Oh dear, I had another blonde moment.

Penelope_Grey · 03-18-07, 05:16 PM

Ok was out at sea in U-101. got the radio message to go to st Nazaire instead of back to Kiel. Ok cool. On my way there decided to make a hydrophone check, hit D and dived. going ahead slow!

I was tapping my right hand by the num keypad and I hit plus by mistake didn't realise I had, and so sped the game up. Then I gets called away for a moment, luckily, there was a sound contact which slowed the game back down to 1, and I then heard the screaming hull of the U-boat. I ambles back in, and then, I looks and the depth guage is reading 210m!

LOL needless to say I pulled straight out of it. The moral of the story is, don't dive without due care and attention! lol

Brenda!!!

bigboywooly · 03-18-07, 05:25 PM

:rotfl:

I only ever press P for a hydraphone check

D just keeps you going deeper

Dantenoc · 03-18-07, 05:31 PM

Many people dont press "p" because they beleive that 30 mts is best for hydrophone checks, instead of the usual periscope's depth of 11 mts.

Be that as it may, pressing D during time compression is still ill advised, what I do is just click on the 25 depth meter and drag the needle as low as it will go, thus settling on a depth of 25mts... it's not 30, but close enough :hmm:

bigboywooly · 03-18-07, 05:33 PM

:hmm:
Not looked at it that way but I get plenty of contacts at P depth

Mush Martin · 03-18-07, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

:hmm:
Not looked at it that way but I get plenty of contacts at P depth

Concur

Penelope_Grey · 03-18-07, 05:57 PM

From now on, down to 25m by clicking on the shallow depth.

Zero Niner · 03-18-07, 07:20 PM

Better still, get into the habit of hitting the "Backspace" key (or whichever key you've set the Pause command to) whenever you're AFK.

Brag · 03-18-07, 08:24 PM

I always pause the game when walking away.

Reece · 03-18-07, 08:31 PM

And just be thankfull it wasn't the "C" key whilst on T.C.!

Once I was sneaking away at night from a destroyer with TC set to 8x, I had the lights out so I could see what was going on & accidently pressed the "S" key, did the sh_t hit the fan then!!

Snakeeyes · 03-18-07, 09:03 PM

From one blonde to another... don't feel bad. I've had worse.

Ever plot a course out of port, cast off the lines salute the band and head out... only to NOT order over voice-interface "Return to course" ? CRASH!!!! Your nice newly cleaned Type IXC has just slammed into the ass of your destroyer escort.

Ever line up that C2 in rough seas for the stern tubes and fire the bow tubes?

IDIOT!!!!!!!!!! MORE COFFEE AT CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!

Dowly · 03-18-07, 09:14 PM

Hehe, I wish I could go back in time to when I got SHIII. Was more fun back then. I have countless memories of accidentally pressing the numpad enter instead of the + key above it, thus firing a torpedo in the middle of the Atlantic with no targets nearby. I swear I heard the fishes laughing one time. :hmm:

JScones · 03-18-07, 09:21 PM

I once pressed "D" instead of "S"...in 30m of water...and on high TC...

P_Funk · 03-19-07, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

Ok was out at sea in U-101. got the radio message to go to st Nazaire instead of back to Kiel. Ok cool. On my way there decided to make a hydrophone check, hit D and dived. going ahead slow!

I was tapping my right hand by the num keypad and I hit plus by mistake didn't realise I had, and so sped the game up. Then I gets called away for a moment, luckily, there was a sound contact which slowed the game back down to 1, and I then heard the screaming hull of the U-boat. I ambles back in, and then, I looks and the depth guage is reading 210m!

LOL needless to say I pulled straight out of it. The moral of the story is, don't dive without due care and attention! lol

Brenda!!!

So are you a natural blonde? :p

*SMACK* *P_Funk's good navigator returns good sense to his daft Kaleun's mind*

ijozic · 03-19-07, 04:41 AM

I had a similar moment with TC. Encountered some large cargo and sank it with the deck gun (it really took a lot of hits to go down; I had only round a hundred of 88 mm rounds to begin with and I as their number rapidly declined, I began to wonder if it's possible to sink it at all but I guess then the waterline shots started to pay off). Anyway, set the speed to 1/3, set new course and only when I started pressing the numpad + key did I start to realise that my new course was to the RIGHT of my current one which, by coincidence, was the same side my unfortunate target was. "You got to be kidding me", I thought only to be interrupted with some damage reports and the ending screen. Last save was only three hours of attacking a convoy twice during the night and avoiding the depth charge runs of some vicious and well equipped destroyers ago. Yay!

