BDU Q?

K_Sea6 · 11-29-06, 02:36 PM

I just started playing again after a long hiatus and I have TGW1.1a downloaded along with commander 2.6. anyway I'm out on my second patrol when I get a distress call asking for fire assistanse at a paticular grid location I think it was something 40.38N 38.42W what ever it was there was no chart for me to pull and find grids so I googled the grid location and whatever it was put my right smack dab in the middle of Yemen, not even in water so my question is,

are the reports from bdu and other boats just fluff msg's for added atmosphere
or do they hold some sort of significantes and if they are significant

what would be the easiest way for someone to find a grid location for anyone who has tried this.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated .

Kerry

bigboywooly · 11-29-06, 02:51 PM

Hi
The messages are historical uboat radio messages
Not sure how that one is in Yemen though

Try this for conversions

http://www.ubootwaffe.net/quadrant.cgi

mookiemookie · 11-29-06, 03:11 PM

As bigboywooly stated, the messages are true to life and historic but they don't refer to anything going on the SH3 world. Like if you had a radio message where another U-boat was reporting a convoy in Grid BE blah blah, historically that was true but it won't be there in SH3.

So the short answer is yes, they're fluff. Pretty cool immersive fluff, but fluff nonetheless.

AVGWarhawk · 11-29-06, 03:47 PM

Yes, fluff. Last patrol I got a radio message stating everything at Walmart will be 50% off for the entire day after Christmas. Weird but I checked the local papers anyway.

Jimbuna · 11-29-06, 05:43 PM

Tis 'mind candy' only...more for game immersion

11-29-06, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Yes, fluff. Last patrol I got a radio message stating everything at Walmart will be 50% off for the entire day after Christmas. Weird but I checked the local papers anyway.

You think that's bad?

Last week I was being pinged by several Black Swans that wanted my head on a platter, so I went to silent running. When the blue lights went on, everyone started screaming about K-Mart having a special!

nightdagger · 11-29-06, 11:14 PM

Looks like Bernard got ahold of the radio again.

11-29-06, 02:36 PM	#1
K_Sea6 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: oklahoma Posts: 136 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	BDU Q? I just started playing again after a long hiatus and I have TGW1.1a downloaded along with commander 2.6. anyway I'm out on my second patrol when I get a distress call asking for fire assistanse at a paticular grid location I think it was something 40.38N 38.42W what ever it was there was no chart for me to pull and find grids so I googled the grid location and whatever it was put my right smack dab in the middle of Yemen, not even in water so my question is, are the reports from bdu and other boats just fluff msg's for added atmosphere or do they hold some sort of significantes and if they are significant what would be the easiest way for someone to find a grid location for anyone who has tried this. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated . Kerry

11-29-06, 02:51 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Hi The messages are historical uboat radio messages Not sure how that one is in Yemen though Try this for conversions http://www.ubootwaffe.net/quadrant.cgi __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-29-06, 03:11 PM	#3
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	As bigboywooly stated, the messages are true to life and historic but they don't refer to anything going on the SH3 world. Like if you had a radio message where another U-boat was reporting a convoy in Grid BE blah blah, historically that was true but it won't be there in SH3. So the short answer is yes, they're fluff. Pretty cool immersive fluff, but fluff nonetheless. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

11-29-06, 03:47 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes, fluff. Last patrol I got a radio message stating everything at Walmart will be 50% off for the entire day after Christmas. Weird but I checked the local papers anyway. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-29-06, 05:43 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,555 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Tis 'mind candy' only...more for game immersion __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-29-06, 11:14 PM	#7
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks like Bernard got ahold of the radio again.

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