What to do during patrol? - Page 2

Captain Nemo · 06-24-11, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Paulski

I already have, and it works for the single ship map contacts that appear without text, and don't appear in the radio messages. But when the radio contacts appear the game keeps on going 128 TC

I have set the TC settings in SH Commander to drop to x1 when you get a radio report. Like you, sometimes the TC drops to x1 and sometimes it just carries on at x128. In my experience this applies both to the single contact with no radio report and convoys with a radio report. Now I could be wrong, but I think it's to do with how far away the contact is. When the contact is relatively close TC drops to x1, when it is quite a distance away TC carries on at it's current setting. I'll have to watch this more closely in future to confirm that this is the case.

Nemo

flag4 · 06-24-11, 10:52 AM

...washing up is a favorite one or peeling potatos for dinner or even making dinner and finally eating it - slowly, and then - yes, washing up drying, putting it all away. drop to P Depth or 20 meters all stop, silent running, go round the corner for a pint (or two).
come home check all is ok - then prepare lunch box for work the next day - mix the porridge ready for the morning.....wash underwear in sink ( TMI?)

.....hours and hours sometimes, of nothing. read a book listen to music, trim nasal hair, water plants and do the hoovering....

....hours and hours....

and then........ALAAARM!!!!!!

max TC 1024 for crossing large open expansive areas of water. Hydrophones no more than 32. cruising and searching no more than 128. when i get tired i stop searching and exit-save, and go to bed.

now its time for a cider as we are all in harbour!

Raptor · 06-24-11, 11:15 AM

I guess I'm the outlier. I have max TC set to 4096. I don't want to sit around for hours or days IRT while my boat sails from port to my assigned grid square.

[TIME COMPRESSION]
TimeStop=0
RealTime=1
LandProximity=256
CriticalDamage=1
CrewEfficiency=1
AirEnemyDetected=1
SoundEffects=2
CharacterAnim=64
EnemyDetected=1
RadioReport=1
Particles=32
PrayState=256
HunterState=256
3DRender=128
Maximum=4096

Yes, I rarely see enemy aircraft enroute unless I drop below 128X for some reason. I've tried re-setting RadioReport to a higher value, like 512, but the game just ignores it.

f4wildweasel · 07-01-11, 08:53 PM

I usually browse the Internet on U-boat/Fleet boat related things (for example I get a radio gram from U-47, I'll go look it up on the u-boat website and look over the patrol history. Or I might look up a ship type I have just sunk and see what other ships in its class have done. This has it's drawbacks, though. I'll be really immersed in a description of some convoy battle when my watch officer yells "SCHIFF GESICHTET!" and I'll be thinking "can't this wait two minutes? I need to finish reading this first!"

06-24-11, 10:52 AM	#17
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...washing up is a favorite one or peeling potatos for dinner or even making dinner and finally eating it - slowly, and then - yes, washing up drying, putting it all away. drop to P Depth or 20 meters all stop, silent running, go round the corner for a pint (or two). come home check all is ok - then prepare lunch box for work the next day - mix the porridge ready for the morning.....wash underwear in sink ( TMI?) .....hours and hours sometimes, of nothing. read a book listen to music, trim nasal hair, water plants and do the hoovering.... ....hours and hours.... and then........ALAAARM!!!!!! max TC 1024 for crossing large open expansive areas of water. Hydrophones no more than 32. cruising and searching no more than 128. when i get tired i stop searching and exit-save, and go to bed. now its time for a cider as we are all in harbour! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

06-24-11, 11:15 AM	#18
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I guess I'm the outlier. I have max TC set to 4096. I don't want to sit around for hours or days IRT while my boat sails from port to my assigned grid square. [TIME COMPRESSION] TimeStop=0 RealTime=1 LandProximity=256 CriticalDamage=1 CrewEfficiency=1 AirEnemyDetected=1 SoundEffects=2 CharacterAnim=64 EnemyDetected=1 RadioReport=1 Particles=32 PrayState=256 HunterState=256 3DRender=128 Maximum=4096 Yes, I rarely see enemy aircraft enroute unless I drop below 128X for some reason. I've tried re-setting RadioReport to a higher value, like 512, but the game just ignores it. __________________ Raptor

07-01-11, 08:53 PM	#19
f4wildweasel Seaman Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 40 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I usually browse the Internet on U-boat/Fleet boat related things (for example I get a radio gram from U-47, I'll go look it up on the u-boat website and look over the patrol history. Or I might look up a ship type I have just sunk and see what other ships in its class have done. This has it's drawbacks, though. I'll be really immersed in a description of some convoy battle when my watch officer yells "SCHIFF GESICHTET!" and I'll be thinking "can't this wait two minutes? I need to finish reading this first!"