24000 km range after 3 weeks of patrol?

desirableroasted · 02-18-10, 09:22 AM

I haven't played SHIII for over a year, but just installed it with GWX 3.0 Gold.

And I am here to tell you... those VIIB's sure are getting better gas mileage!

Seriously, I am 21 days out of port and have been at 7 knots 99% of the time. After doing a week on station in AM19, I thought I would see about running up St George Channel on the way home....

Asked the Navigator how much range I had left and his answer is 24,000 km.

That's nearly 13K nautical miles! And I have been out three weeks!

Is this a bug? An enhancement since GWX 1? Or do I have a Bernard on the boat?

ReFaN · 02-18-10, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by desirableroasted

I haven't played SHIII for over a year, but just installed it with GWX 3.0 Gold.

And I am here to tell you... those VIIB's sure are getting better gas mileage!

Seriously, I am 21 days out of port and have been at 7 knots 99% of the time. After doing a week on station in AM19, I thought I would see about running up St George Channel on the way home....

Asked the Navigator how much range I had left and his answer is 24,000 km.

That's nearly 13K nautical miles! And I have been out three weeks!

Is this a bug? An enhancement since GWX 1? Or do I have a Bernard on the boat?

Sounds more like you DONT have bernard on the boat tbh.

sharkbit · 02-18-10, 09:48 AM

Do you maybe have unlimited fuel checked in the options screen?

ryanglavin · 02-18-10, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by sharkbit

Do you maybe have unlimited fuel checked in the options screen?

It wouldn't be that sharkbit, because If you tried to ask the Navigator "Maximum range at current speed", he would say "maximum range at current speed non-applicable" or something of the sorts. but 7 Kts seems to be extremely fuel efficient.

Jimbuna · 02-18-10, 11:10 AM

Some boats were given extra range in GWX3.0 to counter the fact that the SH world was innacurate but it does sound like those figures are a little excessive.

Have you checked the figure over a few hours (in game time) to see if they remain constant?

Pisces · 02-18-10, 01:27 PM

Actually, the figure makes sense to me. 8 knots gives the best mileage (kilometerage

), about 34000km. I'm not completely sure but I think 7 knots would give 30000km with a full fueltank. As any speed slower than the 'best mileage' speed seems to give the same duration for the journey. Range divided by speed seems to be a constant time below the best speed.

3 weeks (21 days) continous at 7 knots get's you about 3530 NM, or 6534 km. Add to that 24000km left in the tank and voila!

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02-18-10, 01:27 PM	#6
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Actually, the figure makes sense to me. 8 knots gives the best mileage (kilometerage ), about 34000km. I'm not completely sure but I think 7 knots would give 30000km with a full fueltank. As any speed slower than the 'best mileage' speed seems to give the same duration for the journey. Range divided by speed seems to be a constant time below the best speed. 3 weeks (21 days) continous at 7 knots get's you about 3530 NM, or 6534 km. Add to that 24000km left in the tank and voila! __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads