on top of me and brings me down with it. One time not too long ago, I was having a beer and biscut while reloading the externals 'bout 4 mins left. "Aircraft spotted" I drop my biscut which lands on a clean plate (Good day), I drop my beer which lands on my pants (Bad day), I spot the plane all it is is a search plane, but that thing made me drop my beer, so flak crew on deck. "Fire at will" They blow the thing out of the sky,now it's his turn. He crashes into the side of the ship, blowing me out of the water.(Karma on the spot)