No Task Force with GWX3.0

yeeaaahh · 01-07-10, 06:04 PM

I get messages and map updates pointing out the location of a Task Force frequently.
I move to put myself in a place to intercept, and they never appear. I know my technique isn't faulty because anytime I set out to do the same thing with a convoy, sure enough, I can get right on it.

One incident told me I have a problem for sure. I get a map contact update of a task force steaming north at 8knots. I'm about 30km north of it. I think, yay and go flank speed towards it. It was also one of the few times I got unlimted visibility and zero waves. I do the math, stop after about 20km and dive to get a sonar fix. Nothing. I go flank speed towards it until I hit the map marker. Nothing. Its not like they could have gone around me because I was in that straight between scotland and those islands to the west.

I have also never run into a task force randomly. Never seen a ship bigger than a destroyer unless it was also escorting a convoy, and then it was only a Nelson. I'm about 15 patrols into my third career too.

Anyone know a fix for this. I'm a bit of a mod-newb, but I freakin' love GWX

HW3 · 01-07-10, 11:02 PM

Keep in mind that a lot of times they turn and/or change speed right after the contact report. You have to figure out where is the most logical place for them to go from where they were reported.

TarJak · 01-07-10, 11:40 PM

It is possible that you are encountering the end of a scripted TF's run and what happens when a convoy or TF hits the end of it's scripted run is the units disappear.

yeeaaahh · 01-08-10, 03:02 AM

I know that could be a possiblity, but...

If I'm nowhere near them and don't try to make an intercept, I can see the same taskforce run up that same channel all the way to Scapa. They disappear every time I try to get close.

I don't know if its related but the two drop-down menus on the top right corner don't work for me either. I think its a convoy route map and a compass

=FI=Ghost · 01-08-10, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yeeaaahh

I know that could be a possiblity, but...

If I'm nowhere near them and don't try to make an intercept, I can see the same taskforce run up that same channel all the way to Scapa. They disappear every time I try to get close.

I don't know if its related but the two drop-down menus on the top right corner don't work for me either. I think its a convoy route map and a compass

I think it must be a bug, because I have run into them several times during patrols. I've also tried to make interception on one occassion, and it also worked..

Freakwave · 01-08-10, 07:03 AM

I had the same thing happening to me at the same location also. Now i can get into turning around to another course. But iirc in GWX 3.0 all convoys and ships start and end in a port. So the vanishing cant be it unless its bugged of course.

One time doesnt say much i know. I have ran into a taskforce in an earlier patrol a while back also GWX 3.

01-07-10, 06:04 PM	#1
yeeaaahh Nub Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	No Task Force with GWX3.0 I get messages and map updates pointing out the location of a Task Force frequently. I move to put myself in a place to intercept, and they never appear. I know my technique isn't faulty because anytime I set out to do the same thing with a convoy, sure enough, I can get right on it. One incident told me I have a problem for sure. I get a map contact update of a task force steaming north at 8knots. I'm about 30km north of it. I think, yay and go flank speed towards it. It was also one of the few times I got unlimted visibility and zero waves. I do the math, stop after about 20km and dive to get a sonar fix. Nothing. I go flank speed towards it until I hit the map marker. Nothing. Its not like they could have gone around me because I was in that straight between scotland and those islands to the west. I have also never run into a task force randomly. Never seen a ship bigger than a destroyer unless it was also escorting a convoy, and then it was only a Nelson. I'm about 15 patrols into my third career too. Anyone know a fix for this. I'm a bit of a mod-newb, but I freakin' love GWX

01-07-10, 11:02 PM	#2
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Keep in mind that a lot of times they turn and/or change speed right after the contact report. You have to figure out where is the most logical place for them to go from where they were reported. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

01-07-10, 11:40 PM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	It is possible that you are encountering the end of a scripted TF's run and what happens when a convoy or TF hits the end of it's scripted run is the units disappear.

01-08-10, 03:02 AM	#4
yeeaaahh Nub Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I know that could be a possiblity, but... If I'm nowhere near them and don't try to make an intercept, I can see the same taskforce run up that same channel all the way to Scapa. They disappear every time I try to get close. I don't know if its related but the two drop-down menus on the top right corner don't work for me either. I think its a convoy route map and a compass

01-08-10, 07:03 AM	#6
Freakwave Sailor man Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 46 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	I had the same thing happening to me at the same location also. Now i can get into turning around to another course. But iirc in GWX 3.0 all convoys and ships start and end in a port. So the vanishing cant be it unless its bugged of course. One time doesnt say much i know. I have ran into a taskforce in an earlier patrol a while back also GWX 3.