Billabong81

RIP John Paul II. He was a great man and a great pope, the next pope has some big shoes to fill .

Thank you very much ! Appreciate the help everyone has given me, especially since this isn't even a SH3 forum !

Wow, I have finally gotten a good grasp of this game...and all I can say is: after you learn how to play and get good, this game is a blast! The only thing I have not yet figured out is how to recieve radio messages. In the recent events area or whatever it will say "Radio Message Recieved", how do I read it though ? To try and urge people to buy this one, here is a story I have to share about the patrol I just went on : Prior to going on this patrol I got the 3rd submarine available from the start of the 1939 campaign (forget specific designation, sorry!). I was tasked with patrolling sector AN28, which is up by the Southwest Coast of Norway. I went up there and did my 24-hour patrol without even getting a contact. I decided I wanted to test my new sub out, as it had a deck gun and a shitload more torpedos than my previous sub. I went down near the British port just north of Dover. I started going up and down about 50km off the coast, right near this port. I suddenly spot a Merchant ship coming my way, so I dive down to 12m or so and raise my periscope. The ship came within 800m and I blasted him away with 1 torpedo. Start waiting again and another merchant comes along, did the same thing again. While I was engaging the 2nd merchant ship, an armed trawley flanked me from the east. I took care of him with the deck gun, but he got 2-3 shots on my hull. My hull integrity was at 98% at this point. I start pacing and decide to run a little more south, closer to Dover. As I am going down, my sonar-man reports a warship at bering 180° (aka, right behind me ) and closing in fast. I am 10m or so below sea level, so I raise my periscope and realize this destroyer is 1500m or so away. I used a stern torpedo to distract him (which miraculously hit ) as I turned so I could either escape or attack with my 4 bow torpedos if needed. All the sudden one of my crew reports depth charges are in the water. I suddenly realize there are planes flying all around above me, 4-6 of them! At this point, I completely ditch all attempts to take on the destroyer and focus on getting these planes away. I dive to 90m below sea level and stop my engines, just sitting and waiting. I let an hour go by (in accelerated time mind you) and resurface (battery was dying). I then returned to base without a single contact. I'm a terrible writer, but you get the idea . This is an excellent game and I HIGHLY reccomend it to anyone, even if you are not a naval simulator fan (this is my first naval simulation game I have ever played besides battleship ). Anyone else have some good stories of exciting patrols?

Bad day at the office ? I didn't fall for this one after seeing the ofp.info & OFPEC news, SEAL Team 8 news, Hardrock's Eurofighter, then I came to this...after the first 5, I caught on . @tak He probably made it because it probably only took a couple minutes...today is a day for laughs, don't be so serious !

This has helped me a ton! Â I found out I still did not have enough men in the torpedo room . Â It takes 3min to reload, but at least they reload the tubes now . I had to patrol AN82 today, found an allied merchant ship and sunk the sucker . Â I brightened the pictures in photoshop because I sunk the shop during the night. EDIT: How do you take screens w/o the HUD? Like in Lee's 2nd pic.

Haha, I just made a whole newspost for OFP.Info, uploaded the pics, then went to take one more and realized it was prank! Thanks for wasting 20min of my day .

@Harmed, he uses VBS1...they aren't OFP addons. More info at the VBS1 site.

I think it was Hellfish6 who gave me this suggestion earlier, but thanks for trying to help . Is 7 guys enough to have in the room or do I need more? I have like 3 petty officers and 4 sailors. Should I take even more guys out and put them in there

Space simulator/RPG/action game. More info at the official Freelancer website.

I finally got the hang of torpedos and everything .  Thanks for all the help everyone.  Here is what you have done for me (though I can't figure out how to reload the torpedos yet ).  I got like 7 guys (3 petty officers, 4 sailors) in the torpedo room and they just won't reload?!  How many guys do I need  Anyway, here are the pics of me taking out an enemy merchant ship from 2,000m + away . I spotted him and he was getting away, so I took a potshot and missed. Then I accurately aimed (not really , just another potshot) and hit him, disabling his engines. Moved in to make sure I hit him, as I only had one torpedo left and wasn't sure if the others would reload (as usual, they didn't ). Got about 200m away and finished him off . If anyone has any tips for this damn reload of torpedos, please suggest some! I need the help !

I have found the hacking in AA to be over exaggerated. Ghosting is a problem, but hacking is not that bad since the new addition of punkbuster in v2.3. I have only seen a few guys that I was 100% sure were hacking (they were flying around....yes FLYING in the air ). It was a gorup of guys in the same clan, hacking on their own server .

I had 3 guys in there....and the torpedos went 4 days without reloading (then I returned to port). How do you turn silent running on/off? I don't think I was in silent running, considering I was going flank speed . Thanks for the suggestions though . By the way, is there a way to recruit more crew members or something?

How do you reload your torpedos? I just went on my 2nd patrol and found a English Merchantship, hit him with torpedos, then my torpedos wouldn't reload...I thought they reloaded automatically, but it looks like that isn't the case. There is nothing in the manual either . Any hints?

After looking at the screenshots on the RO forum, I decided to give this another try...and realized there were training missions and tutorials ! That made everything make sense . I just started a career, 1939, out of some city in Northern Germany that starts with a W . I went on a patrol around AN56, and was semi-suprised I did not encounter any British ships . The torpedos are hard to aim at moving ships, but still fairly easy. What I love about this game is the complexity of it, yet the simplicity as well . Overall, a terrific game, though I haven't really gotten into it yet .

I found the game to have a very steep learning, so I never got into it much . I haven't had a lot of time to just learn the game inside-out, so I really haven't played it. Is it worth getting into Hellfish? Or will this be one of those play it for 2 weeks, then it's back on the shelf games?

I saw this a month or so ago also. I didn't bother to download it, as there are a ton of expansion packs out and you only get the original in this deal. So you are somewhat restricted it seems. Plus the screenshots look kind of crappy IMO. I guess if you are into the whole MMORPG stuff it would be fun, but it looked rather boring to me . Tell us how it is when it finishes DLing hotshot !

I agree man. The size looks fine to me. The gun looks superb as well . Keep up the good work .

I agree man. The size looks fine to me. The gun looks superb as well . Keep up the good work .

Ah, ok. I thought he was like challenging Jackal to make something better, so I semi-flamed him for it . Sorry for the mis-understanding .

wtf....sorry mate but I don't understand a damn thing your saying . Â I got so far as you are asking something about the size/scale of the M4's...but past that I am confused as hell . Â The last bit confused the hell out of me with the whole Marine Commander kid thing...I am completely lost . Â Care to clarify? EDIT: And wtf is Let's cu? Is that a challenge or a greeting or

Very nice work! Mirrors from OFP.Info : DOWNLOAD (FTP#1) - Berlin 1945 SU Gun Pack [4 MB] DOWNLOAD (FTP#2) - Berlin 1945 SU Gun Pack [4 MB]

Everything is looking superb! Keep up the good work !

I can't pass #3 also .

They're idiots, but some of that stuff was pretty sweet .

Here are some mirrors from OFP.Info . Nice to see a Russian ship being made . Good work phil! DOWNLOAD (FTP#1) - Philcommando's Destroyer Ship [651 KB] DOWNLOAD (FTP#2) - Philcommando's Destroyer Ship [651 KB]