What type of SH3 player are you? - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 04-02-09, 12:47 PM

#2 + DiD. I'm too lazy not to use the Weapons Officer. I'm finally weening myself of the external views, but there I am.

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Originally Posted by AndyW

...scope stabilization (historically correct)

I really don't want to go off topic, but you started it!

How were the scopes stabilized?

Bent Periscope · 04-02-09, 01:54 PM

Type 2, I only get to play sporadically so I have to make the best of it.

Onkel Neal · 04-02-09, 01:57 PM

Super hard core. If I die in the game, I will go drown myself in the bath tub

Lt.Fillipidis · 04-02-09, 02:03 PM

84% + D.I.D. I use the god's eye (which im thinking of turning off)
and weapons officer assistance. I wont say no if you tell me to do manual on a shot and i will probably find my target if its less than 5000km but i believe that 100% is too much for one man.

JohnnyBlaze · 04-02-09, 03:15 PM

:rotfl: @ Neal

Compared to that I'm soft as baby cheeks

Okay seriously I play at 85%. Weapon officer assistance on to identify targets, scope stabilization on for OLC gui and external view for eye candy. I guess I play D.I.D because I just started a new career after I was sank. I just haven't thought about it before.
And I use manual navigation and I'm going out there to do my job, but most of all I'm trying to bring my crew back home.

GoldenRivet · 04-02-09, 04:44 PM

#1

I have my own recognition manual, I occasionally plot attacks on paper using pencil and compass and strait edge, I time ships by stop watch, and even have one notch on my belt for a 1x time compression patrol of about 2 weeks duration.

next step, decorating my room with encased red lights!

Paul_IronCoffin · 04-02-09, 06:04 PM

100% realism, but don't play DiD. I don't want to spend several evenings just to lose my life. After all, I'n also expending my real life! It's only a game...

RoaldLarsen · 04-02-09, 09:32 PM

See my sig. I tweak several config files via SH3 Commander for even more realism regarding equipment availability, patrol areas, sensor capability..., and I impose additional restraints on myself in areas the game does not model, such as reloading torpedos from external storage, max snorkeling speed, etc. I patrol the area BdU sends me to. I adjust my TC to reduce sightings of ships but maintain numbers of aircraft attacks.

When I lose a sub, I don't start over at the beginning of the war, when life is relatively easy. My new career starts up where the last one left off, but with a rookie crew. If a Kaleun retires, my replacement career gets a somewhat more experienced crew than rookie but usually not nearly as experienced as the retired one.

I don't do my own star sightings or other advanced navigation.

So maybe that makes me about a # 0.6

Steeltrap · 04-02-09, 11:48 PM

2 + D.I.D.

I like external views and I use 'God's eye view' as I find the errors in the stadimeter too frustrating.

Lzs von swe · 04-03-09, 03:20 AM

#2+DID.
External on, but use it only for screenies. Well, almost only for that...
Gods eye on and no, I´m not going for manual targeting but I have no weapon officer helping me. Makes 80%.

Is that semi realistic

Snorkle · 04-03-09, 05:08 AM

#2 at 86%, D.I.D like Roald Larsen, Gods Eye ON, everything else off.
TC usually below 128 except for empty homeward runs.
Hoping to understand how to plot 100% manually soon.
Full manual torp setting in the TDC, not even using the datapad.

Captain Nemo · 04-03-09, 08:34 AM

#2 + D.I.D.

Nemo

difool2 · 04-03-09, 04:42 PM

I'm assuming "DiD" means "Dead I'm Dead." Been here 5+ years or so and never saw that term used here before.

In any event #2. It isn't "realistic" for the captain to madly rush from station to station like he's the only competent crewmember on board (or the only one on board).

Onkel Neal · 04-03-09, 04:49 PM

As long as you're enjoying the game, it's the right level for you.

Now excuse me, my U-boat just succumbed to a 4 hour depth charging and I have to go kick my girlfriend out of the bathroom

Wicked Popsicle · 04-04-09, 01:57 AM

#2 I think in the next few weeks i am going to learn how to do the TDC.

