Non Stop Rain? Even when Nav says NO RAIN?? Bug?

[faamecanic]

Ok.... I must say I LOVE this game more than I have loved a game since Half Life 1 came out.

But there are two things that are Ticking me off and wanted to know if anyone else has run into them.

1) I had one patrol where it rained all the way from Wilamshaven to AN21 (near Scappa). The Navigator weather report said rain....cool.

But after a extended stint under water ...the Navigator said "Overcast"... and said this for the next WEEK! All the way through my partrol and all the way home. Thing is IT WAS POURING rain the WHOLE patrol. From Port to patrol and back to port.

2) There are times when I will tell my crew (especially the engine crew for some reason) to go "Ahead full speed" and it takes them a good 4 min to change speed. This also happens with diving also.

Anyone else have this??

[Stryker]

LOL ;D ...

Obvisiouly you haven't read our previous threads on RAIN ... GOTTA LUV THE NORTH ATLANTIC

As for the crew they are probably tired or short staffed, put fresh crew and max them out, should solve the problem

[Lane]

"RAIN RAIN" What's it look like I think It rained one
time when I was running the Nav test in Naval Academy
I made a wrong turn north and when all the way to channel about my first time running SH3 before I got
to channel I got in storm was thunder and lighting
and I bet there was rain? I was new I just knew
I made a wrong turn a failed the test first time ;D
On my career patrols out of Kiel and St Nazaire
I have never see rain? stormy seas and overcast yes
Still looking what version are you running I am 1.2
Lane

[Venge]

I get a good mix of rain and fine weather.
Although, it is always beautiful weather when I leave my home port to begin a patrol. You guys ever had bad weather to start with?

[Lane]

Venge,

No weather is all ways good leaving port. My last patrol
3 was to CF32 was clear weather till I approched
Gibraltar area then stormy seas and overcast till I got
near home port then weather was good again.
wonder if that's build into the sim? good weather
when approching home port?
Lane

[JagdNeun]

The "no rain" leaving port was purposely done to avoid wetting the nurses white blouses. A U-Boat crew can only be asked to leave behind, so much.

[Lane]

"Rain Rain "
I got it ;D Feb 21.1941 BE AM Area Southwest of
Irland.
I got my 7th Flotilla sub emblem installed
show's up nice and clear on one side but a little washed
out on other side? May be they run out paint ,or sea
water faded the emblem
Nasty weather heading north to AM27
Later
Lane

[faamecanic]

Im running v 1.2

Funny that the rain (even when Nav says No precipitation) happend all during my 2nd patrol. But I am on my 5th and havent had ANY rain on patrols 3,4, or 5.

Not that Im complaining here.... in the 2nd patrol with rain...I almost RAMMED a cargo ship looking for him in the fog. I was speeding around when out of no where he pops up about 400 meters in front of me

[Lane]

Faamecanic,

Was you running on hight time acc? Did it stop you in
time? to make the visual ? I know you said you allmost
rammed the ship. 400 meters in front . Did you sink
him. with a fish. I was just wondering about getting
stopped sometimes I run in the high red range time acc at night.
Lane

[Stryker]

Unless you are going from point A to point B ..

I have found it's best to keep time compression at 64 or 128 ... ESPECIALLY in rain and fog and when chasing..

90% of my attacks are done in the dark which makes for lousy SS and when due to our lovely rain/fog visability its less than 300m (as shown in Cat in the dark) it's real easy to run up on a ship even at real time..

also Ive found most of the rain and fog encountered so far seems to be North of Ireland (which is normal for N Atlantic) ..

another tip .. train those watches, rate at least 1 officer in watch and they'll see them before you can no matter how good that vid card is

[faamecanic]

I was surfaced with a Full watch (full green with one officer rated on watch and one petty officer also rated).

I was tracking him with the hydrophone..and using time accel. I think when my watch guys sighted him (and time accel stopped and gave me the situation boxes to choose attack, continue..) I popped up from the nav table to the bridge and he was RIGHT there with his aft facing me bearing 0 deg.

So I popped one fish into him and down he went.

[faamecanic]

Well I jinxed myself.... going out for my 5th patrol weather was good. By the time I got to AN28 it was pouring.

I must have chased two cargo ships for two days before I finally gave up. I could hear thier screws LOUD and clear several times from the hydrophone. But could never spot them

I finally gave up (I did get two C4s before the weather turned bad) and wanted to port so I could get my VIIB!! My 4th patrol left me 200 renown shy So this was more or less a quick patrol anyway.....