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Chief of the Boat · 01-15-07, 01:19 PM

There you go... My only lingering doubt is...'I wonder if the Whiz-Kids that developed GW, GWX, etc... will be willing, or able, to do as well for SH4?' Maybe it wont need any. Whole different operational routine in the Pacific Theater. 'Out where the brown eyed bronze skinned beauties bathe upon the balmy beaches...'

Yo... San Miguel...

Threadfin · 01-15-07, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

I've always been surprised a game hasn't been modeled on the Korean War and MiG Alley and all that. I always thought that would be cool. Bridges at Toko Ri kind of thing. Oh, well.

There is a flight sim called MiG Alley, released in '99 IIRC.

Iron Budokan · 01-15-07, 02:11 PM

Thanks, just goes to show you I wasn't paying attention.

don1reed · 01-16-07, 08:29 AM

Being a child of the 40's, I still remember San Francisco Bay chock full of Navy ships of all descriptions. I remember waving at them as they passed beneath the Golden Gate bridge into harms way. My mother (g-d bless her soul) moved us West with the flow of the work force to help build the war machine that eventually won that dang, terrible thing.

My turn came and passed with yet other wars...it doesn't end.

I agree with, paraphrasing author, Kurt Vonnegut--Hollywood, is the enemy for making "war" seem so respectable.

Cheers,

Kapitan_Phillips · 01-16-07, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief of the Boat

Then I woke up and found I was STILL trying to solve what I had been trying to do in that [bleep] Nuke Boat.

'Up to your neck in Nazi's... and somebody throws a bucket of Nuke Boat at your head' [obvious paraphrase..]

"COME ON.... SILENT HUNTER FOUR !!"

Reminds me of the Eight Ball player trying to stay awake at a Billiards match.

"Come **ON** SH4" ..... Save me from a nodding death in Nukes.... Do I have to torch off my F/A-18 again this soon ?

Maybe it's time to re-watch my World Cup 2006 tapes... Snow is still on and I gotta do SOMETHING.. to keep my marble rolling straight !

COB

Am I the only one who didnt understand a word of that?

Sailor Steve · 01-16-07, 04:24 PM

No.

Another there is.

Threadfin · 01-16-07, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief of the Boat

Then I woke up and found I was STILL trying to solve what I had been trying to do in that [bleep] Nuke Boat.

'Up to your neck in Nazi's... and somebody throws a bucket of Nuke Boat at your head' [obvious paraphrase..]

"COME ON.... SILENT HUNTER FOUR !!"

Reminds me of the Eight Ball player trying to stay awake at a Billiards match.

"Come **ON** SH4" ..... Save me from a nodding death in Nukes.... Do I have to torch off my F/A-18 again this soon ?

Maybe it's time to re-watch my World Cup 2006 tapes... Snow is still on and I gotta do SOMETHING.. to keep my marble rolling straight !

COB

Am I the only one who didnt understand a word of that?

I'll give it a shot.

I'm playing DW and not quite sure what's going on.

Was playing SH3, but then DW came along, what's a fella to do?

Can't wait for SH4 when I'll be in my element

With DW I'm bored as I just don't care about it

Please SH4, I don't want to have to fire up DW again, please save me by being released now!

With all the snow on the ground I have to do something, maybe watch some football to maintain my sanity while waiting for SH4

How's that?

Chief of the Boat · 01-16-07, 05:48 PM

That Ensign must have been a Petty Officer that went to O.C.S. He seems to understand the life of The Boys in Blue. As opposed to our Captain. Those academy guys never DO get it ! That's why we in the Chief's Quarters have to run the boat!

Or.... In Real Life... I just had a boring weekend here, looking out at snow and not much to do. Since this Forum seems sort of like a Wish Book awaiting Admiral Uibsoft to deliver the goods, I didn't think it out of line to do my part to 'entertain'. It IS the truth that for my ever-feebling mind, DW is more than I enjoy messing with. AND... I still have a helluva time lining up a shot on a Brit ship. Maybe I too recently saw that episode of Victory at Sea... I dunno.

[Back into character]... So, when I get in off liberty today and find my Skipper doesn't get what his poor old COB is talking about, I race out to the shore-side land-line and get on the horn to an old chief I know in Personel, who is going to get me a set of TDY orders to RONALD REAGAN... where I can watch Night Flight Ops until old Ubi gets OUR ComSubPac up and running...

