Question about IX boats

TarJak · 07-24-07, 12:43 AM

If I'm near to land (to about 1000km) I only go 128. Outside that I go 2042 or 1024.

Canovaro · 07-24-07, 12:46 AM

Usually 1024, and when i feel really safe i go 2048.

bigboywooly · 07-24-07, 01:13 AM

You will always be safe at 1024
You could sail right past the whole of the Royal Navy and not know it

Tis a question of balance really
High TC will get you across the Atlantic quick but there are plenty of ships\convoys mid atlantic travelling from the US to UK
At high TC you will miss those
But then no one wants to spend a week RL traversing the " pond "

ReM · 07-24-07, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

You will always be safe at 1024
You could sail right past the whole of the Royal Navy and not know it

Tis a question of balance really
High TC will get you across the Atlantic quick but there are plenty of ships\convoys mid atlantic travelling from the US to UK
At high TC you will miss those
But then no one wants to spend a week RL traversing the " pond "

Once I was looking at this little dot crossing the Atlanic at high tc......expecting nothing to happen, I decided to go to the bathroom to have some time to myself...
All of a sudden there was a screeching sound and all hell had broken loose....I sprang up and found that my U-boat had collided by a hospital ship in mid-ocean, reducing my hull integrity to almost nothing....

This ship was very real, even when in high tc.

Anyway to stay ontopic: usually i fire tc up to 2048 a.s.a.p......the game starts to stutter a bit when you are close to something....a contact, a weather change.....then you know action is close....I know it's a bit of a cheat, but my time is very limited, and I DO want to play SHIII and experience some action during the few hours I get to play it.

When I retire in about 30 years, I will take all the time in the world for this game.

danlisa · 07-24-07, 02:57 AM

Nothing more than 128 TC.
Sit back and read a book, spam subsim, watch history channel or play my PS3.

Kaleu. Jochen Mohr · 07-24-07, 04:55 AM

i always pres + till i reach the max

SmokinTep · 07-24-07, 05:33 AM

1024 most of the time, but was burned the other night by this. DD ran me over in heavy fog.........

Happy Times · 07-26-07, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

You will always be safe at 1024
You could sail right past the whole of the Royal Navy and not know it

Tis a question of balance really
High TC will get you across the Atlantic quick but there are plenty of ships\convoys mid atlantic travelling from the US to UK
At high TC you will miss those
But then no one wants to spend a week RL traversing the " pond "

Once I was looking at this little dot crossing the Atlanic at high tc......expecting nothing to happen, I decided to go to the bathroom to have some time to myself...
All of a sudden there was a screeching sound and all hell had broken loose....I sprang up and found that my U-boat had collided by a hospital ship in mid-ocean, reducing my hull integrity to almost nothing....

This ship was very real, even when in high tc.

Anyway to stay ontopic: usually i fire tc up to 2048 a.s.a.p......the game starts to stutter a bit when you are close to something....a contact, a weather change.....then you know action is close....I know it's a bit of a cheat, but my time is very limited, and I DO want to play SHIII and experience some action during the few hours I get to play it.

When I retire in about 30 years, I will take all the time in the world for this game.

:rotfl:

STEED · 07-25-07, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

But then no one wants to spend a week RL traversing the " pond "

That's one big fecking pond.

:rotfl:

nikbear · 07-25-07, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

You will always be safe at 1024
You could sail right past the whole of the Royal Navy and not know it

Tis a question of balance really
High TC will get you across the Atlantic quick but there are plenty of ships\convoys mid atlantic travelling from the US to UK
At high TC you will miss those
But then no one wants to spend a week RL traversing the " pond "

I've often wondered that Mr BBW,since t/c isn't a cheat,it just enables you to fit in some reasonable game time into whatever time you have to play,I've always thought it a bit unfair that you should miss things like ships and stuff at high t/c levels,not everybody has that much time on there hands

or is this some technical thing when the game is flashing along at high t/c:hmm: just wondered like.

Iron Budokan · 07-25-07, 06:38 PM

64x to 128x on patrol grid or when I'm snooping along a convoy route. 512x to cross "empty" stretches of ocean to get to my destination. 512x max underwater with three separate (morning, noon, evening before I surface) 1x sonar checks during the day.

I only use 2048x if I'm just goofing around and not really "simming".

Thniper · 07-26-07, 10:58 AM

How does TC affect the number of reported contacts?
I mean in comparison to another TC level.

If you're using 64x instead of 128x, will you get a doubled number of possible contacts?

07-24-07, 01:13 AM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	You will always be safe at 1024 You could sail right past the whole of the Royal Navy and not know it Tis a question of balance really High TC will get you across the Atlantic quick but there are plenty of ships\convoys mid atlantic travelling from the US to UK At high TC you will miss those But then no one wants to spend a week RL traversing the " pond " __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

07-24-07, 02:57 AM	#5
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Nothing more than 128 TC. Sit back and read a book, spam subsim, watch history channel or play my PS3. __________________

07-24-07, 04:55 AM	#6
Kaleu. Jochen Mohr Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in my sub Posts: 2,741 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	i always pres + till i reach the max __________________ Gruß

07-25-07, 06:38 PM	#11
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	64x to 128x on patrol grid or when I'm snooping along a convoy route. 512x to cross "empty" stretches of ocean to get to my destination. 512x max underwater with three separate (morning, noon, evening before I surface) 1x sonar checks during the day. I only use 2048x if I'm just goofing around and not really "simming". __________________ "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

07-26-07, 10:58 AM	#12
Thniper Planesman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Niedersachsen, Germany Posts: 186 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	How does TC affect the number of reported contacts? I mean in comparison to another TC level. If you're using 64x instead of 128x, will you get a doubled number of possible contacts? __________________ "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." ------------------------------- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726)

07-24-07, 12:43 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	If I'm near to land (to about 1000km) I only go 128. Outside that I go 2042 or 1024.

07-24-07, 12:46 AM	#2
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Usually 1024, and when i feel really safe i go 2048.

07-24-07, 05:33 AM	#7
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	1024 most of the time, but was burned the other night by this. DD ran me over in heavy fog.........