Immersive techniques for the true subsimmer! - Page 15

derstosstrupp · 10-15-20, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Macgregor the Hammer

Where can I find GOOD translations of KTB's?

These are mostly good. Few errors here and there but nothing major.

http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTBList.htm

les green01 · 10-16-20, 12:51 AM

i do love reading this thread many great pointers and to know i'm not the only one that plays like this

Flobster · 10-20-20, 04:58 PM

This is a great thread! Thanks for all the tips and discussion. I've recently got back into subsimming (still mostly SH3.) I enjoy anything that allows me to suspend the feeling that I am in a mechanical flatworld filled with robots.

One thing I have been doing this time around is grabbing radio snippets from YouTube for the specific date I am playing in. If you search for "radio september 5th 1939" or whatever, you'll usually find something from the archive.

One channel that has been useful in this regard is the 'The World War II News and Old Time Radio Channel' found here:

Most of the videos feature the channel owner reading a selection of newspaper articles followed by an hour or more of US radio from that specific day. It amounts to a huge amount of audio content. Much larger than anything a mod could include for the in-game radio.

If you're someone who spends a lot of time at low TC watching the waves go by, I find it adds a lot to the sense of time and place.

bstanko6 · 10-20-20, 10:37 PM

I’m glad you love the thread!

I ask all of you who enjoy this thread to please visit my YouTube channel by clicking on my signature.

I am at 750 subscribers and would love to get monetized!

Your support would be much appreciated!

evilaviator · 10-21-20, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bstanko6

I’m glad you love the thread!

I ask all of you who enjoy this thread to please visit my YouTube channel by clicking on my signature.

I am at 750 subscribers and would love to get monetized!

Your support would be much appreciated!

I love your videos too and am a subscriber but you have to put out more content if you want the channel to grow. A video every 3 to 6 months won't do it.

les green01 · 10-21-20, 09:15 AM

you do have a great youtube channel and i subscribe to it i do have other accounts that i could use to subscribe if that would help

Tonci87 · 10-21-20, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by evilaviator

I love your videos too and am a subscriber but you have to put out more content if you want the channel to grow. A video every 3 to 6 months won't do it.

Of course, you are right.

However, as a fellow video creator I have the feeling that I need to defend BStanko6 a bit.
Producing content for Youtube is a very time consuming affair.

Silent hunter makes it even more difficult than other games, because you either need to do very long, or multi-part videos, to show one engagement.

For example, I had to split one engagement into three one hour long videos

So for one engagement I need to find the time to play almost four hours without saving (SH5 doesn´t like saving during engagements).
Then I need to find the time to edit the video, which takes even longer than recording did. And then I need to upload it to Youtube and make sure that everything is set up as it should be.

So making these three videos probably took 10 hours of my time.

I, and I think BStanko6 as well, would love to make more content, but finding the time to do it is very difficult if you also have a regular job

bstanko6 · 10-21-20, 03:17 PM

@Tonci... you couldn’t have said it better! I love displaying my videos but they are a labor. I do not like complaining about it, but at least you understand and that actually motivates me to get back at it again!!!

les green01 · 10-22-20, 10:09 PM

found out one thing tonight watch out for your own escorts just left harbor and get shot up and 3 men wounded had to turn back to port had to run to frank speed zig jagigng sad thing just follow him out excuse me go to go the bunk and get the luger and pay a certain capt a visted

les green01 · 10-23-20, 07:16 PM

does anybody attack the Poland destroyers taskforce in 39 or just go after merchants me i just report the taskforce and go for merchants has dd/s not worth wasting a fish on

Texas Red · 10-23-20, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by les green01

does anybody attack the Poland destroyers taskforce in 39 or just go after merchants me i just report the taskforce and go for merchants has dd/s not worth wasting a fish on

Attacking DDs is something that I RARELY do. I only do it if I am super bored and that is like the only ship type I am encountering in my area.
I do not attack the Polish destroyers, its a waste.
I do report the taskforce and then sink the merchants.

Tonci87 · 10-24-20, 07:50 AM

Report the polish taskforce and then wait for the Stukas to arrive

bstanko6 · 11-23-20, 01:47 AM

Bump

les green01 · 11-23-20, 10:41 AM

got to admit sh5 with twos has became my fav love way you can walk the sub and talk to the crew wish sh4 had that so what year does everyone do i been doing 39 but might go 40 see what happens

Drakken · 12-02-20, 09:33 AM

I took a short hiatus from my new TWOS campaign, so I'm still at September 2nd, 1939 in Polish Waters.

