Wolfpack mod (h.sie patch) question

schlechter pfennig · 03-06-18, 07:06 PM

Has anyone actually had success with a wolfpack showing up? I quite often report convoys and get confirmation from BdU, as well as orders to continue shadowing the convoy and make hourly reports (which ain't always easy to do, I tell you -- escorts and aircraft make shadowing 'interesting'), as well as promises that other Uboats are on the way. But I've never had a wolfpack, as yet, show up.

I understand that bad weather, storms, etc., can and will prevent other Uboats from rendezvousing, but several times now I've shadowed a convoy anywhere between 24 to 72 hours, only to be told, in effect, "You're on your own".

So . . . has anyone actually had a wolfpack rendezvous with them and attack?

rudewarrior · 03-06-18, 11:22 PM

Yes, many times.

Run the test mission that he mentions to check and see if your installation is working properly. If the wolfpack shows up, then you should be good to go for the campaign.

schlechter pfennig · 03-08-18, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by rudewarrior

Yes, many times.

Run the test mission that he mentions to check and see if your installation is working properly. If the wolfpack shows up, then you should be good to go for the campaign.

I have run the test mission --multiple times-- but his instructions are to check that BdU instructs that a wolfpack is being mustered, not to actually wait for one to show up. However, in the interest of seeing what happens, I've (so far) spent 18 hours sim-time (and 5 hours real-time) shadowing the test convoy, with no wolfpack, as yet, showing up.

UPDATE: 24 hours into the shadowing, still no wolfpack, BdU still urging me to shadow, that a wolfpack "is on the way", and now the weather changed to heavy precipitation, heavy fog and pretty much zero visibility. I lost the convoy in the soup.

rudewarrior · 03-10-18, 04:16 PM

So, I ran the test mission, and the wolfpack never actually showed up. Now that I think about it, I don't think I ever had the wolfpack show up in the test mission either, so I may be wrong about the u-boats actually appearing.

I have been in wolfpack attacks several times, so the only thing I can think of is that you might have written the u-boats into the campaign files incorrectly. Did you copy them straight in or did you renumber them according to whatever item was immediately prior to what you pasted in? If you double up on numbers, the game won't put them in. It will try to look for them. If it doesn't find them, then the game just continues on. No wolfpack will appear.

sharkbit · 03-10-18, 09:24 PM

I ran the test mission when the patch first came out and got it set up. I got the wolfpack to attack once. It took a few tries before I got the message from Bdu telling me to go. I was able to watch it unfold using external cam.

I've never gotten them in a career though, but the time frame might not have been right though- later in the war.

Like rudewarrior said- double check your campaign file and make sure they're placed and numbered right.

Stiebler · 03-11-18, 06:19 AM

H.sie's wolf-packs mod definitely functions as H.sie states.
I've used it countless times, during war patrols over the years since H.sie and LGN1 created it.

BdU may tell you to wait up to 36 hours before you receive orders to attack - but usually the attack is ordered more quickly. You presumably have H.sie's options selector to hand (and, incidentally, I've just created a new version described in this thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=236848).
Therefore use the Options Selector on your patched version of SH3 to reset the two oxygen supplies correctly and to tick the box labelled 'Wolfpack less contact reports' (and make sure you've ticked the box for wolfpacks too, of course!) The 'less contacts' option means that you have to provide fewer radio reports to BdU before you are ordered to attack.

Check also that you have added the U-boats for the wolf-pack to the correct campaign file campaign_scr.mis (search for the key word 'wolf', should appear several times in sequence, and before the entries for 'ordnance'.)

Stiebler.

03-06-18, 07:06 PM	#1
schlechter pfennig Commander Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 462 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 7	Wolfpack mod (h.sie patch) question Has anyone actually had success with a wolfpack showing up? I quite often report convoys and get confirmation from BdU, as well as orders to continue shadowing the convoy and make hourly reports (which ain't always easy to do, I tell you -- escorts and aircraft make shadowing 'interesting'), as well as promises that other Uboats are on the way. But I've never had a wolfpack, as yet, show up. I understand that bad weather, storms, etc., can and will prevent other Uboats from rendezvousing, but several times now I've shadowed a convoy anywhere between 24 to 72 hours, only to be told, in effect, "You're on your own". So . . . has anyone actually had a wolfpack rendezvous with them and attack?

03-10-18, 09:24 PM	#5
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	I ran the test mission when the patch first came out and got it set up. I got the wolfpack to attack once. It took a few tries before I got the message from Bdu telling me to go. I was able to watch it unfold using external cam. I've never gotten them in a career though, but the time frame might not have been right though- later in the war. Like rudewarrior said- double check your campaign file and make sure they're placed and numbered right. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

03-11-18, 06:19 AM	#6
Stiebler Fuel Supplier Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,237 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 4	H.sie's wolf-packs mod definitely functions as H.sie states. I've used it countless times, during war patrols over the years since H.sie and LGN1 created it. BdU may tell you to wait up to 36 hours before you receive orders to attack - but usually the attack is ordered more quickly. You presumably have H.sie's options selector to hand (and, incidentally, I've just created a new version described in this thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=236848). Therefore use the Options Selector on your patched version of SH3 to reset the two oxygen supplies correctly and to tick the box labelled 'Wolfpack less contact reports' (and make sure you've ticked the box for wolfpacks too, of course!) The 'less contacts' option means that you have to provide fewer radio reports to BdU before you are ordered to attack. Check also that you have added the U-boats for the wolf-pack to the correct campaign file campaign_scr.mis (search for the key word 'wolf', should appear several times in sequence, and before the entries for 'ordnance'.) Stiebler. __________________ NYGM Tonnage War Mod - More than a mod: it's an experience!

03-06-18, 11:22 PM	#2
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	Yes, many times. Run the test mission that he mentions to check and see if your installation is working properly. If the wolfpack shows up, then you should be good to go for the campaign.

03-10-18, 04:16 PM	#4
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	So, I ran the test mission, and the wolfpack never actually showed up. Now that I think about it, I don't think I ever had the wolfpack show up in the test mission either, so I may be wrong about the u-boats actually appearing. I have been in wolfpack attacks several times, so the only thing I can think of is that you might have written the u-boats into the campaign files incorrectly. Did you copy them straight in or did you renumber them according to whatever item was immediately prior to what you pasted in? If you double up on numbers, the game won't put them in. It will try to look for them. If it doesn't find them, then the game just continues on. No wolfpack will appear.