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I killed a small coastal vessel with my deck gun! It's nothing worth highlighting though. Also, Savgeir, Tevery wants to murder your Blood Bowl team.
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Yeah, I'll do daily contact reports next patrol. I'll not force it into this one. Surface battle against a warship though! It worked. But I missed torpedoes against a stationary target. I don't know which statement is more perplexing. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Feb 13, 2015 |
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Feb 12, 2015 23:49
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I wonder what Herr Kaleun's reaction is going to be the next time he checks the map screen.  And that miss was a thing of beauty: it was so close that the prow of the ship almost clipped the torpedo's propeller.
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Feb 13, 2015 18:15
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radintorov posted:I wonder what Herr Kaleun's reaction is going to be the next time he checks the map screen. You should probably notify him too, if you can.
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Feb 13, 2015 18:41
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Feb 13, 2015 20:55
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That loving ship was cursed I tell ya. Accidentally fire an electric torp, it didn't have the range. Fire that one, a bloody dud. Fire another, it missed.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:That loving ship was cursed I tell ya. Accidentally fire an electric torp, it didn't have the range. Fire that one, a bloody dud. Fire another, it missed. But the surface combat was cool, so at least there's that  My gifs are starting to get quite big, so here's the gfy link for the Sunk-not-clunk torp http://gfycat.com/ComfortableIdenticalFish Jobbo_Fett fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Feb 13, 2015 |
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Feb 13, 2015 21:21
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We stumbled upon a Large convoy! I'm going to need help tackling this one. Oh no, the warship previously must have hit our ballast or something because we just keep going down.   The attack was somewhat successful, 50% of torpedoes fired were hits and one definitely sunk ship. Now to see if the warships get us. E: We also found an enemy sub! 
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Feb 14, 2015 12:28
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We're on the return trip home, I accidentally crashed the game and had to spend half an hour turning it off and on again until it eventually worked and there's bugger all to do for the next 24 hours. Atleast I'll be back in time for Homeworld!
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And we're 20 minutes from docking at Kiel, as we return we see a friendly submarine exiting on the path we used. Godspeed, brave fellow U-boat!  Thanks for watching the first full patrol, we had a few touch and go moments but overall it worked fine. I'm going to fiddle around with some solutions for the "I'm not there and we're going to die soon" situations, but I think I'm going to (on stream) play a bunch of Star Wars games until the next patrol.   : Next patrol.Donitz sure is giving me a fair bit of time off! HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Feb 16, 2015 15:54
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With Herpicles's blessing, I've started up a Silent Hunter 4 LP. I can't promise competence, but I can promise no deliberate idiocy!   
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FredMSloniker posted:I can't promise competence, but I can promise no deliberate idiocy! Make sure you set up good methods of being contacted whilst not looking. Something that beeps loudly. You'll appreciate it when you find out you're about to hit the coast of some atoll in the middle of nowhere that you swear wasn't on the map when you were looking. Also, I've been streaming regularly, and so far I've done: A good chunk of Republic Commando. Some Dragons Dogma. The entirety of Ace Combat Zero, the Belkan War! And more, that I haven't been bothered to set as a video because it wasn't very good. Some time next week I'll be doing Ace Combat 5, and will play more Dragons Dogma in the interim. Basically I'm churning out tons of low-quality high-quantity content. I'll add these links somewhere into the OP or second post. Thanks to radintorov for giving advice for most of the games on the stream, somehow you know little tidbits of very helpful/interesting information for every game that I've played. Some time in the future, I'll probably do an Ace Combat Megathread with actual quality, but for now I'll just play them on stream. A capture card is actually very handy if your modern TV doesn't support RGB Composite or Component input, since it can convert it all to HDMI. Also you guys should go check out Ace Combat Zero's soundtrack it's the best thing to grace anybody's ears it is really good and I will gush over it for years to come can we get a vinyl for the gramophone of it?
