Found that I can copy / paste the text and it is still readable. I opened a separate thread to post the log for anybody who is interested.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=241063

Top 6 mistakes a U-Boat Commander will make... and I have done it myself!

6) Treating the U-Boat like a sniper. It's not. It's an assasin. Commanders need to get close and personal to their prey. That was how the U-Boat was designed. Getting close eliminates the error in calculations.

5) Thinking you’re invisible when you’re underwater. You’re not invisible, your chances of being detected or just lowered.

4) When a plane is spotted, your first instinct is to get to the fLAK gun instead of diving.

3) In daytime hours, when a ship is spotted, you don’t go to periscope depth immediately. This should be your first instinct.

2) Checking your TDC set up before you fire a torpedo. How many times have you launch the torpedo and it went the wrong direction?

1) Periscope discipline. This is the most important mistake most guys make, I even made a video on it because of it.

Crew Morale and my suggestions on it

Your crew morale is like sand in an hour glass. It will continually flow no matter what you do in the game.

You have 2 members that effect this hourglass as you play.

The Bosun maintains training and order amongst your enlisted men.

The Chef provides meals that effect your crew efficiency.

In my truest opinion, when you gain a whole lot of points, especially in the beginning of the game, you should spend those points on these two individuals to maintain crew morale throughout your patrols.

It does not matter how good your damage control team is, or how accurate your navigator is, or how fast your torpedo man loads a torpedo. If your crew is deficient because of morale issues, you will always be at a disadvantage.

The two individuals I mentioned also have active skills that will assist keeping your morale up throughout your patrol. The chef can make special meals, and the boatswains mate can maintain crew training.

You should never let your morale drop so low that these two individuals cannot refill your morale bubbles. Just keep in mind that when you use their skills they will be unavailable for several days. Use them before your morale drop so low, but use them often!

This is fun, let me add some famous last words.

-The destroyer will not detect me if I am underwater with my engines turned off and on silent running.

-I am being D/Ced by a destroyer. I should never go faster than silent running to evade.

-I´m sure this merchant is unarmed!

-I will totally win a deck gun duel with this merchant!

-I can´t see any bombs on this plane...

-Crashdive! Oh crap, we are in shallow waters...

-The destroyer just over the horizon has no clue that I am here (1941, hello radar)

@Tonci...

Haha yes! I love it! Some real noob mistakes! Hey I know I did a couple of those too when I first got into SH!

I totally did all of them, some I still do. My periscope discipline is crap

Periscope discipline comes with time...
It’s hard to do when you are trying to gather info and you are in the zone...

Last thing you want I do is put down the scope and raise it again to start over.

You have to remind yourself that all the work you are doing is worthless if the ship sees you and starts zig zagging!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyoGJWphjlE

Me setting up for an attack on a fast troop ship convoy. I chose a spread shot due to the weather and speed of the targets. The troop ship at the back was my target due to its high tonnage (14,000+). I ended up with a couple of premature detonations, but the last one hit!

Have to apologize for the last video. I was trying out AMD ReLive and did not set up my mic. It captured the game sound not me speaking.

So here is an immersive way to find a convoy!

Plot an intercept course by using the information a radio report gives you

RAOBF and Attack Disc Tutorial


:yeah:

Been thinking of doing a patrol vid and chronicle some of the things I do in my other vids as I complete a patrol. That way you guys can see my techniques in action as I play.

Can someone help me on how I can make an intro screen on my vids? Like Taff in Exile?

So I noticed something that very often gets overlooked in the game, namely that your diveplane controllers are seriously slowing down your boat under water. Because of them it needs more time to get up to speed, and it will also slow down faster. See here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrXEyxwmQBg

Just a refresher on periscope discipline.
At 1:35 you will see the level of constant range checks on several targets getting extremely close to this submarine... it should be noted this scope has range finders and prisms but the captain in training cannot use them.

https://youtu.be/PyCoT6bKgJQ

Very interesting

Since we are on the topic of historical accuracy, does anyone know if the RAOBF actually existed on WW2 German submarines? I would not want to use it if that wasn't the case.