Romanian merchant heading into Dutch port?

[Sailor Steve]

It's funny, but I've never done that. But then I never seem to use the renown for anything anyway. I've sometimes done an ocassional upgrade (new hydrophones etc) but I never 'buy' crew and I always keep the same boat. Of course running three simultaneous careers in three different boats helps.

[Paul Riley]

Its rare for me to also 'buy' crew as you put it,unless of course I have crew members that were killed in which case replacements will be necessary.I will on the other hand not be shy when it comes to 'buying' new equipment or getting a new UBoat.I recall in Iron Coffins towards the end how Werner was quite disgusted that his new Uboat was never fitted with the schnorkel where others had been luckier.I think he managed to get one fitted in the end but after much heated discussion and begging.An engine upgrade is always nice too,certainly makes those arduous overhauls easier.
I love new toys

[Jimbuna]

Just for info purposes Paul.....no engine upgrades in GWX3.0

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Just for info purposes Paul.....no engine upgrades in GWX3.0

OMG,you're kidding,how come?surely in real life they had improved engines installed?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

OMG,you're kidding,how come?surely in real life they had improved engines installed?

It's a long story but basically the original engines that came with the game were thereabouts in performance with the supercharged ones already supplied.

[Wulfmann]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It's funny, but I've never done that. But then I never seem to use the renown for anything anyway. I've sometimes done an ocassional upgrade (new hydrophones etc) but I never 'buy' crew and I always keep the same boat. Of course running three simultaneous careers in three different boats helps.

I agree, renown is almost irrelevant to me as well.
I do switch to a type9c for Pauchenschlag at the end of 41 but I have close to 20K renown at that point.
I have even thought about editing all the renown to be 1 for everything earned and 1 to buy everything. But it is so meaningless I just don't bother.
At this point it is purely the experience and not the score.
I had originally eliminated -1 so long ago it just became part of my set up edits with each load

Wulfmann

[vergol]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

if I see a ship with its lights off (the idiotic fools for not clearly displaying their ID) I will waste it

Let's hope that no hospital ship loses power mid-voyage.

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

I will not just waste it I will machine gun the survivors too

Whoa...

[ryanglavin]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

No.
Go into the config files.
Under "Renown" you will see "neutral -1".
Just use notepad to edit out that minus sign.

Now you will recieve full credit for sinking neutral ships.

Understand better now?

Config is the CFG right? I can't find a renown section in it.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by ryanglavin

Config is the CFG right? I can't find a renown section in it.

Go to: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\GWX3.0\data\Cfg

Then Basic CFG and you'll see a three sections down:


[RENOWN]
RenownReachGridObjCompleted=0
RenownPatrolGridObjCompleted=0
CompletedPatrol=0
NEUTRAL=-1
ALLIED=1
AXIS=-10
WrongShipSunk=-5000
FirstRankRenown=100
SecondRankRenown=350
EndCampaign=-5000

[ryanglavin]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Go to: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\GWX3.0\data\Cfg

Then Basic CFG and you'll see a three sections down:


[RENOWN]
RenownReachGridObjCompleted=0
RenownPatrolGridObjCompleted=0
CompletedPatrol=0
NEUTRAL=-1
ALLIED=1
AXIS=-10
WrongShipSunk=-5000
FirstRankRenown=100
SecondRankRenown=350
EndCampaign=-5000

Thanks Jim, I never seem to be able to find the right thing. As, at first, with the original GWX, I had to install at least 10 times before I got it right.

[Paul Riley]

@vergol,

I don't think I will attack a hospital ship,being a non combatant and all,we shall have to wait and see,depending on my mood and how ruthless I feel of course.
And our machine guns are full of water,no need to worry,and we also have a good supply of water bombs too to further scare the survivors thrashing around in the sea
Enter 'the tyrant of the high seas'

[Wulfmann]

Hospital ships are rated differently than other merchants.

The 1 or -1 means X=times the renown given that ship.
So sinking a British merchant with a renown of 200 would be 200 for 1 or for a neutral ship -200 for -1.

The hospital ships renown is a -10,000 so no matter what setting you have in the basic cfg file you get hammered for sinking a hospital ship.

A long time ago I attacked one with the deck gun after not seeing the crosses on a dim night but as I closed I saw them and was aghast at my error.
Fortunately there is no penalty for shooting one up as long as you don't sink it.

Wulfmann

[Paul Riley]

If I see one I will pull up alongside and shout over the megaphone "a boarding party will shortly be boarding your vessel,we have no intention of harming you or your ship,but we do demand you hand over all your sexy nurses,for me and my men havent seen a woman in months and we are close to succumbing to cabin fever"

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

me and my men havent seen a woman in months and we are close to succumbing to cabin fever

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

[Paul Riley]

oil,grease,vomit,perpetual dampness,BO,scheisse,bad breath,sweaty feet,hair grease,DC attacks,air attacks! argh!,all we need is pretty women on my boat!