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03-24-13, 01:42 PM | #1 |
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Silent Hunter III - Now With Bonus Extras!
I was speaking with a friend a while back and went round to his house for coffee. He showed me some of the arrangements for his computer, the setup he uses for playing Silent Hunter (in this case III). He had a load of really nice books there, some posters, and even a real-life stopwatch for timing the torpedoes - his Captain's Bunk.
Over the last few months I've been building up quite a collection of these items, mostly with the intent of increasing the realism of my games by having real-world items to help - like the stopwatch. Most of these items are things that are already in the game, or that you can get mods for. But doing it in real life (flicking through a real hardcopy recognition manual rather than clicking on the screen, for example). Have a look at some of the photos: Main gaming area - I use the stopwatch instead of the one on the attack scope - and also for timing speed when they cross the scope. Reference guides. Top to bottom, the U-Jagd, then controls (and yes, that compass is to tell me the difference between port and starboard ), below that thing's for making my war diaries. Top is a hours per week chart (so when the LI says "576 hours until course end", I know he means 24 days). Then there's a tool for working out how far a target was based on the run time of your torpedoes - helpful when you have map updates disabled. And below that, sea state charts. Books for those Atlantic crossings. Other ref docs - Beaufort scale pictures and a nomograph (like the pullout one on the map). All good Kaleuns need their white cap! A full sized map (printed and badly selotaped by me) but kindly provided by Reinhard Hardegen. What sort of setup do you guys and gals have? Not everyone has a shared computer and can customize like this. But it's interesting to see .
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03-24-13, 04:19 PM | #2 |
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Very nice...
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03-24-13, 04:36 PM | #3 |
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Looks great. And I see a new book title that's gone on my Amazon wishlist.
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03-24-13, 06:09 PM | #4 |
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Wow, love your setup! Especially the map! Would you mind uploading the image(s) for it?
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03-24-13, 06:22 PM | #5 |
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Jeez....talk about setting the mood! Right now I am set up on the kitchen table...at least the refrigerator is close at hand for snacks Next year she retires from teaching and has promised me I could have the upstairs study back....you are giving me some good ideas
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03-24-13, 06:41 PM | #6 |
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Send me your e-mail and I will send you a copy. it is a large file, about 98mb, as the map is 23"x35" in size.
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03-24-13, 06:59 PM | #7 |
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The Hat!!
I've been wanting a captain's cap like that forever. Where did you find it?
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03-24-13, 07:57 PM | #8 | |
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My U-boat Commanders Cap Some of my metals U-boat badge and clasp in both 1939 and 1953 versions My Iron Crosses and Knights Crosses For those who play Silent Hunter IV, my 1941 Officer's cap For which I have the name of the Officer, rank and ship he was on, all documented inside the cap. My computer set-up My U-100 24 hour Watch 1941 Swiss made stop watch and some of the awards documents that I have been working on.
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03-25-13, 05:23 AM | #9 |
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Very nice Reinhard! That's quite a collection of medals. I like the stopwatch, unfortunately mine is quite modern.
Edit: @raymond6751, from a UK company Epic Militaria, check it out here
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03-25-13, 06:56 AM | #10 |
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Something different I suppose!
What ever floats or sinks your Boat
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03-25-13, 07:06 AM | #11 |
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Wow!! You guys certainly play at another level. All I have (apart from a mess on my computer table) is my mobile phone (for when the wife wants something and messages me ), scrap paper for working out ship speed, angles and ranges etc., torpedo bearing print out and a cup of coffee. Loving the ideas, though
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03-25-13, 12:15 PM | #12 |
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full size cinema poster. box-framed map.
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