PLAYING CHICKEN - U-55 GOES TO WAR - Episode 26 - Full Realism SILENT HUNTER 3 GWX OneAlex Edition

[@illusionsaiya2011]

Between you and Wolfpack SH3 fans are eating good

[@captainjonna1034]

That was scary AF, i Tip my british hat to you and in honour of the German submariners, who bravely endured this life at sea day after day, patrol after patrol.

[@ssmith5048]

Excellent episode! Damn that pesky patrol boat- what a surprise. You were indeed robbed of that kill, damn faulty torp. Kudos to you for not merely "switching" the detonator in game and remaining historic. Doing that and still managing to successfully maneouvre and fire off what should have been a successful shot is what sets you apart from all others playing subsims! Iron Cross!

[@Tonci87]

Thank you :)

[@gvii]

Of course the final torpedo would go wonky and run deep, lol. A real bummer as it was a good bit of work to saddle up on that transport while avoiding the coastal defense boat hunting you down like a hungry dog. But whatever, it was still a really good watch. You really are doing stellar work on this series, just fantastic stuff.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you :)

[@cloakedNcoastin1]

The torpedo manufacturer needs to be sent to the Eastern Front!

[@Tonci87]

Eastern Front? What Eastern front? Poland has surrendered already. It´s 1940 ;)

[@nickfan6666]

@@Tonci87So prison then 😂

[@andersnilsson7666]

That pinging makes me nervous, but you keep cool. Awesome!

[@novazoid1717]

I'm finally caught up! I do have a suggestion though if you don't mind. When you complete each patrol, give some information on your crews performance and why they received certain metals or promotions. I feel like that would add more to the immersion, but that's just my opinion! I can't wait for next episode!

[@Tonci87]

Sure, I´ll try something like that :)

[@thisherehandleIdospout]

@@Tonci87 If I may ask, I also like seeing more detailed information about the ships you sank - Really adds to the immersion for me! I'm still wondering which Town-class cruiser it was that you sunk off Norway - my money's on HMS Glasgow, as that would actually make a lot of sense historically :) The destroyer was HMS Quail, by the way, if the hull number is to be believed ;)

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

Just imagine that partol boat just following you keeping the same distance and constantly pinging... for hours and hours:) Worse than any attack run with deapth charges.

[@Tonci87]

That was the case. I cut the part where it was hounding me for close to 5 hours

[@kaltonian]

that is a bold assumption about depth charges, but you never know, i know that in the living silent hunter mod it states that most carry roughly 240 of the damn things, maybe to much movement whilst periscope is up, causes a wake....which is easily spotted in calmer waters with the freighter that was head on i would of dived silent run underneath him then when ready fired from the stern...it can be done my friend

[@Tonci87]

Sure, but at that angle the torpedo has a good chance to bounce.

[@kevinkocher9347]

small pt boats only have a few charges a boat like that would only have 10 to 12 if they had room for reserves

[@XfireWTF]

Great vid!

[@robinmottart3859]

F***** hell goddamnit torpedo !?!

[@Tonci87]

🤷‍♂

[@grossadmiral1]

🤷🏻‍♂️...thats life!

[@DonaldEdwards-wf6oh]

I knew that the USN Sub fleets were plagued with faulty torpedoes. The Mark 14 was infamously crap and a huge problem for Sub skippers. I had no idea the Germans had similar problems.

[@Tonci87]

With similar reasons for it too.

[@nikitanavy4724]

@Tonci87 When did milk cows enter service? Could be very useful to research later.

[@Tonci87]

I think late 1941

[@dude97x]

The first patrol conducted by Type XIV submarine was by U-459 that began on 29.3.1942 and lasted 48 days. U-460, U-461, U-462 and U-463 followed soon, departing for their maiden patrols in June-July 1942.

[@dude97x]

I don't know tho when they appear in the game. @Tonci87 I would most deeply appreciate if you could make a short tutorial video on how to install this mod. I have SH3 on Steam but I don't know how to use this mod pack to it.

[@tarkalak]

@@dude97x It is unzip and run. You don't need the original game, just pinky swear you have it. Otherwise, it is a modified GWX mod with a few others. Installing all of them yourself is kind of complex. This mod is some guy (OneAlex) putting everything together and making it work.

[@Tonci87]

@@dude97x Just download the modpack and set it up as per the included instructions. You must not have SH3 installed beforehand, since the mod comes with a tuned version of the game

[@nikitanavy4724]

@Tonci87 is the deep running issue a magnetic one or on all torpedoes? Maybe worth switching off magnetic

[@Tonci87]

No, thats something that can happen to all Torpedoes at this stage of the war.

[@warb0y420]

It happens with all in early war but at a higher percentage failure rate for magnetic pistol.

[@MikelZappy]

You need to put up a link that has all these silent hunter 3 games in the playlist where they are in one stack of videos like what you have done with U-8 videos. U-55 videos are all over the place.

[@Tonci87]

Thanks for the Heads up. I have checked the Silent Hunter OneAlex Edition Playlist, and all videos seem to be in order. kzbin.info/aero/PLOWnCqHDRIVLtu0-VcvIg-rUT4Z3fOPPS The U-55 videos are not in a separate playlist because they simply continue the campaign. Could you please give me more information on how the playlist looks on your end?

[@MikelZappy]

@@Tonci87 oh see my mistake, I did not realise that one leads to the other my bad 😞!!.

[@Coinkidoink]

Later in the war when you get homing torpedoes, would it be a ok tactic to keep them in the rear and fire them at chasing destroyers as you dive? Something i have been considering a while for my SH5 game and that collision course shot reminded me.

[@tarkalak]

That was standard procedure. They also had FAT II torpedoes set to run in a circle behind the submarine as a defensive measure. But these were replaced by homing torpedoes before being used in this capacity.

[@Tonci87]

Absolutely, that would be historical

[@Coinkidoink]

Ah sweet, thanks both, guess i lucked out and was smart for once, hehe.

[@timonsolus]

I can't believe that a patrol boat that small had an Asdic set. Personally, I'd contact the mod creator and ask whether this is historically accurate, or an error in the mod.

[@Tonci87]

I´m still not sure

[@Seawiiplay]

Some varieties of this type of patrol craft had Asdic, but 1940 does seem a bit early. I know for sure that by 1941 it was not uncommon and most Canadian varieties had one

[@grapeape7284]

I just restarted a playthrough of this on a fresh install and my first two patrols I encountered zero ships. Is this a bug others have reported? I may just need to git gud

[@Tonci87]

That is unusual. Are you sure that you installed the mod correctly?

[@grapeape7284]

@@Tonci87 I figured it out. I had the Black Sea campaign mod enabled but was playing 1939 Wilhelmshaven start

[@warb0y420]

What was the wind conditions at the time when you fired your eel? you only had it set to a depth of 3m so if windspeed is 8m (8x4\10=3.2m minimum depth) or higher then eel could have 100% failure rate. Might have been operator error rather then mechanical failure lol.

[@Tonci87]

I don´t remember right now, but it was low. Maybe 4m/s?

[@nickfan6666]

What a pity😂.

[@robinandrews4619]

I initially came to your series because of the realism pack. I’m done watching. 66 percent miss my have been realistic, but it make for crap content. I’ll go back to watching Wolfpack.

[@Tonci87]

Well, nice of you to stop by. Wolfpacks videos are great too, I enjoy them as well.

[@captainjonna1034]

I know with the paddle boat in the last episode it would have been a waste to fire a second torp....but considering you was out deck gun ammo, i was just labeled it a torp test and fired it and made my way back to Germany for a full reload.

[@nikitanavy4724]

First