Unlimited Fuel

SmokinTep · 08-09-05, 06:31 AM

Do any of you switch to this at times? I see it only is a 4% hit on realism. I am in 42 out of Brest and the last 2 patrols had me going off the coast of Halifax. Took about a month of game time to make it over there and back with limited fuel. Was on fumes both times when I made it back.

I think next time I will change the fuel setting if I have to go over there again. Took about 8 hours real time to complete that patrol.

The Avon Lady · 08-09-05, 06:41 AM

I've never played with unlimited fuel.

I'd rather finish my patrol in open waters, surfaced, (virtually) in wait for a milchkow to reach my location.

BTW, are you usuing reduced speed and alternating between diesel and batteries to extend your maximum travel limits?

Detritus · 08-09-05, 08:15 AM

I used it in the very beginning when uncertain about myself but not since. Never had any trouble with running out of fuel either. My last two patrols also took me to Halifax area: 11 weeks there and back, approx. 25% fuel left back at base. Then again, this was in IXB, so...

slow_n_ez · 08-09-05, 09:24 AM

Heck ! I am using unlimited fuel , unlimited batteries , unlimited air , no dud torpedos , altogether about 14 % realism

I am a losse cannon on the high seas being destructive hunting anything floating to send it to the bottom :rotfl: All ahead Flank speed !

My first 2 carree's however I played at about 85 % realism

SmokinTep · 08-09-05, 09:55 AM

Going ahead slow all the way there and back. Did this twice, just takes forever to get there and back.

Anakonda · 08-09-05, 09:59 AM

never played with unlimited fuel...
always ahead slow.. and ahead flank for only hunting times...

Nopileo · 08-09-05, 10:07 AM

Never used unlimited fuel. A normal patrol for me usually only takes about a week anyway, so I always have lots of fuel left upon returning.

There are too many convoys in this game (even when using RUb 1.43)!

I always expend all torps after a few days of waiting in the AM sectors. Hehe...

Great fun though.

Oh, and I normally go to my patrol grid at ahead full (XXI). Never did many patrols with the IX boats though, as I suspect I'd be sent too far away then.

SteamWake · 08-09-05, 11:48 AM

I did when I first started.

It was the first "difficulty" option I turned off.

Wow..... come to think of it Im playing a complety different game now ! :P

gdogghenrikson · 08-09-05, 12:45 PM

yea, it sure is nice to be ahead flank 24/7

08-09-05, 01:15 PM

Ahead flank all the way !!!

Its now march 1944 and just turned my VIIC into an Anti-Aircraft Whale !!!

Ahead flank surfaced 256TC

Laughing Swordfish · 08-09-05, 07:12 PM

Fuel husbandry is part of the whole patrol. Just ask my Chief when we go alles voraus at a convoy. He hates wasting fuel so much, that we're not allowed to sink a tanker

08-09-05, 07:50 PM

Never use unlimited fuel either-or unlimited anything else, for that matter.

08-09-05, 06:31 AM	#1
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Unlimited Fuel Do any of you switch to this at times? I see it only is a 4% hit on realism. I am in 42 out of Brest and the last 2 patrols had me going off the coast of Halifax. Took about a month of game time to make it over there and back with limited fuel. Was on fumes both times when I made it back. I think next time I will change the fuel setting if I have to go over there again. Took about 8 hours real time to complete that patrol.

08-09-05, 06:41 AM	#2
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've never played with unlimited fuel. I'd rather finish my patrol in open waters, surfaced, (virtually) in wait for a milchkow to reach my location. BTW, are you usuing reduced speed and alternating between diesel and batteries to extend your maximum travel limits? __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

08-09-05, 09:59 AM	#6
Anakonda Watch Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ankara Posts: 23 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	never played with unlimited fuel... always ahead slow.. and ahead flank for only hunting times... __________________ regards, Anakonda 14th U-Boot Flotilla, Narvik, Norway

08-09-05, 12:45 PM	#9
gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	yea, it sure is nice to be ahead flank 24/7 __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.

08-09-05, 08:15 AM	#3
Detritus Navy Dude Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 177 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I used it in the very beginning when uncertain about myself but not since. Never had any trouble with running out of fuel either. My last two patrols also took me to Halifax area: 11 weeks there and back, approx. 25% fuel left back at base. Then again, this was in IXB, so...

08-09-05, 09:24 AM	#4
slow_n_ez Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Astoria , Oregon Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Heck ! I am using unlimited fuel , unlimited batteries , unlimited air , no dud torpedos , altogether about 14 % realism I am a losse cannon on the high seas being destructive hunting anything floating to send it to the bottom :rotfl: All ahead Flank speed ! My first 2 carree's however I played at about 85 % realism

08-09-05, 09:55 AM	#5
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Going ahead slow all the way there and back. Did this twice, just takes forever to get there and back.

08-09-05, 10:07 AM	#7
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Never used unlimited fuel. A normal patrol for me usually only takes about a week anyway, so I always have lots of fuel left upon returning. There are too many convoys in this game (even when using RUb 1.43)! I always expend all torps after a few days of waiting in the AM sectors. Hehe... Great fun though. Oh, and I normally go to my patrol grid at ahead full (XXI). Never did many patrols with the IX boats though, as I suspect I'd be sent too far away then.

08-09-05, 11:48 AM	#8
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I did when I first started. It was the first "difficulty" option I turned off. Wow..... come to think of it Im playing a complety different game now ! :P

08-09-05, 01:15 PM	#10
canimo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Ahead flank all the way !!! Its now march 1944 and just turned my VIIC into an Anti-Aircraft Whale !!! Ahead flank surfaced 256TC

08-09-05, 07:12 PM	#11
Laughing Swordfish Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Posts: 713 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Fuel husbandry is part of the whole patrol. Just ask my Chief when we go alles voraus at a convoy. He hates wasting fuel so much, that we're not allowed to sink a tanker

08-09-05, 07:50 PM	#12
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Never use unlimited fuel either-or unlimited anything else, for that matter.