What a game!

shegeek72 · 07-31-06, 07:02 AM

I'm in a 1942 campaign piloting a IXC down the north Amercian coast, after taking out a few merchants along the way. I'm trying to recharge the batts at night, but a pesty bomber keeps spoiling it. Headed towards the Florida coast I'm far enough out at sea that not much is going on, but as I get closer the planes get more numerous. The sea is stormy, so all I can do is crash dive when attacked. This continues into the day as a cat and mouse game transpires, trying to surface to recharge then dive when attacked.

Finally the storm starts to subside; winds down to 9 mps, then to 4, then to 0, sky is clear. The ocean's like glass - a perfect day for shooting planes! I send up a watch officer and a couple flak gunners and wait. Then there's the heartbeat-increasing screen "aircraft spotted": engage target! I man (err, woman) one of the flak guns and my fellow gunner and I take pot shots at three enemy aircraft. All three are hit, trailing fire and smoke! None are damaged enough to crash, but they turn tail and head away! Take that!!

I know they'll be back with their buddies and, sure enough, in 45 mins. there are five planes charging at us! Again, I pepper them with the flak guns, as DCs explode around us and machine gun fire strafes the water almost hitting the flak gunner! "Flak gun damaged!" then a few second later, "Flak gun repaired!" Man, my crew is fast! So I continue firing, then crash dive before we sustain more damage. H.I. down to 92%.

That was too much fun! So a couple hours later I surface again and wait for the inevitable attack - there they come, five more! My fellow gunner and I fill the sky with armor-piercing rounds! "We're taking damage!" the chief engineer shouts. "Crash dive!" H.I. down to 82%, otherwise we're unscathed. I'm gonna stay submerged for a while now and hunt for enemy ships!

What a game!

Of course, there's always the whiner seaman:

Teho · 07-31-06, 07:57 AM

-A sheila playing SH3?

Dowly · 07-31-06, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Teho

-A sheila playing SH3?

The Avon Lady???

Miss Behavin???

:hmm:

buck28 · 07-31-06, 08:11 AM

Yes, It's quite the Sim. I just hope that the next installment is as good.I just wish
that SHIV would give us the option of either pacific or atlantic campaigne.

HunterICX · 07-31-06, 08:45 AM

they should make 1 SH game the goes from the
1st World war to the 2nd World war and ofcourse you can choose the Allied or Axis side for the campaign

STEED · 07-31-06, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by HunterICX

they should make 1 SH game the goes from the
1st World war to the 2nd World war and ofcourse you can choose the Allied or Axis side for the campaign

MaY be SH5:hmm: You never know.

Teho · 07-31-06, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teho

-A sheila playing SH3?

The Avon Lady???

Miss Behavin???

:hmm:

Totally forgot The Avon Lady! I remember when i first spotted her on another sim forum. That was 6-7 years ago..... :hmm:

tycho102 · 07-31-06, 11:50 AM

That's why I never fight it out with planes. I just hit the crash dive, wait until I'm starting to get under pretty decent, do a hard turn and level out the dive.

cobalt · 07-31-06, 12:16 PM

what tc do you use, it seems that i dont get much trouble from planes yet. i just entered 1943 and have seen maybe 8 planes through my whole 41-43 campaign.

kiwi_2005 · 07-31-06, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cobalt

what tc do you use, it seems that i dont get much trouble from planes yet. i just entered 1943 and have seen maybe 8 planes through my whole 41-43 campaign.

Dark days ahead. 1943 - 1945. Dont worry you will get air attacks.

bigboywooly · 07-31-06, 12:40 PM

Anything over 256T\C and you will miss out on the aircraft
I dont usually take them on till have the three flak guns
That M42 twin just rocks - great for small ships too
Pity that I dont keep them long
1943 is nasty

shegeek72 · 07-31-06, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cobalt

what tc do you use, it seems that i dont get much trouble from planes yet. i just entered 1943 and have seen maybe 8 planes through my whole 41-43 campaign.

I usually stick to the lower TCs, up to 64, occasionally hitting 128 for short periods or even 256 if I have a large area of ocean to cover. Above that I miss too much or end up getting heavily damaged when my watch crew doesn't give me adequate warning (addressed in another thread). I play in sections because I like to watch the weather changes and get fair warning of warships (especially in a storm when there's little visibility) and that means dropping out of
TC and doing hydrophone sweeps.

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tdoum · 07-31-06, 04:04 PM

What a game indeed! Just came back from a patrol (#14) where I hit a convoy hard - mainly because I got lucky I suppose. Hit the destroyer first, it was coming towards me unsuspecting and then I hit the corvette escort - they were on to me, but not very well... You can imagine what ensued. An unescorted convoy, ripe for the picking. No troop transports unfortunately, but lots of C3. Torps and guns depleted and I only got 60000 tonnes. I still need to learn a lot about targetting torpedoes properly :p

Still, the feeling the game gives you is unique. Perhaps it's time to try some of the mods I see here. Glad to have found a community of u-boat junkies!

bigboywooly · 07-31-06, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tdoum

What a game indeed! Just came back from a patrol (#14) where I hit a convoy hard - mainly because I got lucky I suppose. Hit the destroyer first, it was coming towards me unsuspecting and then I hit the corvette escort - they were on to me, but not very well... You can imagine what ensued. An unescorted convoy, ripe for the picking. No troop transports unfortunately, but lots of C3. Torps and guns depleted and I only got 60000 tonnes. I still need to learn a lot about targetting torpedoes properly :p

Still, the feeling the game gives you is unique. Perhaps it's time to try some of the mods I see here. Glad to have found a community of u-boat junkies!

