October 17, 1940 Situation

[KeptinCranky]

If that turns out to be the case, them going to London, you might just be able to intercept them near Brest or Cherbourg, which means if you radio their precense in repeatedly you might (possibly, if it's not raining, or a sunday, or before 11am ) get some Luftwaffe assistance, or possibly even some of those madmen in their schellboote

I'm currently evading DDs NW of Aberdeen having attacked the convoy they were escorting and having hit 3 ships, one of which is confirmed sunk It's march 1940, I have a IIa and I'm fresh out of eels, now all I have to do is evade them pesky DDs and go home for Kaffee und Kuchen, and medals by the bucket of course

[BulSoldier]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Remember
If the weather is real rough and you save the game and exit
When you load up you are going to get a guaranteed 7 days of bad weather
Save before that 7 days is up and you reset the weather clock so getting another 7 days bad weather next time you load

Thats why i had a month of vile storm in a two month patrol with frequent saving due to lapse of time.

[KeptinCranky]

Nope, weather change is possible 48 hours after loading, not seven days, thank Neptune , or we'd never get to sink anything once it's turned bad

[Rose]

Weather change using Cmdr?

[KeptinCranky]

No there is no such option in sh3 commander, there is sh3 weather program but I don't use that.

Tested it by loading up my IIa savegame, it was good weather when I saved, remained unchanged for 48 hours, then it turned for the worse, high winds and such, but since I was on my way home that was no problem.

the weatherstate is fixed for 48 hours after loading up the game, after that it can change, sometimes fairly rapidly, sometimes not....

[Subtype Zero]

From one of my posts in another thread:

In my testing, I have found that the weather updates according to a fairly regular schedule: within 32-34 hours after leaving port, even under high TC. This interval lengthens by one hour for each subsequent change in the weather, resulting in longer and longer intervals between weather changes.

In order to avoid getting stuck with long periods of unchanging, lousy weather, you must avoid high TC for long periods of time AND avoid saving IF you think the weather is about to change. After the weather changes in some way, go ahead and save to your heart's content (note: as long as you are not submerged, near land, or near any sinking ships, etc. ).

You can get a rough estimate of when the weather in your game is about to change by 1) keeping track of the number of weather changes that have already occurred, 2) take the number found in step 1 and add 32-34 to it, 3) estimate when the weather last changed in your game, and 4) add the number found in step 2 to the time of the last weather change you found in step 3. For example, say you have been at sea for one week and have noticed approximately 5 weather changes. Add 5 to 32 and 34 for a range of 37 to 39 hours. If your weather last changed at 0300 hours on June 1, then you can expect the weather to change next time sometime between 1600 and 1800 hours on June 2.