Just 2 quickies from a new starter

[Jimbuna]

You need to be in the sub pen before you enable the waypoints.

Conversely, you need to be on the marked spot at the other end of the canal before you enable the Kiel in option.

ok, maybe ive missed the opportunity this time - can i plot through it manually?

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by undercovergeek

ok, maybe ive missed the opportunity this time - can i plot through it manually?

Ofcourse! Yes there are a number of dangers along the way. Going Kiel Out you can relax as the waypoints can be relied on (as long as you use the button before you moved). I personally never managed to get reliable waypoints while being on the 'Kiel In' point. (they seemed to get rotated) So I just plot them myself. It isn't that big a task. But you should try to stay in the middle of the kanal. There are plenty (stationnary?) ships along the way and bridge pilars you can run into, and also some harbors with piers/docks sticking out. You need to be carefull on the way back. On one occasion I heard a horrible sound of something crashing when I had time compression up. Next thing I notice is the 'Uboot lost' screen. I found it quite embaressing getting sunk inside the homeland. I don't know if it was a ship in the way or if I got too close to the edge.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by undercovergeek

ok, maybe ive missed the opportunity this time - can i plot through it manually?

Yeah, no problem at all....just keep to the centre as much as possible

[KeptinCranky]

The trick with the "Kiel in" point is not to have your boat on that point but to have your plotted course end exactly on it, no matter where you are at the time, if you press the course Kiel canal IN your navigator will plot it from your last waypoint on the Kiel Canal Inbound Point to the subpen in Kiel, never fails me

[looney]

If you already moved you can still use the kiel out.

1 set a new way point, precisely in the U-boat pen.
2 click Kiel out.

Then delete the way point in the sub pen and any other with interfere with your desired course

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by KeptinCranky

The trick with the "Kiel in" point is not to have your boat on that point but to have your plotted course end exactly on it, no matter where you are at the time, if you press the course Kiel canal IN your navigator will plot it from your last waypoint on the Kiel Canal Inbound Point to the subpen in Kiel, never fails me

Cool, didn't know it was all plotted based on the last waypoint. Got to check this out. Thanks

i find i can only traverse the canal with TC at 4 99% of the time - any thoughts?

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by undercovergeek

i find i can only traverse the canal with TC at 4 99% of the time - any thoughts?

If you use SH3commander you can set the TC for land proximity to 128 or whatever

Also you can adjust the main.cfg in data\Cfg and MyDocuments\SH3\Cfg