What type of SH3 player are you?

AndyW · 04-02-09, 07:02 AM

Realism 85% because I turn on external view and scope stabilization (historically correct) + DID + Manual Navigation.

Guess that makes me an extreme harcore player.

Cheers,

Sailor Steve · 04-02-09, 12:47 PM

#2 + DiD. I'm too lazy not to use the Weapons Officer. I'm finally weening myself of the external views, but there I am.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyW

...scope stabilization (historically correct)

I really don't want to go off topic, but you started it!

How were the scopes stabilized?

Bent Periscope · 04-02-09, 01:54 PM

Type 2, I only get to play sporadically so I have to make the best of it.

Onkel Neal · 04-02-09, 01:57 PM

Super hard core. If I die in the game, I will go drown myself in the bath tub

Lt.Fillipidis · 04-02-09, 02:03 PM

84% + D.I.D. I use the god's eye (which im thinking of turning off)
and weapons officer assistance. I wont say no if you tell me to do manual on a shot and i will probably find my target if its less than 5000km but i believe that 100% is too much for one man.

JohnnyBlaze · 04-02-09, 03:15 PM

:rotfl: @ Neal

Compared to that I'm soft as baby cheeks

Okay seriously I play at 85%. Weapon officer assistance on to identify targets, scope stabilization on for OLC gui and external view for eye candy. I guess I play D.I.D because I just started a new career after I was sank. I just haven't thought about it before.
And I use manual navigation and I'm going out there to do my job, but most of all I'm trying to bring my crew back home.

GoldenRivet · 04-02-09, 04:44 PM

#1

I have my own recognition manual, I occasionally plot attacks on paper using pencil and compass and strait edge, I time ships by stop watch, and even have one notch on my belt for a 1x time compression patrol of about 2 weeks duration.

next step, decorating my room with encased red lights!

Wicked Popsicle · 04-04-09, 01:57 AM

#2 I think in the next few weeks i am going to learn how to do the TDC.

Paul_IronCoffin · 04-02-09, 06:04 PM

100% realism, but don't play DiD. I don't want to spend several evenings just to lose my life. After all, I'n also expending my real life! It's only a game...

RoaldLarsen · 04-02-09, 09:32 PM

See my sig. I tweak several config files via SH3 Commander for even more realism regarding equipment availability, patrol areas, sensor capability..., and I impose additional restraints on myself in areas the game does not model, such as reloading torpedos from external storage, max snorkeling speed, etc. I patrol the area BdU sends me to. I adjust my TC to reduce sightings of ships but maintain numbers of aircraft attacks.

When I lose a sub, I don't start over at the beginning of the war, when life is relatively easy. My new career starts up where the last one left off, but with a rookie crew. If a Kaleun retires, my replacement career gets a somewhat more experienced crew than rookie but usually not nearly as experienced as the retired one.

I don't do my own star sightings or other advanced navigation.

So maybe that makes me about a # 0.6

Steeltrap · 04-02-09, 11:48 PM

2 + D.I.D.

I like external views and I use 'God's eye view' as I find the errors in the stadimeter too frustrating.

Larry U-136 · 04-04-09, 08:03 PM

Number 2

Greystone · 04-05-09, 12:51 AM

I'm surprised that no one appears to be playing at #4, and only one so far at #3...
I play at #4 (43%).

iambecomelife · 04-05-09, 03:09 AM

#2, DiD. I keep the external camera mainly for screenshots. Never had much use for auto targeting - it is a lot of fun to "eyeball" my torps.

I love old games like "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe", where there's no way to resurrect your guy (without modding tools). I still remember getting my P-47 ace killed on his second-to-last mission when I was 11 years old. :rotfl:

kiwi_2005 · 04-05-09, 04:35 AM

I am so hardcore that when i go on patrol i turn my monitor OFF...

[serously realism is around 80+ %, sometimes manual targetting On/ sometimes not. I mean no need to have a stroke over the game.

