Agiel Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Ideally you want to look up what the draft of a ship is in the identification book, set the depth setting to ~2 meters deeper than the draft, then set the fish to magnetic-influence detonation. This is so that the torpedo detonates directly underneath the ship's keel and "breaks the back" of the ship so to speak and can generally spell the death of all but the heaviest ships with just one torpedo. It could be that the automatic targeting sets the running depth to those settings, and assumes the player sets the torpedo to magnetic-influence themselves. Just keep at it and check in with the fine folks at Subsim (who can teach you far more than what I could tell you here). You haven't lived until you've conducted a surface torpedo attack on a convoy with decks awash under a cloudy night. "Aal Eins... los!": Fun trivia: Magnetic-influence detonators for the G7a torpedo in the initial stages of the Second Battle of the Atlantic were notoriously unreliable, forcing crews to rely on the contact detonators. This state of affairs was a damned sight better than that of COMSUBPAC, where _both_ the magnetic detonators (they were tested in Alaska, but did not account for the differing temperature and magnetic conditions of the South Pacific) and contact detonators (they were simply crushed upon hitting a vessel) of the Mk. 14 torpedoes were totally useless for the initial months of the war. Edited January 28, 2017 by Agiel 2 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Disgaea 2 PC port is pre-loading as I write this... ...But I still have to wait until Monday to play it. Edited January 28, 2017 by Keyrock RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Tried Dirt 3. It's fun but I have to use a few assists since I suck at racing games. Tried a platformer named Brilliant Bob. It was fun for a while, but then all I wanted to do was to smash my keyboard so I had to uninstall it. I'm also still going strong in my Morrowind run. Clocked over 70 hours. I tried The Dwarf Run, but the game stopped working all of a sudden. I restarted my computer and tried some other things but nothing worked. I have uninstalled it and will try it tomorrow. While the puzzles were fairly simple, I appreciate that they are blending adventure game elements with a turn-based tactical game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eumaios Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Minecraft Windows 10. The niece likes it and it's kind of a conversation thing with her. Plus, it's interesting. I've been trying to make a working elevator. Hasn't met with much success so far, but I hope I can figure something out eventually. Anyhow, using glass blocks and lava, I named one of my maps after my niece is rather large lava writing. She seemed to be pretty thrilled with that. A lot of work, but not as irritating as the elevator so far. 1 So shines the name so shines the name of Roger Young! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MEJM0cboDg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Man O' War added a first iteration of the chaos campaign. So now I am Captain Personal Issues, Chaos Lord of Khorne aboard my flagship The Frothing Dolphin. 2 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixp Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 The Frothing Dolphin. Does it have enough skulls on it tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Easter Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Pillars of Eternity again. Still love the first third of the game, but I dread the middle part. Luckily the White March should keep me motivated, until I reach the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 The Frothing Dolphin.Does it have enough skulls on it tho? Can you ever have enough skulls? I must have loads under deck, as I shoot burning skulls at my opponents. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91045-pictures-of-your-games-episode-ix-the-bigger-picture/?p=1876721 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 We have a few people who play Mordheim here, right? How is the game if you are interested in the single player component only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I actually play only single player of it... 1 I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marelooke Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Trying to slog through PoE, what with the PoE2 announcement. Really hope they do something about the combat as it's just not fun. Considering dropping it down to easy or story mode to just get it over with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 We have a few people who play Mordheim here, right? How is the game if you are interested in the single player component only?As you can see from Chilloutman's example, we all just play single player. I have enjoyed my 270+hours steam says I have played (single player). Yes, the AI has its issues. But as the game is not easy, this only becomes an issue later on. And as you slowly unlock new warriors for your warband, there is enough incentive to keep you going. At least in my opinion. And its worth checking out the different warbands as they can play quite different. 2 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixp Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Pushed far enough into RE7 to get a decent understanding of how's gameplay gonna work. So first of all, just like in the earlier games in the series, you get a relatively large map, twisting and turning onto itself, slowly granting you tools to unlock new paths and allowing you to access optional areas you could not access previously. You progress not only by shooting things like in RE5+, but also by solving puzzles and exploring various areas in the game - map design's generally really cool, and feels very Resident Evil-esque. Which is good. Because the latter games in the series felt anything but that. For now it seems that every major stage of the game is going to have a boss who will not only get a boss fight at the end of the stage, but who'll also pester you throughout your stay in the area - the game does its best to make beating the boss fights extra satisfying, which is good. And then there's things you'd expect of a RE game - zombie-like enemies, many of which you can avoid to conserve resources, good ol' safe rooms make a come back, there's steady weapon progression and even currency and stores ... Of sorts where you can get permanent upgrades or new items. Oh and... Inventory management's back. Add to that a pretty damn good atmosphere and a lot of little things that the game does to keep you unsettled and yeah, I'd say we have a really good Resident Evil game on our hands again. Which is fantastic, considering how did the series turn out lately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 So basically it is like Resident Evil 1 but in first person? "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Wasn't RE2 getting a remake? The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixp Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 So basically it is like Resident Evil 1 but in first person?With added optional stealth elements, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eumaios Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 We have a few people who play Mordheim here, right? How is the game if you are interested in the single player component only?Add me to the people who've only played it single player. Steam tells me that I've played 396 hours, but I tend to leave the game running while I do other things, sometimes for quite a while. Still, I'd bet that I've put in a couple hundred hours. As a single player game, it approximates the squad feel of the table top extremely well. Some of the campaign scenarios are irritating, but most of them are great fun and even the irritating ones grant a degree of satisfaction in completing them. Also, I think you can set up multiplayer games fairly easily, so if you have people around here that play you could arrange a game with someone who isn't a complete stranger. That's cool in that you could try your hand (and warband) against a human player instead of the AI. My schedule is too erratic to do that, but it's always a possibility. If the question is, "should I buy the game even if I only intend to play it single player?" The answer is, "Yes!" 3 So shines the name so shines the name of Roger Young! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MEJM0cboDg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbjerg Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 We have a few people who play Mordheim here, right? How is the game if you are interested in the single player component only? It's fairly fun, but a bit tricky to learn. The progression of your squad and tactics were well done and reminded me a bit trying to get a good squad going in Jagged Alliance, but I really wanted to play as the characters .. If you can relate, you should try playing Warhammer Endtime instead - it's Left 4 Dead in the Warhammer universe. 1 Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixp Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Warhammer EndtimeYou mean Vermintide? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Well, Mordheim sounds like something I will pick up once I have the time to play a time waster game, from the impressions posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 My Mordheim playing habit was a mission after dinner (or two). 2 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixp Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 a mission after dinner (or two).Yea that kind of plan always goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Disgaea 2 is just sitting in my Steam library, all pre-loaded, taunting me. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Still not sure whether AssCreed Syndicate is even better than Unity. There's no online crap but the main characters & story are terrible. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Still not sure whether AssCreed Syndicate is even better than Unity. There's no online crap but the main characters & story are terrible. Which was one of the problems with Unity, since they got pulled into all the micro transaction bait there was no time to flesh out characters or have meaningful sidequests. A far cry from AC 2. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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