Range

[Kapitan Soniboy]

I'm playing GWX 3.0

I noticed that my VIIC could travel 25 000 km at 9 knots. Is that realistic?

[Jimbuna]

What are you basing the above figure on?

[Morts]

according to uboat.net the VIIC should be able to go 8500 miles or 13679 km at 10 kts surfaced

[psykopatsak]

maybe its what the navigator said?

[Sag75]

In GWX3 ranges are modified accordingly to match with the map projection type and the number of kilometers per degree of latitude/longitude. Have a look at p50 of the GWX Manual that you'll find in Documentation folder (into SH3 main folder) for further infos. :up:


So.. it's not realistic, but the SH3 world distances are not relistic too!

[Snestorm]

according to uboat.net the VIIC should be able to go 8500 miles or 13679 km at 10 kts surfaced

That conversion looks a-bit low for nautical miles to km.
Is it based on english/statute miles?

[Pisces]

Those figures do look like a statute-mile/km conversion. Doesn't make sense. But iirc Silent Hunter also had a statute mile legend on the map. It really makes me wonder sometimes what went around in (those) developers heads when they were making a nautical simulator.