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01-13-20, 01:43 PM | #1 |
Chief
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Minnesota
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Your Realism
Shipmates-
I'm kind of curious of what other skippers are using in regards to keep the game authentic. My current settings: - Limited batteries, compressed air, oxygen, fuel. - Realistic damage, repair time, ship sink time & reload times. - Manual targeting and no assistance from the weapons officer. - Using noise meter. - No un-stabilized view (realistic sensors unchecked) - No dud torpedo's. I am using contact updates, enhanced sensors (realistic unchecked). I used the default settings for awhile and I found the sim getting boring. So where are you at?
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01-13-20, 02:34 PM | #2 |
Sonar Guy
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Currently running at 52% realism after moving to manual targeting. All the consumables are limited and I have realistic reloads and sensors, but realistic repair time didn't get checked on the last patrol somehow. I keep the maps updates, external and event cams on, dud torpedoes off, and have a stabilized view.
While I admire the hardcore S-boat drivers who play as authentically as possible, I don't yet seek to emulate them; I'm still having fun at this level. I have a 1945 Balao/Tench with full sensors, deck guns, and Mk 16s in 1941. The invasions, whlle still unstoppable, are much bloodier affairs now. |
01-13-20, 04:47 PM | #3 |
Navy Seal
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Always 80%, just external camera on for screen shots, and maps contact on.
The last one is just laziness because i don’t really need it...
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01-13-20, 06:45 PM | #4 |
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Map contacts only. Essential for late-war U-Boat careers and not unreasonable for Fleet Boats in the Pacific. Everything else is checked and no event camera or external views allowed - ever. Usually works out to 88% difficulty depending upon the Mod.
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01-14-20, 09:20 AM | #5 |
Chief
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I've often wondered that the term 'realism' is a exchangeable with 'micromanagement'!
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01-14-20, 12:08 PM | #6 |
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01-14-20, 01:08 PM | #7 | |
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01-14-20, 04:19 PM | #8 | |
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01-19-20, 07:38 PM | #9 |
Swabbie
Join Date: Dec 2019
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100% No map contacts, external cameras, nothin.
I play in real time too. I literally let it run for 13 days while going from Honolulu, to Midway, to the Japanese coast. I have no good answer as to why. |
01-22-20, 06:36 PM | #10 |
Electrician's Mate
Join Date: Jan 2016
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I usually just leave Map Contacts on. Need to pretend my crew actually do something. Rest is at the most realistic setting possible. (Within the game.)
I already got my hands full calculating my torpedo solutions. I can let the other guy do the other part. |
01-23-20, 03:50 PM | #11 |
Swabbie
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Clackastan, Oregon
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Realism--gotta try that someday....
You guys are an inspiration!
Someday, I'll plumb the depths of realism in SH4. For now, realism isn't even on my BPS-12 radar, because I loaded the Skipjack mod, got a few Mk45 nuclear torpedoes on board, and I'm having great fun trying to outrun the 11kt rooster tail. One convoy, one torpedo. My dad was a plank owner on Snook 592, so I guess it's a bit of a trip down memory lane for me....Cheers!
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02-13-20, 10:16 PM | #12 |
Ocean Warrior
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Limited fuel, etc.
Map contacts on. Auto targeting. I hate doing the manual. Duds on. Stabilize view. No stabilize gives me a headache. Realistic repair.
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02-15-20, 12:54 PM | #13 |
Swabbie
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Everything on full realism except map contacts and external camera for screenies.
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02-16-20, 01:27 PM | #14 |
Ace of the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2004
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"Realism"
Mine is set at 74% - automated targeting, with no event camera but the external camera is on, as is map updating. I figure "what the hell is my crew for?" Let them do the calculating, and let me watch the results. I'm in it for the fun.
To each his/her own.
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