3rd Patrol using TGW1.1a - NOTHING - Page 2

Corsair · 11-20-06, 02:48 PM

A normal patrol time is around a month time and you can be days on empty seas or in rough weather / low vis. If you just run around at high TC expecting visual contacts, you will miss a lot. I reckon I find 75% of my targets by regular hydrophone checks with all stopped and myself behind the wheel... In shipping lanes I have one every 3 hours (which tallies to my 6 hour routine crew rotation and checkup of systems) Outside shipping lanes, I am under the whole day making one every 3 hours (takes 2 mins to stop engines, make 2 rotations and start again) at night I make one before surface (usually around 21h00) one around midnight (takes a little longer as I need to dive to 20/30m - weather depending, listen and resurface again) and the last one on the dawn dive. Besides finding targets, it's also a good warning of approaching warships, don't forget by good weather you can hear props a good 15 klicks away.
The info given regarding contacts are not 100% accurate, an indication of a NE bearing can be 30, 45 or 60 degr. and moreover, nothing is against the convoy changing route in the meantime. Try to think what is their destination, there are some bottlenecks.
P.S. there is also nothing that says that you must patrol that grid, just gives you a little more renown...

AVGWarhawk · 11-20-06, 02:49 PM

Get that good watch on that conning tower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

robj250 · 11-20-06, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Get that good watch on that conning tower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I only have 1 Watchman qualified (forget - quit for lunch - have to feed my old and feeble body). Have tried qualifying others using SH3 Commander, but it will not let me do it.

About the map in the UZO or Periscope, I don't have such a map. All I have is a sheet with flags on it.

About staying underwater, I find that the CO2 builds up real fast on me, so I can't stay under very long and I have to surface.

mr chris · 11-20-06, 02:59 PM

Strike them hard Rob

Corsair · 11-20-06, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by robj250

About staying underwater, I find that the CO2 builds up real fast on me, so I can't stay under very long and I have to surface.

Check the boat, must be a leak somewhere... Or your guys have very big lungs or they breathe too fast.

I am riding a VIIB in Sept 39 at the moment and stay under from 7h00 to 21h00 at slow speed without touching the warning zone.

robj250 · 11-20-06, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Corsair

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Originally Posted by robj250

About staying underwater, I find that the CO2 builds up real fast on me, so I can't stay under very long and I have to surface.

Check the boat, must be a leak somewhere... Or your guys have very big lungs or they breathe too fast.

I am riding a VIIB in Sept 39 at the moment and stay under from 7h00 to 21h00 at slow speed without touching the warning zone.

I have a VIIB in early Dec 1939 and I can't stay down that long.

Corsair · 11-20-06, 03:17 PM

Then next time you surface, throw a few guys overboard... (the biggest ones...)

robj250 · 11-20-06, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Corsair

Quote:

Originally Posted by robj250

About staying underwater, I find that the CO2 builds up real fast on me, so I can't stay under very long and I have to surface.

Check the boat, must be a leak somewhere... Or your guys have very big lungs or they breathe too fast.

I am riding a VIIB in Sept 39 at the moment and stay under from 7h00 to 21h00 at slow speed without touching the warning zone.

Could be a leak, maybe Bernard left it open, or he's got huge lungs to fill :rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 11-20-06, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by robj250

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Get that good watch on that conning tower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I only have 1 Watchman qualified (forget - quit for lunch - have to feed my old and feeble body). Have tried qualifying others using SH3 Commander, but it will not let me do it.

About the map in the UZO or Periscope, I don't have such a map. All I have is a sheet with flags on it.

About staying underwater, I find that the CO2 builds up real fast on me, so I can't stay under very long and I have to surface.

My mistake, the map is on the F5 key in the upper left hand corner. Now find'em and sink'em

kylania · 11-20-06, 04:51 PM

Restart your career in 1941 out of Brest, 1st Flotilla. The early years are too quiet really.

mr chris · 11-20-06, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

Restart your career in 1941 out of Brest, 1st Flotilla. The early years are too quiet really.

I think it depends on where you go and what luck you have. I managed to sink nearly 200,000t by the time 41 came round in my last career. And i never sunk a big warship all i sunk were merchants. They are out there so good luck Rob

P_Funk · 11-20-06, 05:03 PM

It might be SH3 sobotage thats causing your sub to need to surface more often.

EDIT. sorry thats SH3 Commander sabotage that I meant to say.

robj250 · 11-20-06, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by P_Funk

It might be SH3 sobotage thats causing your sub to need to surface more often.

EDIT. sorry thats SH3 Commander sabotage that I meant to say.

Then how can I get rid of this "sabotage" in SH3 Commander.

P_Funk · 11-20-06, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by robj250

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Originally Posted by P_Funk

It might be SH3 sobotage thats causing your sub to need to surface more often.

EDIT. sorry thats SH3 Commander sabotage that I meant to say.

Then how can I get rid of this "sabotage" in SH3 Commander.

I'm not sure its a selectable option but is more of a constant part of the prog. I might be wrong. I recall reading somewhere that JScones is going to make it another optional feature in the next release.

I suggest reviewing the latest SH3 Commander release notes.

kylania · 11-20-06, 08:27 PM

Sabotage you need to actively turn on with SH3 Commander. However random malfunctions are on by default.

To disable them simply rename/remove all the Random_Events*.cfg files in the CFG folder of your SH3 Commander install.

11-20-06, 02:48 PM	#16
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	A normal patrol time is around a month time and you can be days on empty seas or in rough weather / low vis. If you just run around at high TC expecting visual contacts, you will miss a lot. I reckon I find 75% of my targets by regular hydrophone checks with all stopped and myself behind the wheel... In shipping lanes I have one every 3 hours (which tallies to my 6 hour routine crew rotation and checkup of systems) Outside shipping lanes, I am under the whole day making one every 3 hours (takes 2 mins to stop engines, make 2 rotations and start again) at night I make one before surface (usually around 21h00) one around midnight (takes a little longer as I need to dive to 20/30m - weather depending, listen and resurface again) and the last one on the dawn dive. Besides finding targets, it's also a good warning of approaching warships, don't forget by good weather you can hear props a good 15 klicks away. The info given regarding contacts are not 100% accurate, an indication of a NE bearing can be 30, 45 or 60 degr. and moreover, nothing is against the convoy changing route in the meantime. Try to think what is their destination, there are some bottlenecks. P.S. there is also nothing that says that you must patrol that grid, just gives you a little more renown... __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

11-20-06, 02:49 PM	#17
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,303 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Get that good watch on that conning tower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-20-06, 02:59 PM	#19
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Strike them hard Rob __________________

11-20-06, 03:17 PM	#22
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Then next time you surface, throw a few guys overboard... (the biggest ones...) __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

11-20-06, 04:51 PM	#25
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Restart your career in 1941 out of Brest, 1st Flotilla. The early years are too quiet really. __________________

11-20-06, 05:03 PM	#27
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	It might be SH3 sobotage thats causing your sub to need to surface more often. EDIT. sorry thats SH3 Commander sabotage that I meant to say. __________________ Last edited by P_Funk; 11-20-06 at 05:28 PM.

11-20-06, 08:27 PM	#30
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Sabotage you need to actively turn on with SH3 Commander. However random malfunctions are on by default. To disable them simply rename/remove all the Random_Events*.cfg files in the CFG folder of your SH3 Commander install. __________________

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