I won't attack in heavy fog period after I know the DD's have radar. Pure suicide.

can someone from gwx please give some feedback on this

Reference to 'environmentals' is made on page 279 of the manual:
http://mysite.orange.co.uk/manual/GW...NUAL_EN_PF.pdf

For a more detailed search re: equipment look in the relevent programme files :arrgh!:

i wouldnt know which files to look in. and anyway i dont want to know the specific dates that dd's have radar as this would make things predictable.
on uboat.net it says that the first radar set on a corvette was march 41, the first sinking with radar was nov 41 and by may 1942 236 escorts had radar installed.

im assuming the problems i had above are to with radar and not wacky AI. my patrol was oct 41 so maybe i was just REALLY unlucky

so my question is how is this handled in gwx? are different radar types on escorts modelled, and are dates randomized to a certain degree when they become available or what? is there a gradual increase in dd's equipped with radar?

not havin a pop at u guys as i think gwx is a work of art but this issue is troubling me as i was under the impression that it wasnt until at least mid 42 before surface attacks become more dangerous, albeit that there are always exceptions

thanks in advance

To the best of my knowledge there is a gradual increase in the number of ships so equipped and as time passes also there experience levels ie: veteran, elite etc :arrgh!:

after readin the gwx/twilight thread on this page where the guy was spotted by dd's in heavy fog in 1940 its begining to sound more like wacky AI than radar.

i know gwx took months of hard work but is there some game engine limitation that has dd's see through fog?

That's for sure. I was chasing down a convoy in foul weather at night once and had just found one of the merchants and the next thing you know a destroyer was cutting my sub in half with his bow! Never saw him until the crew started yelling "We're taking damage, Sir!"

Steve