D-day in GWX

Heffalump · 08-03-09, 03:31 PM

Has anyone had any experiences with the D-day landings in GWX 3?

I'm based in Brest and it's May 1944. As I remember from reading Iron Coffins a number of boats were scrambled from there to attack the landings, and I thought I would do my duty and have my go, even though it's probably a 1-way ticket for me.

Sag75 · 08-03-09, 03:46 PM

I had! I was waiting submerged near Calais.. when D-Day started, I had a lot of sonar contacts. I tried to sunk some landing ship, but in those shallow waters it's pretty a suicide.. DDs are very alerted!

DaveU186 · 08-03-09, 05:45 PM

I'd give it a swerve if I were you. Dunkirk was bad enough. Got shot up by some pesky little yellow torpedo boat.

Sag75 · 08-03-09, 06:04 PM

Dunkirrk was a fortune evacuation, D-day an invasion!

In GWX I saw aircraft carriers there, and large landing ships!

Phil · 08-03-09, 06:05 PM

wow i wouldnt think that would have even been simulated in the game

Leg · 08-03-09, 06:07 PM

I was unlucky with dunkirk... to many ships around and kept crashing. Still have not arrived to the '44; it'd be tough I think...

Captain Birdseye · 08-03-09, 06:53 PM

If those DD's get even a whiff of you, you'll be dust.

TarJak · 08-03-09, 09:45 PM

D-Day is not for the faint hearted. I've tried it on a few occasions and can't remember every surviving. In some cases I've never even gotten close without the escorts coming and dropping all kinds of underwater hell on my boat.

If you time it right you can even see the Higgins boats running up the the shore.

GoldenRivet · 08-03-09, 11:39 PM

its cool to observe it from a distance with the free cam.

however one false move and your ass is grass and the allies are the lawn mower

nowhere to run, nowhere to hide... ZERO options for escape or evasion... you are just a steel tube full of dead men.

Heffalump · 08-04-09, 03:48 AM

Thanks for the warnings!!

I think somewhere I've read about problems loading save games near so many scripted operations. Anyone had problems?

TarJak · 08-04-09, 06:07 AM

Nope. I have heard of people having problems with loading saves made when submerged, but that's never been a problem for me either.

maxextz · 08-04-09, 07:15 AM

obviously a lot of thought has gone into this great game seemingly more than we could have imagined great stuff.

Jimbuna · 08-04-09, 09:25 AM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

von hally · 08-04-09, 02:19 PM

if youve read iron coffins..then you will know its a suicide mission....

i still shudder when i read the line in the book

"all boats proceed to landing sector -sink allied shipping- with the eventual outcome of ramming-for boats without schnorkel-this it the last mission"

whats the german word for kamikaze

Jimbuna · 08-04-09, 02:26 PM

Suicide is Selbstmord, but I'm not sure if they actually used the term

08-03-09, 03:31 PM	#1
Heffalump A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	D-day in GWX Has anyone had any experiences with the D-day landings in GWX 3? I'm based in Brest and it's May 1944. As I remember from reading Iron Coffins a number of boats were scrambled from there to attack the landings, and I thought I would do my duty and have my go, even though it's probably a 1-way ticket for me.

08-03-09, 03:46 PM	#2
Sag75 XO Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 424 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	I had! I was waiting submerged near Calais.. when D-Day started, I had a lot of sonar contacts. I tried to sunk some landing ship, but in those shallow waters it's pretty a suicide.. DDs are very alerted! __________________ Betasom - XI Gruppo Sommergibili Atlantici http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php

08-03-09, 06:04 PM	#4
Sag75 XO Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 424 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Dunkirrk was a fortune evacuation, D-day an invasion! In GWX I saw aircraft carriers there, and large landing ships! __________________ Betasom - XI Gruppo Sommergibili Atlantici http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php

08-03-09, 09:45 PM	#8
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	D-Day is not for the faint hearted. I've tried it on a few occasions and can't remember every surviving. In some cases I've never even gotten close without the escorts coming and dropping all kinds of underwater hell on my boat. If you time it right you can even see the Higgins boats running up the the shore. Last edited by TarJak; 08-04-09 at 02:18 AM.

08-03-09, 11:39 PM	#9
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	its cool to observe it from a distance with the free cam. however one false move and your ass is grass and the allies are the lawn mower nowhere to run, nowhere to hide... ZERO options for escape or evasion... you are just a steel tube full of dead men. __________________

08-03-09, 05:45 PM	#3
DaveU186 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 112 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I'd give it a swerve if I were you. Dunkirk was bad enough. Got shot up by some pesky little yellow torpedo boat.

08-03-09, 06:05 PM	#5
Phil Helmsman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newark delaware Posts: 110 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	wow i wouldnt think that would have even been simulated in the game

08-03-09, 06:07 PM	#6
Leg Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 140 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	I was unlucky with dunkirk... to many ships around and kept crashing. Still have not arrived to the '44; it'd be tough I think...

08-03-09, 06:53 PM	#7
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	If those DD's get even a whiff of you, you'll be dust.

08-04-09, 03:48 AM	#10
Heffalump A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the warnings!! I think somewhere I've read about problems loading save games near so many scripted operations. Anyone had problems?

08-04-09, 06:07 AM	#11
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Nope. I have heard of people having problems with loading saves made when submerged, but that's never been a problem for me either.

08-04-09, 07:15 AM	#12
maxextz Loader Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dublin Ireland Posts: 82 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	obviously a lot of thought has gone into this great game seemingly more than we could have imagined great stuff.

08-04-09, 09:25 AM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-04-09, 02:19 PM	#14
von hally Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 634 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	if youve read iron coffins..then you will know its a suicide mission.... i still shudder when i read the line in the book "all boats proceed to landing sector -sink allied shipping- with the eventual outcome of ramming-for boats without schnorkel-this it the last mission" whats the german word for kamikaze __________________ May God Have Mercy Upon My Enemies ..... Because I Wont.

08-04-09, 02:26 PM	#15
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Suicide is Selbstmord, but I'm not sure if they actually used the term __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!