IXC Problems!

[Stiebler]

Reece said (of Type IXC U-boat):

however, if I am submerged & the U-Boat encounters a waypoint the boat just goes around in circles, Goofy on the surface it's ok!
Also I just had radar installed & the damn thing keeps switching itself off!

The circling problem occasionally affects all U-boats, and is a bug in the stock game. The easy solution is to set the rudder to zero manually, move a short distance, then click on the 'return to course' icon.
The radar problem also occasionally affects all U-boats, and is caused by heavy storms. At wind speeds greater than about 12 or 13, the radar will randomly switch itself off. This might be a design decision. As a different problem, don't forget that, when you reload after saving a patrol, the radar will always be switched on, whatever its previous state. When switched on, the radar attracts destroyers and aircraft.

The real problem with the Type IX-C, that I've never seen with the IX-B, is that occasionally you have trouble with the external torpedo reloads (screen flickering, torpedoes disappear). This is a well-known problem for the Type IX-D2, fixed by reducing the number of external torpedo reloads to six, but the IX-C U-boat only has six external torpedo reloads anyway. Incidentally, the 'fixed' Type IX-D2 also occasionally *still* shows the external reload screen flickering, very rarely.

Stiebler.