Question of the day, how do you play the Game?

vonLeroy · 10-01-08, 12:09 PM

With a beard :p Never does grow very long...I guess I could run patrols at 1x :hmm:

Alice · 10-01-08, 10:58 PM

Usually when I play it's in sessions of a few hours. Probably 2 or 3 nights a week. Lights out, sound turned up. I used to have a little USB LED light that aimed right at my keyboard but didn't ruin the darkness. But then it burned out. Then the replacement burned out. So now I have to go to the map or some other bright screen when I really need to see my keyboard. Oh well.

Also, I usually use an incremental difficulty enhancer. It's called "beer". Amazing stuff. The more you have, the more you notice Bernard slowly taking over command of your boat.
It's on a sliding scale or something.

It is a good game for drinking beer, though, since it involves a lot of mellow cruising. At least until you have to do something serious, like run from a pack of angry destroyers or plot intercept courses. Then you wish you'd stopped at beer #4. But until then, it's great.

So yeah, that's how I play. Late at night, with the sound up and a good buzz on for a few hours.

Also, I play at 82%
I use map contact updates and I couldn't live without the weapons officer. He's usually sober.

-Alice

Sensekhmet · 10-02-08, 01:58 AM

94 or 84% realism, it takes around 30 minutes for the game to load.

I save every 2 days of game time, more often if not traversing a big pile of nothing

I don't play that much and not daily either, I have to split my gaming time with racing sims, you know (for the moment it's Race 07 and immortal Richard Burns Rally with online plugin).

Jimbuna · 10-02-08, 03:39 AM

Try refaining from showering or shaving for 3 months....the family tend to leave you uninterrupted in a room on your own....can't imagine why :hmm:

Shadowblade · 10-02-08, 04:13 AM

80% realism, first GWX career

safely saving (no ships near my sub) before/after my offensive actions and making sacrificial rituals

when I am forced to load on-patrol savegame, because I had several bad experiences with corrupted savegames, so my SH3 is turned off after finished patrol only

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10-01-08, 12:09 PM	#1
vonLeroy Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Re:Question of the day, how do you play the Game? With a beard :p Never does grow very long...I guess I could run patrols at 1x :hmm:

10-02-08, 04:13 AM	#5
Shadowblade Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 726 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	80% realism, first GWX career safely saving (no ships near my sub) before/after my offensive actions and making sacrificial rituals when I am forced to load on-patrol savegame, because I had several bad experiences with corrupted savegames, so my SH3 is turned off after finished patrol only . __________________ Kapitänleutnant Vlad von Carstein - U-Flotilla Saltzwedel - U-123, Type IXB SH3 GWX 3.0 Last edited by Shadowblade; 10-02-08 at 05:50 AM.

10-01-08, 10:58 PM	#2
Alice Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Usually when I play it's in sessions of a few hours. Probably 2 or 3 nights a week. Lights out, sound turned up. I used to have a little USB LED light that aimed right at my keyboard but didn't ruin the darkness. But then it burned out. Then the replacement burned out. So now I have to go to the map or some other bright screen when I really need to see my keyboard. Oh well. Also, I usually use an incremental difficulty enhancer. It's called "beer". Amazing stuff. The more you have, the more you notice Bernard slowly taking over command of your boat. It's on a sliding scale or something. It is a good game for drinking beer, though, since it involves a lot of mellow cruising. At least until you have to do something serious, like run from a pack of angry destroyers or plot intercept courses. Then you wish you'd stopped at beer #4. But until then, it's great. So yeah, that's how I play. Late at night, with the sound up and a good buzz on for a few hours. Also, I play at 82% I use map contact updates and I couldn't live without the weapons officer. He's usually sober. -Alice

10-02-08, 01:58 AM	#3
Sensekhmet Loader Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 89 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	94 or 84% realism, it takes around 30 minutes for the game to load. I save every 2 days of game time, more often if not traversing a big pile of nothing I don't play that much and not daily either, I have to split my gaming time with racing sims, you know (for the moment it's Race 07 and immortal Richard Burns Rally with online plugin).

10-02-08, 03:39 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Try refaining from showering or shaving for 3 months....the family tend to leave you uninterrupted in a room on your own....can't imagine why :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!