Things to Do in an IXD/2

Reinhard Dietz · 04-21-10, 10:24 PM

It's early June 1943 and U-181 has just finished taking her cargo of supplies to an IJN facility in Thailand. COMSUBPAC(!) has no orders for me at this point in time, so I'm debating a quick refueling stop in Penang and then heading into the Indian Ocean to make a nuisance of myself for a while.

My question is this: Where do I go? I presume the Gulf of Aden is a natural chokepoint that might benefit from a U-boat's presence, but I'd rather go where the historical areas were. A brief look at uboat.net's map of the area suggests that the eastern coast of Africa might be more relevant, but that's a WAG.

Note: This is the stock campaign, more or less so I can learn the ropes of operating a U-boat in the SHIV environment. The next big thing I'll probably do is a second installation of v1.5 in order to have a strictly Monsun installation while leaving the original stock campaign for the USN fleet boats---how do you go about that?

raymond6751 · 04-23-10, 05:22 AM

I doubt that the stock game has much, but you could find out by hanging around or even entering major ports.

If there is nothing around a major port, you are almost sure there won't be good hunting in the open.

I was unhappy with the stock campaign that had no further missions after you reach the Pacific.

TabbyHunter · 07-16-10, 08:02 PM

Im unhappy that stock only seems to have the IXD-2...i want my VIIC! Is there a mod for it anywere?

Ducimus · 07-16-10, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TabbyHunter

Im unhappy that stock only seems to have the IXD-2...i want my VIIC! Is there a mod for it anywere?

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=134922

raymond6751 · 07-16-10, 08:20 PM

I think the empty Pacific is just a sign of Ubisoft counting on the modding community to finish the job for them. Sad really.

Sailor Steve · 07-17-10, 12:05 AM

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Ubi Ubi wherfor art thou?

Just so you know, 'wherefore' doesn't mean 'where?', it means 'why?'.

TabbyHunter · 07-19-10, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=134922

I need standalone mods....My graphics card plays this thing with anywere from 7 to 15 FPS...with all the graphics turned down. (yets its a rather new comp too, 2008 or so)

04-21-10, 10:24 PM	#1
Reinhard Dietz Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lorient Posts: 121 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Things to Do in an IXD/2 It's early June 1943 and U-181 has just finished taking her cargo of supplies to an IJN facility in Thailand. COMSUBPAC(!) has no orders for me at this point in time, so I'm debating a quick refueling stop in Penang and then heading into the Indian Ocean to make a nuisance of myself for a while. My question is this: Where do I go? I presume the Gulf of Aden is a natural chokepoint that might benefit from a U-boat's presence, but I'd rather go where the historical areas were. A brief look at uboat.net's map of the area suggests that the eastern coast of Africa might be more relevant, but that's a WAG. Note: This is the stock campaign, more or less so I can learn the ropes of operating a U-boat in the SHIV environment. The next big thing I'll probably do is a second installation of v1.5 in order to have a strictly Monsun installation while leaving the original stock campaign for the USN fleet boats---how do you go about that? __________________ Reinhard Dietz U-126 2. Unterseebootsflottille, Lorient

04-23-10, 05:22 AM	#2
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,313 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Lurk around ports I doubt that the stock game has much, but you could find out by hanging around or even entering major ports. If there is nothing around a major port, you are almost sure there won't be good hunting in the open. I was unhappy with the stock campaign that had no further missions after you reach the Pacific. __________________ My stuff: https://www.authorsden.com/mikeraymond

07-16-10, 08:20 PM	#5
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,313 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Ubi Ubi wherfor art thou? I think the empty Pacific is just a sign of Ubisoft counting on the modding community to finish the job for them. Sad really. __________________ My stuff: https://www.authorsden.com/mikeraymond

07-16-10, 08:02 PM	#3
TabbyHunter Ensign Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pandora. Not the blue cat people Pandora... Posts: 227 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Im unhappy that stock only seems to have the IXD-2...i want my VIIC! Is there a mod for it anywere?