Shelled Next To Pilau / Konigsberg On Fire !!!! Help Needed !!
 

Started new campaign....with GWX 3.0
7th/13th Flottila, based in Konigsberg.... August 1939....
Left the port of Konigsberg and destroyed all target ships and convoy, awaiting further orders on the 4th of August as per GWX 3.0 orders....
When ordered to return to base, I headed for Konigsberg, but............
Near Pillau I noticed 3 German ships on fire and I received shells!!!!
I had time compression on and was heavily damaged....
WHAT IS HAPPENING??? :hmmm:


Restarted from scratch with new career.....
Did exactly the same, but when passing next to Pillau, I went at periscope depth....to avoid the risk of being shelled!
Reached Konigsberg port and found.....almost all the ships were sinking!!! also indicated of the Navigation Map as sinking!!!!
Once again WHAT IS HAPPENING??? :hmmm:

Earlier this year I tried the same career start, but was able to get to Konisgsberg without beinbg shelled and sinnking ships.....no new mods have been installed between that time and now....I'm puzzled....Who can help me explain?
GWX 3.0 experts: word is up to you! :cry:

Take it easy, it has to be so :haha: If you attack target ship (assume they are neutrals) you will be shelled by friendly fire. That's why you need to use escape to return to port.

Target ships are represented for you in order to have something to do in August :)
Be aware that you will loose some of renown points for attacking them too

When undertaking training exercises, it should be remembered that enemy ships are actually manned by members of the Bundesmarine. Therefore, it is standard procedure to use un-armed torpedoes which emit a coloured dye, and set their pistol to impact and their depth to 3 meters under the target keel.

It is noted that members of the Bundesmarine can, and do, get a little bit narky when they are blown up by their own U-Boot Waffe. :yep:

Respectfully,

Lt. s. Z. Hans Gruber

FIRSTO OF THANKS! THEN.......

Are you serious???
what do I have to do then in my first patrol?
If it's in the manual, I completely missed it, so please tell me what I havo to do in this "preliminary exercises" August patrol.....

PS: in my previous post, I think there's another interesting point....
If I can understand that it is normal that I've been shelled because of my gun
& torpedo runs on the target ships, it's quite strange that all the other german
ships in Pillau & Konigsberg were sinking/on fire!!!!!!!

Might your torpedoes never be dud!

All other units are on fire as all are nuetral and open up on each other
Stupid AI

You should recieve a radio message upon mission start

Welcome to GWX - Königsberg U-boats. You are to head West into the bay to carry out training. Along the way are 3 sets of targets. There is also a 2 ship convoy for simulated attacks. You may sink them all but be warned you will become the enemy of even your own country so press " ESC " to return to base when ordered to do so|GWX

And one on the 4th

All U-boats in Königsberg - You are ordered to return to Königsberg. Upon docking transfer to either the 1st or 2nd flotilla. Good hunting.|GWX

I guess this is step is not necessary since I never made a tranfer manually and never got a problem with that. The game simply gives message that the base have changed to Kiel.

Not strictly necessary but IIRC you will still be in Konigsberg on 2nd patrol
A long way to go to the Atlantic
Base will change to Kiel after Sept 1st

I'm not going to the atlantic since there are lots of polish ships nearby waiting to be sunk :arrgh!:

well then you are in the best place :yeah:

BIGBOYWOOLY,

It seems I didn't receive the first message....that's the reason for my mess
and it happened exactly like you told me, AI ship firing one to each other! :damn:

so I come up with two quick questions to leverage on your expertise:

1. what should I do to complete the patrol in order to get the maximum renown points possible? Do I have to sink the ships?
2. How do I change my base? Once I docked back in Konigsberg after the patrol , but when clicking on the phone icon in the menu (transfer), my transer requests to Flottillas 1 and 2 were refused! How do I get transferred as you told me? Do I have to use something in SH3 Commander?

:06::06::06:

Sorry for the silly questions, but they might help up me and everyone starting in the 7th/13th....

I like the idea of staying in the 7th (one career in each flotilla). If I transfer then I'm now in the 1st or 2nd (where I already have careers). If I don't transfer then I'm stuck in Konigsberg for my first patrol. Any other options?:x

After Sept 1st the 7th moves to Kiel
Other than that transfer to the 1st - Kiel and after one patrol go back to the 7th

If I transfer to the 1st to I take my Type VII with me? If not I'll just start from Konigsberg that first patrol. Should be around the 19th anyway. Plenty of time to get to the North Atlantic before the fun starts.

Dear Expert Kaleuns,

I still have the problem.....
Now I've just docked back to Konigsberg and wanted to follow GWX message advice to transfer to the 1st or 2nd.....I went into the desk screen in the menu, I clicked on the phone to request the transfer to 1st Flottila.....it seemed to work BUT:
a popup stating that "home base now moved to (null)" appeared....
I clicked on "OK" but nothing happens and the popup stays there....
I cannot remove the box and go on, I cannot do anything...that popup blocks it all....
Having no other options, I forced closure of the game....
Something went wrong..... Did I do something wrong, or is a bug?
Can I solve this situation? What should I do???

THANKS AND SORRY FOR BOTHERING..........

Since I haven't done that part yet I don't have an answer.

But never be sorry for bothering. We come here to get help, and to help others.:sunny: