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siber · 04-18-07, 06:57 AM

Hi all! Perhaps this is a newbie question, as I've only recently picked up SHIII, but I've tried searching the forum for an answer but 'type II' isn't a broad enough search term or something. I've got SHIII, then patched to 1.4b and installed GWX over that. Thinking it best to start realistic but small, I've started taking type II boats out of Kiel in 1939. But BdU continuously assigns me patrol grids near Shetland, the Orkneys or Norway. The only way I can get to these places is to chug all the way round Denmark at (painfully) slow speed - 4kts. I've tried boosting my range after reading that battery power is recharged with less power than it provides, but I still can only just make it to my partrol grid before hearing that half my fuel is gone already - even if I go directly! Especially when I'm diverting to investigate contacts that turn out to be neutral! Surely the best way to train the crew and get a better boat is complete patrols and get renown. But if I can't make it to the assigned grid, how should I do this? Should I disobey BdU and just go hunting or what? Any advice appreciated! Thanks in advance!

04-18-07, 06:57 AM	#1
siber Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Salford, Manchester, UK Posts: 182 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Sailing the Type II Hi all! Perhaps this is a newbie question, as I've only recently picked up SHIII, but I've tried searching the forum for an answer but 'type II' isn't a broad enough search term or something. I've got SHIII, then patched to 1.4b and installed GWX over that. Thinking it best to start realistic but small, I've started taking type II boats out of Kiel in 1939. But BdU continuously assigns me patrol grids near Shetland, the Orkneys or Norway. The only way I can get to these places is to chug all the way round Denmark at (painfully) slow speed - 4kts. I've tried boosting my range after reading that battery power is recharged with less power than it provides, but I still can only just make it to my partrol grid before hearing that half my fuel is gone already - even if I go directly! Especially when I'm diverting to investigate contacts that turn out to be neutral! Surely the best way to train the crew and get a better boat is complete patrols and get renown. But if I can't make it to the assigned grid, how should I do this? Should I disobey BdU and just go hunting or what? Any advice appreciated! Thanks in advance!