Kiel Canal Blues...

postalbyke · 10-13-11, 09:37 AM

I was wondering if anyone else has this many problems navigating the Keil Canal...
I have died three times from running aground in the ditch, and all of them were avoidable! If I didn't like my watch officer, I would have him shot for sure...
Two times were on the same sandbar!

I'm using NYGM 3.5 with MaGuiF, and I am having trouble finding the right spot to put the first waypoint for an "automatic" transit. Any ideas or updates?

Sailor Steve · 10-13-11, 10:33 AM

I never do an 'automatic'. I lay my own waypoints, take my time and enjoy the view. Which is not to say I do it in real time. I usually run at 128x.

soopaman2 · 10-13-11, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I never do an 'automatic'. I lay my own waypoints, take my time and enjoy the view. Which is not to say I do it in real time. I usually run at 128x.

This, I zoom in and try to stay dead center.

It is a habit I picked up from SH4 and always running aground on tiny islands and all the shallow mess on them infernal volcanic produced islands.

Yes stupidity is only stupidity if one does not learn from it.

Missing Name · 10-13-11, 11:16 AM

I skip over the canal completely. A few days longer to get to sea? Oh well.

Jimbuna · 10-13-11, 11:24 AM

I was going to explain the 'automatic waypoint' from GWX then realised you use NYGM.....manual inputs whilst zoomed in is possibly your only option.

Herr-Berbunch · 10-13-11, 01:15 PM

I try not to use Kiel, and if I do I don't use the canal. I think I've used it a handful of times but always regret it.

Wilhelmshaven FTW.

Raptor · 10-13-11, 01:23 PM

With the "Start at Sea" mod enabled, using the GWX automatic route for the Kiel Canal runs me aground and destroys my boat everyime.

Gerald · 10-13-11, 01:27 PM

I always plot the course manually, regardless of what I am, and right now I'm in the red sea ... towards the Indian Ocean,

Jimbuna · 10-13-11, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

I always plot the course manually, regardless of what I am, and right now I'm in the red sea ... towards the Indian Ocean,

Most helpful

10-13-11, 07:36 PM

As an aside, has anyone tried to destroy those bridges on the canal, with torpedoes? Just curious...

Gerald · 10-13-11, 07:39 PM

Forget it, it does not work.

Fish In The Water · 10-13-11, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Most helpful

Well I gotta give you that one...

postalbyke · 10-13-11, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I was going to explain the 'automatic waypoint' from GWX then realised you use NYGM.....manual inputs whilst zoomed in is possibly your only option.

Could you explain, and possibly point out where that function lives, that i might use it to my own nefarious ends?

Jimbuna · 10-14-11, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Hans Uberman

As an aside, has anyone tried to destroy those bridges on the canal, with torpedoes? Just curious...

The terrain is classed as an environmental and therefore is not equipped with a damage model and is therefore indestructible...light ships are the same.

Jimbuna · 10-14-11, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Well I gotta give you that one...

LOL

10-13-11, 09:37 AM	#1
postalbyke Chief Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: In the past... Posts: 321 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 1	Kiel Canal Blues... I was wondering if anyone else has this many problems navigating the Keil Canal... I have died three times from running aground in the ditch, and all of them were avoidable! If I didn't like my watch officer, I would have him shot for sure... Two times were on the same sandbar! I'm using NYGM 3.5 with MaGuiF, and I am having trouble finding the right spot to put the first waypoint for an "automatic" transit. Any ideas or updates? __________________ God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. -Voltaire

10-13-11, 10:33 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I never do an 'automatic'. I lay my own waypoints, take my time and enjoy the view. Which is not to say I do it in real time. I usually run at 128x. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-13-11, 11:16 AM	#4
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	I skip over the canal completely. A few days longer to get to sea? Oh well. __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

10-13-11, 11:24 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I was going to explain the 'automatic waypoint' from GWX then realised you use NYGM.....manual inputs whilst zoomed in is possibly your only option. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-13-11, 01:15 PM	#6
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I try not to use Kiel, and if I do I don't use the canal. I think I've used it a handful of times but always regret it. Wilhelmshaven FTW. __________________

10-13-11, 01:23 PM	#7
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	With the "Start at Sea" mod enabled, using the GWX automatic route for the Kiel Canal runs me aground and destroys my boat everyime. __________________ Raptor

10-13-11, 01:27 PM	#8
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	I always plot the course manually, regardless of what I am, and right now I'm in the red sea ... towards the Indian Ocean, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-13-11, 07:36 PM	#10
Hans Uberman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	As an aside, has anyone tried to destroy those bridges on the canal, with torpedoes? Just curious...

10-13-11, 07:39 PM	#11
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Forget it, it does not work. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie