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Originally Posted by gap
yes 
I don't think we need to add much information. Just some basic details: - the code name of the operation, when given/available;
- a bit of background, if possible;
- waypoints/area of the operation: when not stated, they can be roughly appraised from uboat.net's daily position logs;
- other duties eventually carried out, i.e. tonnage duties or other: again, they can be approximately deduced from the followed route, or from descriptive patrol logs available from many sources (I often used the aforementioned u-boat.net, and u-historia.com);
- at which moment of the patrol the special mission was carried out (i.e: before or after the normal tonnage duties);
- if possible, at which moment the order for the special mission was given (i.e. at base, or during mid patrol);
- other notable events that could be scripted into the mission, especially enemy attacks. As you know, from mid-war Allies managed to decipher the enigma code, and their presence in the theatre of U-boat operations wasn't exactly fortuitous
@Trevally, what do you think?
would this information prove useful for you? I there any important information that I have omitted? |
Here is what I have so far:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?iucv3cd6r735f84
Is this format okay? These are mainly missions dealing with transporting weather teams and setting up weather stations in the Arctic. When I get to the infiltration missions, I will be able to provide more background detail. The lat/long coordinates are only approximations based on a comparison of uboat.net patrol logs and mission information from other sources. They should not be considered the precise landing point for these weather teams, although some seem to be pretty close.
I also have a bunch of side projects that might benefit OHII. The first one is a collection of all the US Eighth Air Force bombing raids against U-boat ports. I'm not sure if it is possible to add this to the campaign layer (or maybe it already is?), but I think it would add tremendously to the immersion to be leaving La Rochelle just as a massive bombing raid shows up. Sadly, I don't have data for British raids yet. If anyone knows where I could find it, please let me know. Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?w7uus10dz1uksd0
I went ahead and finished the chart of milk cow resupply operations. The first link also includes notes on the mechanics of resupplying at sea. I'm not sure if they would be helpful, but I included them just in case. The second link is just the milk cow chart in excel format, in case you just want the data.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?q1u1hrgdih2hm1t
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?99io0g388harkyg
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Originally Posted by gap
guys, with the needed time, we will plot such an historically informed campaign that GWX's one will pale in comparison   |
I love the ambition!
Although SH3 GWX is a more polished game than SH5 right now, SH5 has
so much more potential with special missions and mid-patrol orders. If it was possible to have an SH3-style grid square assignment be the default patrol order (instead of an open-ended campaign like "patrol the Western Approaches), combined with the dynamic special missions of OHII, I think we would have a perfect campaign.