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Some time in the future, I'll probably do an Ace Combat Megathread with actual quality, but for now I'll just play them on stream. A capture card is actually very handy if your modern TV doesn't support RGB Composite or Component input, since it can convert it all to HDMI. Some day I'll get around at making that ACAH LP I've always wanted to do. Just need to actually finish the game and find the will to do it. You'd probably have to use a capture card in this case as well because none of the PS2 Ace Combat game really works that well in an emulator for various reasons and will always glitch out or have some glaring issue which makes it neigh unplayable. If I recall right in ACZ's case it was hit boxes bugging out while with AC5 it was ground textures freaking out. I'm still holding to my opinion that the ACAH soundtrack is amazing and while not as great as 5 or 0 is still a loving solid AC soundtrack.
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Oh I love the ACAH soundtrack, particularly Dogfight. I do love the part where it cuts into the main Ace Combat theme, and it does it in such a fantastic way that it feels like every time I enter DFM that particular section starts up. I really do believe my purchase of a capture card was very much justified. Whilst on the topic, the only real faults with ACAH are the gunner missions and the AC130 missions, and the ground attack is a bit lovely. A HAWX style mechanic would've been great, and if it had a PC version I'd totally st-- Oh, yeah. Capture card. I should pick up the Xbox version of HAWX. Also, the emulation issues with the Ace Combat games are no longer present, just get the latest build of PCSX2. You need to use Software mode I believe though, to avoid issues. Also Zero has the best soundtrack by far, 6 is the worst.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Oh I love the ACAH soundtrack, particularly Dogfight. I do love the part where it cuts into the main Ace Combat theme, and it does it in such a fantastic way that it feels like every time I enter DFM that particular section starts up. I really do believe my purchase of a capture card was very much justified. Bitch please.  It has to be either Naval Warfare or White Devil. Even if I consider the entire soundtrack to be really solid. Sure Horizon is no The Unsung War or Zero it's still a very good final track.Then again, speaking of music I simply have to mention the Infinity version of Blue Skies. Now that is a loving amazing track. HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Whilst on the topic, the only real faults with ACAH are the gunner missions and the AC130 missions, and the ground attack is a bit lovely. A HAWX style mechanic would've been great, and if it had a PC version I'd totally st-- No, no you definitely shouldn't do that.  I wouldn't wish HAWX upon anyone to be honest unless you played it in coop or something and even then I'd only play the first one because the second one is horribly gimmick laden and an utter mess in the majority of the missions.I had no issues with the gunner missions, mostly because the mouse controls worked loving wonders there. HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Also, the emulation issues with the Ace Combat games are no longer present, just get the latest build of PCSX2. You need to use Software mode I believe though, to avoid issues. Also Zero has the best soundtrack by far, 6 is the worst. Huh, good to know. Cooked Auto fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Thanks to radintorov for giving advice for most of the games on the stream, somehow you know little tidbits of very helpful/interesting information for every game that I've played. 
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Make sure you set up good methods of being contacted whilst not looking. Something that beeps loudly. You'll appreciate it when you find out you're about to hit the coast of some atoll in the middle of nowhere that you swear wasn't on the map when you were looking. I think you missed the part in the OP where I said I wasn't doing it 24/7 like you are. I live with my family, and my time is not entirely my own.