Payoff · 03-19-07, 09:04 AM

Edit your snorkel depth in the sub config file for 25 or 30 meters. Then just hit the snorkel depth key. I even edited the voice file so the chief says "new depth 3-0 meters". Its pretty handy.

03-18-07, 05:16 PM	#1
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oh dear, I had another blonde moment. Ok was out at sea in U-101. got the radio message to go to st Nazaire instead of back to Kiel. Ok cool. On my way there decided to make a hydrophone check, hit D and dived. going ahead slow! I was tapping my right hand by the num keypad and I hit plus by mistake didn't realise I had, and so sped the game up. Then I gets called away for a moment, luckily, there was a sound contact which slowed the game back down to 1, and I then heard the screaming hull of the U-boat. I ambles back in, and then, I looks and the depth guage is reading 210m! LOL needless to say I pulled straight out of it. The moral of the story is, don't dive without due care and attention! lol Brenda!!! __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

03-18-07, 05:25 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: I only ever press P for a hydraphone check D just keeps you going deeper __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-18-07, 05:31 PM	#3
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Many people dont press "p" because they beleive that 30 mts is best for hydrophone checks, instead of the usual periscope's depth of 11 mts. Be that as it may, pressing D during time compression is still ill advised, what I do is just click on the 25 depth meter and drag the needle as low as it will go, thus settling on a depth of 25mts... it's not 30, but close enough :hmm: __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682

03-18-07, 05:33 PM	#4
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	:hmm: Not looked at it that way but I get plenty of contacts at P depth __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-18-07, 05:57 PM	#6
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	From now on, down to 25m by clicking on the shallow depth. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

03-18-07, 07:20 PM	#7
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Better still, get into the habit of hitting the "Backspace" key (or whichever key you've set the Pause command to) whenever you're AFK.

03-18-07, 08:24 PM	#8
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I always pause the game when walking away. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

03-18-07, 08:31 PM	#9
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,718 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	And just be thankfull it wasn't the "C" key whilst on T.C.! Once I was sneaking away at night from a destroyer with TC set to 8x, I had the lights out so I could see what was going on & accidently pressed the "S" key, did the sh_t hit the fan then!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

03-18-07, 09:03 PM	#10
Snakeeyes Captain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: trailing 1400 yards behind an Oscar-II with my outer doors open Posts: 488 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	From one blonde to another... don't feel bad. I've had worse. Ever plot a course out of port, cast off the lines salute the band and head out... only to NOT order over voice-interface "Return to course" ? CRASH!!!! Your nice newly cleaned Type IXC has just slammed into the ass of your destroyer escort. Ever line up that C2 in rough seas for the stern tubes and fire the bow tubes? IDIOT!!!!!!!!!! MORE COFFEE AT CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ -- "There's little room in Tupolev's heart for anyone but Tupolev."

03-18-07, 09:14 PM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Hehe, I wish I could go back in time to when I got SHIII. Was more fun back then. I have countless memories of accidentally pressing the numpad enter instead of the + key above it, thus firing a torpedo in the middle of the Atlantic with no targets nearby. I swear I heard the fishes laughing one time. :hmm:

03-18-07, 09:21 PM	#12
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I once pressed "D" instead of "S"...in 30m of water...and on high TC...

03-19-07, 04:41 AM	#14
ijozic Bosun Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 61 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I had a similar moment with TC. Encountered some large cargo and sank it with the deck gun (it really took a lot of hits to go down; I had only round a hundred of 88 mm rounds to begin with and I as their number rapidly declined, I began to wonder if it's possible to sink it at all but I guess then the waterline shots started to pay off). Anyway, set the speed to 1/3, set new course and only when I started pressing the numpad + key did I start to realise that my new course was to the RIGHT of my current one which, by coincidence, was the same side my unfortunate target was. "You got to be kidding me", I thought only to be interrupted with some damage reports and the ending screen. Last save was only three hours of attacking a convoy twice during the night and avoiding the depth charge runs of some vicious and well equipped destroyers ago. Yay! __________________ I'm a bit slow at first, but by the time the crew starts screaming "Captain, we're all gonna die!", I'm in complete control.

03-19-07, 09:04 AM	#15
Payoff Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nash Town, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Edit your snorkel depth in the sub config file for 25 or 30 meters. Then just hit the snorkel depth key. I even edited the voice file so the chief says "new depth 3-0 meters". Its pretty handy. __________________ "Hit Shokaku class carrier with three out of six torpedos. Recieved 105 depth charges during three hour period. Heard four terrific explosions in the direction of target, two and one half hours after attack. Believe that baby sank!" Lieutenant Commander Herman Kossler USS Cavalla