GWX for Swabs? - Page 2

Konovalov · 08-03-07, 08:31 AM

Definately play stock for a little while first and ease yourself into it. That way when you install GWX you will really notice the difference and admire just what a great job GWX does of improving on what was a good subsim and turning it into a great one. That's my two pence.

jazman · 08-03-07, 05:44 PM

Thanks for the tips and offers for help. I have a fast connection, so I'm OK with massive downloads.

Looks like I'll muck around with stock SHIII (just got it last week), for about a month, to get my feet wet. One month for you guys might translate to two or three for me...I can't afford to make my family SHIII widow/orphans.

I'm starting at the bottom: a campaign in 1939 in a IIA. I'll probably end at the bottom, too.

I'm also doing a Gibraltar single mission to learn some things about avoiding escorts, and other basics other than shooting.

Jimbuna · 08-04-07, 05:50 AM

Good hunting

siber · 08-04-07, 07:00 AM

Personally, I'd go straight to GWX. This is what I did, and I found that I was learning tactics from scratch instead of learning stock tactics and then finding that they don't work in GWX.

Also, I started playing (once I'd gotten past the training missions of course) with realistic torpedo solutions. It's frustrating until you get the hang of it, but you learn much quicker and it's ultimately more satisfying when you DO sink things.

Stealth Hunter · 08-04-07, 08:29 AM

Best of luck, Herr Kaleun.

Jimbuna · 08-04-07, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by siber

Personally, I'd go straight to GWX. This is what I did, and I found that I was learning tactics from scratch instead of learning stock tactics and then finding that they don't work in GWX.

Also, I started playing (once I'd gotten past the training missions of course) with realistic torpedo solutions. It's frustrating until you get the hang of it, but you learn much quicker and it's ultimately more satisfying when you DO sink things.

Very good points actually

08-03-07, 08:31 AM	#16
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Definately play stock for a little while first and ease yourself into it. That way when you install GWX you will really notice the difference and admire just what a great job GWX does of improving on what was a good subsim and turning it into a great one. That's my two pence. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

08-03-07, 05:44 PM	#17
jazman Commander Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Crush Depth Posts: 449 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the tips and offers for help. I have a fast connection, so I'm OK with massive downloads. Looks like I'll muck around with stock SHIII (just got it last week), for about a month, to get my feet wet. One month for you guys might translate to two or three for me...I can't afford to make my family SHIII widow/orphans. I'm starting at the bottom: a campaign in 1939 in a IIA. I'll probably end at the bottom, too. I'm also doing a Gibraltar single mission to learn some things about avoiding escorts, and other basics other than shooting. __________________ "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -- Chesterton

08-04-07, 05:50 AM	#18
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Good hunting __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-04-07, 07:00 AM	#19
siber Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Salford, Manchester, UK Posts: 182 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Personally, I'd go straight to GWX. This is what I did, and I found that I was learning tactics from scratch instead of learning stock tactics and then finding that they don't work in GWX. Also, I started playing (once I'd gotten past the training missions of course) with realistic torpedo solutions. It's frustrating until you get the hang of it, but you learn much quicker and it's ultimately more satisfying when you DO sink things. __________________ Using GWX 3.0 at 100% realism, OLC's 'Ubermod' & Torpdamagefinal

08-04-07, 08:29 AM	#20
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Best of luck, Herr Kaleun.