Why am I given patroll routs that can't be done?

iven72 · 10-23-06, 10:17 PM

I am asked to patroll BD91 its on the US Coast I don't have the range to do it even at ahead slow. I am in a VIIB Sub.

Dantenoc · 10-23-06, 10:21 PM

ahead slow is not the most economic power setting for your boat, your better off with ahead one third.... nevertheless, that's entirely besides the point: the real issue is that Bdu is just wack, ignore it if it's simply impossible to acomplish.

Dantenoc · 10-23-06, 10:21 PM

sorry, double post

d@rk51d3 · 10-23-06, 10:42 PM

It's a one way ticket for Bernard.

JScones · 10-24-06, 02:52 AM

Request a change - in other words, change the patrol grid yourself.

- If before the patrol, use SH3Cmdr or edit the relevant PatrolArea entry in Patrols_0.cfg.

- If mid-patrol, save/exit the patrol (no need to exit SH3 though) and edit the PatrolArea entry in the relevant save folder's .psc file (it's a text file). Just remember that Patrol 5's save files (for example) are stored under folder titled 4.

Biggles · 10-24-06, 09:17 AM

Remember when the BdU asked me to patrol inland England....... I was like......oooookay

SteamWake · 10-24-06, 09:23 AM

Yea LOL they will give you patrols hundreds of miles inland at times (shrug).

AVGWarhawk · 10-24-06, 12:33 PM

It is just drunken orders from BDU. I was given coordinates to patrol a tiny piece of a square as the rest of it was land. I guess I was to look for skiffs to sink or something. I went and did it anyway. I would just return to port with what I can get as far as tonnage. I have used all my torps before on the way to the assigned grid and sent a radio message. BDU told me to return even though I did not reach my grid. Oh well, I got some renown but not all I guess.

Biggles · 10-25-06, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It is just drunken orders from BDU. I was given coordinates to patrol a tiny piece of a square as the rest of it was land. I guess I was to look for skiffs to sink or something. I went and did it anyway. I would just return to port with what I can get as far as tonnage. I have used all my torps before on the way to the assigned grid and sent a radio message. BDU told me to return even though I did not reach my grid. Oh well, I got some renown but not all I guess.

Hmmm....reminds me of the time when I was suppose to patrol the coast of Greece in a place where 8/10 of the square was inland Greece. I went there, patroled the little water which was there and went on to sink a couple o' buggers around Malta

AVGWarhawk · 10-25-06, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Biggles

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It is just drunken orders from BDU. I was given coordinates to patrol a tiny piece of a square as the rest of it was land. I guess I was to look for skiffs to sink or something. I went and did it anyway. I would just return to port with what I can get as far as tonnage. I have used all my torps before on the way to the assigned grid and sent a radio message. BDU told me to return even though I did not reach my grid. Oh well, I got some renown but not all I guess.

Hmmm....reminds me of the time when I was suppose to patrol the coast of Greece in a place where 8/10 of the square was inland Greece. I went there, patroled the little water which was there and went on to sink a couple o' buggers around Malta

Yep, same with me...some tiny creek to patrol.

DanBiddle · 10-25-06, 10:50 AM

I got given the Solent to patrol once - it was then that I finally realised that Onkel Karl hated me...

Biggles · 10-25-06, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DanBiddle

I got given the Solent to patrol once - it was then that I finally realised that Onkel Karl hated me...

Pardon...what is Solent?

DanBiddle · 10-25-06, 01:12 PM

Stretch of water in between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Not fun with GW mod!

Biggles · 10-26-06, 05:55 AM

I've been to Isle of White!

But eh.....that's just a couple o' 1000 meters innit? Why would you like to go there anyway.....

:hmm:

10-23-06, 10:17 PM	#1
iven72 Seaman Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 40 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Why am I given patroll routs that can't be done? I am asked to patroll BD91 its on the US Coast I don't have the range to do it even at ahead slow. I am in a VIIB Sub.

10-23-06, 10:21 PM	#2
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ahead slow is not the most economic power setting for your boat, your better off with ahead one third.... nevertheless, that's entirely besides the point: the real issue is that Bdu is just wack, ignore it if it's simply impossible to acomplish. __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682

10-23-06, 10:21 PM	#3
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	sorry, double post __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682 Last edited by Dantenoc; 10-23-06 at 11:07 PM.

10-24-06, 09:17 AM	#6
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Remember when the BdU asked me to patrol inland England....... I was like......oooookay __________________

10-24-06, 12:33 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It is just drunken orders from BDU. I was given coordinates to patrol a tiny piece of a square as the rest of it was land. I guess I was to look for skiffs to sink or something. I went and did it anyway. I would just return to port with what I can get as far as tonnage. I have used all my torps before on the way to the assigned grid and sent a radio message. BDU told me to return even though I did not reach my grid. Oh well, I got some renown but not all I guess. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-23-06, 10:42 PM	#4
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,952 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	It's a one way ticket for Bernard.

10-24-06, 02:52 AM	#5
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Request a change - in other words, change the patrol grid yourself. - If before the patrol, use SH3Cmdr or edit the relevant PatrolArea entry in Patrols_0.cfg. - If mid-patrol, save/exit the patrol (no need to exit SH3 though) and edit the PatrolArea entry in the relevant save folder's .psc file (it's a text file). Just remember that Patrol 5's save files (for example) are stored under folder titled 4.

10-24-06, 09:23 AM	#7
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yea LOL they will give you patrols hundreds of miles inland at times (shrug).

10-25-06, 10:50 AM	#11
DanBiddle Torpedoman Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 117 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I got given the Solent to patrol once - it was then that I finally realised that Onkel Karl hated me... __________________

10-25-06, 01:12 PM	#13
DanBiddle Torpedoman Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 117 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Stretch of water in between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Not fun with GW mod! __________________

10-26-06, 05:55 AM	#14
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've been to Isle of White! But eh.....that's just a couple o' 1000 meters innit? Why would you like to go there anyway..... :hmm: __________________