]

04-02-09, 03:15 PM	#6
JohnnyBlaze Officer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 247 Downloads: 205 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: @ Neal Compared to that I'm soft as baby cheeks Okay seriously I play at 85%. Weapon officer assistance on to identify targets, scope stabilization on for OLC gui and external view for eye candy. I guess I play D.I.D because I just started a new career after I was sank. I just haven't thought about it before. And I use manual navigation and I'm going out there to do my job, but most of all I'm trying to bring my crew back home. __________________

04-02-09, 04:44 PM	#7
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	#1 I have my own recognition manual, I occasionally plot attacks on paper using pencil and compass and strait edge, I time ships by stop watch, and even have one notch on my belt for a 1x time compression patrol of about 2 weeks duration. next step, decorating my room with encased red lights! __________________

04-04-09, 01:57 AM	#8
Wicked Popsicle A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 73 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	#2 I think in the next few weeks i am going to learn how to do the TDC. __________________ Last edited by Wicked Popsicle; 04-04-09 at 02:34 PM.

04-02-09, 06:04 PM	#9
Paul_IronCoffin Gunner Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: St. James, Barbados Posts: 99 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	100% realism, but don't play DiD. I don't want to spend several evenings just to lose my life. After all, I'n also expending my real life! It's only a game... __________________

04-02-09, 09:32 PM	#10
RoaldLarsen Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Control Room Posts: 355 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	See my sig. I tweak several config files via SH3 Commander for even more realism regarding equipment availability, patrol areas, sensor capability..., and I impose additional restraints on myself in areas the game does not model, such as reloading torpedos from external storage, max snorkeling speed, etc. I patrol the area BdU sends me to. I adjust my TC to reduce sightings of ships but maintain numbers of aircraft attacks. When I lose a sub, I don't start over at the beginning of the war, when life is relatively easy. My new career starts up where the last one left off, but with a rookie crew. If a Kaleun retires, my replacement career gets a somewhat more experienced crew than rookie but usually not nearly as experienced as the retired one. I don't do my own star sightings or other advanced navigation. So maybe that makes me about a # 0.6 __________________ 100% realism, DiD Harbor Traffic 1.47(incl. RUB) Using SH3 Commander to implement many custom realism tweaks Covered 1939-1945; now restarting in 1939 again. Completed 39 careers, 210 war patrols, 4.7Mt sunk, 19 subs lost

04-02-09, 07:02 AM	#1
AndyW Electrician's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 133 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Realism 85% because I turn on external view and scope stabilization (historically correct) + DID + Manual Navigation. Guess that makes me an extreme harcore player. Cheers, __________________ currently U-200 (Type IXD2) Ltn.z.See Schonder, 2nd patrol (July 1943) [SH3 1.4b + GWX 2.1 @ 90% realism + U-Jagdtools + LRT + Seadbed Repair, DiD] TOTAL: 11 careers, 47 patrols, 1,033 days at sea, 633,585 tons sunk

04-02-09, 01:54 PM	#3
Bent Periscope Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dry docks of Los Angeles, CA Posts: 250 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Type 2, I only get to play sporadically so I have to make the best of it.

04-02-09, 01:57 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Super hard core. If I die in the game, I will go drown myself in the bath tub __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-02-09, 02:03 PM	#5
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	84% + D.I.D. I use the god's eye (which im thinking of turning off) and weapons officer assistance. I wont say no if you tell me to do manual on a shot and i will probably find my target if its less than 5000km but i believe that 100% is too much for one man.

04-02-09, 11:48 PM	#11
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	2 + D.I.D. I like external views and I use 'God's eye view' as I find the errors in the stadimeter too frustrating.

04-04-09, 08:03 PM	#12
Larry U-136 Gunner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: East Haddam, Connecticut Posts: 98 Downloads: 438 Uploads: 0	Number 2 __________________

04-05-09, 12:51 AM	#13
Greystone Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco area Posts: 155 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	I'm surprised that no one appears to be playing at #4, and only one so far at #3... I play at #4 (43%).

04-05-09, 03:09 AM	#14
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,710 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	#2, DiD. I keep the external camera mainly for screenshots. Never had much use for auto targeting - it is a lot of fun to "eyeball" my torps. I love old games like "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe", where there's no way to resurrect your guy (without modding tools). I still remember getting my P-47 ace killed on his second-to-last mission when I was 11 years old. :rotfl: __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

04-05-09, 04:35 AM	#15
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	I am so hardcore that when i go on patrol i turn my monitor OFF... [serously realism is around 80+ %, sometimes manual targetting On/ sometimes not. I mean no need to have a stroke over the game. ] __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.