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Fresh Reinstall & goodies

Welp, just wiped and reinstalled the game for the first time since I bought it.
Put all of the latest ROW stuff ,(high rez foam & slower clouds), in it and TM 1.4.6 & a couple others ...

It's Dec 14th, 1941 the Japanise invasion of Borneo is imminate ... all help requested by all boats.

USS S-42 Sugar is on their way NW of Palawan in some rather rough seas.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...inyPacific.jpg

Arrghhh! Underpowered S-class!

Been playing this for a month and hadnt come across a carrier yet. I had started on the larger subs (i know, im a noob!) but all this talk of sugar got me interested so went back to earlier in the war to take an S class for a run. Well 4 days out to sea and i had one merchant which i didnt even bother wasting a torp on, just gunned him down. Then the most frustrating thing ever as i entered the Celebes...

About midnight, calmish seas, no moon. sailing north and pick up a radio message of a task force ahead. Looked good to approach so on i went and started picking out contacts, the fringe escort destroyers. I thought i had a good approach in the darkness so headed for the centre. There certainly appeared to be a lot of activity, i was peering into my binos very hard on the bridge, trying to stop the glare from the intruments on my huge monitor but what i began to make out was just huge...

First one carrier, then another, then I realised 2 more carrier escorts, all surrounded by at least 3 cruisers i could make out and other large ships. I was coming in abeam and thought now would be an excellent place to save game so i did. I continued my approach, getting to within 3nm of the escorts when i was doing some quick maths and i realised something was badly wrong.

Having been salivating over the 2 Hiryu's so much i had misinterpreted their size and consequently their distance away. The taskforce was doing a good 12 knots and i was hopelessly short on the approach, they were 30 degrees to starboard and the angle was closing too fast! The nearest carrier was over 5nm away. In addition the two escorts were dangerously close! This was the most tantalising picture that i could never have!
Lead Hiryu here at 5.5nm, either side an escort carrier, 2nd carrier off to the right. Both escorts out of view left and right at about 2-3nm.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...ster/cbg-1.jpg
I've replayed that save game about 5 times now and there is nothing, absolutely nothing i could do to ever get a shot off at one, whatever approach i use. The S-boat does about as much on the surface as it does underwater and with a pitiful 8 torps total i felt completely useless. 9 knots closure at flank and i get picked up every time trying to even grab a cruiser at the back. At full speed shadowing i gave up the next morning when to add insult to injury i was mercilessly attacked by wave on wave of aircraft coming from their last known direction.

In conclusion, I never found the S boats to dive very much faster, they have reasonable underwater but pitiful surface speeds, and four tubes and 8 total torps is a waste of time! I'm getting out of it ASAP!

Hi there

I was wondering, if someone could make a nice SH4 calendar for use as wimdows wallpaper. Anyone?;)

There are nice wallpaper calendars on simhq, with aircraft and cars, maybe sub ones could also be cool;)

Regards

Maciej

What do you mean i don't get my security deposit back?

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...9/security.jpg

oddly enough i made it back to port!
pete

I see the DD won this time LOL!!!

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Originally Posted by Melonfish

What do you mean i don't get my security deposit back?

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...9/security.jpg

oddly enough i made it back to port!
pete

But hard to imagine you made it to port.

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Originally Posted by leovampire

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melonfish

What do you mean i don't get my security deposit back?

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...9/security.jpg

oddly enough i made it back to port!
pete

But hard to imagine you made it to port.

LV, to bad this could not be modelled better, but has been discussed in the past and does not seem possible.

RDP

yup, scouts honour i made it back in one piece and was even offered a new Gato class boat. go figure.
still my salmon was nice whilst she lasted.
pete

Could ANYONE please explain How to make

screen shots show up?!?!?!

I followed the instructions but only see the links NOT THE PICS?!?!?!

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Originally Posted by barndog

screen shots show up?!?!?!

I followed the instructions but only see the links NOT THE PICS?!?!?!

Usualy when you only see the links you have to put [img] before the link and [/img] after the link.

like.. [img] http://www.oldsmobile1958.com/extra/Gato4.jpg [/img]
(The hole stuff must be written without spaces)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melonfish

What do you mean i don't get my security deposit back?

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...9/security.jpg

oddly enough i made it back to port!
pete

FECK :o

What's that the new air condition sub?