Docking the u-boat manually

fabel · 01-03-07, 04:02 PM

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but I'm playing Silent hunter 3 for one year now. I always end a patrol using my Esc button, but I've read in the manual that u also can dock manually, and that it is possible to request an escort to the dock. How can you do this?

AVGWarhawk · 01-03-07, 04:05 PM

I never heard of the escort being called upon. You can go into the dock your self though. Just go in at 1-2 kts and prepare to hit full back to stop the tub

Once there you still hit the escape key. Just my experience anyway.

VIICDriver · 01-03-07, 04:10 PM

Have heard of the escort back in as well. I think that the default escort "out" ship in GWX, NYGM, GW 1.1a etc. simply runs a path out and back in in a loop. So if you wait at the point where he left you when you were leaving the port shortly therafter he should be reappearing again and you can follow him back to port.

All theory as I have never actually followed him back in.

Chuck

mookiemookie · 01-03-07, 04:12 PM

In GWX, I've heard that if you wait around outside the entrance to port, an escort will come out to meet you. Can't confirm this as I always use ESC to dock.

Radioing for an escort sounds like one of those features that is in the manual but not included in the game.

_Seth_ · 01-03-07, 04:12 PM

Hi fabel, and welcome!
Just remember to have Bernard strapped to his bed while docking....He has ruined many of my "almost perfect" docking attempts lately..

AVGWarhawk · 01-03-07, 04:15 PM

I thought Bernard was eliminated in GWX....perhaps he multiplied

Corsair · 01-03-07, 04:20 PM

As I am one of the crazy guys who don't use the magic carpet ride to get back home, I confirm the escort is the one that takes you out in NYGM or GW/GWX and goes around in loop. So when nearing the point where it left you on the way out, just need to wait and it will come again. Then follow it to harbour, then drive your boat to any docking place of your choice (I like the one with the band and girls throwing roses at us). When stopped there (needs a little reverse, there are no brakes..

) just hit Esc and dock at base.

Sailor Steve · 01-03-07, 04:21 PM

In Aces Of the Deep you radioed for an escort, which automatically ended your patrol. In Rubini's Harbour Traffic Mods (which are the basis for GW's and GWX's massive collections of ships to see) an escort is provided. He starts not far ahead of the u-boat's starting point and then runs in a continual loop. If you want to follow him in you need to mark the map at the point where you part company, and then return to that point when you get back to your home port. You may have to wait a while, as he always starts at the same point.

He won't lead you to the dock-only to his turnaround point in the harbor. Then you follow AVGWarhawk's description. I always approach at 1 knot and then cut my engines just before the edge of the dock. I usually coast to a full stop at just the right place that way.

d@rk51d3 · 01-03-07, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fabel

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but I'm playing Silent hunter 3 for one year now. I always end a patrol using my Esc button, but I've read in the manual that u also can dock manually, and that it is possible to request an escort to the dock. How can you do this?

That was mentioned in the manual, but unfortunately never actually made it into the game, (along with many other things).

_Seth_ · 01-03-07, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I thought Bernard was eliminated in GWX....perhaps he multiplied

WELL, HE IS ABOARD MY BOAT STILL

!!! Hey, AVG, i could have him transfered to you! Onkel Karl wasnt very happy about Bernard the other day, when he managed to drop a Torpedo on Mrs. Dönitz's pudel "Little Adolf".
I think he is up for a change now...

AVGWarhawk · 01-03-07, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Seth_

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I thought Bernard was eliminated in GWX....perhaps he multiplied

WELL, HE IS ABOARD MY BOAT STILL

!!! Hey, AVG, i could have him transfered to you! Onkel Karl wasnt very happy about Bernard the other day, when he managed to drop a Torpedo on Mrs. Dönitz's pudel "Little Adolf".
I think he is up for a change now...

