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I know nothing about multiplayer, never tried it, sorry.

And the meat is probably all well smoked, salted or cured.

It's how we preserved it before refrigeration was invented
But I've read in books that a few weeks into a patrol the food did start to grow a mouldy residue on the outside that the cook would have to cut away.

As to the lack of shipping? CA29, never been there. Isn't that over on the Eastern Seaboard of the US?

I'd be surprised if you sailed all the way there and back without seeing a single thing.
Not even an aircraft? Did you get any contact reports on the map? Either single ships or convoys?

Just to be sure, could you post a list of the mods you have enabled using JSGME.
A screenshot of JSGME would be super if you could do that.