jgf
01-30-12, 04:05 AM
I enjoyed SH1 for ages, picked up a used copy of SH4 a couple of months ago, patched it to V1.4, added TMO, played most of the single missions and started a career. Now it's time for questions:
1 - I have "no dud torpedoes" selected yet seem to not only still have duds but their frequency seems to be increasing. In my 7th patrol now (mid '43), raiding facilities in Tokyo harbor (if a torpedo misses its target it will hit the dock), and at least 25% of my torpedoes apparently disappear. I see the wake, the stopwatch counts down ...and nothing. No "dud torpedo, sir", no premature explosion, no delayed explosion.
2 - Speaking of 7th patrol, I had the impression SH4 "retired" you after 4-5 patrols; I was given a new sub at the end of my 5th patrol and sent back to Japan.
3 - Speaking of Japan, in seven patrols, four were SE of Bungo Suido, three were NE of Tokyo. Will I ever see any other patrol areas? After each of my last two patrols I requested reassignment and was told I couldn't be reassigned.
4 - Are Japanese subs not recognized as targets by the game? The first time I encountered one (don't recall the class - had the recon seaplane on the foredeck) it was in port and I thought I'd found an easy target ...certainly one torpedo can take out any sub, even a modern one. Three torpedoes later I'd started a small fire on the bridge, a fourth had her settling by the stern but not sinking. With no one around to shoot at me, I surfaced and finally sank her with 40 rounds from the deck gun. I received no "she's going down, sir" nor was I credited with the sinking (no mention in the log). And apparently you aren't recognized as an enemy by the Japanese subs either, this one had a small (75mm?) gun but never returned fire.
5 - I'm quite confused over the apparent random strength of torpedoes. I can sink a heavy cruiser with two hits, a carrier with three, yet it often takes three to sink a doddering old 2000 ton freighter, and I've put six into a "modern large tanker" before it sank (I waited half an hour after the fourth hit, she was listing and down by the stern but still making 2 knots; after the fifth she was dead in the water with the stern awash, but after another half hour showed no signs of sinking).
1 - I have "no dud torpedoes" selected yet seem to not only still have duds but their frequency seems to be increasing. In my 7th patrol now (mid '43), raiding facilities in Tokyo harbor (if a torpedo misses its target it will hit the dock), and at least 25% of my torpedoes apparently disappear. I see the wake, the stopwatch counts down ...and nothing. No "dud torpedo, sir", no premature explosion, no delayed explosion.
2 - Speaking of 7th patrol, I had the impression SH4 "retired" you after 4-5 patrols; I was given a new sub at the end of my 5th patrol and sent back to Japan.
3 - Speaking of Japan, in seven patrols, four were SE of Bungo Suido, three were NE of Tokyo. Will I ever see any other patrol areas? After each of my last two patrols I requested reassignment and was told I couldn't be reassigned.
4 - Are Japanese subs not recognized as targets by the game? The first time I encountered one (don't recall the class - had the recon seaplane on the foredeck) it was in port and I thought I'd found an easy target ...certainly one torpedo can take out any sub, even a modern one. Three torpedoes later I'd started a small fire on the bridge, a fourth had her settling by the stern but not sinking. With no one around to shoot at me, I surfaced and finally sank her with 40 rounds from the deck gun. I received no "she's going down, sir" nor was I credited with the sinking (no mention in the log). And apparently you aren't recognized as an enemy by the Japanese subs either, this one had a small (75mm?) gun but never returned fire.
5 - I'm quite confused over the apparent random strength of torpedoes. I can sink a heavy cruiser with two hits, a carrier with three, yet it often takes three to sink a doddering old 2000 ton freighter, and I've put six into a "modern large tanker" before it sank (I waited half an hour after the fourth hit, she was listing and down by the stern but still making 2 knots; after the fifth she was dead in the water with the stern awash, but after another half hour showed no signs of sinking).