Legion's Noob Guide - Page 2

Chock · 04-23-07, 10:15 PM

Bumping this for the benefit of new visitors to subsim, hopefully it will get a sticky and a flag on the main page.

Nice.

Subsim Monitor · 04-23-07, 10:22 PM

Great job, done!

You're from New York, right? Great counterpoint to my Texas drawl

Neal

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greekfire · 04-24-07, 12:17 AM

I'm downloading now. I must admit this is long overdue and a very nice addition to this community. I've spent a week tearing apart all the sub sim forums looking for noob tutorials and videos. They aren't as common as you would think, excluding SHIII stuff. Of course, its a brand new game so can't expect things to happen overnight. Anyway, thank you for your contribution to this game and community.

I am starting to agree that map plot settings should still be viewed as 100% realism. The fact that we can not pause game to use in-game navmap or account for the fact that, in reality, there would be many other people with you in that sub to help you with all the multi-tasking sort of necessitates the need for some help. Although there may come a point in time where I am fast enough to actually complete all that is required to manually plot and target multiple ships in a convoy, at this point I tend to find that I run out of time and have to "wing" a lot of the numbers at the last minute so that I on periscope and ready when the ship/ships come into my target area.

According to this sim, it is only 100% realism if we do everything ourselves. But the true reality is that no real sub captian would be capable of doing all of this on his own in real time.

My current solution to this delimma is not automatic ship plotting in nav map. Instead I am hitting the pause button while I work calculations and plots outside of the game using a graph paper with ruler, compass, etc. Personally I think its the most fun and rewarding solution but some might find it "cheating" because I hit pause button. It's a tough call but I like doing it by hand and that in my opinion is about as real as its going to get.

USS_shipmaster · 04-24-07, 12:42 AM

Great videos, great job. Thanks
VK

Iceman87 · 04-24-07, 01:20 AM

Fantastic video Legion! Kudos to you for helping out your fellow gamer.

xptical · 04-24-07, 06:22 AM

I really hate searching for mods here. A lot of the mods are really hard to find. Here are the ones I found:

Torps +25%
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111785

Air Strike
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=strike

Retro Nav Map
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=Navmap

Hud:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108965

Brighter Torps:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=brighter+torp

360 Bearing Tool:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=bearing

The bearing tool does not work for me. The loading bar never progresses if this mod is enabled.

The other mods you listed just seem to be "fluf". YMMV.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-24-07, 07:00 AM

Nice idea, good work

hachiman · 04-24-07, 09:52 AM

Brillaint Video Legion especially all the stuff on the map plotting an intercept.
Bravo sir!!

SteamWake · 04-24-07, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subsim Admin

Great job, done!

You're from New York, right? Great counterpoint to my Texas drawl

Neal

.

I noticed that this isnt listed in Guides and Trainings: TDC, Radar, Sonar and More.

Any chance of getting it there as well ?

Thanks

D'biter · 04-24-07, 05:43 PM

awsome vid

robbierob2005 · 04-25-07, 04:20 AM

Very good video. I think it's great for those who's first subsim is SH4.

rhohltjr · 04-25-07, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by legion78

I created this HQ vid for all the "Casual Gamers" who are new to the SH scene and should be treated as such...enjoy.

I certainly appreciate your work on this video. My last sub sim was (point N shoot)Silent Service, I think for my SH noobieness you could have spent all 20 minutes just explaining the plotting board what and why you were doing what you were doing(drawing circles and lines and such)

. If you would care to do such a plotting board tutorial, keep in mind that I think I pretty much already understand the eraser part:rotfl: .

Anyone out there care to try to explain the crew management screen

? Videos welcome! Thanks in advance.

Carve · 04-25-07, 10:01 AM

Legion!!!

Many thanks just what I was looking for. Any chance of any noob guides on manual TDC?

MDykas · 04-25-07, 10:24 AM

Very cool video, I learned a few things, I'd love to see one on how to avoid detection and getting away from those Destroyers.

Sir Big Jugs · 04-25-07, 11:37 AM

Very cool video, but unbelievably large!

Converting it to .avi with the Divx MPEG-4 codec and compressing it using 7z I managed to get it to 42.5mb with no visible quality loss.

04-23-07, 10:22 PM	#17
Subsim Monitor System Monitor Bot Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,506 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	Great job, done! You're from New York, right? Great counterpoint to my Texas drawl Neal . Last edited by Subsim Admin; 04-23-07 at 10:33 PM.

04-24-07, 12:42 AM	#19
USS_shipmaster Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 114 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great videos, great job. Thanks VK __________________ All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others" G.O.

04-24-07, 07:00 AM	#22
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,890 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice idea, good work __________________ Back in the Day

04-24-07, 09:52 AM	#23
hachiman Planesman Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Edinburgh Jockland Posts: 199 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Brillaint Video Legion especially all the stuff on the map plotting an intercept. Bravo sir!! __________________ Whats not to love about Submarines? Long'Hard and full of Seamen!!

04-25-07, 11:37 AM	#30
Sir Big Jugs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 895 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	Very cool video, but unbelievably large! Converting it to .avi with the Divx MPEG-4 codec and compressing it using 7z I managed to get it to 42.5mb with no visible quality loss. __________________

04-23-07, 10:15 PM	#16
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bumping this for the benefit of new visitors to subsim, hopefully it will get a sticky and a flag on the main page. Nice.

04-24-07, 12:17 AM	#18
greekfire Bosun Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 68 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I'm downloading now. I must admit this is long overdue and a very nice addition to this community. I've spent a week tearing apart all the sub sim forums looking for noob tutorials and videos. They aren't as common as you would think, excluding SHIII stuff. Of course, its a brand new game so can't expect things to happen overnight. Anyway, thank you for your contribution to this game and community. I am starting to agree that map plot settings should still be viewed as 100% realism. The fact that we can not pause game to use in-game navmap or account for the fact that, in reality, there would be many other people with you in that sub to help you with all the multi-tasking sort of necessitates the need for some help. Although there may come a point in time where I am fast enough to actually complete all that is required to manually plot and target multiple ships in a convoy, at this point I tend to find that I run out of time and have to "wing" a lot of the numbers at the last minute so that I on periscope and ready when the ship/ships come into my target area. According to this sim, it is only 100% realism if we do everything ourselves. But the true reality is that no real sub captian would be capable of doing all of this on his own in real time. My current solution to this delimma is not automatic ship plotting in nav map. Instead I am hitting the pause button while I work calculations and plots outside of the game using a graph paper with ruler, compass, etc. Personally I think its the most fun and rewarding solution but some might find it "cheating" because I hit pause button. It's a tough call but I like doing it by hand and that in my opinion is about as real as its going to get.

04-24-07, 01:20 AM	#20
Iceman87 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 9 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Fantastic video Legion! Kudos to you for helping out your fellow gamer.

04-24-07, 06:22 AM	#21
xptical Bosun Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Macon, Georgia Posts: 62 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	I really hate searching for mods here. A lot of the mods are really hard to find. Here are the ones I found: Torps +25% http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111785 Air Strike http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=strike Retro Nav Map http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=Navmap Hud: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108965 Brighter Torps: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=brighter+torp 360 Bearing Tool: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=bearing The bearing tool does not work for me. The loading bar never progresses if this mod is enabled. The other mods you listed just seem to be "fluf". YMMV.

04-24-07, 05:43 PM	#25
D'biter Seaman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Groton, CT Posts: 41 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	awsome vid

04-25-07, 04:20 AM	#26
robbierob2005 Watch Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Beneath the surface..... Posts: 334 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	Very good video. I think it's great for those who's first subsim is SH4.

04-25-07, 10:01 AM	#28
Carve Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Legion!!! Many thanks just what I was looking for. Any chance of any noob guides on manual TDC?

04-25-07, 10:24 AM	#29
MDykas Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very cool video, I learned a few things, I'd love to see one on how to avoid detection and getting away from those Destroyers.