Last Night's Mission

[Chiller1064]

Enjoyed a very long and enjoyable mission last night where I sunk two convoy escorts (2x Akatsukis) and three freighters out of the convoy before running out of torpedoes and AP rounds. One of the Akasukis took a fish "down the throat"- so I had a Mush Morton/Wahoo moment!

Had shots on some other frieghters- but the torpedoes either were duds or missed.

Action was at night, so when the first salvo went into Akatsuki #1 (which detonated with a HUGE explosion)- up came the search lights and ships going evasive! Took out two frieghters with the deck gun near the end in order to better husband my remaining torpedoes. One frieghter just refused to go down under the pummelling until I nailed something rather "explosive"- BOOM! Fired the last of my torpedoes at the survivors- but they were at extreme range and zig-zagging about.

Took some hits in the process- but everyone survived to fight another day. What a blast!!!!

[Spaxspore]

Enjoyed a very long and enjoyable mission last night where I sunk two convoy escorts (2x Akatsukis) and three freighters out of the convoy before running out of torpedoes and AP rounds. One of the Akasukis took a fish "down the throat"- so I had a Mush Morton/Wahoo moment!

Had shots on some other frieghters- but the torpedoes either were duds or missed.

Action was at night, so when the first salvo went into Akatsuki #1 (which detonated with a HUGE explosion)- up came the search lights and ships going evasive! Took out two frieghters with the deck gun near the end in order to better husband my remaining torpedoes. One frieghter just refused to go down under the pummelling until I nailed something rather "explosive"- BOOM! Fired the last of my torpedoes at the survivors- but they were at extreme range and zig-zagging about.

Took some hits in the process- but everyone survived to fight another day. What a blast!!!!

Nice, here is mine from last night...


July 1942, USS DRUM


Headed from pearl to patrol for enemy shipping of the coast of phily islands...
About 2000nms spotted a huge task force on radar, directly in font of me coming down from the north. I changed course to intercept, after about 5min @ 128 TC ships were sighted... I then went to perscope depth due in part that it was in the middle of the day and i would have been easily sighted. I Raised my scope, and sighted 3 Carriers escorted by 2 BBS, 2 hvy Crusiers, and around 5 DDs.

I then lowered scope, set up a perfect waypoint to line up forward topredo tubes on the first carrier, waited...raised scope... perfect shot @ 1400yrds.. fired a spread of 3...lower scope turned @ flank to the left... (destroyers were out of postion cause i ran silent to get through thier shield). After about 3-5mni the first carrier capsized and sank. At this point the 2nd carrier was in my sights... fired about the same range, fast speed on the torpedos, all 3 hit..sank just like the first.. Tonnage now @ 50k+. At this point i have a perfect stern shot lined up on one of the bbs @ 600yrds... fired all 4 rears... a couple of seconds the ship explodes due to one dentonating its mag.

At this time i have only one torp that just was finished loading in the forward torpedo room, and the last carrier comes into view @ 800yrds... i fire, fast settings and prey it will at lest slow him down....the torpedo hits... he kept moving @ 10kts.

I wait for the 2nd forward tube to load...i notice he is starting to list to the starboard side... I fire again...a couple of seconds after i fire the ship starts to capsize, the 2nd torpedo hits the flgiht deck...and blows off a zero...... over 100k tons now... i have one more torpedo to go before am goin to have difficulty with escorts.... one hvy crusier comes into view... i fire.. crash dive.. i pray... I hear an explosion...yes! i thought i got him. I got to external view and see whats left of teh burning haulk.

Not believeing my luck and success of this attack i quickly save the game...

Well to make a long sotry short, i went deep and silent TC alittle (32-128)
TO get some distance... with no warning or anything.. am dead.

So i reload... game loads... No ships in external view, but they r showing up in navigation... and some how i have massive damage, i flood, i sink i die....

My heart sinks, I close sh4
I put in the closet...


I try to load tommorow...

If not am done until a new patch comes out...

[Gildor]

Saving a game near ships is not advisable. It's a known bug. It causes to many glitches such as the ones you are experienceing.

[Snuffy]

My experience from last night ...

I tried to outrun 3 DDs coming for my arse.

The first two were doing perfect sissors over a plotted path, and the third was zig zaggin within the sissors of the first two.

I had to keep an eye on my depth as I had sustained some damage from an earlier DC that got too close to my aa guns. (It seems that regardless of how minor the effect of any damage my boat starts collapsing and I end up in bed with Davey Jones). So making sure I was off flank speed and keeping at about 50 feet I was manually avoiding the DDs.

Part of my manouvering had caused a near miss collision with a couple of the DDs which threw them off track for a while but not being able to run at flank speed while submerged without the threat of sinking, it wasn't long before they got their act back together again and were on me like a dog on a coon.

The chase went on for the better part of two and a half hours, my palms were sweating and I was nervous as hell. Well it came to an end finally, the two sissoring DDs managed to time it that they crossed over me within feet of each other and they both DC'd me into oblivion.

Guess I start a new career tonight.

[Spaxspore]

Saving a game near ships is not advisable. It's a known bug. It causes to many glitches such as the ones you are experienceing.
it might be a known bug from Sh3... but wouldnt u think they would have fixed it in sh4!!!!????


I mean where in the manual or support info from ubisoft does it say i cannot save near a ship.....or under water....i paid 50$ for a game i should be able to save whereever the hell i please.