Resupply limitations.

andym · 09-15-08, 10:54 AM

Now this may sound daft but i need to get it squared away.Am i correct in thinking that "theoretically" as long as ones U boat isnt leaking like a sieve and held together with Harry Maskers,by using a Supply vessel/Milchcow a patrol can last indefinatly?

meduza · 09-15-08, 11:11 AM

Once you resupply, your current patrol ends.

FIREWALL · 09-15-08, 11:15 AM

Hi andym

I run GWX 2.1 and thats what I do.

I like long patrols.

I have a homemade log book and keep track of my tonnage and other info.

GoldenRivet · 09-15-08, 11:29 AM

the short answer is "yes" you can stay away from home port until you are killed or the war ends.

but the short answer is also "no" because one you dock with a milk cow or a supply ship, your current patrol hits a stopping point, and a new patrol is begun.

andym · 09-15-08, 11:33 AM

Buggerit!!! Ah well never mind.

Kielhauler1961 · 09-15-08, 11:48 AM

I've stopped at a few supply ship recently and although the current patrol 'ends', and you get topped-up with fuel and ammo (and damage repair!), and have all crew fatigue reset to fresh, but you cant award the crew any medals, promotions or qualifications. Do these 'roll over' to the next time you are back in home port or are they lost forever?

bigboywooly · 09-15-08, 12:02 PM

Lost forever
Make a note of them and hand them out in SH3commander

={FH}=Paddy · 09-15-08, 12:07 PM

I'm in that position now Kielhauler1961, i'll let you know! But i think that it may more likely than not happen. I just took on a juicy convoy on route to GR55 from Lorient, met a massive convoy and spent a couple of days catching it, then stalking it and killing juicy bits (large tanker, pyro amo and 2 DDs) only to be runnning on enough fuel fumes to get to a near Milk Cow, saved game as one does and am now heading back for Lorient all tooled up again but all orders are blank now

- think that all renown and kudos will be lost unless i meet a convoy on the way home - Bummeritus maximus if this is the casse. (But am sure one of the others here can give you a more immediate and definitive answer instead of waiting for me!!)

BasilY · 09-17-08, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kielhauler1961

I've stopped at a few supply ship recently and although the current patrol 'ends', and you get topped-up with fuel and ammo (and damage repair!), and have all crew fatigue reset to fresh, but you cant award the crew any medals, promotions or qualifications. Do these 'roll over' to the next time you are back in home port or are they lost forever?

Actually, you can award medals while docking with supply ships. Go back to the map room screen, (one step back from the desk screen) and click on the file cabinet (Upper left). You can even recruit new crewmen (highly unlikely on a supply ship).

Nothing can be done about the boat or torpedoes, all the homing torpedoes you got from home port? gone...

Erich dem Roten · 09-16-08, 10:07 PM

One thing that really irritated me was that my compliment of TI's were replaced by TII's when I resupplied (I spent only two torps on my way to the African coast). As far as I could tell there was no way to select which torps you'd be using as there is in a port.

09-15-08, 10:54 AM	#1
andym Weps Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 365 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	Resupply limitations. Now this may sound daft but i need to get it squared away.Am i correct in thinking that "theoretically" as long as ones U boat isnt leaking like a sieve and held together with Harry Maskers,by using a Supply vessel/Milchcow a patrol can last indefinatly? __________________ GWX 3.0 GOLD,SH3 Commander.

09-15-08, 11:11 AM	#2
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Once you resupply, your current patrol ends. __________________

09-15-08, 11:15 AM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Hi andym I run GWX 2.1 and thats what I do. I like long patrols. I have a homemade log book and keep track of my tonnage and other info. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

09-15-08, 11:29 AM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	the short answer is "yes" you can stay away from home port until you are killed or the war ends. but the short answer is also "no" because one you dock with a milk cow or a supply ship, your current patrol hits a stopping point, and a new patrol is begun. __________________

09-15-08, 11:33 AM	#5
andym Weps Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 365 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	Buggerit!!! Ah well never mind. __________________ GWX 3.0 GOLD,SH3 Commander.

09-15-08, 11:48 AM	#6
Kielhauler1961 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East of the Firth of Forth Posts: 273 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I've stopped at a few supply ship recently and although the current patrol 'ends', and you get topped-up with fuel and ammo (and damage repair!), and have all crew fatigue reset to fresh, but you cant award the crew any medals, promotions or qualifications. Do these 'roll over' to the next time you are back in home port or are they lost forever?

09-15-08, 12:02 PM	#7
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Lost forever Make a note of them and hand them out in SH3commander __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

09-15-08, 12:07 PM	#8
={FH}=Paddy Electrician's Mate Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dublin - Ireland - 53° 15′ 54.36″ N, 6° 6′ 49.32″ W Posts: 136 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I'm in that position now Kielhauler1961, i'll let you know! But i think that it may more likely than not happen. I just took on a juicy convoy on route to GR55 from Lorient, met a massive convoy and spent a couple of days catching it, then stalking it and killing juicy bits (large tanker, pyro amo and 2 DDs) only to be runnning on enough fuel fumes to get to a near Milk Cow, saved game as one does and am now heading back for Lorient all tooled up again but all orders are blank now - think that all renown and kudos will be lost unless i meet a convoy on the way home - Bummeritus maximus if this is the casse. (But am sure one of the others here can give you a more immediate and definitive answer instead of waiting for me!!) __________________ ={Draft beer not people}=

09-16-08, 10:07 PM	#10
Erich dem Roten Electrician's Mate Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 134 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	One thing that really irritated me was that my compliment of TI's were replaced by TII's when I resupplied (I spent only two torps on my way to the African coast). As far as I could tell there was no way to select which torps you'd be using as there is in a port. __________________