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Murr44 · 05-25-08, 04:25 PM

I've experienced over a week (Dec. 24, 1941 to Jan. 1, 1942) of atrocious weather while patrolling of the US. Unending heavy rain, fog & 15 m/s winds. The rain & fog finally let up on the morning of the 2nd. The wind speed remained the same. By that time I was getting low on fuel so it was time to go home. The most frustrating thing was that on the 2 week trip out there I couldn't have asked for better weather: predominantly clear skies without any precip & the wind never rose above 7m/s. Apart from a lone small merchant that I sank about 2-3 days into the voyage there wasn't a ship or aircraft to be seen. That was pretty maddening.

I will say though, that GWX has gone a long way to correct the crazy weather that is present in the stock game. I no longer see rain pouring down out of a cloudless sky; this was present on many occasions in stock SH III. Another good thing is that you're able to use the deck gun in wind speeds over 7m/s (it's isn't easy but it's possible). When I played stock SH III I don't know how many ships that I had to let go because I didn't have any more torpedoes & it was a little too windy (7 to 9 m/s) for the deck gun.

05-25-08, 04:25 PM	#2
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I've experienced over a week (Dec. 24, 1941 to Jan. 1, 1942) of atrocious weather while patrolling of the US. Unending heavy rain, fog & 15 m/s winds. The rain & fog finally let up on the morning of the 2nd. The wind speed remained the same. By that time I was getting low on fuel so it was time to go home. The most frustrating thing was that on the 2 week trip out there I couldn't have asked for better weather: predominantly clear skies without any precip & the wind never rose above 7m/s. Apart from a lone small merchant that I sank about 2-3 days into the voyage there wasn't a ship or aircraft to be seen. That was pretty maddening. I will say though, that GWX has gone a long way to correct the crazy weather that is present in the stock game. I no longer see rain pouring down out of a cloudless sky; this was present on many occasions in stock SH III. Another good thing is that you're able to use the deck gun in wind speeds over 7m/s (it's isn't easy but it's possible). When I played stock SH III I don't know how many ships that I had to let go because I didn't have any more torpedoes & it was a little too windy (7 to 9 m/s) for the deck gun.