i said i would!

[Mooncatt]

installed gwx last night and i said id post what i thought so here goes...
it is amazing thats the only thing i can say to describe it, it has completly changed everything. it doesnt take that long to load either for me 30 secs maybe.
i have lost a few fps in the harbour i used to get bout 25fps thats dropped to like 20fps but no biggy.
i run p4 3.0ghz processor
1.5gig ram ddr 400mhz
x700 pro 256mb sapphire hybrid agp
asus p5p500 mobo (not very good)
i can easily overclock if i wanna boost the fps back up a little.
i started by doing some of the single missions which are great i spent like 2-3hrs doing these before i decided to start a career, this is how it went...

so i started at the start 1939 in sept at wilhelmshaven with a VIIB i forget my grid but it was at lorient. i thought coz it was the start of the war i would risk the channel DUH!!! STUPID IDEA i didnt expect nothing to be there that early in the war...oh how wrong i was :rotfl:
id just entered the channel and got 4 contacts all DD`s so dived to 20m and silent running 3 knts. as i got further in i picked up more DD`s and a few tramps but they were too far away to warrant any kind of pursuit due to the amount of DD`s about.
i did come accross one tramp that would pass my bow at about 1500m so i fired 2 fish both hit but no cigar, i thought this has changed coz it only took 1 fish in sh3 stock to sink one of those. i wasted no more fish and finished her with deck gun, of course by now all those DD`s id got past were heading at full speed to my location but i went as deep as poss silent running again and i managed to slip away. i patrolled my grid but i was by now a little drunk so decided i wasnt gonna go any further or i would end up doing stupid things like trying to raid a harbour so i saved there and will continue tonight.
i love all the new sounds that have been put in all the new skins for the ships and even the little touches like smoke coming off the deck gun when firing i dont remember that being in stock. so far i havent seen many ships probably due to the fact that i havent been far enough and it is only the start of the war.

so questions....
1. these radio messages e.g do not attack any French shipping only in self defense.
do i have to stick to these orders or are they just for immersion. e.g would i lose renown for attacking a French steamer thats unarmed??
2. DD`s can detect you at 3knts but the boat wont rise upwards so run 2knts at PD depth but then the boat rises out of the water. how do you avoid this happening cant dive much deeper or you cant see out of the periscope.
3. why does it take 2+ fish just to sink a tramp steamer?? whats a BB gonna be like to sink?? in single mission i did i fired 5 fish at an aircraft carrier did even slow it down or make her list in the slightest!!
4. whats with all the ports over in Australia an stuff can i go there and sink ships too?? and what kind of boat would i need to get there its a long way!
5. in the indian ocean on the nav map there are lots of kind of dotted lines what are these for?
sorry for the bombardment of questions its just such a big change from stock!!
thanx again to JasonSagert for making this possible for me to play
and thanx to the GWX team for creating such an awesome mod