Time compression question

[JokerOfFate]

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

I must admit, though, that I freely go around at 256TC (though at 8 knots) quite often in the early war, especially on the homeward bound, which I route outside (most) air cover. By late '40, though, 128 is my limit.

I do the same, but I've always got my finger on the Crash dive hotkey.

I got caught off-guard a while back, I left the game on by mistake
next thing I know a Task force appears and opens fire on me luckily I had the sound on.

I fire a salvo off and crash dive, they all hit but 2 were duds and the third one missed every ship in the task force and hit a fishing boat about 10km away, sucked to be that guy.

But the lag was horrible even the sound was sticking

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by JokerOfFate

I do the same, but I've always got my finger on the Crash dive hotkey.

I got caught off-guard a while back, I left the game on by mistake
next thing I know a Task force appears and opens fire on me luckily I had the sound on.

I fire a salvo off and crash dive, they all hit but 2 were duds and the third one missed every ship in the task force and hit a fishing boat about 10km away, sucked to be that guy

Crash dive using TC - it'll catch you out one day!

[K-61]

To clarify: At or below 128 is the way to go in order to miss contacts and air cover? I've been using 256 in enemy areas and getting lots of contacts. If 128 is the gospel, then I will switch down, but not until I have a definitive yea or nay from on high [Jimbuna level].

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by K-61

To clarify: At or below 128 is the way to go in order to miss contacts and air cover? I've been using 256 in enemy areas and getting lots of contacts. If 128 is the gospel, then I will switch down, but not until I have a definitive yea or nay from on high [Jimbuna level].

I can definitively say that after thousands of hours of testing GWX3.0 by a dedicated and skilled/observant team of testers it was found that anything above x128 could detrimentally impact on the rendering of aircraft in particular.

I can only presume this is also the case with the stock/vanilla game.

If you DO NOT want to miss anything that is going on around you my advice would be to make x128 your highest level of tc.

When I am playing the mod there are the odd occasions when I'll go as high as x2048 but that is usually when I'm mid-Atlantic and in a hurry to get to the hunting grounds off the US east coast for example.

[K-61]

Thank you, Jimbuna. I shall now alter my TC setting to 128 when in or near enemy areas. It'll be an interesting experiment to see if my contacts increase while running at 128, though it will double my real world game playing time.

[Jimbuna]

Your welcome matey....SINK EM ALL!!

[Philipp_Thomsen]

So Im the only one to cross the Atlantic at 8192x tc?

[K-61]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

So Im the only one to cross the Atlantic at 8192x tc?

My machine can handle 8192 but I seldom use it only in areas where I am absolutely certain I will not miss enemy contacts, which means very few areas once away from my base.

[VONHARRIS]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

So Im the only one to cross the Atlantic at 8192x tc?

No , I cross the Atlantic at 4096 TC. Not a problem with contacts. Of course when an enemy is spotted I have set the TC to drop to 1 immediately. Same does when radar detectors are available. When a radar warning appears TC drops to 1.

How can you achive a 8192 TC?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by VONHARRIS

No , I cross the Atlantic at 4096 TC. Not a problem with contacts. Of course when an enemy is spotted I have set the TC to drop to 1 immediately. Same does when radar detectors are available. When a radar warning appears TC drops to 1.

Except for all the air contacts you miss.

How can you achive a 8192 TC?

SH3 Commander.

[Legionary74]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

So Im the only one to cross the Atlantic at 8192x tc?

Not at all, Im always at 8192

[Gargamel]

I fully understand the Human vs AI reaction time issue... but....

Don't you guys get really bored sailing to the Caribbean or other far off places at 8kts at 128x? I mean i go bonkers a 20kts at 1024 waiting to cross vast expanses of mindless ocean. And yes I have unlimited fuel turned on. I'd rather play a more real game, but I get bored too quick.

EDIT: Missed some of the thread, and I was really interested in Frau K's answer, and I got it. Still interested in others answers.

EDIT2: Was having issues with SC3H setting the times, sneaky sneaky way to force ya to read the pdf! Which i have no problem doing! (Side note: I think the GWX PDF is almost more awesome than the mod itself. Insane work people! ). So being able to crank it to 8kx, i'm goign to try more limited fuel patrols.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Don't you guys get really bored sailing to the Caribbean or other far off places at 8kts at 128x? I mean i go bonkers a 20kts at 1024 waiting to cross vast expanses of mindless ocean. And yes I have unlimited fuel turned on. I'd rather play a more real game, but I get bored too quick.

I might get bored if I were sitting there just staring at the monitor for hours at a time, yeah. I won't say I haven't done that, because there are times when it's actually relaxing (a way to "decompress" from a far too hectic work week, for example).

But typically if I'm just sitting there with the game running, I will have the TV on in the same room and find something to watch, or I'll be reading a book, or doing something else that I can stop doing immediately if anything happens in the game that requires my attention. Other times I'll be up doing things in the same room - household chores like dusting or folding laundry. I'll go in and out of the room to do stuff as long as it doesn't involve getting out of earshot or so distracted that I miss an alert.

In a way that increases the realism for me, in RL it's not like a u-boat commander spent an entire patrol standing over the chart table monitoring their progress or up on the bridge assisting with the watch. He had to eat, sleep, and find ways to kill time when nothing was going on that required his immediate oversight or intervention. And with a good crew, that was probably most of the time.

I remember reading in one of Buchheim's books - I think it was U-Boat War - where he quoted Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock saying something like, a u-boat commander's first priority and most important "duty" was to be asleep whenever and however much he could... simply because, once they went into action, it might turn out to be a very long ordeal (either on offense or defense) during which he would have to be awake, alert, and making crucial split-second decisions for hours at a time.

So, you know, for increased realism... plot your course, go to 128 TC, and have a good nap. Just make sure the volume's high enough that any alert will be loud enough to wake you up.

[Kapt Z]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

But typically if I'm just sitting there with the game running, I will have the TV on in the same room and find something to watch, or I'll be reading a book, or doing something else that I can stop doing immediately if anything happens in the game that requires my attention. Other times I'll be up doing things in the same room - household chores like dusting or folding laundry. I'll go in and out of the room to do stuff as long as it doesn't involve getting out of earshot or so distracted that I miss an alert.

I find that my "SH3 time", usually after the girls are in bed and my wife is watching cooking shows, is the only time I get to catch up on my reading or chores anyway. Of course, if I latch onto a juicy convoy the chores might suffer......

I remember reading in one of Buchheim's books - I think it was U-Boat War - where he quoted Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock saying something like, a u-boat commander's first priority and most important "duty" was to be asleep whenever and however much he could... simply because, once they went into action, it might turn out to be a very long ordeal (either on offense or defense) during which he would have to be awake, alert, and making crucial split-second decisions for hours at a time.

Reminds me of a comment I heard somewhere years ago. Always thought it had to do with soldiers or those involved in combat.

Never stand when you can sit
Never sit when you can lay down
Never stay awake when you can sleep

'cause you never know when you'll get another chance

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

Never stand when you can sit
Never sit when you can lay down
Never stay awake when you can sleep

'cause you never know when you'll get another chance

Or....never do for yourself what you can get another to do for you...an old internal police saying