Can't wait to resume my patrol

[Friedmann]

Ever had a day where you cannot wait to return home to resume your patrol?

Today its been all I can think of.

I haven't played SH3 in about six months, I played SH4 for a bit but shelved it due to it being kinda crap. Plus U-Boats are more fun, who doesn't enjoy being the underdog afterall?

Last night after several evenings of wrangling with getting SH3 or rather Starforce to work on Vista x64 (its nice to see Ubisoft's war against consumers is going well), installing GWX and SH3 Commander I was ready to roll.

Started a career in October 1939 and made my way through the Kiel canal and out in to the North Sea.

Tested everything I could for malfunctions and everything appeared fine, I was finally ready to take the war to the British Isles. Set course for grid B13.

Then at about 6PM while passing the Orkneys I get "schiff gesichted!", clamber up to the bridge to see what we have stumbled across.

The sea is like glass and the sun is going down, I pan around with my binoculars and sight a Royal Navy task force steaming my way. They were so close I could not believe I had not been sighted yet. Crash dive, and level off at periscope depth.

Looks like four or five destroyers escorting the Hood and a Nelson class battleship.

They will be coming right across my bow, perfect 90 degree angle.

Taking quick glances through the periscope I get the speed and range on the Hood and fire four eels with impact detonators (not trusting magnetics for this target so early in the war). Down scope plot a 180 degree turn to line up my single aft tube and watch the stopwatch.

When it gets close to my estimated impact time I raise the periscope just in time to see three eels slam home and and a fire is started on one of the Hoods forward turrets.

A few moments later I am lining up my aft tube and will take a potshot at the Nelson class (it won't sink it but you never know). I fire the torpedo but it misses.

Despite trying to maintain good practices even this early in the war I spend too much time admiring my handiwork and one of the escorts spots my scope and comes charging towards me.

After that I spend several hours getting shaken around dodging and weaving in only 120 metres of water.

I had to call it a night there and then as it was late.

Its 4PM I can head home in an hour and I can see my results, I don't know whether the Hood was sunk (I marked its last known position on my map) and I don't know whether I will shake the escorts loose.

But I cannot wait to find out.

[Capa]

Wish they were all that fun.

[The Munster]

Hope you're going to let us know the outcome.

[Kipparikalle]

Youre damn lucky, I've never met task force on my first days of career.
Congraz about sinking Hood.

[flag4]

almost,
picture post card perfect then !



............i wonder what awaits you........................ :hmm:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Friedmann

I played SH4 for a bit but shelved it due to it being kinda crap.

Nice story Friedman

By the way, with 1.3 and some great mods, SH4 is very playable now


RDP

[PapaG39]

I saw SH4 in the used book store for $12.00...I guess I should have gotten it & just stuck it in the drawer until each and every patch has come out making it as good as sh3...
Oh well, I'll watch for it again there..

Actually, right now I am having a great time with SH3. Like Friedmann, someltimes I can't wait to get home & pickup where I left off. Dang work!

Hope you get away from those pesky DD's... Your lucky that you were in an area of deep water.

[Friedmann]

Thundering typhoons!

Well I managed to shake the destroyers loose and return to the spot where I torpedoed the Hood. Nothing to be found, I searched the area for about 48 hours but could not find a trace of her.

I haven't received credit for the sinking so I an only assume she limped off to Scapa Flow. Although part of me wonders how she could, when I last saw her she was on fire, listing and sitting low in the water.

That was the first time I have ever gotten a good shot at a task force, usually they are too fast and I am out of position.

Another time perhaps

Oh and in response to reallydedpoet I did try SH4 lately modded and patched and while a vast improvement over stock I was still running to some common stability issues. Going to shelve it to 1.4 and try again

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by Friedmann

Well I managed to shake the destroyers loose and return to the spot where I torpedoed the Hood. Nothing to be found, I searched the area for about 48 hours but could not find a trace of her.

When I read your first post a day or so ago I thought this might happen. Its quite common for damaged ships to repair themselves or sink without trace or credit if you save and reload between attacking the ship and getting the 'she's going down' message. To avoid this, I always wait for ships to go down before saving.

Nemo

[Slick Rick]

Yes, thats what I was thinking too. It seems it is dangerous to save a game while submerged also. I have had some issues with that as well. Rick

[Friedmann]

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

When I read your first post a day or so ago I thought this might happen. Its quite common for damaged ships to repair themselves or sink without trace or credit if you save and reload between attacking the ship and getting the 'she's going down' message. To avoid this, I always wait for ships to go down before saving.

Nemo

Thanks for the information, I will hold my girlfriend directly responsible for this.

Complaining about the high pitched sonar noises and cursing eminating from the living room. It was only 2am what a nerve.