GWX (Grey Wolves eXpansion Mod) - Page 283

thehiredgun · 03-08-09, 08:14 PM

Is anybody besides me having problems steering the XXI out of base?

donw · 03-08-09, 08:26 PM

I know I have not been around here in a while... but might I suggest mate...you be a little more specific with the problem(s) your having? Bumping off walls?..speed control?.. maintaining surface ballast?...long cigar looking things falling outta the sky exploding on impact?...

thehiredgun · 03-09-09, 06:17 AM

Coming out of Lorient ,it takes a good 45 minutes to an hour just to get out of base because the XXi is so slow to respond to course changes,such as your 1st turn to starboard, in front of the sub pens. If you don't back it up,(like parking in between two cars)your into the bank with damage ! your backing,go forward,at least 3 or 4 times & then it gets ok. The boat performs normal in deep water.

Jimbuna · 03-09-09, 06:47 AM

The XXI is quite unresponsive at slow ahead.

Let your escort get a good headstart then crank her up to 5+ knots.

danurve · 03-09-09, 08:43 AM

hey you guys I have a quick question I hope.

Loaded up 3.0, Commander & the files for it, out of the 2nd flotilla it's Sept 3rd and I'm just south of Dover. I spot this odd ship in the periscope, hydrophones not picking it up. I use auto targeting - but it was like I was looking at a ghost ship. Brownish color, rustic sort of a coastal freighter but short. Here's the odder thing - it had a light ontop of each mast, slowly flashing like those harbour lights.
What the frack was that?

Not using any other ship mods btw.

I used the exe install from bts, install seemed very smooth, nice job on the water btw!

danlisa · 03-09-09, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danurve

hey you guys I have a quick question I hope.

Loaded up 3.0, Commander & the files for it, out of the 2nd flotilla it's Sept 3rd and I'm just south of Dover. I spot this odd ship in the periscope, hydrophones not picking it up. I use auto targeting - but it was like I was looking at a ghost ship. Brownish color, rustic sort of a coastal freighter but short. Here's the odder thing - it had a light ontop of each mast, slowly flashing like those harbour lights.
What the frack was that?

Not using any other ship mods btw.

I used the exe install from bts, install seemed very smooth, nice job on the water btw!

According to Adobe Reader, it's page 429.
According to the GWX manual, it's 416.

Save some time.

Jimbuna · 03-09-09, 11:44 AM

You will normally find a tug or some other vessel anchored very close to it as means of being able to receive a warning from your hydrophone guy.

Don't bother expending any ordnance on it (lightship) because they're indestructable.

thehiredgun · 03-09-09, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

The XXI is quite unresponsive at slow ahead.

Let your escort get a good headstart then crank her up to 5+ knots.

Thank You

Threesixtyci · 03-10-09, 03:28 PM

(edit: basic problem I was having...)

Every time I'd exit the canal from 1st Fotilla, about the time I past that small island a bit outside that canal, my boat would sink due to flooding...

I would have TC at 128 during the canal voyage, and then usually jumped it up to 512 afterwards, and the sinking would always take place well, after, passing thru. It would always sink at about the point where I reach that small island with it's own blue dot port, (forgot the name of it. Hel...something?) And being I'd generally have TC active, I just get welcomed to the screen of being sunk. Haven't had a real chance to get into the repair screen to see what was going on...

---------------
(edit, continued):
hmm nevermind... it just happened again. But, I think it's most likely due to some seriously shallow water, near that island... From now on, I'm going to pass by south of it instead of East and then North, of it.

A Very Super Market · 03-10-09, 08:34 PM

There are mines by Helgoland. Read the manual for more

Jimbuna · 03-11-09, 04:37 AM

danurve · 03-11-09, 11:14 AM

danlisa & jimbuna; thanx for the info, it was a cool suprising detail.

Threesixtyci · 03-11-09, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

There are mines by Helgoland. Read the manual for more

...but, I was surfaced the whole time.
I would have thought that mines wouldn't have been a factor, when surfaced. And if it was a mine, why place it so shallow for it to hit a surface running vessel?

(I'm pretty sure it's due to shallow water, though.)
There is probably a patch of water in there that's something like 1 to 2 feet deep. In the past I was using a type II, and I guess I was just missing that patch. Wasn't until I switched to a type VII that the sinkings started happening a lot more, frequently.

Sailor Steve · 03-12-09, 03:59 PM

In enemy waters you place mines to catch the surface ships as well as submarines.

Jimbuna · 03-12-09, 05:02 PM

Anyone that knows their way around mission editor will easily discover that the mines are scripted in with a variety of depths.

03-08-09, 08:14 PM	#4231
thehiredgun Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 581 Downloads: 517 Uploads: 0	XXI Is anybody besides me having problems steering the XXI out of base?

03-09-09, 06:47 AM	#4234
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The XXI is quite unresponsive at slow ahead. Let your escort get a good headstart then crank her up to 5+ knots. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-09-09, 08:43 AM	#4235
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	hey you guys I have a quick question I hope. Loaded up 3.0, Commander & the files for it, out of the 2nd flotilla it's Sept 3rd and I'm just south of Dover. I spot this odd ship in the periscope, hydrophones not picking it up. I use auto targeting - but it was like I was looking at a ghost ship. Brownish color, rustic sort of a coastal freighter but short. Here's the odder thing - it had a light ontop of each mast, slowly flashing like those harbour lights. What the frack was that? Not using any other ship mods btw. I used the exe install from bts, install seemed very smooth, nice job on the water btw! __________________

03-09-09, 11:44 AM	#4237
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You will normally find a tug or some other vessel anchored very close to it as means of being able to receive a warning from your hydrophone guy. Don't bother expending any ordnance on it (lightship) because they're indestructable. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-10-09, 03:28 PM	#4239
Threesixtyci Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CC, Texas Posts: 114 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	(edit: basic problem I was having...) Every time I'd exit the canal from 1st Fotilla, about the time I past that small island a bit outside that canal, my boat would sink due to flooding... I would have TC at 128 during the canal voyage, and then usually jumped it up to 512 afterwards, and the sinking would always take place well, after, passing thru. It would always sink at about the point where I reach that small island with it's own blue dot port, (forgot the name of it. Hel...something?) And being I'd generally have TC active, I just get welcomed to the screen of being sunk. Haven't had a real chance to get into the repair screen to see what was going on... --------------- (edit, continued): hmm nevermind... it just happened again. But, I think it's most likely due to some seriously shallow water, near that island... From now on, I'm going to pass by south of it instead of East and then North, of it. Last edited by Threesixtyci; 03-10-09 at 07:46 PM.

03-08-09, 08:26 PM	#4232
donw Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 386 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I know I have not been around here in a while... but might I suggest mate...you be a little more specific with the problem(s) your having? Bumping off walls?..speed control?.. maintaining surface ballast?...long cigar looking things falling outta the sky exploding on impact?...

03-09-09, 06:17 AM	#4233
thehiredgun Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 581 Downloads: 517 Uploads: 0	Coming out of Lorient ,it takes a good 45 minutes to an hour just to get out of base because the XXi is so slow to respond to course changes,such as your 1st turn to starboard, in front of the sub pens. If you don't back it up,(like parking in between two cars)your into the bank with damage ! your backing,go forward,at least 3 or 4 times & then it gets ok. The boat performs normal in deep water.

03-10-09, 08:34 PM	#4240
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There are mines by Helgoland. Read the manual for more __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

03-11-09, 04:37 AM	#4241
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-11-09, 11:14 AM	#4242
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	danlisa & jimbuna; thanx for the info, it was a cool suprising detail. __________________

03-12-09, 03:59 PM	#4244
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	In enemy waters you place mines to catch the surface ships as well as submarines. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-12-09, 05:02 PM	#4245
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Anyone that knows their way around mission editor will easily discover that the mines are scripted in with a variety of depths. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!