noobie says ahoy

mariog · 06-15-09, 05:28 PM

I started playing this game a week ago and I'm already addicted.I'm not very good but I'm working on it.I only play on manual targeting.I refuse to play on auto aim.The tutorial vids are a life saver for me.When I say I use manual targeting I mean TDC.I'm not good enough to plot 100% realistic in the U-boats. I'd like to see a manual aiming video down under combat conditions.You know,escorts all over you when you pop the periscope up.I have big problems with dealing with the escorts.I could use some suggestions.Thank you all for your help.

Platapus · 06-15-09, 05:43 PM

Welcome aboard!

Check out some of the stickies and you will find a wealth of good information to make your game play more enjoyable.

Torplexed · 06-15-09, 07:48 PM

Welcome to Subsim. May all your torpedoes run true.

(as historically unrealistic as that may be).

Armistead · 06-15-09, 08:14 PM

Welcome aboard. Enjoy. If you want more of a game be sure to check out all the mods. They improve the stock game 100%.

sunvalleyslim · 06-15-09, 10:19 PM

Welcome aboard....As for suggestions for combat with escorts............All it takes is experience............If you live that long.....Good Hunting......

Akula4745 · 06-15-09, 10:42 PM

Welcome to the forums, sir... remember prudence is the better part of valor when it comes to tangling with escorts! Happy hunting!

Rockin Robbins · 06-16-09, 07:38 AM

Welcome to Subsim! In the stock game you can mostly ignore the escorts, so long as you limit periscope exposure to 30 seconds, track where they are and evade if they go into fast pinging.

My tutorials are done in controlled conditions, off the friendly coast of California near Catalina Island. That is because it's necessary to learn to shoot without complications before you toss in the nasty escorts.

There are two strategies to follow. The first would be to learn escort silliness while still using auto targeting. I'd tend toward this course, although it isn't realistic in reflecting how real captains learned.

The second would be to learn manual targeting against single or lightly escorted targets first, avoiding convoys. Then when the steps become more automatic, you can mix in the bad guys later.

ReallyDedPoet · 06-16-09, 07:43 AM

Welcome mariog

Enjoy your stay at SUBSIM.

Sailor Steve · 06-16-09, 12:35 PM

WELCOME ABOARD!

My only advise is to assume you're about to die at all times. That's what usually happens to me anyway.

Wicked Popsicle · 06-16-09, 02:28 PM

Hello hello hello When you get back from your patrol stop by and Ill buy you a beer.

Task Force · 06-16-09, 02:31 PM

welcome to subsim mariog.

Highbury · 06-16-09, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wicked Popsicle

Hello hello hello When you get back from your patrol stop by and Ill buy you a beer.

The incoming Skippers are supposed to buy us old hands a round at the watering hole... wait! Have we had one from you yet?

Welcome Aboard mariog!

Wicked Popsicle · 06-16-09, 05:32 PM

Well I dont think anyone has asked me so beer and hookers for everyone who wants one

Stealhead · 06-16-09, 05:43 PM

Remeber Sailors flys spread disease so keep yours c-l-o-s-e-d.It is typical military tradtion at least in the US military that the new guy/gal buys the old salts a round of booze that is.Also if you slap down your unit coin last you are buying that round even if you got beat by 50 people.Happened to me once after that I was as fast as Wild Bill on the six gun.And if you are buying a "friend" for the evening you dont pay for anyone else.

Stormende · 06-19-09, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wicked Popsicle

Well I dont think anyone has asked me so beer and hookers for everyone who wants one

For here or to go?

Welcome aboard, Mario!

Manual targeting rocks, specially when you get the hang of it.

PS. I recommend RR's tutorials! They helped me to manual targeting and hitting almost anything!

06-15-09, 05:28 PM	#1
mariog Nub Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	noobie says ahoy I started playing this game a week ago and I'm already addicted.I'm not very good but I'm working on it.I only play on manual targeting.I refuse to play on auto aim.The tutorial vids are a life saver for me.When I say I use manual targeting I mean TDC.I'm not good enough to plot 100% realistic in the U-boats. I'd like to see a manual aiming video down under combat conditions.You know,escorts all over you when you pop the periscope up.I have big problems with dealing with the escorts.I could use some suggestions.Thank you all for your help.

06-15-09, 05:43 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,364 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! Check out some of the stickies and you will find a wealth of good information to make your game play more enjoyable. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-15-09, 10:19 PM	#5
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard....As for suggestions for combat with escorts............All it takes is experience............If you live that long.....Good Hunting...... __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

06-15-09, 10:42 PM	#6
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Welcome to the forums, sir... remember prudence is the better part of valor when it comes to tangling with escorts! Happy hunting! __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

06-16-09, 07:38 AM	#7
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Welcome to Subsim! In the stock game you can mostly ignore the escorts, so long as you limit periscope exposure to 30 seconds, track where they are and evade if they go into fast pinging. My tutorials are done in controlled conditions, off the friendly coast of California near Catalina Island. That is because it's necessary to learn to shoot without complications before you toss in the nasty escorts. There are two strategies to follow. The first would be to learn escort silliness while still using auto targeting. I'd tend toward this course, although it isn't realistic in reflecting how real captains learned. The second would be to learn manual targeting against single or lightly escorted targets first, avoiding convoys. Then when the steps become more automatic, you can mix in the bad guys later. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

06-15-09, 07:48 PM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Welcome to Subsim. May all your torpedoes run true. (as historically unrealistic as that may be).

06-15-09, 08:14 PM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard. Enjoy. If you want more of a game be sure to check out all the mods. They improve the stock game 100%.

06-16-09, 07:43 AM	#8
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Welcome mariog Enjoy your stay at SUBSIM. __________________ Back in the Day

06-16-09, 12:35 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! My only advise is to assume you're about to die at all times. That's what usually happens to me anyway. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-16-09, 02:28 PM	#10
Wicked Popsicle A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 73 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Hello hello hello When you get back from your patrol stop by and Ill buy you a beer. __________________

06-16-09, 02:31 PM	#11
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	welcome to subsim mariog. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

06-16-09, 05:32 PM	#13
Wicked Popsicle A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 73 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Well I dont think anyone has asked me so beer and hookers for everyone who wants one __________________

06-16-09, 05:43 PM	#14
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Remeber Sailors flys spread disease so keep yours c-l-o-s-e-d.It is typical military tradtion at least in the US military that the new guy/gal buys the old salts a round of booze that is.Also if you slap down your unit coin last you are buying that round even if you got beat by 50 people.Happened to me once after that I was as fast as Wild Bill on the six gun.And if you are buying a "friend" for the evening you dont pay for anyone else.