Beyond the Border

[Alpha Von Burg]

I was paltroling the North Atlantic seas when I came to think if it is possible to go beyond the mapped grids in career?

And if so, is it possible to go as far as to the North Russian ports?

[Dragunov]

You can go beyond the grid on the map.
When you continue to sail north you wil eventually "hit"the North Pole.

[Alpha Von Burg]

You can go beyond the grid on the map.
When you continue to sail north you wil eventually "hit"the North Pole.

when you say "hit" do you mean it literally or metaphorically

[ryanglavin]

when you say "hit" do you mean it literally or metaphorically

I've always wondered that. I also wondered if you could go across the pacific boundary, But I don't think so with the Pacific boundary.

[Alpha Von Burg]

Not sure about the game, but if you could navigate across the North Pole you very well be in the Pacific, to bad in RL at the time it was impossible to chart a decent course across the North not just because of the ice burg but also because of the fact that regular compasses, which were use then, wouldn't work work properly at the magnetic poles.

Safe Trip...
and Happy Hunting...

[Alpha Von Burg]

Just another question about going beyond the grid...

I just relised that there is a port just south of India and I was just wandering if it is possible to get there and be left with enough fuel to return ?

[ryanglavin]

Just another question about going beyond the grid...

I just relised that there is a port just south of India and I was just wandering if it is possible to get there and be left with enough fuel to return ?

From where?

[Dragunov]

when you say "hit" do you mean it literally or metaphorically

I mean hit literally.
I even managed to sink my boat when I was trying to steam to the pole @1024.:damn::har:

[maillemaker]

"We're going way past the Red Line!"

Steve

[Alpha Von Burg]

I mean hit literally.
I even managed to sink my boat when I was trying to steam to the pole @1024.:damn::har:

I' ll take that as a no

Darn

[Ducimus]

If memory serves me correctly. If you go to the polar regions, you'll eventually hit an ice wall. The day and night cycles i recall being relatively correct too.

If you go extreme East to west or vice versa, what will happen is you'll get "telported" to the other end of the map once you cross the border of the side your currently on.

All areas off the KM grid, are reported in lat / long coordinates.

[Jimbuna]

I' ll take that as a no

Darn

As Ducimus has sted, you will come up against a huge land mass something akon to a brick wall, it is impenetrable and will sink your boat should you decide to try and force your way through it.

[STEED]

I've been to the North Pole and its a big land mass with no way though it, I was hoping to see the northern lights but there were none.

[Jimbuna]

I've been to the North Pole and its a big land mass with no way though it, I was hoping to see the northern lights but there were none.

Youve got to come to Newcastle on a weekend if you want to see them :DL

[vienna]

Beyond the map border?? There be monsters there!!! :o

[raymond6751]

Why would you want to sail to the pole? Has someone told you there are Ubi polar bears and seals to see?

Now, I could understand wanting to sail to the South pole. After all, Ubi scientists have established facilities there and send their best programmers there. You know the ones I mean, those with good ideas. A few months down there and they are willing to do whatever silly things management want.

[TabbyHunter]

Why would you want to sail to the pole? Has someone told you there are Ubi polar bears and seals to see?


Oh god, flashbacks from searching Ace Combat 5 for hours on end for them damn polar bears...Never again man, NEVER....AGAIN!

[STEED]

Youve got to come to Newcastle on a weekend if you want to see them :DL

Washed down with 20 cans of Newcastle Brown Ale. :D

[Jimbuna]

Washed down with 20 cans of Newcastle Brown Ale. :D

Naturally


http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

[Brag]

Someone posted a screenie of the Northern wall. A brick wall :haha:

I guess it proves the world is flat.

[ryanglavin]

Naturally


http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

The picture is of Jim on a good day. AKA one that he made it through alive.

[Gabucino]

So I've just tried to sail to the North Pole. Oh how I wish I hadn't.

1945, "Aprils' Fool" mission, Type XXI.

Sailing at flank + 1024X time acceleration around Norway, then straight up north into AF8126, and suddenly...

A black hole appears under the u-boot, and we are falling free into it. Instant death. From there on, the previous (normal) mission save was somehow corrupted, as reloading into it also caused the Black Hole to appear. What was different is that this time we did not die. Going instantly into external view and pausing the game, I could see the u-boot plunging into a black Abyss helplessly... at 138 knots. Seeing a Type-XXI actually tumbling, then falling headlong into a blackness that is not water (diesel engines running), was one of the eeriest gaming moments I've had.

Anyway, the falling stopped at 506 meters, despite "tiefe unter keel" reporting 986 meters left. The u-boat was not destroyed of the pressure, because there was no water to produce it. We were in outer space.

You
Don't
Go
To
The
North
Pole.

You just don't.

http://gabucino.be/picz/sh3/xxiplunge.jpg

(yes that little thing down there is the u-boot. This is the beginning of the fall, zoomed away so I could include the moon)

[krashkart]

Washed down with 20 cans of Newcastle Brown Ale. :D

Cans?? Are they pint cans? All we get here in the US is the bottled Newcastle. :wah:

[frau kaleun]

A black hole appears under the u-boot, and we are falling free into it. )

This is what happens when your navigator divides by zero. :D

[pickinthebanjo]

Sailing at flank + 1024X time acceleration around Norway, then straight up north into AF8126, and suddenly...

A black hole appears under the u-boot, and we are falling free into it. Instant death. From there on, the previous (normal) mission save was somehow corrupted, as reloading into it also caused the Black Hole to appear. What was different is that this time we did not die. Going instantly into external view and pausing the game, I could see the u-boot plunging into a black Abyss helplessly... at 138 knots. Seeing a Type-XXI actually tumbling, then falling headlong into a blackness that is not water (diesel engines running), was one of the eeriest gaming moments I've had.

Anyway, the falling stopped at 506 meters, despite "tiefe unter keel" reporting 986 meters left. The u-boat was not destroyed of the pressure, because there was no water to produce it. We were in outer space.

You
Don't
Go
To
The
North
Pole.

You just don't.


(yes that little thing down there is the u-boot. This is the beginning of the fall, zoomed away so I could include the moon)

:haha: Set new heading for the abyss, I have to experience this one myself

[LiveGoat]

Heh, reminds me of the old Red Baron DOS game. If you flew outside the map it was just white nothingness around you. Kind of disturbing. :)

[Gerald]

but I never see a "black hole",I started from pyton ,near close to South-Africa 1941,and round cape horn and go west on South America and see lots of "nothing"! so I go to Panama canal in DA, but this was guard with turrets and small armed mtb,/they look really angry)so after this,I go further into Alaska and just below the pole....but no brick ,no strange aliens so after this I have only nearly zero in fuel, so my crew have low morale and was not so happy after a long and relaxing trip with all kind of weather,but sometimes must you do a break and this was 4 months holiday!

:lurk: