So what was so bad about Destroyer Command ?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

If only these two ships met for real.

It probably would have been no contest, as the US intention was that any meeting with Yamato would have involved TWO Iowas, or at least and Iowa and a South Carolina together.

[The Old Man]

I like D.C. & still play it. My only gripe aganst it is when you are guarding a convoy you always have to go to 2/3rds to standard to 23rds to stay with it. You could not match it's speed & run the T. C. alway up but then again The escorts never stay in one place guarding a convoy so this was historic accurate
Roy

[Palindromeria]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

I like D.C. & still play it. My only gripe aganst it is when you are guarding a convoy you always have to go to 2/3rds to standard to 23rds to stay with it. You could not match it's speed & run the T. C. alway up but then again The escorts never stay in one place guarding a convoy so this was historic accurate
Roy

yes you can attach your escort(s) to the formation.
just left click on your ship and drag the icon / line until it touches the formation.
it should now look like a shield. click again and you hear "aye aye sir".
you are now "in formation" with the merchies or battlegroup
set time comp to 2048 at will ... you will have to change course in order to change own ship speed at this point or you will get "sir we are in formation"

the f key allows you to adjust placement of individual ship in your squadron
i think its the g key that allows you to turn your entire squad with the leadships rudder moves (not draw it on the map)

also , control + space,
to manually fire your DD's gun at the locked target
WHILE YOU ARE AT ANOTHER STATION.

very useful when uboat #2 thinks he can get cute on the surface
because you are too busy tracking submerged uboat # 1 in sonar

pal

[Reinhard Hardegen]

Thanks, I will remember that, as I still play DC quit often as well as Silent Hunter II.

[Wim Libaers]

Originally Posted by Palindromeria

yes you can attach your escort(s) to the formation.
just left click on your ship and drag the icon / line until it touches the formation.
it should now look like a shield. click again and you hear "aye aye sir".
you are now "in formation" with the merchies or battlegroup
set time comp to 2048 at will ... you will have to change course in order to change own ship speed at this point or you will get "sir we are in formation"

Of course, the ships in the convoy you are escorting will probably kamikaze into each other when you set time comp that high, but they'll probably do that at some point anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

[U-533]

I plan on buying and playing it cuz I was once a "Tin Can Sailor"

That and I like ships.