[1xTC] U-69's 2nd war patrol

[kabex]

Originally Posted by Erik the Black

This is great. Funny story. One of my friends did this with SHIV. Took him a week to get to his patrol grid. He set up a VPN to his home PC from work, and would VNC in to check the status when he wasn't home. He told me that he did this for about 2 weeks. He said he would turn the volume up so when he was asleep, the crew would wake him if they saw anything.

He said this worked pretty well and he was able to sink a few ships and shoot down a plane ...till one particular evening.

He told me that one night, while patrolling around some islands, he was suddenly awakened to the crew screaming and a horrendous screeching and crashing. He vaulted out of bed, stumbled and fell flat on his face. He said by the time he got to his computer he noticed men down on deck, and all he could see was the sky.

Seems he hit one of those little invisible sand bars that don't show up on the map. He was able to reverse and get off the sand bar, but his sub was seriously borked, and when he backed off the sand to deep water, it sank with all hands.

That was the end of his "Real Time Sub Captain Career", because he never did it again after that, and any time it was brought up his face would cloud over and he'd glare at you.

So of course this spawned a whole series of jokes about "Captain Sand Bar", much to his frustration.

Hahaha, this is awesome. He could just set up save games to prevent this though. :P

[Juliano]

I can imagine his frustration

[Ducimus]

X1 TC War patrol = somebody's nucking futs!

However..... the guy who does a X1 TC war patrol, has more leg to stand on when it comes to realism arguments then anyone else in the forum. Everyone elses views on realism are all automatically disqualifed while in the awe inspiring presence of a X1 TC captain.

[Erik the Black]

Originally Posted by kabex

Hahaha, this is awesome. He could just set up save games to prevent this though. :P

Well he did have save games set up, but he was destined to only use them in case of hardware failure with his computer.

When I asked him about reloading he glared at me and said "That's not real, and the whole point of this thing was realism. Those dudes didn't get do overs!"

I then told him "They didn't all stand there on deck and watch their submarine ram a sand bar either."

He just grumbled at me.

I talked to him about SH5 the other day, and he mentioned getting it, and trying another 1xTC with it - he was unaware of the DRM nonsense. I told him that it was impossible to have a REAL 100% Realism 1xTC patrol because they didn't have internet back then. He was like "What are you talking about!?" I just laughed and said "You'll see." Sure enough about 2 days later I get an e-mail:

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BULL****!?"

[krupp_88mm]

i like realism 1TC patrol is awesome.. if your Uboat is a flying shark!

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

X1 TC War patrol = somebody's nucking futs!

However..... the guy who does a X1 TC war patrol, has more leg to stand on when it comes to realism arguments then anyone else in the forum. Everyone elses views on realism are all automatically disqualifed while in the awe inspiring presence of a X1 TC captain.

[CartmanVoice]RESPECT MY AUTHORITY!!![/CartmanVoice]

Tho, in all honesty, I'm finding the game much more enjoyable when sailing at 1xTC. Maybe because I don't see the faults of the game so frequently.

@Erick the black

Ouch, that must've sucked.

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To: BdU
From: U69

Date: 26/4/40
Time: 14.01

RAN SUBMERGED FOR THE LAST 10 HOURS X CREW RESTED AND IN HIGH SPIRITS X WEATHER STAYS THE SAME WITH 9 WINDS AND LIGHT FOG X POSITION AN3775

great dowly, go ahead!

[Dowly]

To: BdU
From: U69

Date: 27/4/40
Time: 01.57

WEATHER HAS CALMED SLIGHTLY NOW WINDS 7 NO FOG X MAINTAINING NORTHWESTERLY COURSE X ETA TO ORKNEY ISLANDS IS 35 HOURS AT CURRENT SPEED X POSITION AN4671

[gutted]

If i had a second gameworthy PC i'd definately have a 1xTC campaign running.

[Dowly]

Aye, I wish I had two game worthy PC's, starting to get withdrawals for not playing Dragon Age Origins since the beginning of the first patrol. Oh well, atleast my old but trusty PS2 is getting some love now. (not in a perversed, kinky way)

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To: BdU
From: U69

Date: 27/4/40
Time: 11.50

HAVE REACHED THE OUTER LIMITS OF BRITISH AIR COVER X RADIO SILENCE UNLESS EMERGENCY UNTIL WE HAVE PASSED THE ORKNEY ISLANDS X WEATHER SAME GOOD VISIBILITY X POSITION AN4278

[Juliano]

wow
action is coming!
can´t wait!

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Juliano

wow
action is coming!
can´t wait!

Haha, "not yet kamerad, not yet". I don't expect much more than the RAF coming to say hello once in awhile. Shame, lots on convoy reports from the east coast of Britain.

hey dowly,

what do u do when u are not at home for a couple of hours? do u pause the game then?

although we didn't get any action til now, this thread promises entertainment!

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by patterchon

hey dowly,

what do u do when u are not at home for a couple of hours? do u pause the game then?

Depends where I am (in the game). I learned that there isn't many threats out on the open sea, so I just keep the game running normally. If I'm close to something that might potentially turn my patrol titties up I submerge and continue at ahead slow.

Same for running the game when I'm asleep. Tho, I have my headphones next to my couch and volume cranked on max so I hear if something VERY bad happens such as explosion or the boat hitting something.

Oh how I miss the dialog that let's you decide what action the crew takes when contact is met. Would make life a little bit easier.

[avee]

Your first 1x patrol was a great story, I had much fun reading reports. I hope, second patrol will be even better. But I can`t see a map with your position - have you abandoned that cool idea?
Anyway, good luck to you, and BE MORE AGRESSIVE!

BTW, what mods do you use?