Best of SUBSIM noms - Thread of the Year

[Onkel Neal]

This category is for meaningful threads that were started in 2023 and continued to have helpful/interesting posts throughout the year.

[Onkel Neal]

Onkel Neal has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

Thread of the Year

Nomination basis: This nom includes the awesome SHCE video series!
Forum: Classic Subsims

Nominated Member: JconradH
Nominated Post: Made some SHCE videos for YouTube

I've been playing SHCE on Win 10 using Dfend Reloaded for several years now- works great. :)
Also using the SHReal mod. I play having my crew helping set the TDC, and with the navigation tools built in to the game, so maybe I'm cheating a bit. I also don't play at 125% realism, but I have lost 50% of my career subs so far, oops. Here are a few quickly edited encounters from the last few months:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...f0UldFAWBSLZOW

[Onkel Neal]

Onkel Neal has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

Thread of the Year

Nomination basis: Great start to an interesting thread.
Forum: Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific

Nominated Member: Kpt. Weyprecht
Nominated Post: In a pigboat again! Training a periscope eye

I'm back roaming the Pacific! My old saved games are gone with a previous install and I had to fire up Windows again but there I am taking command of an S-boat.

I was planning on a fully realistic campaign with no map updates and maybe even restricting myself to 0-gyro angle shots to emulate the lack of a TDC...

My resolve didn't survive the first encounter with a task force off Lingayen Gulf. I can't manage to build a decent amount of situational awareness. I can be reasonably accurate with with my periscope ranges on a lone target from a fairly close distance but I'm not good enough to set up a good attack on a zigzagging taskforce.
I wonder if I could have more success in a u-boat. Still, any tactical tips on gathering information from afar, when ranging is really inaccurate? I feel I should switch to drawing on paper ang doing things really slowly but with the trips from homeport to patrol area I ended up smashing the TC button again.


By the way -- at first I lanuched a Brisbane campaign, but I somehow missed all the action around Guadalcanal and spoent 3 patrols in empty seas, only getting some ships off Rabaul.