[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Captain Bearman

This is strange. I refueled at Midway for the photograph Tokyo mission using a Gato class which from Midway made it to Tokyo using about 46% fuel which in itself is a massive amount so for the return i had 53% just outside the island.


From a save i tried 1/3 then 2/3 then standard and all gave out empty about 430 miles from Midway. The sub was undamaged. Also i noticed the Gato on 1/3 gives only about 40 miles submerged.


Surely these are faults which should have been fixed in a patch or am i the first to experience this ? Has anyone else had a gas guzzling Gato ?
The other submarines i tried S Class, Porpoise class Tambor class seem to give enough range to complete missions.


As a result of this i can scrub a career or the patrol because there seems no way to request a tow or way to return to base.

your fuel consumption depends on the mod set you are playing.
some mod sets pay a lot of attention to these things, some do not.
get a copy of Skwas S3ditor from the d/l section and then browse to the sub folder and check out the values.
\data\submarine\#subtype#\subtype.sim

this example is Narwhal in the TMO 2.5 mod set. Personally i think the range is a bit low.
here are some Narwhal numbers to consider.(from Wikipedia)
Range:
9,380 nmi (10,790 mi; 17,370 km) @ 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h),
25,000 nmi (29,000 mi; 46,000 km) @ 5.7 kn (6.6 mph; 10.6 km/h) with fuel in main ballast tanks


if you think you want to change any value(s), be sure to make a copy before you change values.