[Sgian Dubh]

Hi all,

Thanks for all of the comments, but I have been checking and I still seem to have an odd problem here.

I have a Gato in mid 1942.

I refuled/rearmed at Midway and set a course for the southern tip of Formosa, as this is the designated point. I used a straight-line plot from Midway to the destination, checking for any shallow spots over the route.

I run 2/3 on surface at night and 1/3 submerged.

I watched each "day" to see if the battery charge light went off, and it did. I also have checked and re-checked the damage control station - I have no indicated damage. I never took any damage earlier in the mission that I can recall. I checked the save game and damage is set to 0.000000 (I forget how many zeros).

The problem is that by the time I reach 128 E Longitude (south of the western side of the Ryukyu islands) I am at 50% of deisel fuel. I will be at about 45% (at best) by the time I make it to station.

So without running any patterns, I am already unable to return to Midway due to insufficient fuel.

Again, I watched the battery charge light extinguish at the end of each charging cycle and I can find no indication of any damage whatsoever.

After a great start to a career, it looks like I am goingto have to scrap it and restart.

This is a fresh 1.4 install with TM 1.7.6 installed via JSGME. I have made no other modification to the installation.

Any further ideas? I don't have much incentive to start a new campaign until I understand why this is happening.

Thanks,