Cast adrift

gordonmull · 08-27-08, 03:19 PM

Came across a convoy in BF18 and it all went a bit pear shaped. I'm sitting with both diesels destroyed and the batteries flat. It used to be that you could teleport back to base, something I only ever used in these situations to simulate a tow. Since I've installed GWX2.1 this option seems to have vanished (didn't see anything about it in the manual).

Seems to me that BdU aren't going to leave an entire uboat crew to rot in their boat so close to France. Is there any way I can get my battered tin can back to St. Nazaire or is that it for U-36? I'd rather not add it so quickly to the rest of the armada I've left littering the atlantic seafloor!

Using GWX2.1 and Commander 3.1, nothing else.

BTW GWX 2.1 is immense! Thanks loads to all involved.

nirwana · 08-27-08, 03:28 PM

U cannot "teleport" if ure submerged or any ships are in range. Play sitting duck til nothing is in range and surface then it should work.

gordonmull · 08-27-08, 03:35 PM

Thaks anyway but I've already tried that. I waited till the convoy was long gone before I tried the teleport. I've TC'd a few hours, tried again then repeated a few times and I'm still unable to do it.

nirwana · 08-27-08, 04:06 PM

I use gwx 2.1 for a couple of months now and i was always able to teleport back to base. Can a bugged installation be the reason ?

KeptinCranky · 08-27-08, 04:06 PM

Odd, shouldn't normally be a problem...:hmm:

Have you tried rowing?

Sailor Steve · 08-27-08, 06:52 PM

Are you by chance playing at 100%? That will do it every time.

Task Force · 08-27-08, 06:55 PM

As he said before. Use the force gordonmull (or your magic button under the navigation table), It will get you back to base.

HW3 · 08-28-08, 01:47 AM

Sailor Steve is right, if you are playing at 100% realism, you can not teleport back to base.

gordonmull · 08-28-08, 01:21 PM

Cheers guys. It will be the 100% realism thing then.

Shame we can't row!! Or even use Bernard's underpants as a sail...

Time to start again.

Tango589 · 08-28-08, 02:02 PM

I'm busy mooching around Gibraltar in U-51, so if you can hang on for a few days I can give you a tow. I hope you have got some decent rope, or failing that we'll have to use Bernard's underpants. (Memo to self...if it comes to this, remember to equip crew with breathing apparatus.

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bigboywooly · 08-28-08, 02:03 PM

Surface and whack TC up
Batteries should charge anyway

Repeat till home
If ever

Sailor Steve · 08-28-08, 09:11 PM

That is a problem. Another is when your rudders are out of action, and you should be able to steer with the propellors.

One possible solution: Go to SHIII/Data/Cfg/GameplaySettings. Scroll down to [RealismPercentage]. Reduce any one of the settings by one, such as
"LimitedBatteriesRealismPercentage=6" to "=5". This would mean you're playing at 99% rather than 100%, but I don't think that will change your renown and you'll still be playing as hardcore as you can get. But the teleport function should work again.

Jimbuna · 08-29-08, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Surface and whack TC up
Batteries should charge anyway

Repeat till home
If ever

LMAO :rotfl:

Nobody will recognise them on their return....white beards trailing the ground

gordonmull · 09-02-08, 03:24 PM

Sorry for the late answer - been on my hols.

Sailor Steve, thank-you. It worked a treat. My boat is safe - for now.

We'll see what the next patrol brings...

Erich dem Roten · 09-02-08, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Another is when your rudders are out of action, and you should be able to steer with the propellors.

Ugh...I hated this. I had both my rudders blown out and had to resort to teleporting, but I spent about an hour trying to find a way to operate the diesels independently.

08-27-08, 03:19 PM	#1
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Cast adrift Came across a convoy in BF18 and it all went a bit pear shaped. I'm sitting with both diesels destroyed and the batteries flat. It used to be that you could teleport back to base, something I only ever used in these situations to simulate a tow. Since I've installed GWX2.1 this option seems to have vanished (didn't see anything about it in the manual). Seems to me that BdU aren't going to leave an entire uboat crew to rot in their boat so close to France. Is there any way I can get my battered tin can back to St. Nazaire or is that it for U-36? I'd rather not add it so quickly to the rest of the armada I've left littering the atlantic seafloor! Using GWX2.1 and Commander 3.1, nothing else. BTW GWX 2.1 is immense! Thanks loads to all involved.

08-27-08, 06:52 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Are you by chance playing at 100%? That will do it every time. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-27-08, 06:55 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	As he said before. Use the force gordonmull (or your magic button under the navigation table), It will get you back to base. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

08-28-08, 01:47 AM	#8
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Sailor Steve is right, if you are playing at 100% realism, you can not teleport back to base. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

08-28-08, 02:02 PM	#10
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	I'm busy mooching around Gibraltar in U-51, so if you can hang on for a few days I can give you a tow. I hope you have got some decent rope, or failing that we'll have to use Bernard's underpants. (Memo to self...if it comes to this, remember to equip crew with breathing apparatus. ) __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

08-27-08, 03:28 PM	#2
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	U cannot "teleport" if ure submerged or any ships are in range. Play sitting duck til nothing is in range and surface then it should work.

08-27-08, 03:35 PM	#3
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Thaks anyway but I've already tried that. I waited till the convoy was long gone before I tried the teleport. I've TC'd a few hours, tried again then repeated a few times and I'm still unable to do it.

08-27-08, 04:06 PM	#4
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I use gwx 2.1 for a couple of months now and i was always able to teleport back to base. Can a bugged installation be the reason ?

08-27-08, 04:06 PM	#5
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Odd, shouldn't normally be a problem...:hmm: Have you tried rowing?

08-28-08, 01:21 PM	#9
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Cheers guys. It will be the 100% realism thing then. Shame we can't row!! Or even use Bernard's underpants as a sail... Time to start again.

08-28-08, 02:03 PM	#11
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Surface and whack TC up Batteries should charge anyway Repeat till home If ever __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

08-28-08, 09:11 PM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That is a problem. Another is when your rudders are out of action, and you should be able to steer with the propellors. One possible solution: Go to SHIII/Data/Cfg/GameplaySettings. Scroll down to [RealismPercentage]. Reduce any one of the settings by one, such as "LimitedBatteriesRealismPercentage=6" to "=5". This would mean you're playing at 99% rather than 100%, but I don't think that will change your renown and you'll still be playing as hardcore as you can get. But the teleport function should work again. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-02-08, 03:24 PM	#14
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Sorry for the late answer - been on my hols. Sailor Steve, thank-you. It worked a treat. My boat is safe - for now. We'll see what the next patrol brings...