The weather changes don't bother me at all, heck it's supposed to be the North Atlantic.

I like this mans thought patterns :cool:

Yep!:yep:

I really enjoy the bad weather, it's just the cherry on the cake.:D
In a heavy storm I'm always scared of running into other ships when surfaced.
And I nearly get an heart attack when I get the message 'Ship spotted, Sir!'.:o
"Ruder hart backbord, beide Maschinen AK!" :arrgh!:
- Phew! That was close! - :|\\

It's really thrilling! Couldn't image playing SH3 without it.

Happy hunting!

On my last patrol from something around the 20th Nov until start of December, there was simply all the time the same weather:
15km/h wind speed from 312° with the most clear sky, no coulds, no fog.
Makes at least torpedo attacks harder because of the good visibility there is no chance to get near the target on surface (except at night) and using the periscope in such waves is not easy :yep:

Wow, just finished my "exercises" in Gibraltar with sick results. Went through the passage, visited Ceuta to recharge batteries, rushed Brits a little bit in Gibraltar, in both ways through the passage intact! Converted 3 Tribal Class, 3 V&W, 1 Fiji, 1 Dido into new fish theme parks :arrgh!:

My medic rocks as a sonarman, I must try our cook, he should be even better!

But mostly I wanted to say that I'm impressed. If you are patient, do everything like you should do, stay in shadows and you'll have great successes. One unnecessary move and you're gone! This game really gives me an opportunity to relax and get some rest from my stressful work.

Just sunk a Groser Frachter 10k with 5 hits from the 88!? I was aiming the screw, short distance, something exploded on the bow and it sunk like a rock. Before that I sunk a trump. Loads of 88 and flak rounds went to it, cleaned its deck from everything, it was like a table !! and still crawling forward... Hit into the screw finished the job... seams to be a good technique!

Good hunting :arrgh!:

I dont mind a n. atlantic storm, but it seems that there is absolutely no let up, unless I go back to base. It would be nice to see a hole in the clouds, at least. I go out to the patrol grid and my entire operation is hampered. I cant see anything unless it's about 200m out. And that's for the entire patrol. Once I cheated, knowing that there was a ship out there, due to sonar, and just pressed "L" as I scanned what I thought was the horizon. I eventually was able to sink the ship, even though I had no idea what it was and who it belonged to.
I'm not asking for glass-like seas all the time, that's plain unrealistic. Just a little hole in the clouds, maybe the rain lets up, and maybe the fog clears even for a little while. When I go out on patrol now, I never save when the storm sets in. That way, I dont reset the values. So if I have to do something I submerge and let it run while I'm away from the computer. Only problem is that when I return nothing has changed. Usually, submerging and trying to wait out the storm will only result in a low battery and low O2.
For a beautiful game and a great mod, GWX, this is my only gripe. I thought for a while that there was some longitudinal value that would automatically start a storm as you passed northern Scotland, then as you went back through it, the storm would go away. Now I understand that its a timer. So that when time starts at 0 things are peachy, then as time goes on, the storm sets in. Given snough time, the timer would eventually come back to 0 and glass-like seas.
I wish there were some probability equation that given a particular area certain weather patterns emerge. Kinda like a dynamic weather generator, but this kinda thing is probably hard-coded in SH3 itself, so not much can be done about it.
Anyway, I had a bad experience with the weather and the weather mod. So not to come off entirely bitter, I've learned to liev with this.
Sorry for the long rant, and if you made it this far, thanks for reading!

Looking at REESE's post to improve the weather, can someone explain which fields to change to improve the chance of better weather, yet not force good weather all the time? I.E.: does the field "WeatherRndInterval=5" determine how often the program (GWX 1.03 in my case) checks to change the weather? If so, what do the numerical values mean, ex: is "5" once every 5hrs? Appreciate any help/clarification!


If you want better weather you can edit with notepad the following in all 3 campaign mis files right at the top: (stock) :yep:
[Mission]
Title=GWXR1.02FULL
MissionType=0
MissionDataType=1
Year=1939
Month=1
Day=1
Hour=12
Minute=0
Fog=0
FogRand=0
Clouds=0
CloudsRand=0
Precip=0
PrecipRand=0
WindHeading=0
WindSpeed=5.000000
WindRand=0
WeatherRndInterval=5
SeaType=0
Briefing=

Hi, I just cut n pasted the whole stock version & I get a good veriety of weather, otherwise just do a comparison between the 2 (GWX & Stock) and adjust to values you think would suit your taste, be sure to edit all 3 mis files to be the same.
Note: These settings may not take effect unless you start a whole new campaign.:yep:

Thanks Reece - I'll give it a shot when I get home tonight.

Stock settings are fine, just checked during long patrol. Weather changes very reasonably.

by setting fog=0 and fogrand=0 will that mean i will have ansolutely no fog throughout the patrol?

the fog is really getting on my nerves as ive had 200 metres visibility since just outside port and cantman the deck guns or get a good angle at the ship as its usually 150 metres up ahead by the time i can even identify it.

I dont want to remove the fog completely, but i want to at least have it vary so maybe its at least foggy early mornings and a bit better in the afternoons... i enjoy the severe storms, but the fog renders me useless. :nope:

any suggestions to edit the game?.... and anyone got any good tips on how to get a kill with no visibility?

cheers! :arrgh!:

A simple way to get a kill is to wait for a contact update on the F5 map.
Then go to its course and listen until you find it.
Remember that you only need 1 visual observation to get the right course and speed since the first observation comes from the map update (you now have two to draw a line).

Then go submerged on a parallel course at 700 meters distance from the targets track and fire a spread from 90 degrees. Use the hydrophone to know the bearing of the target.

If you really want to do this advanced, search this forum for the hydrophone tutorial. There are also other great hydrophone threads on this forum.

yeah that is pretty much what i do however this presents a problem.... not knowing what the target is... would be a hell of a waste to send a spread of 3 torpedoes at a small merchant