English Channel & SH3 - your thoughts ?
 

The channel is relatively shallow, with an average depth of about 120m at its widest part. The average depth within the game ranges from somewhere between 1m - 40m. I'm one person who uses the channel quite often. I've never died in there yet....touch wood. Is this depth in the game correct or is this a major depth fault within the game.

Any thoughts on this gentlemen & ladies ? :hmm:


My source for this depth of 120m is from the following link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_channel

Hmm don't know for certain, I'm sure the locals could answer that one.

Regards,

Grell

If I ever am tempted to enter the English Channel, I lie down until the desire passes.

HB

hehehe good one leafspan. seconded:yep:

I believe the channel is deeper than what the game offers, but not my much. Also, a channel is just that, a channel, so the 120m should be somewhere in the middle of it. I suspect there is a deeper channel to follow within the game but I have not looked for it and will not as the channel is no fun at all:nope:

IIRC in the Pas de Calais there are many sand bars/shoals that would be very dangerous for U-boats.

HB

The channel is DEADLY. I wouldn't go through it at any time during the war:yep: :yep:

For info have a look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel

But for gameplay purposes I've always given this advice:
STAY AWAY FROM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL!! :yep:

Quoted for truth. :yep:

sometimes I sit at the mouth of the english channel at the north and stack up some pretty good Tonnage but always very tempting to go in even further each time. so far so good.

the Forth of clyde is up there and here lately being very tempted to venture in and take a look see it may be my demise all depends on how shallow the waters are there and what kind of defense is there :ping:

I have not done it yet in GWX but itching to have a go,I have done it a few times in GW1.0 and GW1.1 but we will see.

What mods are you using? What level of difficulty? The Channel is a piece of cake in the stock game; not so much with any of the supermods. In real life it was a place u-boats avoided like the plague. As someone posted long ago: "There's a reason it's called the ENGLISH Channel!"

STAY AWAY FROM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL!!!

LOL I just love saying that every time this thread comes up.

Chuck

I use GWX and a few eye/sound candy mods. I play at 84% with only torpdeo crew member assist because thats his job and outside view just to admire my u-boat. Everything thing else is locked for realism. Like I said I think I'm blessed because I've never deid in their yet, I have my tactics and manouvres and they have gotten me this far, I just wish I had more depth to play with.

I apologize; you ARE lucky! Or very good. :rock:

I would never go into the Channel under those conditions. Of course I also dived when planes showed up in stock SHIII, but that's just me.

it IS possible to get through in early war, but I really hope you have found a good insurance for vandalism damage on your boat. :D

Well I did it got through the channel on my second patrol,a bit hairy and I had to sink 2 dd to get through but I made it.

On my navmap, the channel has a big text on it

''SUICIDE!'':dead:

In early war several U-Boats crossed the channel, but it got more dangerous later. I know that Dönitz prohibited crossing the channel when it got too dangerous, but I forgot in which year this was.

In game you receive a message sometime in Sept/Oct 39 - can't remember precisely - telling you the Channel is closed for U Boat traffic and that U boats going to the Atlantic have to go across North Sea.