Nothing would make my day like seeing a random guy on on a casual walk explaining to his phone why he is so passionate about Silent Hunter and uboat warfare
The movie ‘Das Boot’ did it for me, together with visits to Kiel and Bremerhaven in Germany to see and go onboard U-995 and the Type 21 U-2540. I am hooked.
Das boot then watching a documentary about the second happy time in the Gulf of Mexico 🇲🇽. This what got me hooked to uboats. I played Silent hunter 3, Sh5, Uboat steam.
The battle of the Atlantic is such a downplayed time in history. To control the sea lanes means ruling the oceans. And Germany put England to the ultimate test with a little speed boat that could submerge.
For me it was the Silent Hunter games. I was living in Ireland and I passed a store, on display was Silent Hunter 4. The title intrigued me, and the cover art as well. I was just a kid so I didn't have money for it, but I always had to think about it. As well as the fact that my dad is German, and he always told me cool stories about Germany in WW2, a topic that he very much enjoyed, so I already had an affinity for WW2 history, then Silent Hunter was a WW2 game, it just came very naturally. After getting Silent Hunter I was overwhelmed by how different it was to other games I played, like Call of Duty. I didn't understand anything in Silent Hunter, but its realism drew me in, I enjoyed the insane difficulty, I enjoyed the figuring things out. I soon realized that I would have to use actual military tactics to be able to be successful. In doing so I found it fascinating that I was learning something that can be used in the real world. The more I thought about it the cooler I found everything, surface vessels capable of submerging and remaining undetected, concealed below the water, striking and vanishing into the deeps. There is something about it. The of course like everybody I watched Das Boot, since I can speak German I was able to fully enjoy the movie, and it really is the best Submarine movie out there, fully capturing the feeling and setting of German Uboats and their struggle against the worlds strongest naval power. Which lead me to appreciating the older WW1 submarines as well, even more primitive, less capable, 30 to 50 meters diving depth at the most, and their tactics for conducting submerged torpedo attacks is so rewarding pulling it off in the silent hunter games. In terms of Submarines, I really like the German and Japanese submarines. I found the British made some cool ones as well with a massive deck gun, I have yet to fully appreciate American Submarines. But I do like that they like the Japanese had submarines with many forward firing tubes. Besides the German XXII boats, its just 4 forward firing tubes, limiting the offensive capabilities. I guess there is also something about Germany and Japan being the losers of World War 2, facing overwhelming odds to the bitter end, its like you said, the sheer ambition and determination against all odds, its really awe inspiring and deserves the utmost respect.
I agree. Regardless of what the war was, who won… who lost. I respect everyone e that played the role. Germans, US, Japan… it doesn’t matter. Everyone lost!
Oh man, started with Hunt for Red October game for Apple II, first subsim for me for sure, then the big breakthrough came with Aces of the Deep... holy moly. And each Silent Hunter since then. I love it. Subsims have ALWAYS been my most favorite games, nothing else compares for me. As for your last question re getting into Uboats specifically... DAS BOOT. And I am pretty sure I'd have watched it sometime around when I was playing Aces of the Deep and that combination has set my addiction for life :)
I got into U-Boots because of my historical fascination with WW2, tanks and small arms. My story with submarine simulators started when I saw SH5 on a shelf of my local game retail store. I didn't buy it immediately, cause I had already planned to purchase other game that day. I bought few months later. I loved it and hated it at the same time. Then I found out about sh3 and gwx, other mods. Unfortunately sh3 REALLY REALLY doesn't like to get modded. I gave up after some time when I couldn't get pretty much anything to work. Now I came back to sh3 because I discovered Onealex's modpack which has all the modding and getting it to work already done for you. Plug&play experience. I love it and play it a lot in my spare time. My "life story" aside, I have 2 things I would love if you explained them in detail (perhaps maybe even in a video?): 1) Decoys: When and how to use them? Are they a worthy asset for a captain, or just a gimmick that makes DDs laugh? 2) RADAR: Is it fool's gold so to speak, or is it actually useful toy? If yes, how and when to effectively employ it?
The reason I fell for SH3 at first was that I love being on the ocean.Waves rocking the boat and the spray when boat crashes into wave and the resulting smell of the sea.I found SH3 and was instantly transported back on a boat and I never got into the actual war aspect of it. I felt it was just too complicated for a simpleton like me.Stalking for hours and trying to setup an attack is not easy and then as the ships come into view my mind would melt and I would just sit there as I had no idea what to do.The game causes anxiety issues you must overcome! Then last year I started to practice and something changed! So now my new passion for it,on top of the feel of being at sea,is the actual need to practice at being a great Uboat commander.The saying goes "easy to learn but hard to master" IMO does not apply here.Its actually(for me)very hard to learn and hard to master.My last patrol was a comedy of errors.First I sank a friendly.Few days later I was attacked by plane in shallow water and I tried my hardest to not crash the sub into the ocean floor but it slam we did and hard!Then the icing on the cake was popping up my periscope to survey the ocean before surfacing hours later and my periscope was completely grey.I was confused until I clicked back to 1.5X and a destroyer was covering the whole view.I was so close I had to turn the scope left and right to see the front and rear of ship.My sonar guy sucks ass!! I hate him and when I got back to port I was looking for a replacement. :) As for the German aspect they are pure swag.No one can deny they had "it" style compared with the other countries involved.Their planes look kooler,uniforms,medals heck even their uboats look awesome LOL.
SH3 got me into U-boats. Still need to read "Das Boot" (I have a print copy), but "Iron Coffins" was my introduction into respecting the German sub force as fellow professional mariners while leaving the politics out of it.
SH3 got me into U-boats. Still need to read "Das Boot" (I have a print copy), but "Iron Coffins" was my zzintroduction into respecting the German sub force as fellow professional mariners while leaving the politics out of it.
I love it man. I love submarines because of the whole idea of being silent under water and striking when you least expect it. I love the germans Kriegsmarine doctrine and subs because they were by far at that period the best, their mechanical and engineering skills were amazing for that period of time .I have played SH 3 when I was kid and didn't understood alot from it by then then I came back to sh genre when I was in highschool and loved it. Any chance to get another Sh campaign playthrough or even continue the one you started it was very immersive and inspiring. Take care.
We are def. On similar page regarding passion levels...mine stretches to all sims, not just subs....but I have always wanted to go hardcore into sh5 and now I am....big time. Hopefully get a series going on yt soon too.
Hey! You said that you regret getting medically discharged from the Navy at Groton because of a medical condition… man, you can’t control that! I know the what ifs and such, but you were there at least. You tried. I know I can’t even join the navy bc of my medical conditions. At least you went! You make the most out of what you have. All love
Hey dude random question unfortunately my comp died and can only play silent hunter 2 lol What would be the formula for a 4x scope for the method you use for mast height? Fingers crossed you see this 😎
Just to let you randomly know when we last spoke about this lol It turns out it's .24 for a 4x scope dude crazyness huh lol But thankyou still my hero bro 👌😎
SH3 got me into U-boats. Still need to read "Das Boot" (I have a print copy), but "Iron Coffins" was my introduction into respecting the German sub force as fellow professional mariners while leaving the politics out of it.
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Nothing would make my day like seeing a random guy on on a casual walk explaining to his phone why he is so passionate about Silent Hunter and uboat warfare
I am glad. That was a risk!!!
I couldn't even imagine being lucky enough enough stumble upon another human in person and not on the internet who even knows what silent hunter is.
You are not alone.
The movie ‘Das Boot’ did it for me, together with visits to Kiel and Bremerhaven in Germany to see and go onboard U-995 and the Type 21 U-2540. I am hooked.
Das boot then watching a documentary about the second happy time in the Gulf of Mexico 🇲🇽. This what got me hooked to uboats. I played Silent hunter 3, Sh5, Uboat steam.
The battle of the Atlantic is such a downplayed time in history. To control the sea lanes means ruling the oceans. And Germany put England to the ultimate test with a little speed boat that could submerge.
For me it was the Silent Hunter games. I was living in Ireland and I passed a store, on display was Silent Hunter 4.
The title intrigued me, and the cover art as well. I was just a kid so I didn't have money for it, but I always had to think about it. As well as the fact that my dad is German, and he always told me cool stories about Germany in WW2, a topic that he very much enjoyed, so I already had an affinity for WW2 history, then Silent Hunter was a WW2 game, it just came very naturally.
After getting Silent Hunter I was overwhelmed by how different it was to other games I played, like Call of Duty. I didn't understand anything in Silent Hunter, but its realism drew me in, I enjoyed the insane difficulty, I enjoyed the figuring things out. I soon realized that I would have to use actual military tactics to be able to be successful.
In doing so I found it fascinating that I was learning something that can be used in the real world.
The more I thought about it the cooler I found everything, surface vessels capable of submerging and remaining undetected, concealed below the water, striking and vanishing into the deeps. There is something about it. The of course like everybody I watched Das Boot, since I can speak German I was able to fully enjoy the movie, and it really is the best Submarine movie out there, fully capturing the feeling and setting of German Uboats and their struggle against the worlds strongest naval power.
Which lead me to appreciating the older WW1 submarines as well, even more primitive, less capable, 30 to 50 meters diving depth at the most, and their tactics for conducting submerged torpedo attacks is so rewarding pulling it off in the silent hunter games.
In terms of Submarines, I really like the German and Japanese submarines. I found the British made some cool ones as well with a massive deck gun, I have yet to fully appreciate American Submarines. But I do like that they like the Japanese had submarines with many forward firing tubes. Besides the German XXII boats, its just 4 forward firing tubes, limiting the offensive capabilities.
I guess there is also something about Germany and Japan being the losers of World War 2, facing overwhelming odds to the bitter end, its like you said, the sheer ambition and determination against all odds, its really awe inspiring and deserves the utmost respect.
I agree. Regardless of what the war was, who won… who lost. I respect everyone e that played the role. Germans, US, Japan… it doesn’t matter. Everyone lost!
Oh man, started with Hunt for Red October game for Apple II, first subsim for me for sure, then the big breakthrough came with Aces of the Deep... holy moly. And each Silent Hunter since then. I love it. Subsims have ALWAYS been my most favorite games, nothing else compares for me. As for your last question re getting into Uboats specifically... DAS BOOT. And I am pretty sure I'd have watched it sometime around when I was playing Aces of the Deep and that combination has set my addiction for life :)
Das Boot has that way about it! Great movie, and game, and then addiction settles in!
@@SH3Bstanko6 I have always enjoyed simulations and strategy games in general, but NOTHING does it for me like a subsim.
I got into U-Boots because of my historical fascination with WW2, tanks and small arms. My story with submarine simulators started when I saw SH5 on a shelf of my local game retail store. I didn't buy it immediately, cause I had already planned to purchase other game that day. I bought few months later. I loved it and hated it at the same time. Then I found out about sh3 and gwx, other mods. Unfortunately sh3 REALLY REALLY doesn't like to get modded. I gave up after some time when I couldn't get pretty much anything to work. Now I came back to sh3 because I discovered Onealex's modpack which has all the modding and getting it to work already done for you. Plug&play experience. I love it and play it a lot in my spare time.
My "life story" aside, I have 2 things I would love if you explained them in detail (perhaps maybe even in a video?):
1) Decoys: When and how to use them? Are they a worthy asset for a captain, or just a gimmick that makes DDs laugh?
2) RADAR: Is it fool's gold so to speak, or is it actually useful toy? If yes, how and when to effectively employ it?
The reason I fell for SH3 at first was that I love being on the ocean.Waves rocking the boat and the spray when boat crashes into wave and the resulting smell of the sea.I found SH3 and was instantly transported back on a boat and I never got into the actual war aspect of it. I felt it was just too complicated for a simpleton like me.Stalking for hours and trying to setup an attack is not easy and then as the ships come into view my mind would melt and I would just sit there as I had no idea what to do.The game causes anxiety issues you must overcome!
Then last year I started to practice and something changed! So now my new passion for it,on top of the feel of being at sea,is the actual need to practice at being a great Uboat commander.The saying goes "easy to learn but hard to master" IMO does not apply here.Its actually(for me)very hard to learn and hard to master.My last patrol was a comedy of errors.First I sank a friendly.Few days later I was attacked by plane in shallow water and I tried my hardest to not crash the sub into the ocean floor but it slam we did and hard!Then the icing on the cake was popping up my periscope to survey the ocean before surfacing hours later and my periscope was completely grey.I was confused until I clicked back to 1.5X and a destroyer was covering the whole view.I was so close I had to turn the scope left and right to see the front and rear of ship.My sonar guy sucks ass!! I hate him and when I got back to port I was looking for a replacement. :)
As for the German aspect they are pure swag.No one can deny they had "it" style compared with the other countries involved.Their planes look kooler,uniforms,medals heck even their uboats look awesome LOL.
SH3 got me into U-boats. Still need to read "Das Boot" (I have a print copy), but "Iron Coffins" was my introduction into respecting the German sub force as fellow professional mariners while leaving the politics out of it.
SH3 got me into U-boats. Still need to read "Das Boot" (I have a print copy), but "Iron Coffins" was my zzintroduction into respecting the German sub force as fellow professional mariners while leaving the politics out of it.
I love it man. I love submarines because of the whole idea of being silent under water and striking when you least expect it. I love the germans Kriegsmarine doctrine and subs because they were by far at that period the best, their mechanical and engineering skills were amazing for that period of time .I have played SH 3 when I was kid and didn't understood alot from it by then then I came back to sh genre when I was in highschool and loved it. Any chance to get another Sh campaign playthrough or even continue the one you started it was very immersive and inspiring. Take care.
Great reply thank you!
We are def. On similar page regarding passion levels...mine stretches to all sims, not just subs....but I have always wanted to go hardcore into sh5 and now I am....big time. Hopefully get a series going on yt soon too.
All i need to day is two words: Das Boot!
Thoughts on the Dark Waters mod for SH4?
PS: I got into it by growing up and reading books about them, saw Das Boot at age 7.
I have not played it. I own SH4 but never play it.
Hey! You said that you regret getting medically discharged from the Navy at Groton because of a medical condition… man, you can’t control that! I know the what ifs and such, but you were there at least. You tried. I know I can’t even join the navy bc of my medical conditions. At least you went! You make the most out of what you have. All love
Hey dude random question unfortunately my comp died and can only play silent hunter 2 lol
What would be the formula for a 4x scope for the method you use for mast height?
Fingers crossed you see this 😎
Just to let you randomly know when we last spoke about this lol
It turns out it's .24 for a 4x scope dude crazyness huh lol
But thankyou still my hero bro 👌😎
SH3 got me into U-boats. Still need to read "Das Boot" (I have a print copy), but "Iron Coffins" was my introduction into respecting the German sub force as fellow professional mariners while leaving the politics out of it.