For me , it is basic to reach my patrol area.
Since Bdu sent me there , there must be a reason.
Next factor is torpedoes and fuel.
My longest patrol is a 102 days sortie with a IXC at Capetown.

My God, you crew would have smelled worse than the Chicago river during the summer....

Galley
 

Ok. Weird. I started a new boat and crew, U-19, Type IIA, and I hit a button and found myself in the galley looking at pots etc. and across a bunk ... now for the life of me I cannot recall how to get to it again???

Heeeelp appreciated. I am into immersion and I am hungry and then need to hit the rack before saving!!!

:salute:

Actually there is a non-GWX version.

Quote taken from this post:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...48&postcount=1

Not trying to be the correction police :DL, just mentioning it in case a non-GWX player happens along this thread.

None taken, I made the mistake and it should be corrected. :up:

Hi Pappy,

If you have GWX Integrated Orders, that's how to get the bunk with one button -- I think it's under the L.I. (Engineer's) commands, a button with a Kaleun's cap. Then you get choices: the UZO or Binocs, or the bunk view.

Alternatively, from the Zentrale (Control Rm) station, look aft and move the cursor till the word "Heckraum" appears (I'm using the German text), and quickly click on it. It can be hard to get that link to click -- sometimes it's easier when the boat's rocking, so other things move out of the way.

And another way: Shift + F2 gives you the internal free cam, so you can "walk" there from the other stations. Very cool. Just don't roam outside the hull.

Gute Jagd und Schlafen!

Imagine the condition I would be in if I ever manage (in game) to complete this:
http://www.uboat.net/boats/patrols/patrol_4048.html

206 days at sea in a single patrol!
It is in my "to do" list.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5052/image2rz.jpg


Hi Schöneboom ,

Thanks! shift F2 did it for me quickly!

Call me goofy but psychologically I find my immersion style comforting to me. Having spent time aboard vessels the sounds of the engines, the sea, etc. all have a calming effect on me so I take it to the extreme! LOL

Before I shut down, I like to position my crew manually as I do throughout the patrol. And, I like to climb into my bunk so to speak when I close it down - then I climb into my real bunk. LOL

Above is the view when I 'hit the rack' ...

:salute:

PC

Kentrat's was even longer :D
http://uboat.net/boats/patrols/patrol_4103.html

IXD2s brought me some long ones. I believe my personal record was 190 days (spent in large part in the Indian Ocean).

Averaging a bag every 20 days, not so bad on morale.

Over 100 days average between bags, my Luger would have been strapped to my side at all times ;).

I believe my longest patrol was in the fifties. In 1939, was able to use the gun for quite of few of my boot's bags.

You have a lot more patience than I good sir!

I wish we had a 'provisions' add-on mod in SH3 Cmdr. so when we ran low on pickled pigs feet and pickled eggs we would have to head home.
Just a bit more immersion ...

:salute:

"Herr Kaleun, we have rations for only 9 more days"
"No problem Gunter, we will scrape the hull keel and make soup"

"Herr Kaleun, we have 2 days toilet paper in reserve"
"No problem Gunter, pass out spoons, forks and knives"

"Herr Kaleun, both heads have stopped functioning!"
"No problem Gunter, serve "dump-lings"

:rotfl2:

There is no evidence that any u-boat ever had to head home due to lack of food. I'm not sure if that's because they just didn't mention it, but the fact is they didn't mention it.
http://www.uboat.net/forums/read.php?20,73516,73533
http://www.uboat.net/men/foodstuffs.htm

A ton-and-a-half of potatoes.
A ton-and-a-half-of-veggies.
A quarter-ton of eggs.
A ton of bread.
A quarter-ton of butter.
Three-quarter-ton of milk.
A ton of fruit.

And that's just the perishables, which they say were consumed in the first two weeks.

Two-and-a-half tons of meat.

Note a Type IX carried food for 12 weeks at sea. Not likely to have problems.

The figure that I've seen cited most is 90 days. In terms of storage space, Type IX/IXB/IXC boats were actually not much larger than the VIIs, most of their larger size being due to more fuel and weapons, and larger engines. 3-month patrols without resupply wouldn't have been an especially unusual thing, and even the VIIs could be prepared for them.

They were also good at preparing for long patrols. Boats heading for Drumbeat patrols off North America were packed chock full of supplies just in case, precisely so they wouldn't have to return for lack of supplies. They probably could've lasted even longer out there.

IXDs were, on the other hand, substantially larger, so they definitely had the space for these intensely long patrols.

Too bad for the Germans they never got to go on a long patrol on XXIs! Those were the first to feature refrigerators.

Crew compliment's varied.... :hmmm: Not saying just saying....

Varied, but not by that much actually. Crews grew in size over the course of the war due to required specialists for various equipment, but you're still looking at between 43 and 50 for Type VIIs, and slightly larger for Type IXs. German crews were substantially smaller than those on most other nations' submarines. We all know Gerries don't like slack!