GWX action off Lofoten

[Gunnarr]

I a, having my first experience with the invasion of Norway in gwx, and wanted to witness the action off lofoten

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_off_Lofoten

BUT WHEN I went to the area where they battled (at least as best I could estimate worth the map distortions on both sides) I was unable to locate a single ship the entire day.

Can anyone help?

Is it even coded to occur?

I am very dissappinted, going to maybe crash the game so I can try again

[GoldenRivet]

Your battle is scripted in GWX, - sort of - but i fear due to the complexity of the script and the timing and placement of the units - perhaps also due to the Mercator projection nature of the SH3 map, the battle takes place much later in the day and at a location that is not historically accurate. additionally, i think that scripting the battle in the historically accurate location and time would have caused campaign script problems with other, more high profile actions in the campaign script. (in other words: the GWX dev team did not want the Lofoten groups engaging other ships while on the way to the battle scene when those other ships wouldnt have had anything to do with the Lotofen battle, especially when these other ships were meant to appear elsewhere after spawning but obviously couldn't appear at their proper places and times later in the script if "accidentally" sunk by the AI involved in the Lofoten battle) hope that makes sense. to remedy this, it is my suspicion that the GWX Dev team simply moved the battle further away from the path of ships not historically involved in the battle and delayed it slightly to prevent the units in question from sinking craft they werent meant to.

Renown and her escorts engage Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at approximately 1630 hours on 09 APR 1940 in approximate position of grid square AF57 or AF81 on the western most edges of the grid squares based on my review of the manual and campaign script file

the kriegsmarine BBs approach from an East Northeast direction heading West Southwest and encounter the British task force steaming in the opposite direction. Both groups are scripted to engage one another and turn southward for a time, then break engagement heading in opposite directions.

[GoldenRivet]

Confirmed

Just loaded a career in 1940, enabled free camera, went to the grid square, west southwest corner of AF57 and made hydrophone contact with task force.

using the free cam i zeroed in on the Renown and immediately noted that the seas were heavy with a downpour of rain, there was some secondary armament fired by the Kriegsmarine task force which resulted in the sinking of 2 DDs however the weather was so poor that the two groups never fully made contact visually and ultimately sailed in different directions without really accomplishing much at all.

[Gunnarr]

thanks for help! ill try that!

[StarLion45]

hI .

If you sail up to Narvik fjord from wilhelmshaven april 1-3 1940 , then you can wait til midnight 12-13 of april 1940 , you can sink HMS Nelson , she come with a couple of destroyers up the fjord . I marked it with a red cross . She come sailing from left side of the screen . .


GOOD LUCK , AND SINK THEM ALL

[Gunnarr]

ooo thank you