How to get rid of long, boring patrols :D

commandosolo2009 · 01-12-11, 11:54 PM

Hey simmers,

I had a long, boring, 31000 GRT patrol

, that the crew and I decided we should do something about it. So, on our way to Pearl, we decided to celebrate..

So, I order one of the crew to take a raft and get ashore to tape the festivities

One thing though. The idea of celebration should not be publicly announced on board.

But, hey, if it breaks the routine, we can do it all over, ya?

BTW, premiere is a cool editor. I wonder what to do further with the camera shake

WernherVonTrapp · 01-14-11, 06:52 PM

Well, I liked the music. The theme to The Great Escape". BTW, when I get bored on patrol, I go and raid harbors.

Armistead · 01-14-11, 07:04 PM

I never get bored..

, but I still have several radio mods I play why attacking..nothing like Boogie Woogie Bugle boy playing why taking on a TF.

commandosolo2009 · 01-15-11, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

I never get bored..

, but I still have several radio mods I play why attacking..nothing like Boogie Woogie Bugle boy playing why taking on a TF.

Well, my crew just about did it, and for that I gave them a lesson. It was my Helmsman. He fell asleep on his shift, partly my fault since I forgot to relieve the battlestations close to pearl. I guess you get what you paid for..

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy may get you killed

Quote:

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

Well, I liked the music. The theme to The Great Escape". BTW, when I get bored on patrol, I go and raid harbors.

I gotta tell you, the feeling is mutual, I dont like how I posted the menus, wouldve been real too, and yeah, the music is great. Really atmospheric.

I'm doing a movie for the 3 months tour I'm about to embark on. I need you guys to tell me your thoughts on the plan

here is the link

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...82#post1574182

appreciate the input fellas!

Sailor Steve · 01-15-11, 10:30 AM

I guess I'm the odd man out.

1. The first thing I do any time I reinstall and Silent Hunter is to delete the entire Music folder, except for the Intro loop. I want it to feel real for me, not like I'm in a movie.

2. The very first thing that happens when a ship is sighted is the record player and radio are turned off. Kill that noise!

Armistead · 01-15-11, 11:30 AM

The only time I kill the radio or gram is when I'm under attack. Course the radio shuts off when dived. Nothing like listening to Tokyo Rose to get the boys riled up. Myself I prefer George and Gracie show...Fred did a great job with all the real radio stations, I think I have half a drive filled with them. Love all the old radio shows, Superman, Lone Ranger, The Shadow....

Sailor Steve · 01-15-11, 12:38 PM

We used to have a station here in Salt Lake that played old radio shows. I loved things like 'The Bickersons' and the original 'Gunsmoke' with William Conrad. Great stuff.

I'm still stuck in my u-boat phase, but I have all those shows in my drive, waiting for me to get to 1942.

razark · 01-15-11, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

We used to have a station here in Salt Lake that played old radio shows. I loved things like 'The Bickersons' and the original 'Gunsmoke' with William Conrad. Great stuff.

When I was younger, there was an AM station here in Houston that would play old shows on Sunday nights. They'd start with a comedy, then a western, and finish off with a horror/mystery. They'd rotate through several different shows of each type. On Halloween every year, they'd run a block of horror/mystery shows, and play the "War of the Worlds" broadcast. After I went away to college and moved back, they had stopped playing them.

Once SH4 came out and I saw the radio mods being released, I discovered that a lot of those old shows were available on the internet. My hard drive and mp3 players are now filled with a bunch of them. I just can't listen to them while playing the game. A half hour radio show and time compression just don't work well together in my opinion.

Armistead · 01-15-11, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

We used to have a station here in Salt Lake that played old radio shows. I loved things like 'The Bickersons' and the original 'Gunsmoke' with William Conrad. Great stuff.

I'm still stuck in my u-boat phase, but I have all those shows in my drive, waiting for me to get to 1942.

I'm sure you remember listening to all those old shows when you were a kid..

Heck, I can remember some of them still on the radio in the late 60's as a kid.

commandosolo2009 · 01-16-11, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I guess I'm the odd man out.

1. The first thing I do any time I reinstall and Silent Hunter is to delete the entire Music folder, except for the Intro loop. I want it to feel real for me, not like I'm in a movie.

2. The very first thing that happens when a ship is sighted is the record player and radio are turned off. Kill that noise!

Well, maybe, its time to play like when I hear a schiffe on ze hydrofoon, gives me a hard-on ze idea that ze schiffe is about to get a keel schott, ya?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armistead

The only time I kill the radio or gram is when I'm under attack. Course the radio shuts off when dived. Nothing like listening to Tokyo Rose to get the boys riled up. Myself I prefer George and Gracie show...Fred did a great job with all the real radio stations, I think I have half a drive filled with them. Love all the old radio shows, Superman, Lone Ranger, The Shadow....

Amen to all these. +1

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Originally Posted by razark

When I was younger, there was an AM station here in Houston that would play old shows on Sunday nights. They'd start with a comedy, then a western, and finish off with a horror/mystery. They'd rotate through several different shows of each type. On Halloween every year, they'd run a block of horror/mystery shows, and play the "War of the Worlds" broadcast. After I went away to college and moved back, they had stopped playing them.

Once SH4 came out and I saw the radio mods being released, I discovered that a lot of those old shows were available on the internet. My hard drive and mp3 players are now filled with a bunch of them. I just can't listen to them while playing the game. A half hour radio show and time compression just don't work well together in my opinion.

Well, Raz, I gotta tell ya, SH4 is here dude, put them all in the gramo/radio folder and boot these good old days back up!

01-12-11, 11:54 PM	#1
commandosolo2009 Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Egypt Posts: 840 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	How to get rid of long, boring patrols :D Hey simmers, I had a long, boring, 31000 GRT patrol , that the crew and I decided we should do something about it. So, on our way to Pearl, we decided to celebrate.. So, I order one of the crew to take a raft and get ashore to tape the festivities One thing though. The idea of celebration should not be publicly announced on board. But, hey, if it breaks the routine, we can do it all over, ya? BTW, premiere is a cool editor. I wonder what to do further with the camera shake __________________ x.com/lexatnews

01-14-11, 06:52 PM	#2
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Well, I liked the music. The theme to The Great Escape". BTW, when I get bored on patrol, I go and raid harbors. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

01-14-11, 07:04 PM	#3
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I never get bored.., but I still have several radio mods I play why attacking..nothing like Boogie Woogie Bugle boy playing why taking on a TF.

01-15-11, 10:30 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I guess I'm the odd man out. 1. The first thing I do any time I reinstall and Silent Hunter is to delete the entire Music folder, except for the Intro loop. I want it to feel real for me, not like I'm in a movie. 2. The very first thing that happens when a ship is sighted is the record player and radio are turned off. Kill that noise! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-15-11, 12:38 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	We used to have a station here in Salt Lake that played old radio shows. I loved things like 'The Bickersons' and the original 'Gunsmoke' with William Conrad. Great stuff. I'm still stuck in my u-boat phase, but I have all those shows in my drive, waiting for me to get to 1942. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-15-11, 11:30 AM	#6
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	The only time I kill the radio or gram is when I'm under attack. Course the radio shuts off when dived. Nothing like listening to Tokyo Rose to get the boys riled up. Myself I prefer George and Gracie show...Fred did a great job with all the real radio stations, I think I have half a drive filled with them. Love all the old radio shows, Superman, Lone Ranger, The Shadow....