Strange things in Kiel channel/harbour (GWX)

Henri II · 05-18-07, 06:23 PM

This is, I think, a kind of a bug report, I'm not sure if this is a known issue or not, I thought I'd let the GWX team know, just in case.
Returning from a patrol in Nov. 1940 I saw several search lights in the western entrance to the Kiel channel, when I came closer there was a small tanker with a british flag moored in the harbour which was illuminated by two german merchant ships. Don't know if this is a bug, or if it is intended to be some kind of a captured prize ship?
Another thing, which I think was a bug with the innitial release, is that uppon returning from a patrol to Kiel I often find several ships, at the western channel port and in Kiel itself, adrift and on fire, or already sunk. Once there were three capital ships drifting all over the harbour on fire or with decks awash.

Kpt. Lehmann · 05-18-07, 07:05 PM

Please download and apply the GWX version 1.03 update.

Sorry for the short answer... leaving for work soon.

Henri II · 05-18-07, 07:13 PM

I actually have installed the 1.03 update on the day it was released. I suppose the file which is responsible for this is the Campaign_scr.mis, the one I have has the version number 1.03 in the header.

Kpt. Lehmann · 05-18-07, 07:31 PM

Also, if you save your game within 35-50 km of scripted harbor traffic... you will see the ship behavior you've listed above.

It is a stock SH3 bug/unrelated to GWX.

KeptinCranky · 05-18-07, 08:09 PM

probably the script bug thing,
however on a related matter, I've had some of the fishing boats in the Kiel canal spontaneously sink on me, the windspeed was 11m/s so they might just have bumped into the bottom repeatedly until they cracked, nothing hostile to account for it, was 2nd of september 39. gwx 1.03

Henri II · 05-19-07, 01:16 AM

Just to be clear on this - Is it enough to save around scripted traffic, or do I have to reload to get the bug? I usually save somewhere at this point, but never reload because I heard that scripted ships lose their waipoints uppon reloading a game in the vicinity.

bigboywooly · 05-19-07, 03:59 AM

Pretty sure it only takes effect on a reload
May be wrong though

The Br tanker has been replaced in 1.04
Was originally a Lithuanian one but the country disappears around that date and the entry was changed to Br

Lagger123987 · 05-19-07, 12:10 PM

I encounter this problem too, but thanks to 1.03, now I don't have this problem anymore.

05-18-07, 06:23 PM	#1
Henri II Sparky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 156 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Strange things in Kiel channel/harbour (GWX) This is, I think, a kind of a bug report, I'm not sure if this is a known issue or not, I thought I'd let the GWX team know, just in case. Returning from a patrol in Nov. 1940 I saw several search lights in the western entrance to the Kiel channel, when I came closer there was a small tanker with a british flag moored in the harbour which was illuminated by two german merchant ships. Don't know if this is a bug, or if it is intended to be some kind of a captured prize ship? Another thing, which I think was a bug with the innitial release, is that uppon returning from a patrol to Kiel I often find several ships, at the western channel port and in Kiel itself, adrift and on fire, or already sunk. Once there were three capital ships drifting all over the harbour on fire or with decks awash. Last edited by Henri II; 05-19-07 at 04:00 AM.

05-18-07, 07:05 PM	#2
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,992 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Please download and apply the GWX version 1.03 update. Sorry for the short answer... leaving for work soon. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

05-18-07, 07:31 PM	#4
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,992 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Also, if you save your game within 35-50 km of scripted harbor traffic... you will see the ship behavior you've listed above. It is a stock SH3 bug/unrelated to GWX. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

05-19-07, 03:59 AM	#7
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Pretty sure it only takes effect on a reload May be wrong though The Br tanker has been replaced in 1.04 Was originally a Lithuanian one but the country disappears around that date and the entry was changed to Br __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

05-18-07, 07:13 PM	#3
Henri II Sparky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 156 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I actually have installed the 1.03 update on the day it was released. I suppose the file which is responsible for this is the Campaign_scr.mis, the one I have has the version number 1.03 in the header.

05-18-07, 08:09 PM	#5
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	probably the script bug thing, however on a related matter, I've had some of the fishing boats in the Kiel canal spontaneously sink on me, the windspeed was 11m/s so they might just have bumped into the bottom repeatedly until they cracked, nothing hostile to account for it, was 2nd of september 39. gwx 1.03

05-19-07, 01:16 AM	#6
Henri II Sparky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 156 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Just to be clear on this - Is it enough to save around scripted traffic, or do I have to reload to get the bug? I usually save somewhere at this point, but never reload because I heard that scripted ships lose their waipoints uppon reloading a game in the vicinity.

05-19-07, 12:10 PM	#8
Lagger123987 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: Little Saigon, San Jose, California Posts: 944 Downloads: 323 Uploads: 4	I encounter this problem too, but thanks to 1.03, now I don't have this problem anymore.