August 1939

Sailor Steve · 09-21-11, 11:08 AM

On August 19 fourteen u-boats were sent into the North Atlantic to await...something (I doubt they knew what was going on). I do a one-hour 'patrol', cruise around the harbor and tie up again. SH3 Commander then lets me set up my crew the way I want them, and I set 'Days In Base, for 19, which lets me set out again on the 19th. A leisurely cruise through the Channel to my assigned grie and wait for the start of the war.

The other solution is to use Commander to choose a September start date.

The '24-hour' patrol assignment is a holdover from the way the game was originally supposed to work, with lots of missions and zero randomness. I always stay in the same grid for at least two weeks, and then only move if I haven't seen anything at all.

09-21-11, 11:08 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	On August 19 fourteen u-boats were sent into the North Atlantic to await...something (I doubt they knew what was going on). I do a one-hour 'patrol', cruise around the harbor and tie up again. SH3 Commander then lets me set up my crew the way I want them, and I set 'Days In Base, for 19, which lets me set out again on the 19th. A leisurely cruise through the Channel to my assigned grie and wait for the start of the war. The other solution is to use Commander to choose a September start date. The '24-hour' patrol assignment is a holdover from the way the game was originally supposed to work, with lots of missions and zero randomness. I always stay in the same grid for at least two weeks, and then only move if I haven't seen anything at all. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo