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A bit of news for Submarine Simulator aficionado.....after all, not all your time should be sinking plastic at the pond, try sinking targets in combat!
"Sub" Ed
Ahoy QuarterMaster !
Well, here we, Day 67 are in the Subsim bunker, all is well but I sure could use a haircut.
This week Wolfpack moves another step closer to being the complete, ultimate U-boat simulator. The devs just released what I like to call the "Thompsen" patch. Yes, now you can voice chat with the other members of your crew in-game. And that's not the best part -- there's a "Realistic voice" option that makes your communication in the sub more lifelike than any subsim ever!
With this option enabled, your voice will only carry from one compartment to another close by. If you go on the bridge, the radio operator won't be able to hear you, so you will need to station a man near the control room hatch or navigator table to relay the message. You can shout down the hatch to the player in the conning tower. The farther apart you are, the fainter the sound. No more "God voice" chat, you'll find yourself behaving more and more like being on a real physical submarine!
We've also added a voice tube between the bridge and the control room, so the captain can speak into the tube and the helmsman can get the orders, complete with "brass tube accoustics". And if you get close to another U-boat in your wolfpack, you can hail him across the water. "Thompsennnn!"
Check it out, just make sure you encrypt your messages:
That's all for now, take care, stay safe, and don't forget to close the hatch *before* you dive. :/
Good hunting!
Onkel Neal
SUBSIM
PS: Just a reminder, you can play Wolfpack solo, you can manage the sub from any position using a menu of the controls, similar to many of the previous subsims like Aces and Silent Hunter.
You can play solo yet still benefit from wolfpack action, here's an example how: You can start a mission and password protect your U-boat so no other player comes into you boat. Once the mission begins, you initiate locating and stalking the convoy. Other captains may see your game and elect to join the wolfpack in other U-boats. They cannot speak to you vocally, because they are not in your sub, but as you are playing you may hear the beep-beep-beep of the wireless telling you another U-boat is hailing you!
So then you can read his message, much like a real u-boat commander would have done and if you wish, reply with your strategy on attacking the convoy, point out where the escorts were last seen, and work together as a wolfpack.
Best part, if the other players come and go, if they are any good or not, etc it does not really affect your game. Your solo game goes on until victory or death.
To all my SubSim Shipates....
Good hunting!!
A bit of news for Submarine Simulator aficionado.....after all, not all your time should be sinking plastic at the pond, try sinking targets in combat!
"Sub" Ed
Ahoy QuarterMaster !
Well, here we, Day 67 are in the Subsim bunker, all is well but I sure could use a haircut.
This week Wolfpack moves another step closer to being the complete, ultimate U-boat simulator. The devs just released what I like to call the "Thompsen" patch. Yes, now you can voice chat with the other members of your crew in-game. And that's not the best part -- there's a "Realistic voice" option that makes your communication in the sub more lifelike than any subsim ever!
With this option enabled, your voice will only carry from one compartment to another close by. If you go on the bridge, the radio operator won't be able to hear you, so you will need to station a man near the control room hatch or navigator table to relay the message. You can shout down the hatch to the player in the conning tower. The farther apart you are, the fainter the sound. No more "God voice" chat, you'll find yourself behaving more and more like being on a real physical submarine!
We've also added a voice tube between the bridge and the control room, so the captain can speak into the tube and the helmsman can get the orders, complete with "brass tube accoustics". And if you get close to another U-boat in your wolfpack, you can hail him across the water. "Thompsennnn!"
Check it out, just make sure you encrypt your messages:
That's all for now, take care, stay safe, and don't forget to close the hatch *before* you dive. :/
Good hunting!
Onkel Neal
SUBSIM
PS: Just a reminder, you can play Wolfpack solo, you can manage the sub from any position using a menu of the controls, similar to many of the previous subsims like Aces and Silent Hunter.
You can play solo yet still benefit from wolfpack action, here's an example how: You can start a mission and password protect your U-boat so no other player comes into you boat. Once the mission begins, you initiate locating and stalking the convoy. Other captains may see your game and elect to join the wolfpack in other U-boats. They cannot speak to you vocally, because they are not in your sub, but as you are playing you may hear the beep-beep-beep of the wireless telling you another U-boat is hailing you!
So then you can read his message, much like a real u-boat commander would have done and if you wish, reply with your strategy on attacking the convoy, point out where the escorts were last seen, and work together as a wolfpack.
Best part, if the other players come and go, if they are any good or not, etc it does not really affect your game. Your solo game goes on until victory or death.
To all my SubSim Shipates....
Good hunting!!