Empty seas with Gwx 3.0

Freiwillige · 01-05-09, 06:41 PM

Is it just me? I sailed from Wilhelmshaven north to Scottland, up around the orkenys, around the backside of Ireland and down to grid Bf and came across only one vessal the whole trip. Are ships more scarce in GWX 3.0 or am I just unlucky?

Faamecanic · 01-05-09, 06:52 PM

Yes ships are more scarce.... did you try activating the 16km mod through JGMSE? (startard viewig distance is 8km).

Also you will find more success (in early war) sticking near English coast and doing "listening" dives using the hydrophone yourself.

Also if you sailed at 1024 TC, then your chances of your watch crew spotting a ship go down significantly. Try cruising at no more than 512 in areas where there is known ship traffic.

SH3 stock was TOTALLY unrealistic with the amount of traffic and reports that would pop up on your map.

Erich dem Roten · 01-05-09, 06:58 PM

Also make sure that you have not enabled "Indian Ocean Campaign Files Only" or "Black Sea Campaign Files Only" in your mods. Either of those will create an empty Atlantic.

Task Force · 01-05-09, 07:09 PM

Where where you at? Try the east cost of England.

There probably wouldn't be too many ships there in early war.

01-05-09, 07:14 PM

There's just as much traffic in 3.0 as in 2.1
maybe a bit more?

FIREWALL · 01-05-09, 07:14 PM

When MFM is released things could pick up a bit.

Iron Budokan · 01-05-09, 07:19 PM

I'm finding lots of contacts in 3.0. Enough to keep me busy, anyway. But I tend to run at a lower time compression than most people (or so I would suspect) and I dive a lot and listen a lot.

Definitely enable the 16k mod if your rig can handle it. Make sure you work the choke points and heavy traffic areas, too. Good hunting!

FIREWALL · 01-05-09, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

I'm finding lots of contacts in 3.0. Enough to keep me busy, anyway. But I tend to run at a lower time compression than most people (or so I would suspect) and I dive a lot and listen a lot.

Definitely enable the 16k mod if your rig can handle it. Make sure you work the choke points and heavy traffic areas, too. Good hunting!

I'm the same way. 256 tops. Very good advice.

Freiwillige · 01-05-09, 07:56 PM

Well it is november of 1939. I just remember in GWX 2.1 alot more small ships and I took my usuall deck gun madness route along the eastern edge of England about 75 km off shore and their were a few "5 or less" contects within 100 Kilometers but not what it used to be. I remember "Ship sighted" about ten times before I even got to Scottland with a few being neutrals.

How much hit is it for the 16Km mod? My system is already a bit below specs but for the extra, extra long loading times (roughly 5 minutes) all else seems okay and stutter free

AMD Sempron 2.8 (Basically an atholon 64 with less L2 cache)

Geforce 7300GT AGP with 512 megs of ddr on card

756 megs of ddr memory on the system (Ouch I know, 2 gigs coming soon!)

80 gig WD ATA hard drive

So do ya think it will handle the extended horizon?:hmm:

iambecomelife · 01-05-09, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Is it just me? I sailed from Wilhelmshaven north to Scottland, up around the orkenys, around the backside of Ireland and down to grid Bf and came across only one vessal the whole trip. Are ships more scarce in GWX 3.0 or am I just unlucky?

Are you running submerged & using hydrophones? I find that's a major help. If you are submerged much of the time, what speed are you running at?

A Very Super Market · 01-05-09, 10:06 PM

Your system is better than mine, apart from RAM, but its mostly the graphics card that makes a difference. 16km should be fine for you.

Phantom II · 01-05-09, 11:30 PM

Little traffic? I'm on patrol 6 at the moment in my career with GWX 3.0 and I've already sunk the HMS Hood and the HMS Nelson(<-twice), along with a whole bunch of tankers, cargo ships, trawlers and a British Submarine all for a total of 250,000 tonnes (100,000 of which came from a single patrol). THAT is what I would call a bit unrealistic. On my way back to port from my last patrol, I even spotted a huge Battleship taskforce (had a ship which looked like the Nelson, except with camo, one which looked like King George, and a third one which I couldn't identify, all surrounded by no less than 10 destroyers), unfortunately I only had one rear torpedo remaining, so I didn't bother.

Freiwillige · 01-05-09, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Is it just me? I sailed from Wilhelmshaven north to Scottland, up around the orkenys, around the backside of Ireland and down to grid Bf and came across only one vessal the whole trip. Are ships more scarce in GWX 3.0 or am I just unlucky?

Are you running submerged & using hydrophones? I find that's a major help. If you are submerged much of the time, what speed are you running at?

Nope surface unless looking for a specific target known to be in the area I stay up top. After all it is early in the war. Should I dive and do hydraphone checks? If so how often?

Weiss Pinguin · 01-06-09, 01:10 AM

I try to do regular hydrophone checks, but since I like to micromanage where my crew goes it can get tiresome. How I wish SH3 had the watch feature from SH4. :p

But at the moment I've had about as much luck as Freiwillige. (Sitting somewhat disheartened on a lone bulk freighter...) Maybe this next patrol I'll try running submerged. :hmm: Generally I cruise on the surface, with the occasional sound check. The only contact I've picked up (Aforementioned bulk freighter) was spotted by the watch crew.

meduza · 01-06-09, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Nope surface unless looking for a specific target known to be in the area I stay up top. After all it is early in the war. Should I dive and do hydraphone checks? If so how often?

When I'm hunting and the visibility is less than perfect, I dive every 2 hours, sometimes man the station myself, sometimes let my SO do the job. Otherwise I dive once or twice a day.
During unlimited visibility I usualy stay on surface.

01-05-09, 06:41 PM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Empty seas with Gwx 3.0 Is it just me? I sailed from Wilhelmshaven north to Scottland, up around the orkenys, around the backside of Ireland and down to grid Bf and came across only one vessal the whole trip. Are ships more scarce in GWX 3.0 or am I just unlucky?

01-05-09, 06:58 PM	#3
Erich dem Roten Electrician's Mate Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 134 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Also make sure that you have not enabled "Indian Ocean Campaign Files Only" or "Black Sea Campaign Files Only" in your mods. Either of those will create an empty Atlantic. __________________

01-05-09, 07:09 PM	#4
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Where where you at? Try the east cost of England. There probably wouldn't be too many ships there in early war. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

01-05-09, 07:14 PM	#6
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	When MFM is released things could pick up a bit. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

01-05-09, 07:19 PM	#7
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	yeah, stock was a shooting gallery, haha I'm finding lots of contacts in 3.0. Enough to keep me busy, anyway. But I tend to run at a lower time compression than most people (or so I would suspect) and I dive a lot and listen a lot. Definitely enable the 16k mod if your rig can handle it. Make sure you work the choke points and heavy traffic areas, too. Good hunting! __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

01-05-09, 06:52 PM	#2
Faamecanic Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Off your Stb side with good solution Posts: 1,065 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Yes ships are more scarce.... did you try activating the 16km mod through JGMSE? (startard viewig distance is 8km). Also you will find more success (in early war) sticking near English coast and doing "listening" dives using the hydrophone yourself. Also if you sailed at 1024 TC, then your chances of your watch crew spotting a ship go down significantly. Try cruising at no more than 512 in areas where there is known ship traffic. SH3 stock was TOTALLY unrealistic with the amount of traffic and reports that would pop up on your map.

01-05-09, 07:14 PM	#5
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	There's just as much traffic in 3.0 as in 2.1 maybe a bit more?

01-05-09, 07:56 PM	#9
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Well it is november of 1939. I just remember in GWX 2.1 alot more small ships and I took my usuall deck gun madness route along the eastern edge of England about 75 km off shore and their were a few "5 or less" contects within 100 Kilometers but not what it used to be. I remember "Ship sighted" about ten times before I even got to Scottland with a few being neutrals. How much hit is it for the 16Km mod? My system is already a bit below specs but for the extra, extra long loading times (roughly 5 minutes) all else seems okay and stutter free AMD Sempron 2.8 (Basically an atholon 64 with less L2 cache) Geforce 7300GT AGP with 512 megs of ddr on card 756 megs of ddr memory on the system (Ouch I know, 2 gigs coming soon!) 80 gig WD ATA hard drive So do ya think it will handle the extended horizon?:hmm:

01-05-09, 10:06 PM	#11
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Your system is better than mine, apart from RAM, but its mostly the graphics card that makes a difference. 16km should be fine for you. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-05-09, 11:30 PM	#12
Phantom II Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 139 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Little traffic? I'm on patrol 6 at the moment in my career with GWX 3.0 and I've already sunk the HMS Hood and the HMS Nelson(<-twice), along with a whole bunch of tankers, cargo ships, trawlers and a British Submarine all for a total of 250,000 tonnes (100,000 of which came from a single patrol). THAT is what I would call a bit unrealistic. On my way back to port from my last patrol, I even spotted a huge Battleship taskforce (had a ship which looked like the Nelson, except with camo, one which looked like King George, and a third one which I couldn't identify, all surrounded by no less than 10 destroyers), unfortunately I only had one rear torpedo remaining, so I didn't bother. __________________

01-06-09, 01:10 AM	#14
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	I try to do regular hydrophone checks, but since I like to micromanage where my crew goes it can get tiresome. How I wish SH3 had the watch feature from SH4. :p But at the moment I've had about as much luck as Freiwillige. (Sitting somewhat disheartened on a lone bulk freighter...) Maybe this next patrol I'll try running submerged. :hmm: Generally I cruise on the surface, with the occasional sound check. The only contact I've picked up (Aforementioned bulk freighter) was spotted by the watch crew. __________________