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Kapitan Soniboy

10-23-09 12:21 PM

Range

I'm playing GWX 3.0

I noticed that my VIIC could travel 25 000 km at 9 knots. Is that realistic?

Jimbuna

10-23-09 03:40 PM

What are you basing the above figure on?

Morts

10-23-09 04:12 PM

according to uboat.net the VIIC should be able to go 8500 miles or 13679 km at 10 kts surfaced

psykopatsak

10-23-09 05:57 PM

maybe its what the navigator said?

Sag75

10-24-09 12:49 AM

In GWX3 ranges are modified accordingly to match with the map projection type and the number of kilometers per degree of latitude/longitude. Have a look at p50 of the GWX Manual that you'll find in Documentation folder (into SH3 main folder) for further infos. :up:

So.. it's not realistic, but the SH3 world distances are not relistic too!

Snestorm

10-24-09 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morts (Post 1193696)

according to uboat.net the VIIC should be able to go 8500 miles or 13679 km at 10 kts surfaced

That conversion looks a-bit low for nautical miles to km.
Is it based on english/statute miles?

Pisces

10-24-09 06:58 AM

Those figures do look like a statute-mile/km conversion. Doesn't make sense. But iirc Silent Hunter also had a statute mile legend on the map. It really makes me wonder sometimes what went around in (those) developers heads when they were making a nautical simulator.

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