Having to rotate the crew.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Flopper

I may take it too seriously, but I've spent many hours at the practice range, as I didn't feel qualified to start a career. So many hours, that I'm glad I don't really know the total. I've only been sunk once, and have spent a lot of time running away from warships. I've never sunk a warship, or shot down a plane.

Same here. I started a career fairly early, but I always go to my assigned patrol area and stay there. My tonnage scores are appropriately low, and I've had more than one patrol that was completely empty. But I don't die much, either.

I'd been playing for a couple of months, and when I finally started up a career, got out in the clear night sky, and noticed, hey, that looks just like Casseopea. Then noticed the Big Dipper, Polaris, etc. Amazing! I've spent a lot of time in flight simulators, but nothing has ever quite grabbed me like sh3, especially with all the fantastic mods.

Aren't those stars something. I use a mod that makes the moon much smaller, and I think it looks better than the SH4 one. The feel of just being on deck at night is an awesome experience.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Same here. I started a career fairly early, but I always go to my assigned patrol area and stay there. My tonnage scores are appropriately low, and I've had more than one patrol that was completely empty. But I don't die much, either.


Aren't those stars something. I use a mod that makes the moon much smaller, and I think it looks better than the SH4 one. The feel of just being on deck at night is an awesome experience.

Ohhh cool because I've been wondering but keep forgetting to ask if the night sky in the game is correctly modeled to show real world constellations. (I guess I could just stay on the bridge long enough to look for them, but so far I haven't taken the time.)

Thanks for reminding me about the small moon mod, too, I've been meaning to try that out.

[Flopper]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Ohhh cool because I've been wondering but keep forgetting to ask if the night sky in the game is correctly modeled to show real world constellations. (I guess I could just stay on the bridge long enough to look for them, but so far I haven't taken the time.)

Thanks for reminding me about the small moon mod, too, I've been meaning to try that out.

The constellations blew my mind. I'm seeing a small moon (actual rl size, i'd say) which I think is included in the olc mod. I also have looked up the phase of the moon for the actual dates, and although I've read somewhere it was not correct, was indeed spot on the few times I checked. I really can get into that type of detail, and I've never seen it before in a game.

[Sailor Steve]

The constellations are awesome. The only thing lacking is the fact that on a clear night at sea there are many times more stars than in the game. It's an unbelievable sight.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The only thing lacking is the fact that on a clear night at sea there are many times more stars than in the game.

This I know from having spent a little bit of time in the Arizona desert. I'm not a desert person by nature and I can tell you I'd never choose to live there, but on a clear night out away from the city - awesome.

I grew up in "the country" and even though we didn't have an unobstructed "horizon to horizon" view of the night sky, I still miss being able to look up and see... well... everything. Too much light on the ground in the evenings where I'm at now.

[Flopper]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The constellations are awesome. The only thing lacking is the fact that on a clear night at sea there are many times more stars than in the game. It's an unbelievable sight.

I can imagine. The closest I've come to something like that was standing on a frozen Flagstaff lake in Maine one moonless January night. It was about 15 below zero, and the lake was creaking, nobody around for many miles.

I could see Andromeda with the naked eye! We had a little 5 inch reflector and the main event was Saturn, of course. I'll never forget that night. I've always at least needed binoculars to make out Andromeda. It must be unbelieveable with no moon on the open sea.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The constellations are awesome.

Orion's always been my favorite. I think I know what I'm gonna want as a custom emblem if I ever get to the point of playing around with that!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Orion's always been my favorite. I think I know what I'm gonna want as a custom emblem if I ever get to the point of playing around with that!

You're scaring me.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You're scaring me.

Yeah, I get that a lot.