Just a little help on some basics

danurve · 12-26-06, 11:51 AM

Grüße; While learning the sim I have discovered a few things about how I play for now, and seem to have a few new player questions. Perhaps some of the game vetrans can help me out, I haven't run a sub-sim since SHII about a year before III was released!
Going though repeated academy lessons to try and learn the basics and what to/not-to do. If I order 'man the deck/flak gun' even on fire at will the crew usually does better then me in manual mode. At first that made me think it could take away some of the fun of blasting things myself. But wait a minute if the crew is dealing with that while fighting off a patrol - aircraft I can tend to damage etc.
Two questons;
1) It seems I have aced the lessons but the first one for navigation still says 'Unsatisfactory results'! And as a result I belive that and the rest of the results say 'No Exam'. Could someone help me unravel that or explain what the stick in the mud is? Thanx.
2) If I want to surface and use the deck gun imediatly (asap) here I get stuck or bottled up. Friggin watch crew goes up sure, but no Watch Officer is right there to use / issue commands. Using F-7 kills alot of time, can't seem to find a way or havent learned the shortcut if there is one to manning the deck arms to use on a persuing craft. Double clicking on the gun like the manual says to auto asign a crew doesn't seem to do it, what am I doing wrong or missing?
I have gotten comfortable enough so far to try 2-3 of the single missions. Usually wind up scoring some good tonnage here mostly with the fore but have used aft tubes, but being new to SHIII this is where I then get my snot kicked. I'm a bit green on evasion and using the proper torpedo/settings. Im thinking I should use the lessons to find out but sometimes just when you start the convoy is already right in front of me - Bam.
Well that should be enough for now, I'd like to pick up more on the game play but not before I get the basics down.
New install with 1.4 patch. (Yup thats it for now)
2.0 mgz 3200 Amd w/1-gig ddr in dual channel mode | 256 agp - runs good except for the graphics on start up (intro). Also when Im very close to an explosion watching it the game gets a bit choppy.

12-26-06, 11:51 AM	#1
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Just a little help on some basics Grüße; While learning the sim I have discovered a few things about how I play for now, and seem to have a few new player questions. Perhaps some of the game vetrans can help me out, I haven't run a sub-sim since SHII about a year before III was released! Going though repeated academy lessons to try and learn the basics and what to/not-to do. If I order 'man the deck/flak gun' even on fire at will the crew usually does better then me in manual mode. At first that made me think it could take away some of the fun of blasting things myself. But wait a minute if the crew is dealing with that while fighting off a patrol - aircraft I can tend to damage etc. Two questons; 1) It seems I have aced the lessons but the first one for navigation still says 'Unsatisfactory results'! And as a result I belive that and the rest of the results say 'No Exam'. Could someone help me unravel that or explain what the stick in the mud is? Thanx. 2) If I want to surface and use the deck gun imediatly (asap) here I get stuck or bottled up. Friggin watch crew goes up sure, but no Watch Officer is right there to use / issue commands. Using F-7 kills alot of time, can't seem to find a way or havent learned the shortcut if there is one to manning the deck arms to use on a persuing craft. Double clicking on the gun like the manual says to auto asign a crew doesn't seem to do it, what am I doing wrong or missing? I have gotten comfortable enough so far to try 2-3 of the single missions. Usually wind up scoring some good tonnage here mostly with the fore but have used aft tubes, but being new to SHIII this is where I then get my snot kicked. I'm a bit green on evasion and using the proper torpedo/settings. Im thinking I should use the lessons to find out but sometimes just when you start the convoy is already right in front of me - Bam. Well that should be enough for now, I'd like to pick up more on the game play but not before I get the basics down. New install with 1.4 patch. (Yup thats it for now) 2.0 mgz 3200 Amd w/1-gig ddr in dual channel mode \| 256 agp - runs good except for the graphics on start up (intro). Also when Im very close to an explosion watching it the game gets a bit choppy. __________________