No map contacts

[AVGWarhawk]

I have no map contacts checked. I patrolled over three hours and only turned up the ghost frigate. Just where are all the ships everyone claims there is an abundance of?:shifty:

[Camaero]

All in my game!:damn:

[CCIP]

In the shipping lanes! :arrgh!:


I can't recall when I last played with map updates on. Must've been SHIII with patch 1.3 when I had to have them to replace the 'expired' sonarman.

When you get enough time on this thing, I swear: you really don't need auto map updates.

Oh, and they don't do anything to either traffic or, for that matter, radio-reported distant contacts on the map.

[AVGWarhawk]

Here is the thing CC, I clicked on VERY HARD and checked all the boxes with exception of outside views. Since then I can sail for day and find nothing. I'm just wondering how VERY HARD changes the game play.....

[Chrall]

I've had one patrol like that. Playing at 100%. I was patroling Solomon Sea and couldn't find anything. It got more and more frustrating, and for over three months at sea I couldn't find a single contact. I thught for sure that it must have been some mod I've installed but in my next patrol everything where back to normal, I even sank my first Aircraft carrier.:yep:

Ps. If you have radar installed make sure you check if it's on once in a while. High waves will turn it off, especially in small S-boats.

[AVGWarhawk]

I've had one patrol like that. Playing at 100%. I was patroling Solomon Sea and couldn't find anything. It got more and more frustrating, and for over three months at sea I couldn't find a single contact. I thught for sure that it must have been some mod I've installed but in my next patrol everything where back to normal, I even sank my first Aircraft carrier.:yep:

Ps. If you have radar installed make sure you check if it's on once in a while. High waves will turn it off, especially in small S-boats.

It is very strange. Thanks for the tip on the radar! I'm starting a fresh patrol tonight out of PH. I usually us Manila. Start year will be 42. I want to see how many contact I get. Now mind you, the closer I got to Formosa I did get contacts and it should be this way as I'm closing in on Japan. Unfortunate my last night contact was the ghost frigate.

[Bum]

Is the range in the TDC in YARDS? And how many YARDs in a nautical mile, that's what the chart is measured in, right?

I'm trying to practice this with no map updates, but I think there's a conversion I am missing.

[Avatar]

~2000 yds=1nm
rough guess but good enough to shoot.