t1 torps, my dude. You're in Earlydays with Earlykit. They don't quite got the boom yet, also, and it might be me getting the game wrong, but you can light more fires with a torpedo that's closer to the surface, but cause more flooding with one that's a little deeper. just don't let them breach or miss!
Whenever you're selecting missions, keep an eye out for the rewards and additional notes. If you're lucky enough you can find a boat upgrade blueprint, which is what I used to get the next U-Boat, mine is called U-138
I know I said differently earlier, but the Empire ships can mix and match traits. A posterchild Empire Tower can be an Empire Bell. I don't know how to differentiate between them, I just do the best I can.
Also! About 19:45 you said that they think it's a miss. It is annoying, but I think what's going on is when the torpedo passes the exact expected intercept point the miss is called out. So if the merchant ship is just behind it, it is in fact a hit. I don't think that helps anything on your side though, so I don't know why I said it. My head came up with this lil' scenario. A hydrophone operator that has no confidence in your abilities calculates exactly how long the torpedo will take to hit and is watching his stopwatch when he doesn't hear the explosion at that exact moment he calls out a miss but then is proven wrong a half second later
Yes. There are no windows on the sub. If you tell the TDC the range is 1000 yards, they expect it to hit when it reaches 1000 yards. Your torpedoes are travelling longer than 1000 yards because you're not using the TDC correctly and they're travelling longer than they should to their targets. Thus, when the watch says they've gone 1000 yards and there is no explosion, they're correctly calling it a miss. The fact that you're hitting anything is mostly luck because you're usually in a good firing position.
The miss call out is happening with me also, when it is indeed on target. I genuinely lol at the date on that one message as well. I guess it is a beta.
My great uncle was on a UBoat that got captured in the Caribbean. My grandmother heard his name on the BBC as being-captured but he was never heard-from again. I'll bet he defected or something. That being said--nice video.
Whenever it comes to trying to hide from destroyers, upon diving if you hit tab to bring up thr crew menu, on the left you can select silent run : disabled to enable and it makes your crew basically do nothing. They won't do any tasks that will involve or could create alot of noise (like loading a torpedo while being hunted) Having silent mode on has saved me a few times while playing
I’m always struck by the realistic pointlessness of taking freighter officers as POWs. Honestly, how much do they actually know? Maybe it’s about POW trades but taking a wartime look at the value of a freighter captain, I wouldn’t put a lot of value in him as a trade. His food and monitoring are more valuable than anything he could provide.
another great vid. not sure i agree about the torp explosions. given youre a ways away and in a submerged boat, i feel it's spot on. also, it's WW2 era tech. i wouldnt want them to juice away the realism.
Do you play with or without mods? i haven't played this game a while and i only just found out this huge update. i don't remember an existing, vanilla TDC or a better looking sinking physics. great immersion btw.
Taking prisoners onboard isn't terribly realistic, especially on a boat as small as a type 2. Where would you put them? There's no seccure spaces on a U boat. The fact that U boat captain Karl-Adolf Schlitt managed to cripple his boat (U-1206) by mishandling the boat's toilet forcing everyone aboard to abandon the vessel after it was forced to the surface in front of allied escorts also shows how dangerous having prisoners onboard could be. Even if they're not actively trying to sabotage you, they could still sink you by accident just by touching something they shouldn't!
So far I am really enjoying it. Apart from a few hick ups here and there, but nothing major....it feels like a much more refined UBOAT. It's feels a bit more like a sub sim now. Prior to beta, I agreed with many who felt it was too much of an arcade type sub game, but now its more along the lines of a Silent Hunter type game. Still has a ways to go though in order to match the SH games in terms of how in depth they go
During my playthrough I noticed that the Captain can only use one man to help him aim. The second man for me went to his bunk, or jumped on the radio. Does he work for you?
Am I alone in the concept of bullying your sailors at the maximum extent possible in the beginning of the campaign to sort the sea wolves from the sheep long before you need to find out?
I find that it's a lot more pleasant to find out which crew members are cowards with no contacts within 100km and calm seas than it is while being depth charged in the portsmouth. Though the comedy of failures of all your guys on DC freaking out and running and hiding as you sink to the bottom is also pretty funny.
