Bridge and watch crew

desirableroasted · 10-27-10, 07:23 AM

If you don't have a WO on deck, you won't hear the announcements. However, if you are using automatic map updates, the contacts will be plotted to the map and your TC will drop.

To test this, try taking your WO off the conning tower the next time you leave harbor.

As for watch crew efficiency, it does not matter how many people you have up there as long as the efficiency bar is maxed out.

SilentSnake · 10-27-10, 11:22 AM

When I leave kiel I only have a seaman on watch and my other guys can just rest especially in the type II because it saves endurance. When I get near enemy territory I put my WO on the bridge and fill it with crew. I have found the WO gives u the bearing and ship spotted and if he is not on the deck you will get the shiskavesha

sound ( cannot pronounce the german ) but if your in time compression I believe you will not get any notification.

frau kaleun · 10-27-10, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SilentSnake

the shiskavesha

sound ( cannot pronounce the german )

Actually you did pretty well in conveying the sound. The actual German is:

"Schiff gesichtet."

Which means, oddly enough, "ship sighted."

So you also hear that from someone on the bridge other than the WO? Because there was a thread recently where someone said they missed hearing different watchmen say it since it had been "taken out" of the game or something. But I also hear it, I'm sure it's another crewman saying it, because I'll hear it and then the WO will repeat it and add the bearing and range.

raymond6751 · 10-27-10, 11:48 AM

I believe the efficiency bar has also to do with the range at which sightings will take place. With one watcher, I'm sure there will be a gap in the lookout work.

This type of thing you can test in the single missions.

SilentSnake · 10-27-10, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Actually you did pretty well in conveying the sound. The actual German is:

"Schiff gesichtet."

Which means, oddly enough, "ship sighted."

So you also hear that from someone on the bridge other than the WO? Because there was a thread recently where someone said they missed hearing different watchmen say it since it had been "taken out" of the game or something. But I also hear it, I'm sure it's another crewman saying it, because I'll hear it and then the WO will repeat it and add the bearing and range.

Exactly. I believe i can confirm this because upon stalking a convoy i had my WO in the torpedo room as i did not need him looking out as i was doing the lookout and he was also trained as a torpedoman. My extra crewman on the bridge were shouting shiff gesichtet

in different voices and at inconsistant intervals hence a different crewman. As desirableroasted said if you are close to a ship it seems the tc drops but the contact will probably have seen you by then depending on the weather. So im geussing the efficiency of range is based on the how much the bridge bar is filled up.

By the way this is with GWX 3

frau kaleun · 10-27-10, 01:53 PM

Well it's good to know it's not my imagination... I was sure I could hear more than one crewman saying it, sometimes one right over top of the other.

Yoriyn · 10-28-10, 07:04 AM

I can confirn that too. Today on my training mission to WaW i heard 3 different voices to only one spoted ship. One of them was voice of my WO so i can't confirm they can spot the ship without WO on the bridge.

10-27-10, 07:23 AM	#1
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	If you don't have a WO on deck, you won't hear the announcements. However, if you are using automatic map updates, the contacts will be plotted to the map and your TC will drop. To test this, try taking your WO off the conning tower the next time you leave harbor. As for watch crew efficiency, it does not matter how many people you have up there as long as the efficiency bar is maxed out. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

10-27-10, 11:48 AM	#4
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Distance I believe the efficiency bar has also to do with the range at which sightings will take place. With one watcher, I'm sure there will be a gap in the lookout work. This type of thing you can test in the single missions. __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

10-27-10, 11:22 AM	#2
SilentSnake Seaman Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 38 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	When I leave kiel I only have a seaman on watch and my other guys can just rest especially in the type II because it saves endurance. When I get near enemy territory I put my WO on the bridge and fill it with crew. I have found the WO gives u the bearing and ship spotted and if he is not on the deck you will get the shiskavesha sound ( cannot pronounce the german ) but if your in time compression I believe you will not get any notification.

10-27-10, 01:53 PM	#6
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Well it's good to know it's not my imagination... I was sure I could hear more than one crewman saying it, sometimes one right over top of the other.

10-28-10, 07:04 AM	#7
Yoriyn Planesman Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Control room Posts: 181 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	I can confirn that too. Today on my training mission to WaW i heard 3 different voices to only one spoted ship. One of them was voice of my WO so i can't confirm they can spot the ship without WO on the bridge.