Whats This?????

Parkera · 07-20-08, 09:06 PM

On my way to England Jan 1940 I get a contact spotted so plot a course towards it and nothing is detected on Uzo so I checked the camera and got this?

Any ideas? Both targets stationary and the close on is Dutch.:hmm:

Pablo · 07-20-08, 09:17 PM

Hi!

Are you using GWX? If so, the ship furthest from you is a lightship. See p. 438 in the GWX Manual V2.1 for details.

Pablo

Parkera · 07-20-08, 09:24 PM

Yeah sorry should have said. Using GWX2.0 with Sh3Commander. Never seen this here before though. The lightship never registers as anything.

U-snafu · 07-20-08, 09:51 PM

Looks like they got the lightship possibly classed as "enviromental" in the 2.0/21 release-that is probably why it will not register. Using shIII generator I have noticed they will show on the 'generated' map in game as Icebergs.

Parkera · 07-20-08, 09:53 PM

ummm yeah saw that also in Sh3Gen. Thanks guys!

Schwuppes · 07-21-08, 12:12 AM

But what is that Dutch ship doing just sitting there stationary like that?! Interesting.... I say send it to the bottom, just to be sure!

HW3 · 07-21-08, 12:30 AM

The Dutch ship is there to alert you and your crew to the presence of the lightship. The lightship will not be reported by your crew since it is an environmental object.

Sailor Steve · 07-21-08, 12:37 AM

Yep, every lightship has a tug along to service it.

rifleman13 · 07-21-08, 01:33 AM

Why did the GWX team classify the lightship as an environmental?:hmm:

I encountered the same lightship in the North Sea and another in the Irish Sea.

I think it should be destroyed (at least the enemy-flagged lightships) because it aids merchants' and enemy warships' navigation!

The whole point of the tonnage war is to deny Britain of the supplies needed right? So anything that can help them should be destroyed!

Sailor Steve · 07-21-08, 08:46 AM

Probably because - like a lighthouse - it aids navigation for all ships, including u-boats. Sink it and the next time you're there, you run on the rocks. That can't happen in the game, but in real life it might have been one of those tacit 'do not touch' things.

Jimbuna · 07-21-08, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rifleman13

Why did the GWX team classify the lightship as an environmental?:hmm:

I encountered the same lightship in the North Sea and another in the Irish Sea.

I think it should be destroyed (at least the enemy-flagged lightships) because it aids merchants' and enemy warships' navigation!

The whole point of the tonnage war is to deny Britain of the supplies needed right? So anything that can help them should be destroyed!

Precisely as Steve states.

In RL WWII era there was a very tall winding tower at the local coal mine near the mouth of the River Tyne.

The Luftwaffe used it as a navigational aid in lining up there approach for bombing runs on the shipbuilding yards and never attacked it during their countless sorties.

It is rumoured that this tower was the safest place to be during an air raid

The lighthouses were scripted as environmentals to stop them drifting like harbour traffic can on occasion in-game.

FIREWALL · 07-21-08, 01:20 PM

At least it ain't that " BOOGEY MAN " ship like in SH-4 :rotfl:

07-21-08, 05:45 PM

We have our own Boogey Man Ship.

07-20-08, 09:06 PM	#1
Parkera Gunner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 91 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Whats This????? On my way to England Jan 1940 I get a contact spotted so plot a course towards it and nothing is detected on Uzo so I checked the camera and got this? Any ideas? Both targets stationary and the close on is Dutch.:hmm:

07-20-08, 09:17 PM	#2
Pablo Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Hi! Are you using GWX? If so, the ship furthest from you is a lightship. See p. 438 in the GWX Manual V2.1 for details. Pablo __________________ "...far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt, speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899

07-20-08, 09:51 PM	#4
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Looks like they got the lightship possibly classed as "enviromental" in the 2.0/21 release-that is probably why it will not register. Using shIII generator I have noticed they will show on the 'generated' map in game as Icebergs. __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...

07-21-08, 12:12 AM	#6
Schwuppes 中国水兵 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 279 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	But what is that Dutch ship doing just sitting there stationary like that?! Interesting.... I say send it to the bottom, just to be sure! __________________ E8400 @ 4.00Ghz standard vCore, Gigabyte P35C DS3R @ 445 Mhz, Leadtek GTX 280, 3 x 1GB Kingston DDR2 800 @ 890Mhz, 250GB +160GB HDD, Terratec DMX 6fire 24/96, Silverstone ST60F 600W, Logitech Z-5500 THX

07-21-08, 12:30 AM	#7
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,576 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	The Dutch ship is there to alert you and your crew to the presence of the lightship. The lightship will not be reported by your crew since it is an environmental object. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

07-20-08, 09:24 PM	#3
Parkera Gunner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 91 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Yeah sorry should have said. Using GWX2.0 with Sh3Commander. Never seen this here before though. The lightship never registers as anything.

07-20-08, 09:53 PM	#5
Parkera Gunner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 91 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	ummm yeah saw that also in Sh3Gen. Thanks guys!

07-21-08, 12:37 AM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yep, every lightship has a tug along to service it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-21-08, 01:33 AM	#9
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Why did the GWX team classify the lightship as an environmental?:hmm: I encountered the same lightship in the North Sea and another in the Irish Sea. I think it should be destroyed (at least the enemy-flagged lightships) because it aids merchants' and enemy warships' navigation! The whole point of the tonnage war is to deny Britain of the supplies needed right? So anything that can help them should be destroyed!

07-21-08, 08:46 AM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Probably because - like a lighthouse - it aids navigation for all ships, including u-boats. Sink it and the next time you're there, you run on the rocks. That can't happen in the game, but in real life it might have been one of those tacit 'do not touch' things. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-21-08, 01:20 PM	#12
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	At least it ain't that " BOOGEY MAN " ship like in SH-4 :rotfl: __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

07-21-08, 05:45 PM	#13
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	We have our own Boogey Man Ship.