Cold Waters

[jomni]

It seems there's a pretty universal agreement, including among the devs, that Russian ASW air is way overpowered. Because of this, and because I'm having a lot of fun with some other games, I bought this but decided not to play for a while.

But I did experiment a little. Made my way through the tutorials, and tried a couple of campaign missions. The first time, in a Sturgeon, I was roughly handled by the escorts: no complaint, I had it coming.

But the 2nd time, in an LA in the '84 campaign, I smoked 3 vessels with torps, the other vessel escaped, and then after running about 15 minutes on silent at 700 feet, having completely cleared the area I fired from, and having never gotten any clue that I was under surveillance, I was suddenly rudely accosted by an air-dropped torpedo, with no warning. This did not seem kosher to me.

Until that happened, the game was sure fun, and in the old RSR way I was looking forward to. But in RSR, when I got sunk, I always understood why. This leads me to believe that the patch to nerf ASW air is going to improve this game greatly. Anybody have any clue at all about when we might expect something like that?

Did the patch address this?   In my case I have yet to encounter ASW aircraft.  Maybe because I stick to the NATO side of the map.

That said, any tricks in attacking amphibious forces? I always die due to the rocket deployed torpedoes.  Also noticed that you can 'stalk' the enemy TF at the strategic map like not intercepting them and shadow them at slower speed.  The longer you keep them detected in strategic map, the more ships are immediately identified when engaged.

[Millipede]

Patch notes:

http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=541210

MADDetectionRangeInYards=1000 added to config.txt
being a txt file means it's mod-able, if you so desire.

[Nefaro]

How do I return to port?  Is it only at Holy Loch?

Yes.

Press Middle Mouse Button when you're near it (will show an icon iirc).

[Nefaro]

The 1st patch was released today. Haven't tried it yet.

Did 1.01b move out of optional Beta patch status?

[jomni]

The 1st patch was released today. Haven't tried it yet.

Did 1.01b move out of optional Beta patch status?

http://steamcommunity.com/games/541210/announcements/detail/1319965970605444381

[Millipede]

The 1st patch was released today. Haven't tried it yet.

Did 1.01b move out of optional Beta patch status?

Yes

[Pete Dero]

In case people are waiting to buy :

Question :  Do we know what the price of this game will be during the steam summer sale?

Answer Killerfish Games :  We don't plan to put Cold Waters on sale any time soon (if ever). Instead the plan is to keep making additions and improvements to the game.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/541210/discussions/0/1353742967822092485/

[bbmike]

In case people are waiting to buy :

Question :  Do we know what the price of this game will be during the steam summer sale?

Answer Killerfish Games :  We don't plan to put Cold Waters on sale any time soon (if ever). Instead the plan is to keep making additions and improvements to the game.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/541210/discussions/0/1353742967822092485/

Ha! That's what they think. Emperor PalpaSteam will alter their deal further.  >:D

[mirth]

[bbmike]

^ Exactly!  ;D

[jomni]

This guy plays really well. Can learn a lot from him.

He eliminated a whole Amphibious task force and dodged a whole lot of torpedoes.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/dsObX4eqLyE
Part 2: https://youtu.be/9EPgR_JXfW4

[JudgeDredd]

I would like them to give you the ability to skip the campaign briefing. The amount of times I've restarted the campaign, it's boring going through the motions  :)

[jomni]

Great tutorial on how to be stealthy.
https://youtu.be/clhxFImfH9I

[Pete Dero]

Great tutorial on how to be stealthy.
https://youtu.be/clhxFImfH9I

A few other tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF9K78gj2FP0V9fL1p54BXuVRwWq-IA6J

[Jarhead0331]

When are the new controls showcased on subsim supposed to be implemented?