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FredMSloniker posted:I think you missed the part in the OP where I said I wasn't doing it 24/7 like you are. I live with my family, and my time is not entirely my own. I know. but there'll still be times when you walk away for just five minutes. Loud beeping noises save your life. Maybe you'll be reading something, maybe you might have gotten a snack. Always beeping. Cooked Auto posted:No, no you definitely shouldn't do that. I enjoyed the first HAWX quite a bit. The second is a piece of trash outside of like the second mission, which was actually somewhat enjoyable and looked good. Anyhow, today I'll be streaming some of the PS2 Transformers game, from before the Michael Bay nonsense, along with some SOCOM 3. Also: Cooked Auto posted:Then again, speaking of music I simply have to mention the Infinity version of Blue Skies. Now that is a loving amazing track. I guarantee that some time in June I am throwing all possible money to get a PS3 just so I can play Infinity now. That is wonderful, I just wonder when it plays? The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Let's Play! >
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I enjoyed the first HAWX quite a bit. The second is a piece of trash outside of like the second mission, which was actually somewhat enjoyable and looked good. There is a bunch of decent missions in the second game but they're really rare in comparison so the first game. At least the second game had a decent ridiculous last mission in comparison to the wet fart from the first game. HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I guarantee that some time in June I am throwing all possible money to get a PS3 just so I can play Infinity now. That is wonderful, I just wonder when it plays? Last campaign mission if I recall right. Which, according to what I've heard, suitably ridiculous as well.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I know. but there'll still be times when you walk away for just five minutes. Loud beeping noises save your life. Maybe you'll be reading something, maybe you might have gotten a snack. Always beeping. Fair enough. I'll set up my Steam notifications to beep, just in case.
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Just found this thread, and it's pretty awesome, especially since I'll be back home with a real computer setup by the next patrol! Which of course leads me to the question, will you be taking on any new crew members while you're in port?
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gregory posted:Just found this thread, and it's pretty awesome, especially since I'll be back home with a real computer setup by the next patrol! Which of course leads me to the question, will you be taking on any new crew members while you're in port? Yeah, just sign up to the spreadsheet. You can even join mid-patrol. Some time in March I'll actually assign everyone an in-game position, meaning we can shout the actual watch officer.
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Sweet. I'm moving back home to the States on Saturday and won't really have much to do besides job searching for a while, so I should be free relatively often.
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4 PM to 10 PM GMT tomorrow onwards, I'll be streaming Ace Combat 5 - The Unsung War/ Squadron Leader. This'll continue every day until I finish it. If we finish it before Sunday, I've also acquired Sub Command, Fleet Command and Dangerous Waters. These are modern ship sims, including submarines. I have no clue how they work. Sunday onwards, I'll be streaming Homeworld Remastered. Then I'll mostly be doing whatever until Monday the 16th, the date of our next patrol. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Heeeeerp? I showed up right on time for Ace Combat shenanigans, but I'm not seeing them...
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FredMSloniker posted:Heeeeerp? I showed up right on time for Ace Combat shenanigans, but I'm not seeing them... That's because of a few reasons: 1- My ISP is being crap. 2- Turns out relying on a single cable that is going across the entire house and is frequently stepped on in the dark is a bad idea for an internet cable. 3- I was out of town yesterday and that really threw me off. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Feb 28, 2015 |
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Feb 26, 2015 19:57
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Okay, twelve days to go. A friend of mine is on her way to Gibraltar next month, and will be taking photos of some of the cool stuff out there. These reconnaissance photographs will help us greatly for our infiltration, which I've penned in for late July, early August. By then, exam season is over and I'll have the free time to sit next to my computer 24/7 to avoid British patrols. As an intermission, here is this month's "Nightclub" meeting, courtesy of SH3 Commander, with my own additions of course. Erich : We were trying to find a convoy in heavy fog last month. They started to come out of the fog all around us, no more than 300 metres away! I think they were more scared then we were - through the UZO I could see men running around on their decks in a panic to alert the escorts.Werner  : Kretschmer sank the Destroyer 'Daring' in the North Sea! (Us): I accidentally destroyed a Norwegian warship on the coast of England through a surface action, and also stumbled into a British convoy on the coast of Norway. I was drunk so we'd accidentally travelled two days northeast of Dundee.Erich and Werner:  Doenitz : Lets send you to Norway, maybe this time you'll find the Brits there! Your new patrol is grid AN23, and your operational objective after a 24 hour patrol of the grid is reconnaissance of Norwegian ports for Operation Weserübung. Resources permitting, surveillance of British ports to judge their response time may also prove useful. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Mar 7, 2015 |
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So what's streaming status? The thread's been quiet.
