My first GWX "serious" convoy. - Page 2

Ducimus · 01-04-07, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by RAM

-I didn't know the "Local time" thing. Very useful!. However I was just N from Ireland, that would be GMT or GMT-1...so local time when I spotted the smoke was around 23:15 or 22:15. And I can tell you the "night" didn't feel like one at all... was very surprised with this.

An intresting note here is that the closer you get to the artic, sh3 acutally seems to model the lights correctly in this regard. A "day" near the north pole could last as long as errr months? Same with the nights. Now, how soon the game decides to change the lights to artic settings is a mystery to me. It just does it at some point when you get up north.

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Originally Posted by RAM

-The draft advice. Well, if I understood it correctly the deeper an impact-fused torpedo hits, the more damage it causes.

Well, it doesnt do more damage per say. It just increases the chance to flood. A hit below the waterline will flood more. But, i tend to run them a bit shallow in rough weather anyway. The reason is,

1.) the draft is constantly change as the ship rises and falls in the waves.

2.) theres a part of a ships hull, right about where the flat sides start to curve around to form the bottom of the hull that causes duds. This curvature's angle is "steep" enough to where a contact hit there is about the same as trying to score a contact hit from a 30 degree angle. Just KLANG and the fish bounces off like a basketball.

Jimbuna · 01-04-07, 07:34 AM

That was a good interesting read RAM

LeafsFan · 01-04-07, 10:17 AM

Nicely done!!

HB

U56 · 01-04-07, 10:46 AM

A Good read and congrats on your kills!
SH3 seems to do a pretty good job with its seasonal sunrise/sunset variations with latitudes. Midsummer is 21/22 June, and on a clear night the nightsky would never go completely dark at the latitude you were at. At least not till mid July or later.

Regards

AVGWarhawk · 01-04-07, 01:31 PM

Does it not stay light north of Ireland until about 11pm during some seasons of the year?

Brag · 01-04-07, 04:04 PM

Very good, Ram,
So English is not your first language? You must be a new Joseph Conrad. Enjoyed your yarn both for content and style.

Ref: comments of SH day/night hours, they've done a perfect job on the astronomy department. (Haven't checked whether the positions of the stars are correct for the times of the year).

Happy hunting

The Munster · 01-04-07, 04:40 PM

Hi RAM, that was a great read and would like to point something out.

If you were north of Ireland and west of Scotland in July then believe me, our 'nights' can be like daylight right the way thru; it's an eerie experience.

RAM · 01-04-07, 07:13 PM

Hi, and again, thanks for the compliments!

Brag, yep, I'm spanish and most of the english I know comes from reading/writting at english forums and blogs, from watching DVD movies in Original Soundtrack, and from reading books written in english (the ammount of GREAT books related with WW2 which are never translated into spanish is amazing, so if you want to read them...amazon.com, only, and of course in english

).

Glad you liked my little story

.

Kpt. Munson & all who answered me regarding the lightning conditions:

I checked it when I loaded the patrol today to play a bit more. Interception and sinkings of the ships in convoy happened just at the lowest side of AM 02 quadrant. N from ireland, W from Scotland.

I was very surprised by the "non-night" lightling conditions. I'm fully aware that as you go to the north, days (in summer) and nights (in winter) get way longer, and that the most extreme moments are, respectively, 22nd June and 21st December.

It's just that I didn't expect nights to be this way on Scottish latitudes... Nice to know this works as it should. You'll never live a day without learning something new

01-04-07, 07:34 AM	#17
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That was a good interesting read RAM __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Does it not stay light north of Ireland until about 11pm during some seasons of the year? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Very good, Ram, So English is not your first language? You must be a new Joseph Conrad. Enjoyed your yarn both for content and style. Ref: comments of SH day/night hours, they've done a perfect job on the astronomy department. (Haven't checked whether the positions of the stars are correct for the times of the year). Happy hunting __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-04-07, 04:40 PM	#22
The Munster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deepest Dumbria Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Hi RAM, that was a great read and would like to point something out. If you were north of Ireland and west of Scotland in July then believe me, our 'nights' can be like daylight right the way thru; it's an eerie experience. __________________ *GWX Team Member; Retired* GWX Home Page

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LeafsFan Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 332 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Nicely done!! HB

01-04-07, 10:46 AM	#19
U56 Helmsman Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rockall Posts: 109 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	A Good read and congrats on your kills! SH3 seems to do a pretty good job with its seasonal sunrise/sunset variations with latitudes. Midsummer is 21/22 June, and on a clear night the nightsky would never go completely dark at the latitude you were at. At least not till mid July or later. Regards

01-04-07, 07:13 PM	#23
RAM Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 130 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Hi, and again, thanks for the compliments! Brag, yep, I'm spanish and most of the english I know comes from reading/writting at english forums and blogs, from watching DVD movies in Original Soundtrack, and from reading books written in english (the ammount of GREAT books related with WW2 which are never translated into spanish is amazing, so if you want to read them...amazon.com, only, and of course in english ). Glad you liked my little story . Kpt. Munson & all who answered me regarding the lightning conditions: I checked it when I loaded the patrol today to play a bit more. Interception and sinkings of the ships in convoy happened just at the lowest side of AM 02 quadrant. N from ireland, W from Scotland. I was very surprised by the "non-night" lightling conditions. I'm fully aware that as you go to the north, days (in summer) and nights (in winter) get way longer, and that the most extreme moments are, respectively, 22nd June and 21st December. It's just that I didn't expect nights to be this way on Scottish latitudes... Nice to know this works as it should. You'll never live a day without learning something new