GWX time compression and air patrols

ReallyDedPoet · 02-03-07, 10:01 PM

Got the crap beaten out of me at 256tc a little earlier tonight. Real nice first patrol in 42'

ReallyDedPoet · 02-04-07, 03:24 PM

Lots of planes in 42'. First patrol, had to CD about four times so far, about a 1\3 of the way through.

jaxa · 02-04-07, 04:06 PM

1939, TC max 256 and many planes detected near Great Britain
you should setup "tc 1x" when plane detected in SH3Commander

gheistrotor · 02-25-07, 06:49 PM

I am running GWX 1.02 with SH3 set to pause when there is an air attack to buy me some more time. It works OK with the big slow planes but the fast planes still nick you. The Bay of Biscay does seem light in air traffic but go north to Iceland and you will find dozens of air attacks both day and night. The night ones are big two and four engine monsters with radar arrays on their fuselage. The four engine ones drop depth charges based on where their radar detected you last. This is July 1942 and I have had six air attacks in the last 36 hrs. I even vary my resurfacing times and they still find me. If I had let my batteries run low I would be up the creek without a paddle. I am just hoping to make it back to Bergen in one piece and that is the last time I patrol AE84. The other thing I notice in GWX 1.02 is all the air patrols have multiple planes 2 or 3 so jousting with a flak gun seems out of the question.

CruiseTorpedo · 02-25-07, 07:12 PM

Learn somethin new everyday! I have always played at 1024 and let my crew look around for ships and planes as I cruised along. Sometimes I wouldnt fire all my torps before I had to RTB due to low fuel (I'd travel at the best cruise speed by specifying knots and still run outta fuel). Lowered to 512 and played some today and I've had much better luck!

Even ran into a battleship nelson class, I think, sunk her firing all 5 torps, 1 missed but the other 3 in the initial fan shot hit her bow to mid ship, then the fifth one finished her off. It was hard deciding to attack her, she was escorting 4 large tankers! I almost went for the tankers, but figured I'd get the BB then if there's time after shaking off the destroyers I'd come around and attack the tankers. Saved it at that point and I have yet to go back in to finish the patrol. Took some damage from a destroyer that snuck up on me right after I fired the 5th torp, had no idea she was 300m to the side and I turned away from her not realizing I setup a perfect run. Was lucky I didnt sink right there! I imagine if I had a % of damage meter it wouldn't be pretty so I have to be extra careful on my next run on the convoy.

02-03-07, 10:01 PM	#1
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,893 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Got the crap beaten out of me at 256tc a little earlier tonight. Real nice first patrol in 42' __________________ Back in the Day

02-04-07, 03:24 PM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,893 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Lots of planes in 42'. First patrol, had to CD about four times so far, about a 1\3 of the way through. __________________ Back in the Day

02-04-07, 04:06 PM	#3
jaxa The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 1,501 Downloads: 418 Uploads: 0	1939, TC max 256 and many planes detected near Great Britain you should setup "tc 1x" when plane detected in SH3Commander __________________ SHIII + GWX 3 Gold + V16B1 hardcode fixes + SH3Commander SHIV + OM + OMEGU SHV + WoS

02-25-07, 06:49 PM	#4
gheistrotor Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	I am running GWX 1.02 with SH3 set to pause when there is an air attack to buy me some more time. It works OK with the big slow planes but the fast planes still nick you. The Bay of Biscay does seem light in air traffic but go north to Iceland and you will find dozens of air attacks both day and night. The night ones are big two and four engine monsters with radar arrays on their fuselage. The four engine ones drop depth charges based on where their radar detected you last. This is July 1942 and I have had six air attacks in the last 36 hrs. I even vary my resurfacing times and they still find me. If I had let my batteries run low I would be up the creek without a paddle. I am just hoping to make it back to Bergen in one piece and that is the last time I patrol AE84. The other thing I notice in GWX 1.02 is all the air patrols have multiple planes 2 or 3 so jousting with a flak gun seems out of the question.

02-25-07, 07:12 PM	#5
CruiseTorpedo Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 112 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Learn somethin new everyday! I have always played at 1024 and let my crew look around for ships and planes as I cruised along. Sometimes I wouldnt fire all my torps before I had to RTB due to low fuel (I'd travel at the best cruise speed by specifying knots and still run outta fuel). Lowered to 512 and played some today and I've had much better luck! Even ran into a battleship nelson class, I think, sunk her firing all 5 torps, 1 missed but the other 3 in the initial fan shot hit her bow to mid ship, then the fifth one finished her off. It was hard deciding to attack her, she was escorting 4 large tankers! I almost went for the tankers, but figured I'd get the BB then if there's time after shaking off the destroyers I'd come around and attack the tankers. Saved it at that point and I have yet to go back in to finish the patrol. Took some damage from a destroyer that snuck up on me right after I fired the 5th torp, had no idea she was 300m to the side and I turned away from her not realizing I setup a perfect run. Was lucky I didnt sink right there! I imagine if I had a % of damage meter it wouldn't be pretty so I have to be extra careful on my next run on the convoy.