The Black Pit: Sector BD3 - BD6

[Lucius]

this operation requires you to patrol for 2000km inside the marked area and sink enemy trade ships for a total tonnage of 4000.

Ive done this operation for at least 5 times.. encountered 2 Uboat rescue missions but no matter how I patrol.. whatever pattern.. I have yet to find enemy ships in the patrol sector. I do get optional BDU missions tho... last time I had to sink a ship in a convoy of 30+ ships with escorts... I mean... wow.. I chose this operation due to its green difficulty expecting to be able and learn. but encountering no ships at all or a optional BDU mission thats way to difficult seems something's off?

[martin]

yea i can't find any ships in that area... so i drive around for the 2000km then drive to England between south east Ireland and north Cornwall lots of ships there too kill And they count towards total tonnage

[Dewgle]

You mean this[i.imgur.com] BD3 - BD6 area in the middle of a major shipping lane between North America and Great Britain?

Your watch crew can only detect the funnel smoke of distant ships out to about 20km but your radioman can hear distant convoys out to 130km on the basic hydrophone equipment. Even further after you upgrade it.

When looking for convoys always make sure to submerge and perform a hydrophone check once a day or every 200km, whichever comes first.

[30K]

Originally posted by McDewgle:

You mean this[i.imgur.com] BD3 - BD6 area in the middle of a major shipping lane between North America and Great Britain?

How did you reveal all ships on the map?

[Ruby]

Hi 30K,

open the console and enter the command Detect n
n is the number of ships/convoys.

Cheers Ruby

[cwbandit207]

Lucius press the tilde key and type in Detect then a number between 1 and 1000. The number you put in will determine how many ships show up on your map.

[Crustacean]

ive ran into that same issue where for an entire patrol and low fuel not a single ship appeared. there is a mod on the workshop that adds all the known historical ships and their routes and ship frequency hasn't been an issue since then

[The Mogician]

Use the hydrophone, especially the upgraded version of it. Instead of just simply zigzagging like I used to do, zigzag, but stop in the middle to do a submerge and have the officer listen in on the hydrophone. Major shipping lanes are filled with ships.

[Landomatic]

Originally posted by Ruby:

Hi 30K,

open the console and enter the command Detect n
n is the number of ships/convoys.

Cheers Ruby

Are these ships that are actually in the game? or does it spawn them?

[Davinci]

AFAIK, All ships are spawned at a port, and never spawned in the open oceans, or around the player.

[Lipi]

Originally posted by Landomatic:

Originally posted by Ruby:

Hi 30K,

open the console and enter the command Detect n
n is the number of ships/convoys.

Cheers Ruby

Are these ships that are actually in the game? or does it spawn them?

All are spawned beforehand. You just detect closest n no. of convoys.

This is technically (ofc) a cheat, so save before.

[Landomatic]

Originally posted by Lipi:

Originally posted by Landomatic:

Are these ships that are actually in the game? or does it spawn them?

All are spawned beforehand. You just detect closest n no. of convoys.

This is technically (ofc) a cheat, so save before.

Just tried it before. It's insane how many convoys were around. I also found the new hydrophone check button. Very useful.