Annoying aircraft
 

Im currently on a patrol to sector AD52 - Denmark straight, to see if I can pick up any convoys going to Russia. So im going along to the south of Iceland, and i've been buzzed by at least 5 air patrols of Ansons:damn: . Iv'e managed to survive them all (so far), and have only taken minimal damage. My flak crew are completley useless, as they cannot shoot them down so I resort to diving - which is risky with my type IX/B.

The moral of this, is that I will be avoiding this area the a long time, and instead I will be going down to Port of Spain instead.


Wish me luck on my return trip to base!

Try running decks awash and you will take a shorter time to dive espicially in a big IX

Might try that - thanks for the tip:up:

Yup, decks awash will cut your diving time by about 13-20 seconds.

Depending on what year it is, in Port of Spain area you get Catalinas and B-24s to harras you. :eek:

B-24 drops so many bombs, one is sure to hit you!

what year is it? you maybe better off submerging during the day as long as possible and coming out at night.

Im currently in 1941, but I've now completed the patrol and did not have any more air attacks. This was because I managed to stay out of the Ansons patrol range.

Wait 'till '43. You'll be lucky to get a breath of fresh air then.....

Hello, i'm still a noob. Could you tell me what is decks awash? and how can i perform it?

Decks awash means that you only have your conning tower above the surface of the water when you are running on the surface - set a depth of about 7-8metres - i know u can do this with the GWX mod.

Cheers
Shelton.

Make sure you do not make your depth 8m or greater as this will close the hatches and you can't have crew on deck and therfore lose your Mk1 eyeball sensor.

By the way, can I do that in stock SH3?

Decks Awash in SH3 (stock)
 

Hi alamwuhk2a
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Yup you can do it, and the wonderful guys here showed me how. Below is a copy of the instructions I received, (I think from Mush Martin).
It also shows how to raise the max wind speed at which you can man your deck and flak guns (from 7 to 11m/s) which is especially useful with the crappy vanilla SH3 weather!

I would personally say that Decks Awash is one of the most important things you can have to save yourself from PAIN when the planes come. Makes a massive time difference - especially with a type iX.

Capn Mike.
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You need to edit the subs cfg
Example the 7b

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Submarine\NSS_U boat7b

Open the cfg file in notepad

[Properties]
PeriscopeDepth=12;meters
SnorkelDepth=10;meters
CrashDepth=70;meters
MaxDepth=300;meters
SurfaceDepth=5.8;meters <------Change to SurfaceDepth=8;meters
TorpLaunchMaxDepth=20;meters
StormConditions=7,0.1;max wind speed [m/s], max rain intensity [0,1] <--- Change to StormConditions=11,0.4;max wind speed [m/s], max rain intensity [0,1] to allow DG use in rougher seas

Then save
You will need to do that for each uboat

Now at 8 mtrs you are surfaced
Decks awash

Edited: Oh, by the way. This feature is already in the code for GWX for all subs (I believe?) so you don't need to change any files - just set the depth to 7 or 8 metres on the shallow depth gauge. Works brilliantly!!

Thank you very much! With the combat flag mod, it is very fantastic with the conning on the water only!

yes im pretty sure you can.