Captains Log Questions

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

And I'm also toying with the idea of keeping more extensive records from within the patrol itself, like notes on the weather, all contacts, notes on attacks made, etc. But I don't know. I tried that when I was first playing and soon got bogged down - but then I was still trying to remember how to find my way around in the game just to do the most basic of things. Now so much of the routine of "running the boat" has become just that, routine, when it comes to what to click and what key to press. So maybe I'll be able to keep a more detailed log without it seeming like such a hassle.

Another place where I consider myself weird. I keep a running log on paper, including daily reports at the same time (roughly the time I left port) but adjusted for time zones, with 4-digit location, course, speed and weather, adjusted for a little more randomness and taking the seasonal weather adjustment into account. I change all my logs to reflect real life - no "Ship Sunk!" and all the info. My listings look more like "Attacked freighter, 5000-tons range. Fired 2 torpedoes from 900 meters. Target sank after 36 minutes." Then at the end of the patrol I make a list of the ships "confirmed", with the information.