Has Anyone Witnessed the Sinking of the Hood in the Denmark Straight During Game?

[Professor M]

If so, please give the date, time and location (grid reference) here so that others may. If not possible, for any reason, please leave a comment to that effect.

I have 06:01 hours, 24th May, 1941 for the sinking time but no grid reference. I have tried following HMS Hood until 03:12 U-Boat time (01:12 local time) but she just disappears.

Time to get back to sea.

[Fahnenbohn]

I assume you play with GWX.

Here are the references you are searching for this battle :
- grid = AD5436
- date and hour = May 24, 1941, at 03:17

I also watched the GWX battle some time ago, but it's not realistic at all. So, i've made a mission that recreates this event, based on historical data. The result is quite impressive ! The Hood is sunk, the Prince of Wales can't launch smoke and thus can't escape, so she's sunk too ! The Prinz Eugen is sometimes sunk, and the Bismark little damaged. Unfortunately, you have to add some special mods that i've created for a realistic scenario. The Hood doesn't explode, but the battle lasts 10 or 15 minutes !

Time to get back to sea.

Why not to try that ? : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=225823

F.

[Professor M]

Thanks for your reply, Fahnenbohn. Yes, I am using GWX. I will give that time and location a good look over soon :salute:.

I will also give your link another look over when I return. Unfortunately, I am land locked for for the next week or two but will come back to this as it seems to have some promise.

:know:

[Fahnenbohn]

:Kaleun_Binocular:

[Professor M]

Sorry for the delay, Fahnenbohn, just got back and had a few things to take care of. I have since tried to locate the Hood by following your grid reference but did not have your xxxx grid installed. I have downloaded it and attempted to install it as per your instructions but it was not visible or I have not installed it correctly:wah: I will have another go at installing it but as I am not sure what I have missed I am not confident of being able to get it working:/\\!! Do you have an image of the navigational map location in case I can't get the mod' to work?

[Fahnenbohn]

Happy to have news from you. Here is a screenshot of my nav. map and my menu_1024_768.ini file. Do you see the grids at the top of the screen ? It's draggable.

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2016/06/05//16060505344418069014284274.png (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=16060505344418069014284274.png)

[Fahnenbohn]

http://nsm08.casimages.com/img/2016/06/05//16060505461218069014284303.png (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=16060505461218069014284303.png)

[Professor M]

Thanks for the rapid reply, Fahnenbohn. The map was very useful :salute: and I think that I have found the problem that I had getting your mod' to work. Whilst waiting for your response I carefully checked the readme instructions and think that I have found the problem. Your instructions read:

'1. Place gridXXXX.tga in SH3/data/menu/gui'

I think that it should read:

1. Place gridXXXX.tga in SH3/data/menu/gui/layout

(possibly using \ not / if I was being picky) - Unless there is something else that I missed. If not I hope this is useful to you. Either way, I have it working now and will make good use of it :up:.

I have now located the co-ordinates and at precisely 03:10 H.M.S. Hood just disappears. Is that it? Is that all you get in SH3 GWX?

All the best,

The Professor :know:

[Fahnenbohn]

Oh man, you're right ! I've sent a PM to Maik in order he corrects this.

Else, didn't you see any battle between Bismark and Hood ??

[Professor M]

Nah! Both ships just disappeared - 03:10 according to the boat time (not local time).

Glad I could help.

[Professor M]

Sorry to be a pain but, I have just moved forward to watch the Bismark sinking at what I thought would be the same location and time as the single mission i.e. BE3891 @ 09:00 on 27 May. She stood me up :wah:. Have I the right date/co-ordinates?

[Fahnenbohn]

I have BE5336, 27 MAY, 8:40.

[Professor M]

More important is that you inform your team-mates!!!!!!

Don't worry. It's done already:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2409889#post2409889

I will second that and thanks for the mention, Kamerad :salute:.

[Professor M]

I have BE5336, 27 MAY, 8:40.

Thanks for these co-ord's, I will go and check them out now.

[Professor M]

Co-ord's visited and the battle witnessed :yeah:. Many thanks. Just for the hell of it, I could not resist the temptation to return (to BE5336 at 08:00), locate the 4 attacking ships and send them to the bottom :rock:, leaving the Bismark to circle anti-clockwise until help could arrive :know:.
Still wish that I could witness the sinking of the HMS Hood, though :-?.

[Fahnenbohn]

Co-ord's visited and the battle witnessed :yeah:.

:know: