What's with the scream?

[andylegate]

Actually, I can remember when I was first in the navy, and on my first ship at the ripe old age of 19 having my eyes bug out and the hair on the nape of my neck stand up. It wasn't from some god awful scream though (that would have done it).

nope, it was around 2100, I was in the radar room, and we were underway off the coast of St. Thomas. Seas were slight.
All of the sudden we had the "BOING BOING" sound of General Quarters come over the 1MC (the 1MC is the ships general intracom). At first, it was no big deal, we have drills all the time, and once you hear the Boing going, you've got less than 3 minutes to set "Zebra" throughout the ship. Normally the Boinging stops and you hear what the drill is for: "This is a drill, this is a drill! General Quarters, General Quarters! Major lube oil leak in the number 2 engine room! All hands man your battle stations! This is a drill!"

Only this time I heard this:
"General Quarters, General Quarters! Major fuel oil fire in the number 1 boiler room! All hands man your battle stations. THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"

I about dropped a brick! A real fire. A real FUEL oil fire! A REAL FUEL OIL FIRE IN A SPACE ONLY 2 DECKS BELOW ME!!!
I kinda froze until the other guys got into the radar room with me and shoved me too, yelling at me to get my battle dress on (that's rolling down your sleeves, tucking your pant legs into your socks and boots, putting your CO2 life vest on around your waist, and belting your gas mask also around your waist, and then helping set Zebra in the space (closing certain valves, hatches, etc).

Was only a small fire that was put out in minutes, and someone ended up loosing their crow for not having the splash shielding around a steam valve (the sheilding helps keep things like flamable liquid from igniting if it gets splashed or squirted on them from a leak).

But still, I learned that day that what I was doing, was not a game. This was the real thing.

Chuckling here. That scream I heard when I hit the "C" key took me back to that very day! I haven't felt like that since then...........until I hit that damn "C" key!

:rotfl:

[Roghain]

Too bad we cant get the alarm scream before we hit C...

Would increase the oh sh%$ factor 100% not too mention heart failure

I'd say.
That would cause me to fall backwards, chair and all, like in the good old days when playing HalfLife, staring intently down the dark airvent then the bloody headcrab jumps out.

[BzT]

Originally Posted by PapaG39

Never have seen a friendly aircraft. I didn't think their were any...

In stock SH3, as I was finishing off a freighter with my deck gun, my watch crew spotted a pair of He-111s around AN84 or 81, heading southeast. Date was late August or early September 1940, so one can safely assume they were returning from London. They deviated from their course to and arrived overhead just as the freighter broke apart.

[Patboot]

OT topic got a chuckle from me. Actually my cat seems to like the subwoofer when surfaced...maybe because its warm and makes a low purring sound?

[She-Wolf]

Andy that was SO funny, I can't stop chuckling at the picture you painted. Made my day. Grins :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Hanomag

Thanx Steve...109s...not much on planes...just know that allied planes hurt real bad...

wait, aren't Mes ..109s??...or is the Bf just a model designation...Im clueless...

but anyways..luv to see em flying overhead...gives me a warm fuzzy feeling in a fatherland kinda way..

The company was the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, or BFW (in English the Bavarian Aircraft Works). Willy Messerschmitt was the chief designer. In 1938 he was made the head of the factory, and it was renamed the Messerschmitt-Aitken-Gesellschaft.

Aircraft designed before June 1, 1938 were designated Bf; designs after that time were Me. The first design to be officially called by that title was the Me-163 rocket fighter.

It doesn't really matter that much; I just like to get it right when I can.

[mowgli99]

So where do you download the language packs nowadays? I've been wanting to for awhile but the main page is down . When i do download the German does it change the text? I just want to hear the German. This topic made me remember that i have been wanting. Sorry if i'm jumping around to much. Thankyou in advance.

[Stealth Hunter]

"AAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!"
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
What a great U-boat commander you would have made! And your chief officer could be your precious kitty!:rotfl: :rotfl:

Jesus, if ONLY I had a video.

[Steel_Tomb]

Originally Posted by Roghain

I'd say.
That would cause me to fall backwards, chair and all, like in the good old days when playing HalfLife, staring intently down the dark airvent then the bloody headcrab jumps out.

:rotfl::rotfl: Amen to that...they fly out at you and your like AHHH CROWBAR!!! bloody things were a right neuisance!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by mowgli99

So where do you download the language packs nowadays? I've been wanting to for awhile but the main page is down . When i do download the German does it change the text? I just want to hear the German. This topic made me remember that i have been wanting. Sorry if i'm jumping around to much. Thankyou in advance.

The fantastic "Alaaaarm" sequence comes from the Das Boot Sound Mod, originally made for SH2. I did a conversion of it for SH3 which is currently unavailable. Most of it, along with some other changes, is included in GWX. If you don't want to use the entire mod (and why anyone wouldn't is beyond me) just replace the 'Sound' folder.

Just go to the options screen and set voices to 'German' and text to 'English'. Job done!

[mowgli99]

what if i already have GWX? Would i do the same thing?

[U-104]

If you already have GWX then go to the options tab on the main menu; go into "sound" and change voices from English to German.

[U49]

Originally Posted by andylegate

My cat literally lept from where she was to my shoulder, her claws painfully sinking in far enough to draw blood! I had also jerked back from the computer! I thought I had just killed someone!

Took about 30 minutes to calm the cat (and my) nerves down again! Sheesh!

My neighbour (native german speaker ) was just about to ring my door-bell a few days ago, when I had to crash dive.... He was totally astonished what was happening! "Did you change your door-bell? What was THAT? Sounded terrifying"?

Score one for waking up the crew

[mowgli99]

Originally Posted by U-104

If you already have GWX then go to the options tab on the main menu; go into "sound" and change voices from English to German.

Well thats easy. Thankyou very much.