[REL] Dark Waters

08-02-22, 07:30 AM

After a really long long time of shaping up my DW install, I could finally set my type IX for some action.

First patrol was quite boring, but the second one gave me this present: a British battleship slightly ahead of an otherwise apparently unescorted convoy next to the Portuguese coast (Gibraltar-UK).

Why was the battleship miles ahead of the convoy? No idea. I've checked the convoy layers and the battleship was supposed to be part of the convoy

. Anyway, I just couldn't let it get through... Fired a full bow-tubes salvo and:

All four hit. It rolled and sank just like that HMS Barham sinking movie we've all seen, but without the final explosion

I think it's the biggest ship I've bagged in a campaign since I started playing this game

+30k tons

One thing i've noticed is the large amount of neutral ships in the British convoys in 1939. I've met a few ones of about 20-30 merchants, and more than half were ships of nations that were neutral at that point of the war (Greece, Netherlands, Panama, Norway). Far too many, in my opinion.

CapitainEA · 08-03-22, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by JapLance

One thing i've noticed is the large amount of neutral ships in the British convoys in 1939. I've met a few ones of about 20-30 merchants, and more than half were ships of nations that were neutral at that point of the war (Greece, Netherlands, Panama, Norway). Far too many, in my opinion.

It does not prevent me from sinking them :p. If they are neutral, they do not have to trade with England....

Bubblehead1980 · 08-03-22, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by CapitainEA

It does not prevent me from sinking them :p. If they are neutral, they do not have to trade with England....

Have to be careful, sunk too many of them, you will los your command, career over.

In three patrols I sunk three neutrals (not on purpose, they were in convoys and either mistaken for British during night attacks on convoys or hit by torpedo which missed its original target) and at end of third patrol, was informed I was removed from command, court martialed etc.

I changed this my mod for dark waters, still neutral but no career ending penalty for sinking them. Since the penalty is neutral, I do not believe gain renown for their sinking either.

08-06-22, 04:36 AM

Someone uses the calculations through RAOBF? It feels like there are errors somewhere, either in the table, or in the disk itself. Please tell me your opinion.

08-06-22, 10:21 AM

My most successful patrol so far:

Got me a HMS Furious for dinner

.

Unfortunately, the two merchants have not been recorded by the campaign master because I saved the game while at sea, and when I reloaded it somehow they were lost (together with the 2nd patrol zone and a "Sink merchants" objective), despite the marks being visible in the map all the time and appearing in the Captain's log...

Bugs, bugs, plenty of bugs. This game could have been so good if properly developed... Damn you, Ubisoft!

KaleunMarco · 08-06-22, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JapLance

My most successful patrol so far:

Got me a HMS Furious for dinner

.

Unfortunately, the two merchants have not been recorded by the campaign master because I saved the game while at sea, and when I reloaded it somehow they were lost (together with the 2nd patrol zone and a "Sink merchants" objective), despite the marks being visible in the map all the time and appearing in the Captain's log...

Bugs, bugs, plenty of bugs. This game could have been so good if properly developed... Damn you, Ubisoft!

yes, that's a nice haul.

on a side note on the not-getting-credit-for-sinkings, i am playing the Real Fleet Boat (RFB) megamod, which has the longest sinking times of any of the major mods, such that you may not get credit for sinkings because you are detecting the sinking when it happens. really frustrating.

08-06-22, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

yes, that's a nice haul.

on a side note on the not-getting-credit-for-sinkings, i am playing the Real Fleet Boat (RFB) megamod, which has the longest sinking times of any of the major mods, such that you may not get credit for sinkings because you are detecting the sinking when it happens. really frustrating.

I guess you mean that "because you are NOT detecting the sinking when it happens." But that's a different story, probably intentional by the developers. If you can't confirm the sinking either visually or by hydrophones, it makes sense that you don't get the kill.

What I experienced that last patrol is just another bug. I knew something was wrong as the game loaded the file and the sound of a launching torpedo was played and the XO called four or five times "torpedo in the water"

RussianDude · 08-07-22, 05:54 AM

So I'm playing 1942 type IXC career, Paukenshlag operation, in April. On 19 April I receive a message from HQ, that a U-Tanker will be avaliable for ressuply in grid CC, since 21 April. And indeed, after 21 April an icon appeared on my map, like in ports. But after some time, on like, May 4 or May 5 it dissapears. I searched the location of the U-Tanker, thinking that it might be just a bugged map icon, but U-Tanker is not there. So uh, any info on U-Tankers in this mod?

08-07-22, 05:54 AM	#8
RussianDude Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Russia, Siberia Posts: 5 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	What's up with U-Tankers? So I'm playing 1942 type IXC career, Paukenshlag operation, in April. On 19 April I receive a message from HQ, that a U-Tanker will be avaliable for ressuply in grid CC, since 21 April. And indeed, after 21 April an icon appeared on my map, like in ports. But after some time, on like, May 4 or May 5 it dissapears. I searched the location of the U-Tanker, thinking that it might be just a bugged map icon, but U-Tanker is not there. So uh, any info on U-Tankers in this mod?

08-02-22, 07:30 AM	#1
JapLance Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	After a really long long time of shaping up my DW install, I could finally set my type IX for some action. First patrol was quite boring, but the second one gave me this present: a British battleship slightly ahead of an otherwise apparently unescorted convoy next to the Portuguese coast (Gibraltar-UK). Why was the battleship miles ahead of the convoy? No idea. I've checked the convoy layers and the battleship was supposed to be part of the convoy . Anyway, I just couldn't let it get through... Fired a full bow-tubes salvo and: All four hit. It rolled and sank just like that HMS Barham sinking movie we've all seen, but without the final explosion I think it's the biggest ship I've bagged in a campaign since I started playing this game +30k tons One thing i've noticed is the large amount of neutral ships in the British convoys in 1939. I've met a few ones of about 20-30 merchants, and more than half were ships of nations that were neutral at that point of the war (Greece, Netherlands, Panama, Norway). Far too many, in my opinion.

08-06-22, 04:36 AM	#4
rainbowjose Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Someone uses the calculations through RAOBF? It feels like there are errors somewhere, either in the table, or in the disk itself. Please tell me your opinion.

08-06-22, 10:21 AM	#5
JapLance Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	My most successful patrol so far: Got me a HMS Furious for dinner . Unfortunately, the two merchants have not been recorded by the campaign master because I saved the game while at sea, and when I reloaded it somehow they were lost (together with the 2nd patrol zone and a "Sink merchants" objective), despite the marks being visible in the map all the time and appearing in the Captain's log... Bugs, bugs, plenty of bugs. This game could have been so good if properly developed... Damn you, Ubisoft!