04-02-09, 01:57 PM	#18
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Super hard core. If I die in the game, I will go drown myself in the bath tub __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-02-09, 03:15 PM	#20
JohnnyBlaze Officer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 247 Downloads: 205 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: @ Neal Compared to that I'm soft as baby cheeks Okay seriously I play at 85%. Weapon officer assistance on to identify targets, scope stabilization on for OLC gui and external view for eye candy. I guess I play D.I.D because I just started a new career after I was sank. I just haven't thought about it before. And I use manual navigation and I'm going out there to do my job, but most of all I'm trying to bring my crew back home. __________________

04-02-09, 04:44 PM	#21
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	#1 I have my own recognition manual, I occasionally plot attacks on paper using pencil and compass and strait edge, I time ships by stop watch, and even have one notch on my belt for a 1x time compression patrol of about 2 weeks duration. next step, decorating my room with encased red lights! __________________

04-02-09, 06:04 PM	#22
Paul_IronCoffin Gunner Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: St. James, Barbados Posts: 99 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	100% realism, but don't play DiD. I don't want to spend several evenings just to lose my life. After all, I'n also expending my real life! It's only a game... __________________

04-02-09, 09:32 PM	#23
RoaldLarsen Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Control Room Posts: 355 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	See my sig. I tweak several config files via SH3 Commander for even more realism regarding equipment availability, patrol areas, sensor capability..., and I impose additional restraints on myself in areas the game does not model, such as reloading torpedos from external storage, max snorkeling speed, etc. I patrol the area BdU sends me to. I adjust my TC to reduce sightings of ships but maintain numbers of aircraft attacks. When I lose a sub, I don't start over at the beginning of the war, when life is relatively easy. My new career starts up where the last one left off, but with a rookie crew. If a Kaleun retires, my replacement career gets a somewhat more experienced crew than rookie but usually not nearly as experienced as the retired one. I don't do my own star sightings or other advanced navigation. So maybe that makes me about a # 0.6 __________________ 100% realism, DiD Harbor Traffic 1.47(incl. RUB) Using SH3 Commander to implement many custom realism tweaks Covered 1939-1945; now restarting in 1939 again. Completed 39 careers, 210 war patrols, 4.7Mt sunk, 19 subs lost

04-02-09, 01:54 PM	#17
Bent Periscope Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dry docks of Los Angeles, CA Posts: 250 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Type 2, I only get to play sporadically so I have to make the best of it.

04-02-09, 02:03 PM	#19
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	84% + D.I.D. I use the god's eye (which im thinking of turning off) and weapons officer assistance. I wont say no if you tell me to do manual on a shot and i will probably find my target if its less than 5000km but i believe that 100% is too much for one man.

04-02-09, 11:48 PM	#24
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	2 + D.I.D. I like external views and I use 'God's eye view' as I find the errors in the stadimeter too frustrating.

04-03-09, 03:20 AM	#25
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	#2+DID. External on, but use it only for screenies. Well, almost only for that... Gods eye on and no, I´m not going for manual targeting but I have no weapon officer helping me. Makes 80%. Is that semi realistic __________________

04-03-09, 05:08 AM	#26
Snorkle Watch Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 25 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	#2 at 86%, D.I.D like Roald Larsen, Gods Eye ON, everything else off. TC usually below 128 except for empty homeward runs. Hoping to understand how to plot 100% manually soon. Full manual torp setting in the TDC, not even using the datapad. __________________ Snorkle!

04-03-09, 08:34 AM	#27
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	#2 + D.I.D. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

04-03-09, 04:42 PM	#28
difool2 Commander Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 459 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I'm assuming "DiD" means "Dead I'm Dead." Been here 5+ years or so and never saw that term used here before. In any event #2. It isn't "realistic" for the captain to madly rush from station to station like he's the only competent crewmember on board (or the only one on board).

04-03-09, 04:49 PM	#29
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	As long as you're enjoying the game, it's the right level for you. Now excuse me, my U-boat just succumbed to a 4 hour depth charging and I have to go kick my girlfriend out of the bathroom __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-04-09, 01:57 AM	#30
Wicked Popsicle A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 73 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	#2 I think in the next few weeks i am going to learn how to do the TDC. __________________ Last edited by Wicked Popsicle; 04-04-09 at 02:34 PM.