Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged) - Page 2

shawnyp420 · 03-24-07, 04:15 AM

My first mission out of Manilla. December 10th 1941. USS Seadragon.

My orders are to carry a group of special forces from Manilla, to the other side of the mainland. "Strange," I thought to myself...."Why don't they just take a land vehicle?" We found out after just a few short hours of traveling up the coast. Radio messages starting flying in about a Japanese invasion of the Philippines. "Sir, multiple Radar contacts!" I thought to myself...This is it. This could be an invasion task force.

Sure enough...A screen of about 8 cruisers and destroyers was escorting 6 troop transports from the Chinese mainland to partake the invasion of the Philippines. DAMN...Only 4 fish up front on this pig...It'l have to do. I lay into those troop transports with all 4 fish...
Nothing but fire and twisting bulkheads.
I know those escorts will be on top of me in just seconds. I turn 180 and loose 4 more fish. HITS. Thousands of Jap soldiers hit the seabed before they can fire a single shot. Diving deep, we slip away from the chaos of the frantic searching and depth charging....

The lieutenant leading the special forces is getting restless...Better drop him off soon and return to the fight....

WFGood · 03-24-07, 09:03 AM

I just finished my first complete patrol in SH4. In defense of the Philipines, USS Sculpin, was ordered to patrol the Celebes Sea (oddly enough, the same area where my grandfather was shot down and beheaded in 1944.) After a week without contacts, I moved farther south and into a terrible storm. Just as we were about to submerge, I noticed some lights through the storm. At about the same time an Akizuki came out of the mist aft of us. A snapshot blew her in half, and she promptly rolled over and sank. Thinking that I had encountered a convoy, we charged ahead at flank looking for merchants. Instead we ended up with 72,50o tons of warships, 1 Hiryu class fleet carrier, 1 Shokaku class fleet carrier, 2 Mogami class heavy cruisers, and 2 DD's. Not bad for a first patrol. (On a side note I will have to hand it to Ubi. The graphics are fantastic, and I for one am really enjoying this one despite the problems. I will still keep SH III on the drive, but I will be playing Wolves of the Pacific more.)

Gizzmoe · 03-25-07, 10:52 AM

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Drebbel · 03-25-07, 11:01 AM

Cool, a virgin thread

Let me post my first, and useless, SH4 screenie

AVGWarhawk · 03-25-07, 11:03 AM

Happened upon this one in a convoy. Sorry to say I did not sink it or anything for that matter. Only two torps and bad calculation=no sinking.

These guys milling about like they are on a 2 week cruise

Dowly · 03-25-07, 11:26 AM

Safe-Keeper · 03-25-07, 11:56 AM

:rotfl:

Whoops - wrong port.

walsh2509 · 03-25-07, 12:02 PM

Gildor · 03-25-07, 12:19 PM

For some reason, i find this calming:

03-25-07, 12:22 PM

Messing with various files to try and increase graphics I decided to do this... seems like ramming doesn't work as well in SH4; I rammed that cruiser about 3 times.... :rotfl:

Grothesj2 · 03-25-07, 12:33 PM

Those dudes on your conning tower must have velcro on thier shoes to hold them so steady!

AJ! · 03-25-07, 12:42 PM

heres a quick vid i made of two small fleets going toe to toe

(America won)

Flagships were Ise and new mexico class battleships

Wild_skipper · 03-25-07, 12:43 PM

next time if you ram shoot a torpedo first that way he will sink

Wild_skipper · 03-25-07, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJ!

heres a quick vid i made of two small fleets going toe to toe

(America won)

Flagships were Ise and new mexico class battleships

dude nice vid love it

Schultzy · 03-25-07, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gildor

For some reason, i find this calming:

I know exactly what you mean. Lovely shot. Gotta love dynamic fog. (I think that was what it was coined!)

Thanks for posting. We should have an artwork competition....

