Time to uninstall GW Mod

Phobus · 12-07-06, 02:09 PM

Yesterday after a bit of a struggle and a lot of help from the forum I got GW up and running. So I thought.

I've now just lost my boat for the third time. These are the circumstances.

The date is 1 September 1939. Not at war with England.

1 Start a new career.

2 Leave Wilhemshafen in broad daylight, on the surface, at 7kts behind the escort destroyer.

3 Friendly BF109 passes over.

4 Next thing is the boat is receiving damage. Check and have 10+ mtrs water under keel.

5 Not in collision with anything.

6 Crew dying like flies.

End of career.

The first time it happened I thought it might be because I was running at x2 time so kept to x1 for next two patrols.

The time when I receive damage varies but always after I've cleared the harbour.

I wonder if it's the friendly ac. I don't think the Poles had anything similar looking to the BF109 that could reach me, and even if they did it's unlikely that they could carry out a raid on the first day of the war.

Any ideas before I uninstall?

AVGWarhawk · 12-07-06, 02:12 PM

ah, do you have friendly mines installed? Just lay a course out of the harbor on the map. Stay to the middle of it. I do this all the time and TC as high as it will let me. No issues...NEVER

_Seth_ · 12-07-06, 02:14 PM

Yepp, sounds like mines to me..... But remember: Maybe Bernard used the torpedo propeller as a hairdryer...and we all know how fragile those torps were at the beginning of the war...:hmm:

Dowly · 12-07-06, 02:16 PM

I´m pretty sure you hit a mine. I think there´s a slide out map in the left upper corner of the map screen (F5) that shows you the location of the mines in friendly ports.

mr chris · 12-07-06, 02:19 PM

Hey are you runing SH3 commander? If so did you roll it back before installing GW?
If not You might have stuck a mine?

Phobus · 12-07-06, 02:21 PM

Thanks for the quick reply.

I think I've got the friendly mines box ticked, I'm at 74% realism.

But that being so how do I know where the minefields are?

I'd be very surprised if the Germans laid mines in the bay it which Wilhemshaven is situated, given the amount of local traffic about.

I plot a course out of the harbour and all the way out as far as Heligoland and then on towards my destination.

In the instances I reported I was following the escort ship out as I think that was the usual procedure.

bigboywooly · 12-07-06, 02:23 PM

When in navmap view there is a pull down minefield map in the top left hand corner

Boris · 12-07-06, 02:24 PM

It's almost definately mines. All harbours are mined, local traffic knows where they are.

Theres a pull-down map in the top left corner, while in the nav-map screen. It shows the locations of mines and subnets for all friendly harbours. If it still pisses you off, install the no friendly mines and subnets version.

Phobus · 12-07-06, 02:28 PM

Thanks to everyone for sorting me out.

Hi! Ho! Hi! Ho! it's back to war we go!!

Watch this space.

AVGWarhawk · 12-07-06, 02:29 PM

Yeah man, I dumped the friendly mine/net mod. I got enough to worry about without adding in my own peeps doing me in with a cleverly placed mine

melnibonian · 12-07-06, 02:36 PM

I know exactly how you feel. Initially after I've installed GW I hit a mine as well. It was a total anti climax to a wonderful game. Thankfully I found out about the navigation map and I never looked back (until I saw GWX that is

)

danlisa · 12-07-06, 02:50 PM

You wouldn't believe how many times I died leaving port in GW by hitting a mine

I was being a right Bernard because I knew they were there and it didn't click that it was them killing me everytime

AVGWarhawk · 12-07-06, 02:58 PM

Anyway, do not uninstall until GWX comes out.........

Vikinger · 12-07-06, 03:06 PM

For the first time i leave a new port where i dont know where the mines and subnets are i follow the "guardboat". He show me the way where to go on a safe route , then i know what route to take next time , i just blast pass that guardboat.

Another way to tell is to look out where the airplanes route are but they are not that accurate as the guardboat.

TarJak · 12-08-06, 01:09 AM

Can understand the frustration but the info is there to keep you on the straight and narrow. I like the danger factor that a RL Kaleun would have had. They had the additional concern of a stray mine getting loose during a storm and floating freely around the harbour on the tide!

