Patrol Tactics - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 09-25-11, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by acetoolguy

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Huh? Really? I've only seen the canal run...you can preplot to your assigned grid? GWX or another mod?

No, we're talking about patrolling the grid once you arrive there. The Navigator can set up patrol patterns.

Jimbuna · 09-26-11, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by acetoolguy

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Huh? Really? I've only seen the canal run...you can preplot to your assigned grid? GWX or another mod?

Click on the navigator icon (bottom left) then select the pre-plotted course icon when your at your patrol grid then click on the left of the three icons (lower centre).

mookiemookie · 09-26-11, 08:06 AM

Historically, they set up patrol lines with each boat heading parallel to the expected course of a convoy. They would space the boats according to the max visual range of the lookouts which was 5 miles (so 10 miles between boats) and they'd go towards the expected contact, sometimes doubling back and then forwards again. Of course if there was bad weather and the navigator couldn't get a good visual fix, the boat could drift off course and a convoy could slip through the resulting gap in the patrol line.

That's for a convoy intercept patrol line. For a freijagd patrol, each captain would be on his own to do as he liked in a given patrol area.

In game, I alternate zigzags, up and down and back and forth in my patrol area, just because I get bored watching the ship go in the same pattern.

JazzJR · 09-30-11, 03:25 PM

You won't get bored if you try to sneak out of Scapa Flow.

soopaman2 · 09-30-11, 03:53 PM

In most occasions the grid I get is rubbish.(too easy to get a premium square from sh3commander so I just stay random with mine)

I fart around for 24 hours to shut BdU up then I spend the rest of my time nw or se of Scapa, where I have all my luck.

I seem to get sent out in the middle of the ocean where nothing is, and my crew has to feel the boat shudder from a torpedo launch or they get antsy.

Jimbuna · 09-30-11, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by soopaman2

In most occasions the grid I get is rubbish.(too easy to get a premium square from sh3commander so I just stay random with mine)

I fart around for 24 hours to shut BdU up then I spend the rest of my time nw or se of Scapa, where I have all my luck.

I seem to get sent out in the middle of the ocean where nothing is, and my crew has to feel the boat shudder from a torpedo launch or they get antsy.

So pick a grid with little expected traffic.

09-26-11, 08:06 AM	#18
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Historically, they set up patrol lines with each boat heading parallel to the expected course of a convoy. They would space the boats according to the max visual range of the lookouts which was 5 miles (so 10 miles between boats) and they'd go towards the expected contact, sometimes doubling back and then forwards again. Of course if there was bad weather and the navigator couldn't get a good visual fix, the boat could drift off course and a convoy could slip through the resulting gap in the patrol line. That's for a convoy intercept patrol line. For a freijagd patrol, each captain would be on his own to do as he liked in a given patrol area. In game, I alternate zigzags, up and down and back and forth in my patrol area, just because I get bored watching the ship go in the same pattern. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

09-30-11, 03:25 PM	#19
JazzJR Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany - Berlin Posts: 263 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 0	You won't get bored if you try to sneak out of Scapa Flow. __________________

09-30-11, 03:53 PM	#20
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	In most occasions the grid I get is rubbish.(too easy to get a premium square from sh3commander so I just stay random with mine) I fart around for 24 hours to shut BdU up then I spend the rest of my time nw or se of Scapa, where I have all my luck. I seem to get sent out in the middle of the ocean where nothing is, and my crew has to feel the boat shudder from a torpedo launch or they get antsy.