Bugs n Frustrations

[Jimbuna]

Far too much to answer here matey....the GWX manual would be a good place to start though

Here;s one that hasn't been answered yet.

Watch Tower Death as you call it.....type IX right /....fixed in next version of GWX

[seafarer]

In terms of sitting shallow, still and silent running and being detected:

- silent running does not make you silent, just much quieter, but still detectable at some level. If you want to sit and reload, try 100m depth, not 13m - you'll be far, far less detectable if still, silent running, and deep, not shallow.
- there is this thing called active sonar - works like a charm after 1943 when the allies started deploying much advanced sonar/asdic. It is also much more effective the shallower you are - again, go deep, don't sit shallow.

Also note that as you go deeper, if in the blast radius of a DC, the potential damage to your sub increase, not decreases. Water pressure works against you at depth and near a DC blast (that is, water pressure at depth will enhance the damage of a DC, not protect you from it).

[CptCrunch]

Originally Posted by seafarer

Also note that as you go deeper, if in the blast radius of a DC, the potential damage to your sub increase, not decreases. Water pressure works against you at depth and near a DC blast (that is, water pressure at depth will enhance the damage of a DC, not protect you from it).

Thanks for all your help and useful replies.

I have since found that a clean install of GWX is the best fix for most bugs. Like many people I installed GWX halfway through my career because I wanted to finish it! Can't wait to try GWX 2 now.

I reached the end of the war. It seems to finish quite a time later than the dates reported to by Werner in 'Iron Coffins'. Donitz's message to U boat crews arrived a few days later than expected and its not safe to openly approach any port until all of the ports turn to neutral - then you can just sail in anywhere - but you won't get points unless you return to a 'home' port.
It would be really nice to have a black flag mod or mission at war's end. The allies issued orders that U-boats sailing on the surface with snorkel and both periscopes raised to which was attatched a black flag, would be allowed safe passage to selected ports ( I believe Scapa Flow was one of them). A few of the collected boats were assimilated into post war allied navies eg Uk, France,Sweeden and Norway but most were taken out to sea and scuttled or sunk for target practice. Apparently many homeward bound boats did not receive these orders or were attacked anyway by jumpy allies and sunk with all hands after the wars end.


Seafarers comments about depth runs contrary to the info that I'd heard. I read in (I think, but I'll have to check) Werners' 'Iron Coffins' that increasing water pressure also reduces the effective blast radius of depth charges (this makes sense to me) and thus, although boats could be driven below crush depth by a charge (or thrown out of the water nearer the surface) - depths below 200 metres were generally considered to be pretty safe apart from the obvious risk of hull collapse. Most boats seemed to be capable of depths well beyond their 'safe' operating limits.
Late war depth charges packed a substantially heavier charge - presumably as a result of data obtained from captured boats and crews and this contributed to the increasing success of allied depth charge attacks at all depths.
So who's right here?