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Eh, no streaming at the moment. Still a week until the release from port. I might try learning Dangerous Waters over the weekend, although currently I've been quite busy. If I get time though, I'll probably be streaming Space Hulk Ascension, (modded)Fallout New Vegas or Pacific Theater of Operations 2 for the SNES. It'll likely be Friday or the weekend. Oh, and a very quiet member of the crew may have something cool to share, I'll let him share exactly what it is. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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So the next patrol will start on Thursday, definitely leaving port by 20:00 GMT. I'll also start doing daily logs of what's happened and where we are to chart our progress and keep the thread active.
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If you don't take "surveillance of British ports" to mean "sneak into Scapa Flow and torpedo everything in sight", I will be disappointed.
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The Sandman posted:If you don't take "surveillance of British ports" to mean "sneak into Scapa Flow and torpedo everything in sight", I will be disappointed. Better. I can think of a few places the British wouldn't expect us to poke our noses. The stream has started!
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Captain's Log, 20/03/1940 Roughly 24 hours ago, we left the port of Kiel. Many people were gathered there to see us off, and even the Prinz Eugen (Or was it the Scharnhorst?) was there to bid us farewell. After a long period of time at port, we finally encountered the good old cook, CirclMastr. It turns out, that during our time at port he discovered a new game. It was named, "Das NetRunner". I, using my superior leadership skills as a glorious kapitan of the Kriegsmarine's U-boot waffe, defeated the capitalist corporation. Roughly a half hour earlier, we spotted a merchant vessel at long range, 350 degrees of our bow. I am beginning a chase, and will write up a full contact report for the next day.
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Contact Report 20/03/1940 - 21/03/1940 At 13:45 Shipboard time, we spotted a merchant ship. As the captain was on Das Potty, the contact was lost. After half an hour attempting to regain the contact, the search was called off. Status Report 21/03/1940 Commencing patrol of grid AN23. We've made good time reaching the position, and will be in place for reconnaissance missions in the near future. We received six messages. U-32 contacted BdU whilst we were in port, notifying them that they are low on fuel and torpedoes. They were ordered home. U-34 was also low on fuel. They were ordered home. Same to U-30. We've sent a status report, telling BdU that we are in position.
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Captain's Log 22/03/1940, Morning. Oberfahnrich Jobbo Fett has disappointed me for the last time. Not only did he fail to spot any contacts in the past few days, last night he decided to hide inside the u-boat instead of keeping watch. As the Watch Officer, that's a big deal. Here, I should have put him back on the watch deck. Whenever you submerge, the deck crew enter quarters automatically and they all come out except for the watch officer. This means we got no contact reports even if we did see something. We'll remain on station for the entire week, and begin infiltration of the Norwegian fjords on the weekend.
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Does this mean I'm Starscream? Also, why doesn't the watch officer go back to his position?
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Also, why doesn't the watch officer go back to his position? For example, whenever I played I always had to manually move a few sailors from the diesel engines compartment to the electrical compartment whenever submerging and vice-versa when surfacing even though the game is supposed to switch the entire compartment automatically. One thing you don't want to hear when ordering an emergency crash dive is that the electrical engines shut down because they lacked enough crew to operate them. radintorov fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Mar 22, 2015 |
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radintorov posted:The automated crew management is somewhat glitch-y and forgets to reassign your sailors where they are needed. Oh, and don't forget the immediate crash-to-desktop whenever you use one of the buttons to automatically rotate crew around! That's why I've turned off fatigue, it's too annoying to deal with and doesn't scale with the lack of time compression. Anyhow, as a side activity I might be playing a much lauded classic of Grognardy strategy games in the Pacific front. Because bugger all is happening in the Atlantic.
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