IX drivers advice needed

[Uboatman]

Currently based with the 12th out of Bordeaux, when I get back to base (got long way to go) my next patrol will be in 1944. Where do you go wilth your IX boat and are you looking for single merchants or are you toughing it out with the convoys?

GWX2.1

[Brag]

Welcome aboard, Uboatman!

I haven't reached 44. But I go wherever BDU sends me. I hear that attacking convoys in 44 is risky. Shoot your torpedoes from outside the screen. I don't think you'll find many unescorted merchies.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Kaleun

By 44 it's already perilous out there....escorts have radar, hedgehogs and elite status.

In a Type IX I like to travel down to Freetown or across to America and a little later sometimes a Monsun stint in the Indian Ocean.

[Subject]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

In a Type IX I like to travel down to Freetown or across to America and a little later sometimes a Monsun stint in the Indian Ocean.

In same situation as UboatMan.
Except we're not home yet but once/if that happens, we would like to go to South Africa and then into the Indian Ocean.

But how to do this correctly, when using GWX 2.1 with it's "split" campaignsfiles?

Shall we dock at the U-boat west of Cape Town or go to Brake at Madagaskar, before enabling "GWX - Indian Ocean Campaign Files Only"?

My guess is the milch cow, but would appreciate it, if you can clarify!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Subject

In same situation as UboatMan.
Except we're not home yet but once/if that happens, we would like to go to South Africa and then into the Indian Ocean.

But how to do this correctly, when using GWX 2.1 with it's "split" campaignsfiles?

Shall we dock at the U-boat west of Cape Town or go to Brake at Madagaskar, before enabling "GWX - Indian Ocean Campaign Files Only"?

My guess is the milch cow, but would appreciate it, if you can clarify!

I always have the merged campaigns loaded because they contain all the scripted events in the SH3 world.

If your not able to for wharever reason, simply dock at a supply boat or milch cow and exit the game.

Perform a rollback if using SH3 Commander then engage the Indian Ocean mod via JSGME and head out on your next patrol.

Alternatively (and probably the easiest way) and providing it is Sept 43 or later....apply for a transfer to the 10th Flotilla in Penang.

You will still need to enable the Indian Ocean mod via JSGME though

[richardphat]

Single merchant? I think along the africa shore there are alot of single merchant!

[Subject]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

...simply dock at a supply boat or milch cow and exit the game.

Perform a rollback if using SH3 Commander then engage the Indian Ocean mod via JSGME and head out on your next patrol.

So I won't loose any traffic? Perhaps I'll do as you and enable the full monty!
It do take more than 6 minutes to load anyway...

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Alternatively (and probably the easiest way) and providing it is Sept 43 or later....apply for a transfer to the 10th Flotilla in Penang.

It is, but no thanks! We prefer to sail the thing all the way!


Thanks for your feedback!

Originally Posted by richardphat

Single merchant? I think along the africa shore there are alot of single merchant!

There are! And sometimes they come in groups of two or three!

Happy Hunting!

[Uboatman]

Thanks for the replies, will head down to Cape Town and try my luck there, not been that way south before. The 10th Flotilla is appealling, but I am trying not to transfer to much as I don't think the real Kaleuns got to choose another flotilla just because they were bored

[Jimbuna]

Good Hunting Kaleun

[Brag]

Good and interesting comments on ships along African coast

[predavolk]

It's much earlier, late 1941 to be precise, but I've just had 3 tours off the African coast. Near Freetown, there's a pocket of deep water that's good to wait in. Just be sure to dash in and out at night, as the air defences are already tough by 1941! Then, I've had good luck under the curve of Africa (under the "q" <- curve), about 200 km in, 100-150 km off the coast. Happy hunting!

[Uboatman]

Originally Posted by predavolk

It's much earlier, late 1941 to be precise, but I've just had 3 tours off the African coast. Near Freetown, there's a pocket of deep water that's good to wait in. Just be sure to dash in and out at night, as the air defences are already tough by 1941! Then, I've had good luck under the curve of Africa (under the "q" <- curve), about 200 km in, 100-150 km off the coast. Happy hunting!

Got some Grid references? Always looking to add to my notebook

[predavolk]

Originally Posted by Uboatman

Got some Grid references? Always looking to add to my notebook

If there's a handy online grid map, sure. If not, I'll try to remember it. I can say that the pull-down map in GWX (top left corner of F5) has been VERY helpful in finding ships in the area. For example, the convoy line that travels down the right side of DT has produce at least two convoys on each of my 3 African trips (it once was so good, that combined with a convoy from Gib on the way down, I didn't make it to Freetown before I used up my torps for 80K worth of shipping!). The individual merchant routes aren't quite as reliable, but they're generally pretty good.

[Uboatman]

Originally Posted by predavolk

If there's a handy online grid map, sure. If not, I'll try to remember it. I can say that the pull-down map in GWX (top left corner of F5) has been VERY helpful in finding ships in the area. For example, the convoy line that travels down the right side of DT has produce at least two convoys on each of my 3 African trips (it once was so good, that combined with a convoy from Gib on the way down, I didn't make it to Freetown before I used up my torps for 80K worth of shipping!). The individual merchant routes aren't quite as reliable, but they're generally pretty good.

Just back from the patrol, about 10 weeks of sailing, but found the routes to the north of Cape Town very active with small lightly escorted convoys and single merchants, a large percentage of which were big freighters, would have got more than the 50k I did but it's now 1944 and getting in close is a little dangerous. Well worth the trip though.