SH3 Hints and Keyboard Tricks

[AVGWarhawk]

OK, there is a thread on one diesel engine not working. Many did not know the engine was recharging the batteries. I would like to start this thread on the premise that if you hit a key or combination of keys something happens, ie right clicking an officers back will put you at his station. So please add a key or key combination that allows you to do something to this thead.

I stated in that thread on the diesel engine that you can ask the engineer for standard propulsion(both engines work) for more speed. In other words, the engineer stops the charging and brings the second diesel online for more speed.

Please make an entry! I bet we all might learn something new even after playing for two years or more!

[mookiemookie]

Left clicking one compartment and then right clicking another will completely fill up the left clicked compartment with crew from the right clicked compartment.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Now that I did not know! I'm tired of moving each crewman individually

You can also double click a compartment and it will fill it with enough crewmen to operate, but not all the way full. Double clicking a compartment also swaps out the red exclamation mark crewmen for fresh ones.

[Lanzfeld]

Shift+PageUp or Pagedown adjusts the sun glare effect of Nvidia cards.

[Cpt. Stewker]

Originally Posted by Lanzfeld

Shift+PageUp or Pagedown adjusts the sun glare effect of Nvidia cards.

Just an additional note (you'll find this out the first time you do it) you will lose AA/AF when you adust it higher.

[Silent Steel]

Originally Posted by Cpt. Stewker

Just an additional note (you'll find this out the first time you do it) you will lose AA/AF when you adust it higher.

Lose AA/AF even when using nHancer?
Not me anyway.

Control-F8 toggles a little box at the top of the screen that displays your frame rate.

[jahsavage]

Originally Posted by Lanzfeld

Shift+PageUp or Pagedown adjusts the sun glare effect of Nvidia cards.

I have been occasionally hitting a key combination that makes the above water images go blurry. Thanks to the above post I now know by pressing Shift+Pagedown I can restore sharpness without having to restart the game!

(I'm using a ATI HD 5870 graphics card)

Thanks

(Pointless functionality I think!)

[Geoff-A]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

You can also double click a compartment and it will fill it with enough crewmen to operate, but not all the way full. Double clicking a compartment also swaps out the red exclamation mark crewmen for fresh ones.

Seems this does not work for all versions - actually does not work at all for me

[RustySubmarine]

On long patrols at night, whilst gazing at the stars and listening to the waves lapping against the hull of your boat, what better time than to shout down the hatch for a hot cup of tea!
Just press the "T" key and shout cuppa!

I can guarantee within a few minutes, a nice cup of tea will appear on the bridge, delivered by the Cook, or in my case my missus! Works every time! ,

Happy New Year to you all and Good Hunting!

[Geoff-A]

Originally Posted by Geoff-A

Seems this does not work for all versions - actually does not work at all for me

After an uninstall and a reinstall, now it works.

[bubbalou]

Kipparikale: An advice for everyone who has serious problems with escorts, destroyers, corvettes etc.

Go underwater, make much noise as possible to make them notice you.
Then turn your ass to the closest destroyer, wait until it goes straight to you.
Then fire a magnetic torpedo, results quaranteed.

This brilliant Bugs Bunny, "gotcha" tactic, led to the biggest haul I've ever had, ever. It's GWX, VIIB, Early war (late 1939?).

Assigned gridpoint BE59 - damn, either I burn most of my fuel going up and around the safe way, or I cheat and gamble the English channel. I gamble the channel.

At 10PM, I run smack into a large convoy, moving west at medium speed. It's 5 Columns, a lone destroyer leading... and the freaking HMS Nelson in the middle of the pack. Holy cow. so I crunch the numbers, charge in, and salvo three at Nelson.

Only two of three hit the battleship - but one's in the engine bay, so the whole convoy comes to a crawl. I'm like "Hey, 2 out of three's not bad", and then the third one cripples a Medium tanker, too . With my last torp, I hit the Nelson, and she goes down.

The destroyer, pissed off, comes to take a long look, but I'm gone.

And then I became a subsim member, and read about that inane, but brilliant tactic.

Now I would not recommend this later in the war, when you might be chased by multiple destroyers - just because you nail one doesn't mean you're in the clear...

But I come back to the convoy, now moving slowly because of the crippled tanker. I take a random shot with the deck gun, u-turn to periscope depth, and wait for the inevitable "Warship@--- Very Fast! Closing!". What happens is "Yakety Sax" worthy

Now 1 AM gametime, I went on to absolutely crush this convoy unmolested, no further eels required, for something like 60k tons in one gamenight. I haven't even reached my patrol point yet

Thanks for this awesome tip

[Wreford-Brown]

Thank you, Jimbuna, for the answer to the rendering question and apologies to AVGWarhawk for slightly hijacking the thread.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

Thank you, Jimbuna, for the answer to the rendering question and apologies to AVGWarhawk for slightly hijacking the thread.

Your welcome

[Alex251]

Hi, mates
Sorry for my bad English! Just question - is the any possibility to see the traditional lines of the Geografic Grid in game navmap? Very often we can read radio msg like "" need support ... big convoy ... location is 34*14`N - 4*05`W, U-36"", but I coudn`t find this point, because all I had only map in German Navy Grid.
I tryed to find the solution through search forums and read a lot of threads, but...
So I would be very greatefull for some help or hints!
Happy New Year everybody!