Thanks for the input, guys.
What is the difference between the stock GWX settings (i.e. NOT checking the fatigue box in SH3 Commander) and the GWX 8 hour settings? I don't recall seeing that in either documentation. Am I correct that the stock GWX 3.0 fatigue is different from GWX 8 hour? Or are they one in the same?
The more I play, the more I do use the fatigue (been using stock GWX 3.0 fatigue). Last night I was dueling with a British ASW Trawler in shallow water near the English Channel in my Type IIa. The entire engagement lasted about 8-10 hours from the time I spotted him to the time he was sitting at the bottom of the Channel. Throughout the engagement, many of my crew became critically fatigued. Even with a fully crewed torpedo station, nobody was loading torpedos due to fatigue (yes, I had fired three already and couldn't afford to stay silent any longer).
It was actually fun to sort out how to manage the crew in that scenario because I needed everybody! I like that time compression above 32x has no effect on fatigue. During normal cruise operations, it's not hard for the crew to get their rest without me babysitting them. It only becomes a factor for the captain during drawn-out engagements where decisions need to be made about who can rest and who needs to be on station. For now I'm going to keep using fatigue of some sort.
p.s. Kpt. Lehmann I have to say it - thanks for all your work on GWX. I just picked up SH3 and SH4 through Steam and am glad I decided to play through SH3 with GWX before getting to SH4. I'm having a great time with it and GWX is a huge factor in that. Appreciate all the work by you and the GW team.