COB

Schatten · 01-16-07, 05:58 PM

I know what you mean about the ever enfeebling mind thing COB. It's sort of how I can play WWII flight sims all day long but when I fire up something like Falcon 4.0 my eyes sort of glaze over. It's a good game but there are just too darn many buttons and widgets for me to be bothered with.

Chief of the Boat · 01-16-07, 06:11 PM

Heh-heh... *I* suckered into buying a Cougar.. a few years ago, when I first got into the F/A-18. That thing's buttons and levers were much harder to learn than the keyboard commands and I was tickled pink when some guy paid me almost what I gave for it !!! I never tried F 4.0. I guess there's too much 'salt' on my hide. I *did* finally throw in the towel though and got a full sized pair of glasses about the speed of the mid-range of my Tri-Focals. That helped a lot... Great fun... and... You Bet.. I'm looking forward to seeing how well Adm. Ubi models those West Pac 'things'...

geetrue · 01-16-07, 09:00 PM

Added up my collection of WWII PC games ...
Comes to about $400, but they sure were a lot of fun.

Then I got to thinking ... What would I have done with the money
anyway?

Probably spent it on hardware or who knows what ...

If I had of spent it on hardware ... the hardware would be out of date
by now and ebay and I are no friends.

So I am quite happy with my used collection of WWII sim games ...

It's just that I need another one and not just any WWII game either
I want this one ... Come on Silent Hunter IV ...

I just want to sink some japs

Chief of the Boat · 01-16-07, 09:05 PM

Yeah !!! You know... if you had really thought about that 400 beaverskins, you could have spent THREE HUNDRED on Wine, Women, and Song... and WASTED the rest ?

I really liked Jane's WW2F when I had my '98SE / V5 machine with Force Feedback. Ah, I love the rattle of ' .50's ' in the morning....[ sorry, Bob]

Chief of the Boat · 01-16-07, 09:06 PM

P.S. Any pictures of TRIGGER anywhere ???

geetrue · 01-16-07, 10:07 PM

I have this one, but they sort of look alike ...
so I used the USS Growler SS-215
for the Trigger ...

I've been trying to put the jacket patch with the picture for
a signature, but I'm a slow learner ...
All I have is MS Photo Draw.

Chief of the Boat · 01-16-07, 10:17 PM

I'm sure they came out of the same mold.... Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut. In the Real World I've never set foot on one, but I did retire from the Surface Fleet. I knew some of the WAHOO history, and found my picture on the Navy Picture Gallery page.

'Got all Gung-Ho from this game/forum and dug out 'Full Fathom Five'... one of the Victory at Sea episodes... I guess I'd have to say none of these things is 'beautiful', but all these WW2 boats are nicer to look at than the 'modern' ones home ported near here... of which I've seen many. Had to chuckle though, in the 1952 TV presentation they didn't show/report ONE 'dud' torpedo.. which I understand there were many.

COB

01-15-07, 01:19 PM	#16
Chief of the Boat Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the hill South of Port Angeles, Washington Posts: 136 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There you go... My only lingering doubt is...'I wonder if the Whiz-Kids that developed GW, GWX, etc... will be willing, or able, to do as well for SH4?' Maybe it wont need any. Whole different operational routine in the Pacific Theater. 'Out where the brown eyed bronze skinned beauties bathe upon the balmy beaches...' Yo... San Miguel... __________________ In memory of WAHOO

01-15-07, 02:11 PM	#18
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Thanks, just goes to show you I wasn't paying attention. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

01-16-07, 08:29 AM	#19
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Being a child of the 40's, I still remember San Francisco Bay chock full of Navy ships of all descriptions. I remember waving at them as they passed beneath the Golden Gate bridge into harms way. My mother (g-d bless her soul) moved us West with the flow of the work force to help build the war machine that eventually won that dang, terrible thing. My turn came and passed with yet other wars...it doesn't end. I agree with, paraphrasing author, Kurt Vonnegut--Hollywood, is the enemy for making "war" seem so respectable. Cheers, __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

01-16-07, 04:24 PM	#21
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	No. Another there is. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-16-07, 05:48 PM	#23
Chief of the Boat Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the hill South of Port Angeles, Washington Posts: 136 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That Ensign must have been a Petty Officer that went to O.C.S. He seems to understand the life of The Boys in Blue. As opposed to our Captain. Those academy guys never DO get it ! That's why we in the Chief's Quarters have to run the boat! Or.... In Real Life... I just had a boring weekend here, looking out at snow and not much to do. Since this Forum seems sort of like a Wish Book awaiting Admiral Uibsoft to deliver the goods, I didn't think it out of line to do my part to 'entertain'. It IS the truth that for my ever-feebling mind, DW is more than I enjoy messing with. AND... I still have a helluva time lining up a shot on a Brit ship. Maybe I too recently saw that episode of Victory at Sea... I dunno. [Back into character]... So, when I get in off liberty today and find my Skipper doesn't get what his poor old COB is talking about, I race out to the shore-side land-line and get on the horn to an old chief I know in Personel, who is going to get me a set of TDY orders to RONALD REAGAN... where I can watch Night Flight Ops until old Ubi gets OUR ComSubPac up and running... COB __________________ In memory of WAHOO

01-16-07, 05:58 PM	#24
Schatten Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I know what you mean about the ever enfeebling mind thing COB. It's sort of how I can play WWII flight sims all day long but when I fire up something like Falcon 4.0 my eyes sort of glaze over. It's a good game but there are just too darn many buttons and widgets for me to be bothered with. __________________

01-16-07, 06:11 PM	#25
Chief of the Boat Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the hill South of Port Angeles, Washington Posts: 136 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Heh-heh... I suckered into buying a Cougar.. a few years ago, when I first got into the F/A-18. That thing's buttons and levers were much harder to learn than the keyboard commands and I was tickled pink when some guy paid me almost what I gave for it !!! I never tried F 4.0. I guess there's too much 'salt' on my hide. I did finally throw in the towel though and got a full sized pair of glasses about the speed of the mid-range of my Tri-Focals. That helped a lot... Great fun... and... You Bet.. I'm looking forward to seeing how well Adm. Ubi models those West Pac 'things'... __________________ In memory of WAHOO

01-16-07, 09:00 PM	#26
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Added up my collection of WWII PC games ... Comes to about $400, but they sure were a lot of fun. Then I got to thinking ... What would I have done with the money anyway? Probably spent it on hardware or who knows what ... If I had of spent it on hardware ... the hardware would be out of date by now and ebay and I are no friends. So I am quite happy with my used collection of WWII sim games ... It's just that I need another one and not just any WWII game either I want this one ... Come on Silent Hunter IV ... I just want to sink some japs __________________

01-16-07, 09:05 PM	#27
Chief of the Boat Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the hill South of Port Angeles, Washington Posts: 136 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah !!! You know... if you had really thought about that 400 beaverskins, you could have spent THREE HUNDRED on Wine, Women, and Song... and WASTED the rest ? I really liked Jane's WW2F when I had my '98SE / V5 machine with Force Feedback. Ah, I love the rattle of ' .50's ' in the morning....[ sorry, Bob] __________________ In memory of WAHOO

01-16-07, 09:06 PM	#28
Chief of the Boat Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the hill South of Port Angeles, Washington Posts: 136 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	P.S. Any pictures of TRIGGER anywhere ??? __________________ In memory of WAHOO

01-16-07, 10:07 PM	#29
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have this one, but they sort of look alike ... so I used the USS Growler SS-215 for the Trigger ... I've been trying to put the jacket patch with the picture for a signature, but I'm a slow learner ... All I have is MS Photo Draw. __________________

01-16-07, 10:17 PM	#30
Chief of the Boat Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the hill South of Port Angeles, Washington Posts: 136 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm sure they came out of the same mold.... Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut. In the Real World I've never set foot on one, but I did retire from the Surface Fleet. I knew some of the WAHOO history, and found my picture on the Navy Picture Gallery page. 'Got all Gung-Ho from this game/forum and dug out 'Full Fathom Five'... one of the Victory at Sea episodes... I guess I'd have to say none of these things is 'beautiful', but all these WW2 boats are nicer to look at than the 'modern' ones home ported near here... of which I've seen many. Had to chuckle though, in the 1952 TV presentation they didn't show/report ONE 'dud' torpedo.. which I understand there were many. COB __________________ In memory of WAHOO