I am a bit curious which mods are you using?

I had GWX2.1 and the ships I got are much smaller than yours.
Large troop ship: I got: around 16000 GRT, you got: 30100 GRT
Large Merchant: I got: around 6000-8000 GRT, you got: 12000 GRT
Modern Tanker: I got: around 8800 GRT, you got: 11000 GRT

Is the SH3/GWX I have missing somthing?

BTW, a similarily good place to hunt is off the coast of Australia, (I am now based in rabaul after a 60 day voyage from the Atlantic on my new XXI) the best spot is the Island north of Brisbane. Lots of Medium convoys consisting of big ships escorted by 2 DDs. Deep water too.

I think olc is playing with NYGM atm. Thats a whole new ballgame compared to gwx. Much more tougher with less eyecandies. What handicaps me most is that the lookouts of merchants are better skilled then anyone from the warships.

No, I'm still playing GWX.
All the careers in my sig are GWX 2.1 + OLCU patrols.
Large Troop Ship is listed as ~30k in my GWX 2.1 recognition manual.
Large Merchant is ~10k IIRC.
I have SH3C randomising my tonnage - it usually seems to vary it by about +/-1k compared to what's in the recognition manual.

GWX 2.1

Class=Periscope display=tonnage

PPL=Large Troop Ship=24000
NPTB=Small Ocean Liner=5760
LUS=HMT Aquitania=44000
CHT=Chatham-type Troop Ship=5649
NLOL=Ceramic-type Ocean Liner=14000

I checked the Large Merchant. It's 10,320 (without SH3C randomisation).
BBW, I concur with the Large Troop Ship tonnage you posted (24000) so does this mean SH3C has "randomised" a whole extra 4k? :o

Maybe it randomise by percentage...

By the way, what else does this OCLU mod do? I am considering whether to install it.

I just took a peek in the SH3C random tonnage file. If I'm reading it right, then it can add up to 15% to the tonnage, plus another 2% per year. I'm in 1943, so that would be a maximum of 23%.

24,000*1.23=29,520
Close, but no cigar.
Maybe the 2% is compounded, or whatever it's called? Or maybe I'm reading the SH3C config file wrong...

Read this post.

Over 30k tons in a troop transport ship and it might sink on it's own. :lol: