No ships spawning in GWX 3.0 -- please help!

[Easy_Eight65]

Okay....so I just ran the Dover Strait surfaced in broad daylight. Not a ship in sight. Any ship. Something is wrong here. Please help! From my earlier post in the SH3 Mods Workshop:

I'm about 2 months at sea on my first career patrol in a type IIa. I've shot down 3 Ansons but have yet not encountered a SINGLE merchant or warship -- enemy, friendly or otherwise. Is this unusual? Hit my 24 hr patrol grid...been all around the British Isles, entered harbors, etc....nothing. Patrol date is currently Oct 4, 1939. About to RTB at 50% fuel. Using SH Cmder v3.2. Please give me a shout if you have any thoughts on this "empty seas" issue.

Easy

[blackswan40]

Hi Easy_Eight65 There's nothing in the port of Dover in October 1939



to ensure your GWX Campaign files are as they should be this is what you should have as regards file sizes



screen below of GWX shipping in the RND Random Leyer if your inside the port of dover you will miss them also in your realism settings for your Campaign do you have no map contacts on or off if you have turned it off no contact will show up on the nav map



if your GWX files are not the same as ones above click link below for GWX3 Campaign folder d/l

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=5440

at Subsim the pride runs deep we look after our own

ps the duplicate post in SHIII Mods Workshop please delete its not needed

[Easy_Eight65]

Thanks for your reply, blackswan40! Re: your troubleshooting advice:

My campaign files look good.

"No map contacts" box was / is UNchecked in Realism settings.

No ships in Port of Dover Oct 39 -- understood.


I still think it's strange that in the course of a 2-month patrol I did not detect or cross paths with a single enemy, neutral or friendly ship. I was deep into all the major shipping lanes in and around GB and Ireland -- including the Channel, North Sea, etc... I even lingered off Bristol after getting cc'd in a message to BdU from another boat setting a screen to intercept merchant ships there. Nothing seemed to be spawning. With the exception of a few planes, the patrol was without exception totally eventless...not to mention boring. Any tips about where and when a Kaleun is likely to find some action in early Sept 39 once war is declared?

Easy

Originally Posted by blackswan40

Hi Easy_Eight65 There's nothing in the port of Dover in October 1939



to ensure your GWX Campaign files are as they should be this is what you should have as regards file sizes



screen below of GWX shipping in the RND Random Leyer if your inside the port of dover you will miss them also in your realism settings for your Campaign do you have no map contacts on or off if you have turned it off no contact will show up on the nav map



if your GWX files are not the same as ones above click link below for GWX3 Campaign folder d/l

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=5440

at Subsim the pride runs deep we look after our own

ps the duplicate post in SHIII Mods Workshop please delete its not needed

[blackswan40]

Hi Easy_Eight65 you should be seeing naval patrols and merchant traffic even in early war search for contacts yourself when at periscope depth you can hear a Convoy or a ship 38kms away don't rely on your sonarman to tell you also do you use the commander mod with the commander mod config file for GWX with the commander Mod you can enter your own patrol grid before start of your patrol also if you would like to place docked ships in ports and have more merchant traffic coming and going I can help you place docked ships in ports also add more merchant ships sailing between ports in the random leyer or scripted leyer of the mission editor

regards blackswan40 Andrew Oldfield

[Sailor Steve]

Do you have either the Black Sea or Indian Ocean only mods enabled? To save super-long loading times having one of those turned on turns off all traffic in the rest of the world.

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