Using Real Navigation, with my written KTB:

- I use supermarks to plot a patrol waypoint on the map.
- Each time I plot a new course to a waypoint, I calculate an ETA and set my alarm to the estimated clock time.
- My Navigator does regular Dead Reckoning readings, and I use them to correct both my course and my ETA.
- When the alarm rings, I slow down to ahead one-third and order my Navigator to make a Celestial Navigation reading.
- When the Navigator is done, I dive to 20-30 meters to initiate the hydrophone scan protocol.

I know their is an automated routine for patrol grids, but in the Polish waters I prefer to keep control. Feel free though to improve my routine, though.

10-16-20, 12:51 AM	#212
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	i do love reading this thread many great pointers and to know i'm not the only one that plays like this __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

10-20-20, 10:37 PM	#214
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	I’m glad you love the thread! I ask all of you who enjoy this thread to please visit my YouTube channel by clicking on my signature. I am at 750 subscribers and would love to get monetized! Your support would be much appreciated! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

10-21-20, 09:15 AM	#216
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	you do have a great youtube channel and i subscribe to it i do have other accounts that i could use to subscribe if that would help __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

10-21-20, 03:17 PM	#218
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	@Tonci... you couldn’t have said it better! I love displaying my videos but they are a labor. I do not like complaining about it, but at least you understand and that actually motivates me to get back at it again!!! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

10-22-20, 10:09 PM	#219
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	found out one thing tonight watch out for your own escorts just left harbor and get shot up and 3 men wounded had to turn back to port had to run to frank speed zig jagigng sad thing just follow him out excuse me go to go the bunk and get the luger and pay a certain capt a visted __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

10-20-20, 04:58 PM	#213
Flobster Nub Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 4 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	This is a great thread! Thanks for all the tips and discussion. I've recently got back into subsimming (still mostly SH3.) I enjoy anything that allows me to suspend the feeling that I am in a mechanical flatworld filled with robots. One thing I have been doing this time around is grabbing radio snippets from YouTube for the specific date I am playing in. If you search for "radio september 5th 1939" or whatever, you'll usually find something from the archive. One channel that has been useful in this regard is the 'The World War II News and Old Time Radio Channel' found here: Most of the videos feature the channel owner reading a selection of newspaper articles followed by an hour or more of US radio from that specific day. It amounts to a huge amount of audio content. Much larger than anything a mod could include for the in-game radio. If you're someone who spends a lot of time at low TC watching the waves go by, I find it adds a lot to the sense of time and place.

10-23-20, 07:16 PM	#220
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	does anybody attack the Poland destroyers taskforce in 39 or just go after merchants me i just report the taskforce and go for merchants has dd/s not worth wasting a fish on __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

10-24-20, 07:50 AM	#222
Tonci87 Captain Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 546 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	Report the polish taskforce and then wait for the Stukas to arrive __________________ How to use the RAOBF to measure speed, range and AOB, and then use the Attack Disc to set up a perfect 90° attack. Your diveplane controllers are killing you! Das Brot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irs1NOMJVfg

11-23-20, 01:47 AM	#223
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Bump __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

11-23-20, 10:41 AM	#224
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	got to admit sh5 with twos has became my fav love way you can walk the sub and talk to the crew wish sh4 had that so what year does everyone do i been doing 39 but might go 40 see what happens __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy Last edited by les green01; 11-26-20 at 11:49 AM.

12-02-20, 09:33 AM	#225
Drakken Planesman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 194 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	I took a short hiatus from my new TWOS campaign, so I'm still at September 2nd, 1939 in Polish Waters. Using Real Navigation, with my written KTB: - I use supermarks to plot a patrol waypoint on the map. - Each time I plot a new course to a waypoint, I calculate an ETA and set my alarm to the estimated clock time. - My Navigator does regular Dead Reckoning readings, and I use them to correct both my course and my ETA. - When the alarm rings, I slow down to ahead one-third and order my Navigator to make a Celestial Navigation reading. - When the Navigator is done, I dive to 20-30 meters to initiate the hydrophone scan protocol. I know their is an automated routine for patrol grids, but in the Polish waters I prefer to keep control. Feel free though to improve my routine, though.