First war patrol U-77

Markus Witt · 05-07-19, 03:20 AM

U-77 in the U-boot pen in Kiel before departure.

rmax · 05-07-19, 05:25 PM

Nice! Did you Alt-tab between the application to write the reports?

Did you get a medal?

Interesting that you fired on the convoy at such long range. I normally creep in to get as close as possible (although I'm in Oct 1939 so not against convoys yet).

Markus Witt · 05-07-19, 06:43 PM

I basically play from noon to noon, sometimes 2 days in a row. Each day I plot my position every 6 hours ( every 4 hours would be more accurate, but 6 to simplify things). Using the grid tool I note the exact grid square and then update the log in the game with these positions.

Each time I start my save I first plot the last noon position in the chart (I have all position markings disabled in game). After that every six hours a new position (or every course change). I then connect these position with lines which gives me my route travelled.

The next day at noon (or 2 days later) after plotting the noon position I save the game and the log and copy/paste the map with my route. I then alt-tab out of the game and paste the image to paint and save it. After that I do the same with the log pages.

After exiting the game I can then open the map file and convert the route to my own grid map. (this only takes a few minutes again. I open the grid map in paint and update the route just by eyeballing it looking at the grids). Using the log copies I then update my log which I keep in an Excel file.

05-07-19, 03:20 AM	#1
Markus Witt Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: AN8563 Posts: 171 Downloads: 312 Uploads: 0	U-77 in the U-boot pen in Kiel before departure. Last edited by Markus Witt; 07-05-21 at 12:46 PM.

05-07-19, 05:25 PM	#2
rmax Seaman Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 33 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Nice! Did you Alt-tab between the application to write the reports? Did you get a medal? Interesting that you fired on the convoy at such long range. I normally creep in to get as close as possible (although I'm in Oct 1939 so not against convoys yet).

05-07-19, 06:43 PM	#3
Markus Witt Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: AN8563 Posts: 171 Downloads: 312 Uploads: 0	I basically play from noon to noon, sometimes 2 days in a row. Each day I plot my position every 6 hours ( every 4 hours would be more accurate, but 6 to simplify things). Using the grid tool I note the exact grid square and then update the log in the game with these positions. Each time I start my save I first plot the last noon position in the chart (I have all position markings disabled in game). After that every six hours a new position (or every course change). I then connect these position with lines which gives me my route travelled. The next day at noon (or 2 days later) after plotting the noon position I save the game and the log and copy/paste the map with my route. I then alt-tab out of the game and paste the image to paint and save it. After that I do the same with the log pages. After exiting the game I can then open the map file and convert the route to my own grid map. (this only takes a few minutes again. I open the grid map in paint and update the route just by eyeballing it looking at the grids). Using the log copies I then update my log which I keep in an Excel file.