Only 60000 tons ?

:rotfl: :rotfl:

RedHammer · 07-31-06, 04:29 PM

Only... 60000!!! I usually get around 10-15000, and even then i think its good, i dont use TDC (takes too long and theres no chance in hell to program all the crap into the TDC, in the binoculars i cant even see the angle of bow :S so whats the point using 5 mins plotting in angles and stuff like that when theyre probably wrong anyways.. lol. I shoot torps straight, aiming in front of them, depending on distance. works alot better for me. But if anyone know how to find out angle on bow plus speed and heading please tell me and il get better tonnage.

Salute

RedHammer

07-31-06, 08:45 AM	#5
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	they should make 1 SH game the goes from the 1st World war to the 2nd World war and ofcourse you can choose the Allied or Axis side for the campaign __________________

07-31-06, 11:50 AM	#8
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's why I never fight it out with planes. I just hit the crash dive, wait until I'm starting to get under pretty decent, do a hard turn and level out the dive. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

07-31-06, 12:40 PM	#11
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Anything over 256T\C and you will miss out on the aircraft I dont usually take them on till have the three flak guns That M42 twin just rocks - great for small ships too Pity that I dont keep them long 1943 is nasty __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

07-31-06, 07:02 AM	#1
shegeek72 WAV Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 603 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	What a game! I'm in a 1942 campaign piloting a IXC down the north Amercian coast, after taking out a few merchants along the way. I'm trying to recharge the batts at night, but a pesty bomber keeps spoiling it. Headed towards the Florida coast I'm far enough out at sea that not much is going on, but as I get closer the planes get more numerous. The sea is stormy, so all I can do is crash dive when attacked. This continues into the day as a cat and mouse game transpires, trying to surface to recharge then dive when attacked. Finally the storm starts to subside; winds down to 9 mps, then to 4, then to 0, sky is clear. The ocean's like glass - a perfect day for shooting planes! I send up a watch officer and a couple flak gunners and wait. Then there's the heartbeat-increasing screen "aircraft spotted": engage target! I man (err, woman) one of the flak guns and my fellow gunner and I take pot shots at three enemy aircraft. All three are hit, trailing fire and smoke! None are damaged enough to crash, but they turn tail and head away! Take that!! I know they'll be back with their buddies and, sure enough, in 45 mins. there are five planes charging at us! Again, I pepper them with the flak guns, as DCs explode around us and machine gun fire strafes the water almost hitting the flak gunner! "Flak gun damaged!" then a few second later, "Flak gun repaired!" Man, my crew is fast! So I continue firing, then crash dive before we sustain more damage. H.I. down to 92%. That was too much fun! So a couple hours later I surface again and wait for the inevitable attack - there they come, five more! My fellow gunner and I fill the sky with armor-piercing rounds! "We're taking damage!" the chief engineer shouts. "Crash dive!" H.I. down to 82%, otherwise we're unscathed. I'm gonna stay submerged for a while now and hunt for enemy ships! What a game! Of course, there's always the whiner seaman:

07-31-06, 07:57 AM	#2
Teho Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 102 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	-A sheila playing SH3?

07-31-06, 08:11 AM	#4
buck28 Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: U-48 Posts: 49 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	Yes, It's quite the Sim. I just hope that the next installment is as good.I just wish that SHIV would give us the option of either pacific or atlantic campaigne.

07-31-06, 12:16 PM	#9
cobalt Commander Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 440 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	what tc do you use, it seems that i dont get much trouble from planes yet. i just entered 1943 and have seen maybe 8 planes through my whole 41-43 campaign.

07-31-06, 04:04 PM	#13
tdoum Nub Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What a game indeed! Just came back from a patrol (#14) where I hit a convoy hard - mainly because I got lucky I suppose. Hit the destroyer first, it was coming towards me unsuspecting and then I hit the corvette escort - they were on to me, but not very well... You can imagine what ensued. An unescorted convoy, ripe for the picking. No troop transports unfortunately, but lots of C3. Torps and guns depleted and I only got 60000 tonnes. I still need to learn a lot about targetting torpedoes properly :p Still, the feeling the game gives you is unique. Perhaps it's time to try some of the mods I see here. Glad to have found a community of u-boat junkies!

07-31-06, 04:29 PM	#15
RedHammer Loader Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 88 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Only... 60000!!! I usually get around 10-15000, and even then i think its good, i dont use TDC (takes too long and theres no chance in hell to program all the crap into the TDC, in the binoculars i cant even see the angle of bow :S so whats the point using 5 mins plotting in angles and stuff like that when theyre probably wrong anyways.. lol. I shoot torps straight, aiming in front of them, depending on distance. works alot better for me. But if anyone know how to find out angle on bow plus speed and heading please tell me and il get better tonnage. Salute RedHammer