Topic: Anyone playing Silent Hunter III? (Read 76058 times)

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #260 on:** May 17, 2005, 01:59:04 am »

few more pixs from playing around
hope u guys likey

IAF Lyrkiller · « **Reply #261 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:50:14 am »

Hey Manitoba, you left your attack scope up in the last pic.

Last night, I literally ran into my second convoy near Nova Scotia.

What really sucks is that I on the way out of Lorient ran aground and took damage. (which should not happen in the game). Later, i doved and paid a high price.

also, those damn merchants are getting too smart. It took a full salvo of 4 eels to take out a coastal merchant. I HATE THAT.

and it was at night.

And yes, i am in a IXB.

KBF-WillWeasel · « **Reply #262 on:** May 17, 2005, 06:42:00 pm »

Quote from: CayneG on May 08, 2005, 12:12:52 am

Second patrol, new career, took out a armed trawler that was coming right at me near Scapa Flow. Nailed it w/ an eel.

Oh, did I mention that I now hate dud torps.

and now i cant wait to get a Type VIIB. I then will be able to take out anything that moves.

For those of you who do not know what starshell are for, i will tell you.

They are for nighttime fighting illuminating the target.

That is all.

I was doing my last patrol when I had a TIIA freaking bastards at dock loaded me with 3 dud torps. The 4th I don't know the thing missed. I got 1 kill in that patrol and that was a freaking 101 ton Trawler.......

Course I should metion it was EXTREMELY satisfying. Thing was a electric torp on magnetic/impact pistol, torp went right under the keel and blew dead center under the hull. That lil ship jumped a good 10 feet out of the water, dove back into the water completely ~10-15 meters then came back up again and sunk after 10-15 seconds.

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #263 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:39:37 pm »

yeap i almost always leave it up. makes easier to see contacts a liitle farther away.

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #264 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:01:15 pm »

Quote from: manitoba1073 on May 17, 2005, 10:39:37 pm

yeap i almost always leave it up. makes easier to see contacts a liitle farther away.

Do they account for that in this game?

I ran 8 patrols in a IIA starting at the beginning of the war in '39 with the 1st Flotilla.... I didn't want to upgrade to a VIIB (I sailed one in a previous campaign), so I waited for the VIIC and held out for 8 patrols....

I sank 3 DDs and 12 merchants in those 8 patrols, 5 torps per mission and no deck gun. I didn't even get to fire my *&#%@ AA gun at a tug due to the stinkin' North Sea weather!!!

But that's almost 2 ships per mission! The last one was a C3 I hit at about 4Km (I fired three, saw two in the water but I'm not sure both of them made it to her.) Did I mention that I only went out with 5 torps on each trip?

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #265 on:** May 18, 2005, 12:03:14 am »

lol u should what happens when i hit ships with my torps on my test sub. lol any where it hits the ship it goes really BOOM. i tripled the power of them lol. if u guys want to try them here it is

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #266 on:** May 18, 2005, 12:05:47 am »

Quote from: I-Beam Bar-Abbas on May 17, 2005, 11:01:15 pm

Quote from: manitoba1073 on May 17, 2005, 10:39:37 pm
yeap i almost always leave it up. makes easier to see contacts a liitle farther away.

Do they account for that in this game?

a little bit. if u get a contact close u can pick it before ur deck crew can, gotta love the triangle.

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #267 on:** May 18, 2005, 12:07:51 am »

oh almost forgot- gotta another trip through the english channel tonight- be lots of fun now.

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #268 on:** May 18, 2005, 02:11:08 am »

ok more pixs.

hope u guys like these too. i was checking out a DD i sank

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #269 on:** May 19, 2005, 12:45:26 am »

So.... You've just sent your last fish into a C2, and she doesn't go down. (OK, so you got greedy and didn't hit one of the small freighters in the convoy, ya just HAD to go after the C2, didn't ya?!?)

But you hit her in the tail and blew off her props.... Now she can't go nowhere and the convoy leaves her behind.

So you surface.... But your deck gunner whines something about "The WAVES are just too BIG for me to man my station!"

Bastard!

Well, you just HATE to leave a job unfinished, so what's a U-Boat Cap'n to do?!?

Ram her once then pop yer periscope up next to her and let the Flower Corvette in the vicinity finish her off while it tries to shoot you?

Nah.... You won't get credit for the kill, anyway!

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #270 on:** May 19, 2005, 03:01:27 am »

not my fault ur deck gunners are sissy's.

this is a deck crew ready for action.

also the second pix is DD's other brother looking for revenge

KBF-Angel Slayer · « **Reply #271 on:** May 20, 2005, 10:43:35 am »

Your crew has evidently been at sea too long. I think they are growing gills.

Dracho · « **Reply #272 on:** May 20, 2005, 11:13:26 am »

Germany's first frog men..

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #273 on:** May 20, 2005, 10:57:22 pm »

that they have. lol

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #274 on:** May 21, 2005, 07:03:58 pm »

I am on my third patrol for the 1st Flotilla. The first patrol was to AN16 near Scapa Flow was pretty much a bust with only one small merchant sunk and the rest of the patrol was spent chasing ghosts.

My second patrol sent me back to AN16 again. It was looking to be the same as the first only without the merchant until a V class spotted me. The damn thing must have had Robert Mitchum at the helm as I could not shake him and finally in desperation I sent a fish hes way. To my surprise I got him. Shortly after surfacing to repair and recharge another V class shows up however this time I was able to get the drop on him giving me two warships and with supplies running low I returned to port.

The third patrol sent me to AN84 near Dover. On my way to my patrol area I spotted and sunk a nice C2 although I had to use two torpedoes as the first was a dud. Once I got to AN 84 I found a small merchant to up my tonnage some more.

J. Carney · « **Reply #275 on:** May 21, 2005, 07:33:48 pm »

Well, I've had some freetime this week, and I knocked back a couple of mediocre 25K patrols. I just, however got assigned to patrol... GUESS WHERE!!!!

THAT'S RIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS!!! AN16!!!

We'll se how that goes later tonight!

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #276 on:** May 21, 2005, 08:17:48 pm »

Update: Finished my third patrol with 13,600 tons. Not bad for an over sized bathtub with a couple of torpedoes strapped to it.

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #277 on:** May 21, 2005, 09:36:51 pm »

Quote from: J. Carney on May 21, 2005, 07:33:48 pm

Well, I've had some freetime this week, and I knocked back a couple of mediocre 25K patrols. I just, however got assigned to patrol... GUESS WHERE!!!!

THAT'S RIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS!!! AN16!!!

We'll se how that goes later tonight!

C'mon, now.... It's not like High Command really cares if you go to your patrol sector or not. If you sink 50,000 tonnes, they'll be happy.

Trust me.

Jack Morris · « **Reply #278 on:** May 21, 2005, 10:39:11 pm »

Where is AN16? I gave my copy of SH2 to Storvick, but I'm sure the grids are fairly the same?

I can't wait to get back to America and start playing this game!

BTW Manitoba, how did you survive being on the surface soooo close to a live DD? Nice pics BTW...

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #279 on:** May 22, 2005, 12:30:35 am »

AN16 is up by Scapa Flow. That is my next destination although I have a real submarine in a Type VIIb instead of the old IIa this time.

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