Hilfe! No sinkable ships anywhere blues...

Vainamoinen · 03-20-07, 03:45 PM

First things first - GWX is great, and I'm having a lot of fun, but...

I've just completed my fifth patrol with a type IIA from Kiel, and it's now April 1940. Each patrol I head for the designated area, hang around for a day and then go to the coast of England. I move down the coast, 50-80 km from it, until I start running out of fuel. During that time I have come across the grand total of one (count 'em) sinkable ship, which I missed sending to the bottom as it was moving away too fast for me. The two juicy freighters I did find turned out to be Norwegian and Dutch.

I accept that that's probably how things really were (I'm on 84% realism, I love the external camera too much to give it up), but what can I do to increase the odds of finding something? I regularly dive down to 25m to check the hydrophones, I always have good look-outs on the bridge, and I keep playing Lili Marlene to attract a tanker or two, but no luck.

Any tips gratefully received!

AVGWarhawk · 03-20-07, 03:51 PM

Get a bigger boat with more fuel and fish. Use the shipping lane map on the main F5 map. There out there man, trust me

bigboywooly · 03-20-07, 04:56 PM

April 40 eh
Get yourself off to Northern Norway coast

Some big fish there at that time
Weserubung and all

irish1958 · 03-20-07, 05:11 PM

That's why they made hydrophones.
When I was a young lad, I ask my father, "how does one get a girl?"
He said, "go where the girls are."
As usual, BBW has said it all.

Corsair · 03-20-07, 05:19 PM

With a IIA also found quite a few targets hanging around outside of Hartlepool...

Vainamoinen · 03-20-07, 05:59 PM

Norway it is then - many thanks lads.

Getting a bigger boat has been hampered by my lack of renown due to not finding any ships ...agh.

Have moved up to the heady hights of a IID, though.

03-20-07, 03:45 PM	#1
Vainamoinen Watch Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: That black spot on the horizon Posts: 20 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hilfe! No sinkable ships anywhere blues... First things first - GWX is great, and I'm having a lot of fun, but... I've just completed my fifth patrol with a type IIA from Kiel, and it's now April 1940. Each patrol I head for the designated area, hang around for a day and then go to the coast of England. I move down the coast, 50-80 km from it, until I start running out of fuel. During that time I have come across the grand total of one (count 'em) sinkable ship, which I missed sending to the bottom as it was moving away too fast for me. The two juicy freighters I did find turned out to be Norwegian and Dutch. I accept that that's probably how things really were (I'm on 84% realism, I love the external camera too much to give it up), but what can I do to increase the odds of finding something? I regularly dive down to 25m to check the hydrophones, I always have good look-outs on the bridge, and I keep playing Lili Marlene to attract a tanker or two, but no luck. Any tips gratefully received! __________________ "Die sitzen in Gibraltar and feiern unsere Versenkung!"

03-20-07, 03:51 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,266 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Get a bigger boat with more fuel and fish. Use the shipping lane map on the main F5 map. There out there man, trust me __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-20-07, 04:56 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	April 40 eh Get yourself off to Northern Norway coast Some big fish there at that time Weserubung and all __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-20-07, 05:11 PM	#4
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	That's why they made hydrophones. When I was a young lad, I ask my father, "how does one get a girl?" He said, "go where the girls are." As usual, BBW has said it all. __________________ Irish1958

03-20-07, 05:19 PM	#5
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	With a IIA also found quite a few targets hanging around outside of Hartlepool... __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

03-20-07, 05:59 PM	#6
Vainamoinen Watch Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: That black spot on the horizon Posts: 20 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Norway it is then - many thanks lads. Getting a bigger boat has been hampered by my lack of renown due to not finding any ships ...agh. Have moved up to the heady hights of a IID, though. __________________ "Die sitzen in Gibraltar and feiern unsere Versenkung!"