Agree with the "torpedos are wimpy" comment. Come on devs, there is footage of ships exploding from WW2. Make it cool!
t1 torps, my dude. You're in Earlydays with Earlykit. They don't quite got the boom yet, also, and it might be me getting the game wrong, but you can light more fires with a torpedo that's closer to the surface, but cause more flooding with one that's a little deeper. just don't let them breach or miss!
The ally was in grid square AN577. If you zoomed in a bit more, you could have seen exactly where they were.
Ah well that explains a lot
Love the U-Boat videos, please keep 'em coming!
Hey man great videos! I bought this game because of you! (And I am loving this game so far)
Thats awesome! Thank you for the support. How is your UBOAT career going so far? What are you commanding?
Whenever you're selecting missions, keep an eye out for the rewards and additional notes. If you're lucky enough you can find a boat upgrade blueprint, which is what I used to get the next U-Boat, mine is called U-138
Thank you so much Killedbyfrank!! Been asking myself how I get one of those
Hi mate, Watched "Das Boot" last night and what a gem of a movie that was. Then found your vids on this, now I've bought the game. 🤘🏻
That is awesome Archie! I agree, very good movie. Let me know how your UBOAT career goes
LETS GOOOO! Appreciate the posts! Always love the content and one of THE MOST underrated channels out there!
Thanks so much for your kind words @itryrice8526
I know I said differently earlier, but the Empire ships can mix and match traits. A posterchild Empire Tower can be an Empire Bell. I don't know how to differentiate between them, I just do the best I can.
I downloaded UBoat from Steam and I think a tutorial or two would be nice. So many menus to navigate... Thanks for the great content!!!!
I have a tutorial I made for the brand new players of UBOAT. Check it out and I think that will help you quite a bit
@@crazedjester Awesome, thanks!!!
More, more and faster. Great series
Also! About 19:45 you said that they think it's a miss. It is annoying, but I think what's going on is when the torpedo passes the exact expected intercept point the miss is called out. So if the merchant ship is just behind it, it is in fact a hit. I don't think that helps anything on your side though, so I don't know why I said it.
My head came up with this lil' scenario. A hydrophone operator that has no confidence in your abilities calculates exactly how long the torpedo will take to hit and is watching his stopwatch
when he doesn't hear the explosion at that exact moment he calls out a miss but then is proven wrong a half second later
Yes. There are no windows on the sub. If you tell the TDC the range is 1000 yards, they expect it to hit when it reaches 1000 yards. Your torpedoes are travelling longer than 1000 yards because you're not using the TDC correctly and they're travelling longer than they should to their targets. Thus, when the watch says they've gone 1000 yards and there is no explosion, they're correctly calling it a miss. The fact that you're hitting anything is mostly luck because you're usually in a good firing position.
@@Starbug3D The hydrophone operator can still tell if it is a hit or a miss because an explosion is kinda loud
@@lanej5828 Lol. Yeah. Unless it's dud. But it's kind of academic anyway unless you really care why it didn't go boom.
The miss call out is happening with me also, when it is indeed on target. I genuinely lol at the date on that one message as well. I guess it is a beta.
It is due to the expected impact point for the torpedo being missed, so it's not really a bug.
Wouldn’t it be awesome to play virtual uboat on the holodeck of the starship
Enterprise lol. I wish we had that technology lol.
My great uncle was on a UBoat that got captured in the Caribbean. My grandmother heard his name on the BBC as being-captured but he was never heard-from again. I'll bet he defected or something. That being said--nice video.
Thanks very much for watching, Marvelous!
Whenever it comes to trying to hide from destroyers, upon diving if you hit tab to bring up thr crew menu, on the left you can select silent run : disabled to enable and it makes your crew basically do nothing. They won't do any tasks that will involve or could create alot of noise (like loading a torpedo while being hunted) Having silent mode on has saved me a few times while playing
I saw they added that new silent mode which is a great addition.
Don't worry guys, we will send help. It will probably reach you in 2024. Good luck!
