Noobie questions

[BarracudaUAK]

Originally Posted by Sorakiba

...
the end report says that I destroyed 4 neutral ships, and two enemy ships...

The report at the end of the patrol...
The lines don't exactly "line up", so the numbers on the right are "off".


Kind of like.............................................. .............................
.................................................. .........................................this.

So while it should be................................................ .............here,
.................................................. ......................................it's actually here.


I had to look really close, as the first time I played, I was using a 42" TV for a Monitor.
So I was thinking "there is no way I got THAT ma..... Ohh, it's off".

Originally Posted by Sorakiba

Although, I do have one more question... is there any point at all in sending out contact reports or status reports from your radio officer to the base? Does it do, or effect anything, or is it just for people who want to role-play?

No, and Yes.
No, there won't be any other U-Boats forming a wolf pack to gang up on a convoy.

Yes, there is an in-game response.
Planes will be sent (from one or both sides), either to help you, or because they are looking for the source of the radio signal.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

... what we wanted was a fully random campaign like the one in Aces Of The Deep.

...

So that's why when I first got it, it felt like "an 'eye candy' version of Aces of the Deep".

I might try again to get AOD working in WINE.
(Well it worked, but it needs 256 colors or the display is weird, just like in Windows.)

I miss the ability to sit on the bottom.


Barracuda