12-07-06, 02:09 PM	#1
Phobus Gunner Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Poole. Dorset UK Posts: 93 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Time to uninstall GW Mod Yesterday after a bit of a struggle and a lot of help from the forum I got GW up and running. So I thought. I've now just lost my boat for the third time. These are the circumstances. The date is 1 September 1939. Not at war with England. 1 Start a new career. 2 Leave Wilhemshafen in broad daylight, on the surface, at 7kts behind the escort destroyer. 3 Friendly BF109 passes over. 4 Next thing is the boat is receiving damage. Check and have 10+ mtrs water under keel. 5 Not in collision with anything. 6 Crew dying like flies. End of career. The first time it happened I thought it might be because I was running at x2 time so kept to x1 for next two patrols. The time when I receive damage varies but always after I've cleared the harbour. I wonder if it's the friendly ac. I don't think the Poles had anything similar looking to the BF109 that could reach me, and even if they did it's unlikely that they could carry out a raid on the first day of the war. Any ideas before I uninstall?

12-07-06, 02:12 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	ah, do you have friendly mines installed? Just lay a course out of the harbor on the map. Stay to the middle of it. I do this all the time and TC as high as it will let me. No issues...NEVER __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-07-06, 02:14 PM	#3
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Yepp, sounds like mines to me..... But remember: Maybe Bernard used the torpedo propeller as a hairdryer...and we all know how fragile those torps were at the beginning of the war...:hmm: __________________

12-07-06, 02:19 PM	#5
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Hey are you runing SH3 commander? If so did you roll it back before installing GW? If not You might have stuck a mine? __________________

12-07-06, 02:23 PM	#7
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	When in navmap view there is a pull down minefield map in the top left hand corner __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-07-06, 02:16 PM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I´m pretty sure you hit a mine. I think there´s a slide out map in the left upper corner of the map screen (F5) that shows you the location of the mines in friendly ports.

12-07-06, 02:21 PM	#6
Phobus Gunner Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Poole. Dorset UK Posts: 93 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the quick reply. I think I've got the friendly mines box ticked, I'm at 74% realism. But that being so how do I know where the minefields are? I'd be very surprised if the Germans laid mines in the bay it which Wilhemshaven is situated, given the amount of local traffic about. I plot a course out of the harbour and all the way out as far as Heligoland and then on towards my destination. In the instances I reported I was following the escort ship out as I think that was the usual procedure.

12-07-06, 02:24 PM	#8
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	It's almost definately mines. All harbours are mined, local traffic knows where they are. Theres a pull-down map in the top left corner, while in the nav-map screen. It shows the locations of mines and subnets for all friendly harbours. If it still pisses you off, install the no friendly mines and subnets version.

12-07-06, 02:28 PM	#9
Phobus Gunner Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Poole. Dorset UK Posts: 93 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Thanks to everyone for sorting me out. Hi! Ho! Hi! Ho! it's back to war we go!! Watch this space.

12-07-06, 02:29 PM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yeah man, I dumped the friendly mine/net mod. I got enough to worry about without adding in my own peeps doing me in with a cleverly placed mine __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-07-06, 02:36 PM	#11
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I know exactly how you feel. Initially after I've installed GW I hit a mine as well. It was a total anti climax to a wonderful game. Thankfully I found out about the navigation map and I never looked back (until I saw GWX that is ) __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

12-07-06, 02:50 PM	#12
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	You wouldn't believe how many times I died leaving port in GW by hitting a mine I was being a right Bernard because I knew they were there and it didn't click that it was them killing me everytime __________________

12-07-06, 02:58 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Anyway, do not uninstall until GWX comes out......... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-07-06, 03:06 PM	#14
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	For the first time i leave a new port where i dont know where the mines and subnets are i follow the "guardboat". He show me the way where to go on a safe route , then i know what route to take next time , i just blast pass that guardboat. Another way to tell is to look out where the airplanes route are but they are not that accurate as the guardboat.

12-08-06, 01:09 AM	#15
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Can understand the frustration but the info is there to keep you on the straight and narrow. I like the danger factor that a RL Kaleun would have had. They had the additional concern of a stray mine getting loose during a storm and floating freely around the harbour on the tide!