I’m always struck by the realistic pointlessness of taking freighter officers as POWs. Honestly, how much do they actually know? Maybe it’s about POW trades but taking a wartime look at the value of a freighter captain, I wouldn’t put a lot of value in him as a trade. His food and monitoring are more valuable than anything he could provide.
another great vid. not sure i agree about the torp explosions. given youre a ways away and in a submerged boat, i feel it's spot on. also, it's WW2 era tech. i wouldnt want them to juice away the realism.
I found that you can use your AA gun to sink dead ships (and subs) pretty easily if you're close enough. Saves on Torpedoes.
Yeah I have tried that before, but wow it took a lot of ammo =(
@@crazedjester I'm usually luck and start fires. Art imitates life I guess.
Loved it great episode
Great series! 👍
Thank so much Flory!
hey when u gonna upload the next episode? really liked this one
Comes out tomorrow
@@crazedjester alr thank u man
There is a mod on steam workshop that improves the sound of torpedoes AA and the deck gun
might be checking that out today
What is the name of the mod?
only have a few exams for uni left this year. after that, i think im gonna play a lot of this game again :D
Let me know how your career in UBOAT goes!
in looking for the Uboat wasnt the grid square AN577 meaning the 7th square of AN57? could you of zoomed in more?
Yeah you're probably right. I was off course I guess
Do you play with or without mods? i haven't played this game a while and i only just found out this huge update. i don't remember an existing, vanilla TDC or a better looking sinking physics. great immersion btw.
I have never used mods for this game
Taking prisoners onboard isn't terribly realistic, especially on a boat as small as a type 2.
Where would you put them? There's no seccure spaces on a U boat. The fact that U boat captain Karl-Adolf Schlitt managed to cripple his boat (U-1206) by mishandling the boat's toilet forcing everyone aboard to abandon the vessel after it was forced to the surface in front of allied escorts also shows how dangerous having prisoners onboard could be. Even if they're not actively trying to sabotage you, they could still sink you by accident just by touching something they shouldn't!
Yeah I guess i could just leave them and not take prisoners. They are not worth all that much
So the frighter had escorts, you left alone? How and why did they abandon the life boats of the sunken vessel?
They had not a care in the world
How do you keep the fuel with the Type 2? I feel like I run out of fuel even before I get to the coast of England haha...
Forward one and have two guys with your engineer and navigation
@@crazedjester So that is the clue, do you use forward one and two guys for the whole patrol, except when you do flank speed to intercept or to evade?
Hey, please, for the good of my eyes, can you increase the dimensions of the UI?
So what is your assessment of the beta so far Jester?
So far I am really enjoying it. Apart from a few hick ups here and there, but nothing major....it feels like a much more refined UBOAT. It's feels a bit more like a sub sim now. Prior to beta, I agreed with many who felt it was too much of an arcade type sub game, but now its more along the lines of a Silent Hunter type game. Still has a ways to go though in order to match the SH games in terms of how in depth they go
The last update made my game unplayable ( loading times SSD ) Anyway my tactics weren't working so for now it's watch and learn
hmmm I wish I could give some kind of advise as to why it wont work, but that is odd. I hope you're able to find a fix to that soon
During my playthrough I noticed that the Captain can only use one man to help him aim. The second man for me went to his bunk, or jumped on the radio. Does he work for you?
Yeah the first officer works fine on my end. Always tending to the navigation and TDC when attacking
Am I alone in the concept of bullying your sailors at the maximum extent possible in the beginning of the campaign to sort the sea wolves from the sheep long before you need to find out?
Yes, a good captain always take good care of his crew. Bullying the crew just hurt morale and effectiveness.
Haha yeah they might throw me overboard if I bully them too much
I find that it's a lot more pleasant to find out which crew members are cowards with no contacts within 100km and calm seas than it is while being depth charged in the portsmouth. Though the comedy of failures of all your guys on DC freaking out and running and hiding as you sink to the bottom is also pretty funny.
The radio man was already a medic , your upgrade just meant he does not need a medical kit ....u didnt make him a medic
Ah thanks for clearing that up, Grumpy
@@crazedjester cool beans it does not tell u that but any radio man, sonar guy second skill should be as a medic
@@Grumpy_Englishman Yeah I will get all the medic skills for that officer. Will help a lot
Does this game cost money
It does. Wait for steam sale
@@crazedjester alright thank you. Will probably buy when the sale comes out