New GWX problem.. It freezes?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

The kiel canal only becomes visible when you zoom in, at very large scale maps it is no longer visible (but is still there).
That said, if you're going through the kiel canal I recommend adjusting the proximity to land max TC (default is x4 and will take ages to get through) using SH Commander.

I hate the Kiel Canal, I always go through Kattegat or transfer to Wil until France is available.

There is a Nav mod, don't know if it's just GWX to auto-plot through canal but it just seems to take forever and when you've only got a short amount of time to sink something...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

The kiel canal only becomes visible when you zoom in, at very large scale maps it is no longer visible (but is still there).
That said, if you're going through the kiel canal I recommend adjusting the proximity to land max TC (default is x4 and will take ages to get through) using SH Commander.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I hate the Kiel Canal, I always go through Kattegat or transfer to Wil until France is available.

There is a Nav mod, don't know if it's just GWX to auto-plot through canal but it just seems to take forever and when you've only got a short amount of time to sink something...

Then do as CheeryHarbey suggests

No i had him follow course. he had me run into land inside the canal. like when i clicked on the navigator and told him to (Plot kiel canal outbound. it ran me into land. no joke the plots were like in the land I thought that it was a glitch and the canal was actually bigger than what the map suggested. I was wrong.. shortest career ever didnt even get out of the canal.. although I dont see how my men would ALL be dead, just the Uboat would be ruined

[Herr-Berbunch]

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my previous comment...

I hate the Kiel Canal

My thoughts are with the relatives of the crew who couldn't paddle 20m to shore. And good luck in your next career

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

No i had him follow course. he had me run into land inside the canal. like when i clicked on the navigator and told him to (Plot kiel canal outbound. it ran me into land. no joke the plots were like in the land I thought that it was a glitch and the canal was actually bigger than what the map suggested. I was wrong.. shortest career ever didnt even get out of the canal.. although I dont see how my men would ALL be dead, just the Uboat would be ruined

Do you have any mods other than those that came with GWX enabled?

Nope. But while were on the topic of other mods that go well with GWX. or GWX extra mods. what are some others you reccomend?? I particularily would like the Clothing mod that makes their clothing more realistic (sweaters and such) and uhm I fixed the problem with the Black skies, even though I had SH3 Commander on auto rollback, it was the fact I had mods enabled while the game was in the Program Files x86 folder, I took everything out and reinstalled to just base C:/ drive

But the kiel canal thing isnt a big deal for me. its not like I get attacked during it and later in war (incase planes show up over friendly airspace, I may just go around the long way. submerged :P Im off to play a patrol now and see what I can get

[CherryHarbey]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

No i had him follow course. he had me run into land inside the canal. like when i clicked on the navigator and told him to (Plot kiel canal outbound. it ran me into land. no joke the plots were like in the land I thought that it was a glitch and the canal was actually bigger than what the map suggested. I was wrong.. shortest career ever didnt even get out of the canal.. although I dont see how my men would ALL be dead, just the Uboat would be ruined

Using the Kiel outbound plot course has to be done before you move anywhere. it's great little tool but it's just a pre-programed series of turns, your nav is not smart if you're not at the exact start point it won't work correctly. if you use the kiel outbound before and follow up with the follow plotted course command you will be fine.

Coming back through is only slightly more tricky. there is a green spot with Kaiser Wilhem Kanal Einpunkt or something like that (it's been 20 years since I learnt German) near the western entrance. you need your last waypoint to be exactly on this spot before using the plot kiel inbound commnand.

do this and you should be fine, (land proximity considerations as before)

Ahh thank you! very helpful indeed.

[CherryHarbey]

no problem, glad to be of help

As of right now I am getting my new U 19's feet wet (diving her for the first time, I got out of kiel and am annoyed by TC stopping every 15 seconds because of (ship spotted) at least I wont need it until I get to enemy waters (AN81) so I am going to run her under thewater until I make it close, then MAAAYBe surface hopefully my career will be long and fruitful im hoping to test GWX's damage system out soon and see how she works