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[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Der Kuenstler

So there's no map in gwx to tell you approximately where the mines are so you can avoid them? They are all along the coast and you just randomly run into them and sink?

The Brits weren't kind enough to supply a map in real life, so I'd hardly expect GWX to do so.

That being said, if you really want to take a peak, open up the campaign file with the mission editor.

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

The Brits weren't kind enough to supply a map in real life, so I'd hardly expect GWX to do so.

That being said, if you really want to take a peak, open up the campaign file with the mission editor.

The PDF manual also gives a great deal of info on where you can expect minefields. Enemy fields, as wel as friendly minefields. (port defenses) There should even be a slidedown sheet on the map with port drawings iirc.

But the mission editor has the final word.

[Der Kuenstler]

Originally Posted by Schwartzritter

I would say that you struck a mine. 50 meters and May of 1940...you wouldn't by chance, be in or near the English Channel or near Scapa Flow would you?

Specifically I was in the deep area of AN55, about 70 KM NE of Hartlepool.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Pisces

There should even be a slidedown sheet on the map with port drawings iirc.

There is, but only for friendly ports, as is historical. Actually I'm not sure they were informed of mine locations in friendly ports either. That's part of the reason for escort vessels.

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by Der Kuenstler

Specifically I was in the deep area of AN55, about 70 KM NE of Hartlepool.

Pretty sure that would have been a mine. By that time (mid 1940) they laid down a carpet of mines all along the eastern Brittish coast.

[Missing Name]

MY last encounter with a mine was rather fortunate. Only a large hole in the sub, a missing deck gun and lots of split batteries! (Near Dover, on BdU's orders.)

[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by Obltn Strand

Use it as much as you like. Escorts won't hear it. It's in the game.
Besides map is far too inaccurate to check depth.

Originally Posted by Brag

Right, in the game escorts are deaf to the fathometer ping.

Wow,
This is great, I thought that the fathometer in SH4 was able to be heard and I never used it in the presence of the enemy. So I acted accordingly for this game. This is great info, because I'm not really too keen on the map for getting any depth data.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Brag

Right, in the game escorts are deaf to the fathometer ping.

True enough, but I like to play as if they aren't. It's ping early and ping once (long before you enter contact range) for me.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

True enough, but I like to play as if they aren't. It's ping early and ping once (long before you enter contact range) for me.

I couldn't do it any other way.