03-24-07, 09:03 AM	#17
WFGood Electrician's Mate Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: high above the big blue Posts: 137 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just finished my first complete patrol in SH4. In defense of the Philipines, USS Sculpin, was ordered to patrol the Celebes Sea (oddly enough, the same area where my grandfather was shot down and beheaded in 1944.) After a week without contacts, I moved farther south and into a terrible storm. Just as we were about to submerge, I noticed some lights through the storm. At about the same time an Akizuki came out of the mist aft of us. A snapshot blew her in half, and she promptly rolled over and sank. Thinking that I had encountered a convoy, we charged ahead at flank looking for merchants. Instead we ended up with 72,50o tons of warships, 1 Hiryu class fleet carrier, 1 Shokaku class fleet carrier, 2 Mogami class heavy cruisers, and 2 DD's. Not bad for a first patrol. (On a side note I will have to hand it to Ubi. The graphics are fantastic, and I for one am really enjoying this one despite the problems. I will still keep SH III on the drive, but I will be playing Wolves of the Pacific more.) __________________

03-25-07, 10:52 AM	#18
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Screenshots for SH4 Thread #1: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107785 Link to: Easter Eggs & Dev-Team Humor Maximum image size 1024x786, JPG format only. Resizing images If you need to resize a screenshot because it´s larger than 1024x786 you can use Irfanview, it´s free: http://www.irfanview.com/ Open the image with Irfanview, go to Image -> Resize/Resample, under Size method select Resample, then type in the new size in Set new size, after that click Ok. To save it go to File -> Save as, set Save as type to JPG, tick Show Options dialog and set Save quality to 85. Then save the image. Alternative method If you already have a JPG, Imageshack can resize it for you. On Imageshack.us click resize image? and select 1024x786, then upload the image. Uploading images Images can be uploaded to Imageshack: http://imageshack.us/ Once uploaded you´ll see several links that you can copy. Take the one named "Direct link to image", mark the link and copy it (Ctrl-C). Paste the link into your post (Ctrl-V), then wrap it in image tags. HTML Code: [IMG]http://server/image.jpg[/IMG] Quoting (as suggested by Safekeeper and addedd by Drebbel) Just some back-seat moderation, if I may: Could everyone be so kind as to not quote posts containing pictures? It clutters up the thread and makes it take longer to load. Last edited by AVGWarhawk; 10-10-07 at 08:30 AM.

03-25-07, 11:03 AM	#20
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,900 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Happened upon this one in a convoy. Sorry to say I did not sink it or anything for that matter. Only two torps and bad calculation=no sinking. These guys milling about like they are on a 2 week cruise __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-25-07, 11:56 AM	#22
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: Whoops - wrong port. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

03-25-07, 12:02 PM	#23
walsh2509 XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 410 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Mag Hit ... Last edited by walsh2509; 03-25-07 at 12:14 PM.

03-24-07, 04:15 AM	#16
shawnyp420 A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 78 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	My first mission out of Manilla. December 10th 1941. USS Seadragon. My orders are to carry a group of special forces from Manilla, to the other side of the mainland. "Strange," I thought to myself...."Why don't they just take a land vehicle?" We found out after just a few short hours of traveling up the coast. Radio messages starting flying in about a Japanese invasion of the Philippines. "Sir, multiple Radar contacts!" I thought to myself...This is it. This could be an invasion task force. Sure enough...A screen of about 8 cruisers and destroyers was escorting 6 troop transports from the Chinese mainland to partake the invasion of the Philippines. DAMN...Only 4 fish up front on this pig...It'l have to do. I lay into those troop transports with all 4 fish... Nothing but fire and twisting bulkheads. I know those escorts will be on top of me in just seconds. I turn 180 and loose 4 more fish. HITS. Thousands of Jap soldiers hit the seabed before they can fire a single shot. Diving deep, we slip away from the chaos of the frantic searching and depth charging.... The lieutenant leading the special forces is getting restless...Better drop him off soon and return to the fight....

03-25-07, 11:01 AM	#19
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Cool, a virgin thread Let me post my first, and useless, SH4 screenie

03-25-07, 11:26 AM	#21
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,035 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0

03-25-07, 12:19 PM	#24
Gildor Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 251 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For some reason, i find this calming: __________________ U-46: Oct 1943 off Portugal

03-25-07, 12:22 PM	#25
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Messing with various files to try and increase graphics I decided to do this... seems like ramming doesn't work as well in SH4; I rammed that cruiser about 3 times.... :rotfl:

03-25-07, 12:33 PM	#26
Grothesj2 Medic Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 167 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Those dudes on your conning tower must have velcro on thier shoes to hold them so steady!

03-25-07, 12:42 PM	#27
AJ! Commodore Join Date: May 2006 Location: That lil island above france Posts: 601 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	heres a quick vid i made of two small fleets going toe to toe (America won) Flagships were Ise and new mexico class battleships __________________

03-25-07, 12:43 PM	#28
Wild_skipper Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 140 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	next time if you ram shoot a torpedo first that way he will sink