GWX Dunkirk

P_Funk · 04-13-07, 08:02 AM

Come on then! Lets all sink a bunch of fishing boats full of young men with no guns! I dunno if thats called tonnage.:hmm: Certainly rapage.

94cruiser · 04-13-07, 09:13 AM

I don't have my stats with me, however I was able to sink the aux. cruiser and the landing craft docked outside the port, inside the port I sant the passanger liner which was docked opposite side of the pier where the aux. cruiser is

then I sank two out of the three transport ships in the middle of the harbor (the luftwaffer got the last one), and I also sank the one passanger liner docked on the north pier.

there was only one destroyer which would try to find me but the AI was very dumb.
all others are stationary.
it's very shallow so it took two to three torps per ship to sink them, all I could do was aim manually to where I want the hit but anything below the keel would be a no go, duds would explode prematurely hitting the ground I guess.

I was never fortunate to see ships move however I did receive one message from BDU about heavy traffic in that area. I hope the game designers created an armada of ships going back and forth across the channel. That would be a great sight - not only for the juicy sinking factor but also a quite important historical event depicted in the game.

The luftwaffe almost sank me in the mids of it all too.
Lastly for some reason every time I would try to approach the port from the east the game would crash to desktop - every single time.
If I approach from the north silent running I was all good.

Sailor Steve · 04-13-07, 11:09 AM

That's not right. They didn't use the harbor for the evacuation, and there should be more than 40 destroyers. I know that would bring the FPS to negative 25 but still you shouldn't be able to get in.

bigboywooly · 04-13-07, 11:41 AM

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Minefields and shelling from German batteries on the French coast forced evacuation convoys to take longer routes to Dunkirk. The first convoy, after sustaining heavy air attacks, found the port of Dunkirk and its oil tanks ablaze and only the passenger ferries ‘Royal Daffodil’ and later the ‘Canterbury’ succeeded in berthing. By the end of the first day only 7,500 troops had been rescued and it was clearly impossible to use the port. Captain Tennant, in charge of the naval shore party at Dunkirk, signalled for the rescue ships to be diverted to the beaches east of the town. But here shallow waters prevented the large ships getting within a mile of the shore and troops had to be ferried in smaller craft from the beaches to the ships. There was an alternative, a spindly concrete pier with a wooden walkway, never designed to have ships docking against it but it was found that it could be used. Differences in loading speeds were dramatic HMS ‘Sabre’ took 2 hours to load 100 troops from the beach, but from the pier it took only 35 minutes to board 500 troops.

http://www.dover-kent.co.uk/history/ww2b_dunkirk.htm

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They were rescued from the harbour and beaches near to Dunkirk by a curious assembly of many different types of craft.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/765004.stm

I did up the patrols for Dunkirk in 1.03
May have to look at that again but too many and they spend more time avoiding each other than patrolling
Damn AI collision routines

Col Frost · 04-13-07, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's not right. They didn't use the harbor for the evacuation, and there should be more than 40 destroyers. I know that would bring the FPS to negative 25 but still you shouldn't be able to get in.

When I approached at night from the NE there were 3-4 destroyers to the east of the harbour, and at least 3 armed trawlers/tugboats patroling just past the northern entrance. More arrived in the course of the next half hour from the North. Only just escaped with my u-boat intact...

TheJaguar · 04-13-07, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 94cruiser

Lastly for some reason every time I would try to approach the port from the east the game would crash to desktop - every single time.
If I approach from the north silent running I was all good.

I have had the exact same crash, multiple times.
I did a camplete reinstall to correct it but it was still there.
Glad to know the gremlins are not just on my boat.

Hakahura · 04-13-07, 01:24 PM

Jimbuna

Sorry, the bottom picture is a Ju88 shot down by a British destroyer in Dunkirk harbour.

The one that nearly crashed on me whilst I was submerged

Jimbuna · 04-13-07, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Hakahura

Jimbuna

Sorry, the bottom picture is a Ju88 shot down by a British destroyer in Dunkirk harbour.

The one that nearly crashed on me whilst I was submerged

Rgr that matey

Brag · 04-13-07, 04:17 PM

I have a severe dislike for shallow water.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 04-13-07, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Brag

I have a severe dislike for shallow water.

Its not that shallow. Geez the fjords in Norway are shallower than that.

nikbear · 04-15-07, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TheJaguar

Quote:

Originally Posted by 94cruiser

Lastly for some reason every time I would try to approach the port from the east the game would crash to desktop - every single time.
If I approach from the north silent running I was all good.

I have had the exact same crash, multiple times.
I did a camplete reinstall to correct it but it was still there.
Glad to know the gremlins are not just on my boat.

That happened to me as well,I thought it was my puter not coping with the multiple ships and the fps taking a hit,not just me then:hmm:

04-13-07, 08:02 AM	#1
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Come on then! Lets all sink a bunch of fishing boats full of young men with no guns! I dunno if thats called tonnage.:hmm: Certainly rapage. __________________

04-13-07, 11:09 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's not right. They didn't use the harbor for the evacuation, and there should be more than 40 destroyers. I know that would bring the FPS to negative 25 but still you shouldn't be able to get in. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-13-07, 01:24 PM	#7
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Jimbuna Sorry, the bottom picture is a Ju88 shot down by a British destroyer in Dunkirk harbour. The one that nearly crashed on me whilst I was submerged __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

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04-13-07, 09:13 AM	#2
94cruiser Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 60 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I don't have my stats with me, however I was able to sink the aux. cruiser and the landing craft docked outside the port, inside the port I sant the passanger liner which was docked opposite side of the pier where the aux. cruiser is then I sank two out of the three transport ships in the middle of the harbor (the luftwaffer got the last one), and I also sank the one passanger liner docked on the north pier. there was only one destroyer which would try to find me but the AI was very dumb. all others are stationary. it's very shallow so it took two to three torps per ship to sink them, all I could do was aim manually to where I want the hit but anything below the keel would be a no go, duds would explode prematurely hitting the ground I guess. I was never fortunate to see ships move however I did receive one message from BDU about heavy traffic in that area. I hope the game designers created an armada of ships going back and forth across the channel. That would be a great sight - not only for the juicy sinking factor but also a quite important historical event depicted in the game. The luftwaffe almost sank me in the mids of it all too. Lastly for some reason every time I would try to approach the port from the east the game would crash to desktop - every single time. If I approach from the north silent running I was all good.