Seasoned Skipper needs help fellow Capts.

[timmyg00]

unfortunately some of us have to play stock... because we're lucky to be able to get SH4 running on their so-called "gaming" laptops at all. Basically i don't think i can run anything with heavy graphics mods... RFB crashed my game and as such, i have been hesitant to try TMO. I think i can only use RSRD.

What's up with the hull numbers on those boats above? No US submarine ever went to sea during wartime with hull numbers visible.

TG

[Armistead]

Many sub skins have been added for looks. In the game it doesn't matter, the IJN can't tell the difference if you sub has pink polka dots.

I do think you're correct that all hull numbers were blacked out or not added in war. Still, the men often painted ship sinkings, ect. on them.

[I'm goin' down]

Nice scrrenshots! i am on am mini laptop and they still look great!

[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by timmyg00

unfortunately some of us have to play stock... because we're lucky to be able to get SH4 running on their so-called "gaming" laptops at all. Basically i don't think i can run anything with heavy graphics mods... RFB crashed my game and as such, i have been hesitant to try TMO. I think i can only use RSRD.

What's up with the hull numbers on those boats above? No US submarine ever went to sea during wartime with hull numbers visible.

TG

I too, am playing SH4 on a laptop. I've been fortunate to have been able to load a lot of little mods to enhance the SH4 stock experiance. I am planning on taking the game upstairs to my desktop PC where I have a more powerful graphics card to load up TMO. The laptop has been basically for comfort as I can play for hours and not have to sit at a desk! lol... Problem is... I don't think I have 2g of ram on my desktop, but this laptop does. If I can put anymre ram on the desk I will. It's XP so I can only take it so high. Hope to be playing TMO by New Years.
Good Hunting
D40
PS: I'm still having fun with stock but I need to get that 1.5 in the mail so I can open up the Atlantic as well.

[commandosolo2009]

alright chiefs, boatswainmates, and capts.

On a reload, I managed to make it back to Midway safely, without doing scuffles with HKs and Zeros.

On my second patrol from Pearl, my new objective was Caroline islands patrol nothing fancy.

here are 2 interesting findings from both experiences:

- On my way back to Midway, staying out of the aircrafts looks make you encounter less if not none. On my way I met with only 2 this time, my efficient radioman takes the credit. Without even finding out the type of plane, I order 45 on flank and on average, a 60 second dive was achieved. So, stay out of planes eyes.. I stay down for like an hour, engines off sometimes wait the night to come out and sometimes hump it if I get too bored.

- On my way to Carolines, I decided to do a mileage count vs fuel usage.
Starting from Pearl, I picked a shallow spot exactly 4055 km away from start. Ordered speed lock to 10kt, and TC.

I arrived after a tonne of radio reports and CincPac reports falling to my lap

On doing a fuel check, I discover I got 82% of fuel.

Doing the math, a 1% of fuel covers 238.5 Km @ 10-11 kts speed. Of course in reality, one has to consider drifting, crosswind, course adjustments happening at 2048x .

So a full range clocked @ 10-11kts would be 23850 km.

This is inaccurate according to wikipedia

Range: 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 10 kn (19 km/h),[3] (bunkerage 92,801 US gal (351,290 l)[10]

but wth, if its broke why fix it?

I guess its up to my navigator to tell is where we duck and rise

Speaking of which, whats a typical surface/submerge interval in hostile waters, based on your experiences or references. Could someone nominate real novels WWII-era? cuz I could use the reading

[TorpX]

Originally Posted by commandosolo2009

alright chiefs, boatswainmates, and capts.

On a reload, I managed to make it back to Midway safely, without doing scuffles with HKs and Zeros.

On my second patrol from Pearl, my new objective was Caroline islands patrol nothing fancy.

here are 2 interesting findings from both experiences:

- On my way back to Midway, staying out of the aircrafts looks make you encounter less if not none. On my way I met with only 2 this time, my efficient radioman takes the credit. Without even finding out the type of plane, I order 45 on flank and on average, a 60 second dive was achieved. So, stay out of planes eyes.. I stay down for like an hour, engines off sometimes wait the night to come out and sometimes hump it if I get too bored.

- On my way to Carolines, I decided to do a mileage count vs fuel usage.
Starting from Pearl, I picked a shallow spot exactly 4055 km away from start. Ordered speed lock to 10kt, and TC.

I arrived after a tonne of radio reports and CincPac reports falling to my lap

On doing a fuel check, I discover I got 82% of fuel.

Doing the math, a 1% of fuel covers 238.5 Km @ 10-11 kts speed. Of course in reality, one has to consider drifting, crosswind, course adjustments happening at 2048x .

So a full range clocked @ 10-11kts would be 23850 km.

This is inaccurate according to wikipedia

but wth, if its broke why fix it?

I guess its up to my navigator to tell is where we duck and rise

Speaking of which, whats a typical surface/submerge interval in hostile waters, based on your experiences or references. Could someone nominate real novels WWII-era? cuz I could use the reading

Hi Commando,
Actually the figures look about right. The specified range given in the books allows a 30% margin for battery charging, which uses up a significant amount of fuel. Captains early in the war often spent the daylight hours submerged going slow, then surfacing at night. As the war progressed they became less timid and remained surfaced unless forced down.

As far as good books I would recommend:

• Wahoo by Richard O'Kane
• Clear the Bridge! same author

There are many others, of course, but these come to mind right off.

[commandosolo2009]

thanks dude! I appreciate the initiative Got them off Amazon
What are some good movies to watch too? I already have RSRD and the enemy below (check this out).

[Armistead]

You can find most sub movies and watch them online here.
http://www.moviewatch.in/

Just type in title at the top search. Always try to use the Stagevu link it sends you to. Megavideo works great, but wants you to buy in after an hour or so. You can easier work around it by goin online and search Megavideo time limits, basically you block them in your browser. Where I watch all my movies.

After you start the movie, pause it and let it load for about 10 minutes so you don't get buffering. I'll let one load why I watch another.

You may need to load codacs, such as divX, just search it online and go to the direct site, don't use any that pops up and ask you to load...many of the other links are just spam and ads, so best to use the ones I mentioned.

[Scurvy]

Originally Posted by Armistead

You can find most sub movies and watch them online here.
http://www.moviewatch.in/

Just type in title at the top search. Always try to use the Stagevu link it sends you to. Megavideo works great, but wants you to buy in after an hour or so. You can easier work around it by goin online and search Megavideo time limits, basically you block them in your browser. Where I watch all my movies.

After you start the movie, pause it and let it load for about 10 minutes so you don't get buffering. I'll let one load why I watch another.

You may need to load codacs, such as divX, just search it online and go to the direct site, don't use any that pops up and ask you to load...many of the other links are just spam and ads, so best to use the ones I mentioned.

You can also bypass Megavideo's time limit by using this. Just copy the Megavideo url and paste it in the ezywatch site.

[commandosolo2009]

thanks Armistead. Will certainly have a wonderful time thanks to you. Merry Christmas skippers!!

[commandosolo2009]

alright folks! I got both books by Rich O'kane
Wahoo!
and Clear the Bridge!

And guess what? I cut in subsim.com on the purchase! Anything thru Amazon.com will go through subsim.com first!

And, on a side note, I love all skippers in this great community. Thanks to everyone who lent a hand when things got sweet and sour. God bless