Radio Message(s)

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by ChromartyForthTyne

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Is there a mod to add the convoy routes to the navigation map that would work with GWX? Seem to remember that from years ago ?

There maybe I don't know for sure. But the following is a picture of the random layer of the campaign in the first year of the war (august '39 to august '40) in the Atlantic. The grey circles are the potential areas where convoys or units can turn to the next waypoint. As you can see that covers pretty much every spot in the ocean. (imagine if the other years are overlaid) So lines on the map do not really help you to pinpoint the route of a convoy. They give a false sense of precision. Your sensor range is only a sand grain in the pool. Or needle in the haystack. GWX should have a chart with rough lines of where the convoys can be expected. It is more practical to be somewhere in the general area (at chokepoints) and pay attention to convoy report icons on the map. And learn how to intercept those in the least amount of time.

 

[ChromartyForthTyne]

Originally Posted by Pisces

There maybe I don't know for sure. But the following is a picture of the random layer of the campaign in the first year of the war (august '39 to august '40) in the Atlantic. The grey circles are the potential areas where convoys or units can turn to the next waypoint. As you can see that covers pretty much every spot in the ocean. (imagine if the other years are overlaid) So lines on the map do not really help you to pinpoint the route of a convoy. They give a false sense of precision. Your sensor range is only a sand grain in the pool. Or needle in the haystack. GWX should have a chart with rough lines of where the convoys can be expected. It is more practical to be somewhere in the general area (at chokepoints) and pay attention to convoy report icons on the map. And learn how to intercept those in the least amount of time.

 

Wow !! ... that is some map.
I have been following the stock map for routes (top left corner of Map Screen) and been fairly successful with GWX - BUT that was until I loaded SH3Commander before my latest patrol - from Lorient West then North to BE > AL > AM > BE > CF > DH (refuelled @ Corrientes) > DI > EJ > EK > DU > DH and seen 1 Neutral Med.Cargo in DH and 3/4 planes in EJ/EK but not one Map Report Icon was seen) & lingered, criss-crossing the chokepoints, as you say.
So, I am going to refuel @ Corrientes and head North via chokepoints once more.
Could my SH3C settings be causing me grief, something I am missing/forgetting?

[Pisces]

I must admit that I made a personal change in the file SilentHunterIII\Data\Cfg\contacs.cfg

I increased the display range to radio contacts to 750 km. Default ranges are too restrictive in my humble opinion. When BdU sends out intel on units in your vicinity I doubt it was that much pinpoint to your location. This way, or with a wider area if you will, you have your own choice to make if you can reach it in time.

[ChromartyForthTyne]

Originally Posted by Pisces

I must admit that I made a personal change in the file SilentHunterIII\Data\Cfg\contacs.cfg

I increased the display range to radio contacts to 750 km. Default ranges are too restrictive in my humble opinion. When BdU sends out intel on units in your vicinity I doubt it was that much pinpoint to your location. This way, or with a wider area if you will, you have your own choice to make if you can reach it in time.

Thx for the tip, will try that little adjustment.


Finally received a Map Contact Report (after a tank & a 1/2 of gas ) in SW corner of DH and made a TC 'warp speed' dash due N in foul weather to now trail Large Convoy

[Kapitän]

I try to follow the historic orders given by the B.d.U., in terms of ordered patrol lines and grids. Quite astonishing to notice, how historically correct the game engine is in that regard ...