He is already on my boat....my sig will explain

fabel · 01-03-07, 04:33 PM

Lol to Seth. But I came to this question, while I was going through the C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sound\ files. You will find sentences like 'Abandon ship' and 'were docking sir' and 'we'll follow the escort sir'. But that's unfortunate not possible

?

Sailor Steve · 01-03-07, 04:34 PM

I said a long time ago that even if you could kill Bernard, they would just make more.

_Seth_ · 01-03-07, 04:39 PM

My god, Steve, do they mass-produce that guy?????????????

:rotfl:
@fabel: Those sounds are just "orphans", as some other guy called them. I agree, too bad they arent used in the game..

Sailor Steve · 01-03-07, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Seth_

My god, Steve, do they mass-produce that guy?????????????

:rotfl:

He's like Murphy's Law; there is always some reality behind the joke.

01-03-07, 04:02 PM	#1
fabel Shore leave Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 70 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Docking the u-boat manually Hi, I'm new to this forum, but I'm playing Silent hunter 3 for one year now. I always end a patrol using my Esc button, but I've read in the manual that u also can dock manually, and that it is possible to request an escort to the dock. How can you do this?

01-03-07, 04:05 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I never heard of the escort being called upon. You can go into the dock your self though. Just go in at 1-2 kts and prepare to hit full back to stop the tub Once there you still hit the escape key. Just my experience anyway. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-03-07, 04:12 PM	#4
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	In GWX, I've heard that if you wait around outside the entrance to port, an escort will come out to meet you. Can't confirm this as I always use ESC to dock. Radioing for an escort sounds like one of those features that is in the manual but not included in the game. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-03-07, 04:12 PM	#5
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Hi fabel, and welcome! Just remember to have Bernard strapped to his bed while docking....He has ruined many of my "almost perfect" docking attempts lately.. __________________

01-03-07, 04:15 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I thought Bernard was eliminated in GWX....perhaps he multiplied __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-03-07, 04:10 PM	#3
VIICDriver Engineer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 203 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Have heard of the escort back in as well. I think that the default escort "out" ship in GWX, NYGM, GW 1.1a etc. simply runs a path out and back in in a loop. So if you wait at the point where he left you when you were leaving the port shortly therafter he should be reappearing again and you can follow him back to port. All theory as I have never actually followed him back in. Chuck

01-03-07, 04:20 PM	#7
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	As I am one of the crazy guys who don't use the magic carpet ride to get back home, I confirm the escort is the one that takes you out in NYGM or GW/GWX and goes around in loop. So when nearing the point where it left you on the way out, just need to wait and it will come again. Then follow it to harbour, then drive your boat to any docking place of your choice (I like the one with the band and girls throwing roses at us). When stopped there (needs a little reverse, there are no brakes..) just hit Esc and dock at base. __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

01-03-07, 04:21 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	In Aces Of the Deep you radioed for an escort, which automatically ended your patrol. In Rubini's Harbour Traffic Mods (which are the basis for GW's and GWX's massive collections of ships to see) an escort is provided. He starts not far ahead of the u-boat's starting point and then runs in a continual loop. If you want to follow him in you need to mark the map at the point where you part company, and then return to that point when you get back to your home port. You may have to wait a while, as he always starts at the same point. He won't lead you to the dock-only to his turnaround point in the harbor. Then you follow AVGWarhawk's description. I always approach at 1 knot and then cut my engines just before the edge of the dock. I usually coast to a full stop at just the right place that way. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-03-07, 04:33 PM	#12
fabel Shore leave Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 70 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Lol to Seth. But I came to this question, while I was going through the C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sound\ files. You will find sentences like 'Abandon ship' and 'were docking sir' and 'we'll follow the escort sir'. But that's unfortunate not possible?

01-03-07, 04:34 PM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I said a long time ago that even if you could kill Bernard, they would just make more. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-03-07, 04:39 PM	#14
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	My god, Steve, do they mass-produce that guy?????????????:rotfl: @fabel: Those sounds are just "orphans", as some other guy called them. I agree, too bad they arent used in the game.. __________________