1941 career and I have a radar antenna?!?!? GWX 1.03

Deathfrombelow23 · 04-03-07, 10:07 PM

It's 1941 and I am beginning my 3rd patrol. I recently upgraded GWX from the basic version to version 1.03 while in port after my second patrol. That took care of the problem of not being able to see my insignia on the conning tower. Now there seems to be another glaring problem since my upgrade to 1.03... as I'm pulling out of St. Nazaire, I notice that I have a giant, rotating radar aerial on the top of the conning tower! How did radar get added to my VII-C in 1941?? It's not even an upgrade option in port!

Is this some sort of bug of which I'm unaware?? Once again... thanks to all of you in advance for your advice... I am a GWX noob and appreciate all of your valuable insights!

Zero Niner · 04-03-07, 10:20 PM

It's not radar, apparently it's a radio aerial of some sort.
It's only eye-candy, there is no functional purpose in the game.
You can download a mod so that the aerial is in the stowed (lowered) position

nativetexan · 04-03-07, 10:33 PM

Go here http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/GWX/ and scroll down to the Optional Mods and get the Lowered DF antenna mod.

Morts · 04-04-07, 01:06 AM

its a Radio Direction Finder

Laffertytig · 04-04-07, 01:37 AM

i pretty certain uboats never had this device in 1941, wasnt it until late 42 or early 43 they where equiped with this?

Alyebard · 04-04-07, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laffertytig

i pretty certain uboats never had this device in 1941, wasnt it until late 42 or early 43 they where equiped with this?

The Radio Direction Finder was a pre-war equipment, IMHO i think all uboats had it during all the war, a interesting article on uboat.net
http://www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=51

Laffertytig · 04-04-07, 02:09 AM

thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

robbo180265 · 04-04-07, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laffertytig

thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

As Alyebard said, it's not Radar - it's a radio direction finder.

Use the link matey

Vacillator · 04-04-07, 03:28 AM

As said above there's a mod to lower the antenna. However, my JSME is showing that it's installed but I still have the antenna up on my VIIB. Perhaps I'll try a re-install of the mod, if not I'll just live with it.

joea · 04-04-07, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laffertytig

thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

Radio not radar it was to pick up radio transmissions. Also, radar can't be used to detect radar...but a radar detector can.

Deathfrombelow23 · 04-04-07, 09:16 PM

Thanks guys! I tried downloading the file (lowered antenna) from a number of sites but I can't figure out how to install it. It says its a 7z file... and I don't know how to install that. I tried opening JSGME and it didn't show up. I'm not very familiar with JSGME by the way either... I'd appreciate any help or advice! Thanks!

donw · 04-04-07, 09:49 PM

Go here... http://www.7-zip.org/

Download the .exe version 4.42 and install it. This will allow you to decompress the 7z file.

As for JSGME...between jones' web site and the readme file it should be self explaining...and actually quite easy to use. If you still don't understand it, email Jonesy, he's a pretty good guy and im sure will help you sort it out.

JCWolf · 04-05-07, 03:12 AM

Brother, thats the Radio antena,
that all the U-Boats had one...
If its there its because its historicly
correct....

Ref adapted That Antena, and usualy was manualy
rotated to get radio sinchron. and catch radio
frequenc.

So its correct....

Foghladh_mhara · 04-05-07, 03:19 AM

I'm most certainly not a computer expert (if it doesn't work, boot it and keep on re-booting it till its dented!) but I have noticed that the mods I've downloaded wont show on JSGME unless I put them in a folder of their own within the Mods folder of SH3. If that helps

Deathfrombelow23 · 04-05-07, 05:57 PM

Ok... i got the program to work so I could extract the 7z files. now, where do I put them in order to get the lowered antenna mod to work? Thanks in advance!

04-03-07, 10:07 PM	#1
Deathfrombelow23 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 134 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	1941 career and I have a radar antenna?!?!? GWX 1.03 It's 1941 and I am beginning my 3rd patrol. I recently upgraded GWX from the basic version to version 1.03 while in port after my second patrol. That took care of the problem of not being able to see my insignia on the conning tower. Now there seems to be another glaring problem since my upgrade to 1.03... as I'm pulling out of St. Nazaire, I notice that I have a giant, rotating radar aerial on the top of the conning tower! How did radar get added to my VII-C in 1941?? It's not even an upgrade option in port! Is this some sort of bug of which I'm unaware?? Once again... thanks to all of you in advance for your advice... I am a GWX noob and appreciate all of your valuable insights!

04-05-07, 03:12 AM	#13
JCWolf Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Spain , Crossing Gibraltar! Posts: 2,292 Downloads: 202 Uploads: 1	Brother, thats the Radio antena, that all the U-Boats had one... If its there its because its historicly correct.... Ref adapted That Antena, and usualy was manualy rotated to get radio sinchron. and catch radio frequenc. So its correct.... __________________ JCWolf Mediafire SHIII Page User name : JCWolf Password : stefre@jcm

04-05-07, 03:19 AM	#14
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I'm most certainly not a computer expert (if it doesn't work, boot it and keep on re-booting it till its dented!) but I have noticed that the mods I've downloaded wont show on JSGME unless I put them in a folder of their own within the Mods folder of SH3. If that helps __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

04-03-07, 10:20 PM	#2
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	It's not radar, apparently it's a radio aerial of some sort. It's only eye-candy, there is no functional purpose in the game. You can download a mod so that the aerial is in the stowed (lowered) position

04-03-07, 10:33 PM	#3
nativetexan Watch Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Texas, USA Posts: 26 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Go here http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/GWX/ and scroll down to the Optional Mods and get the Lowered DF antenna mod.

04-04-07, 01:06 AM	#4
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	its a Radio Direction Finder

04-04-07, 01:37 AM	#5
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	i pretty certain uboats never had this device in 1941, wasnt it until late 42 or early 43 they where equiped with this?

04-04-07, 02:09 AM	#7
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	thats cant be right. hate to use a movie as reference but they never had it in das boat. have u read the book "iron coffins". the skipper in that book never had this till 43. why do u think so many uboats were sunk by aircraft, it was the lack of radar to detect aircraft

04-04-07, 03:28 AM	#9
Vacillator Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 307 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	As said above there's a mod to lower the antenna. However, my JSME is showing that it's installed but I still have the antenna up on my VIIB. Perhaps I'll try a re-install of the mod, if not I'll just live with it.

04-04-07, 09:16 PM	#11
Deathfrombelow23 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 134 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Thanks guys! I tried downloading the file (lowered antenna) from a number of sites but I can't figure out how to install it. It says its a 7z file... and I don't know how to install that. I tried opening JSGME and it didn't show up. I'm not very familiar with JSGME by the way either... I'd appreciate any help or advice! Thanks!

04-04-07, 09:49 PM	#12
donw Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 386 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Go here... http://www.7-zip.org/ Download the .exe version 4.42 and install it. This will allow you to decompress the 7z file. As for JSGME...between jones' web site and the readme file it should be self explaining...and actually quite easy to use. If you still don't understand it, email Jonesy, he's a pretty good guy and im sure will help you sort it out.

04-05-07, 05:57 PM	#15
Deathfrombelow23 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 134 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Ok... i got the program to work so I could extract the 7z files. now, where do I put them in order to get the lowered antenna mod to work? Thanks in advance!