how do i get carriers to launch aircraft?

[FAdmiral]

Use the gun on manual yourself. Thats what I do. It adds to the thrill
of the hunt....

JIM

Originally Posted by tater

What gun is firing at shipping? The deck gun? It's not a DP gun, they don't fire it at aircraft (it would be damn ineffective in that role).

tater

we are refering to deck gun against enemy ships "tater"

they always seem to avoid shooting at the greatest threat from other ships.

if they have a tanker and a DD to choose from they always lock onto tanker and let the DD go unchalanged to sink you.

Originally Posted by FAdmiral

Use the gun on manual yourself. Thats what I do. It adds to the thrill
of the hunt....

JIM

well i do man the gun most times but there are times i am busy with torps or AA gun from air attack, etc....

if i have to leave the gun on AI i may as well crash dive because it will not shoot at greatest threat

[tater]

Gunners shot at what the skipper told them to shoot at. Look through the binos and I think you hit the b key and they shoot at who you tell them to.

Beside, you should dive. NO real sub would ever intentionally take on a DD on the surface, much less during air attack. The fact that you aren't almost instantly sunk by the DD in the first place is a far greater problem than the AI gunners not attacking the biggest threat, lol.

tater

[FAdmiral]

A submarines GREATEST feature is the ability to operate under the waves.
I only attack on the surface when I want to sink an UNARMED merchant and
not use up my torpedo inventory. Torpedos are the subs MAJOR weapon !!
The deck gun and AA gun are just there for emergency battles or to save your
major weapon for another day. Operation of a sub can be done using realistic
actions or you can do it arcade style just for the fun of seeing your sub get
blasted to bits...

JIM

with this game you cant just dive or you could die from unknown level of damage so if i have damage and get further damaged by plane or ship i take my chances on surface fighting to escape. so i don't always have time to pick targets for the gunners while i'm taking evasive actions and plotting escape routes while dodging enemy fire. it would be nice if my own crew tried to help me survive while this was happening lol.

also if electrics are damaged or anytime i see water level rising too fast i blow tanks asap and stay surfaced to reduce flooding untill damages are repaired and water is pumped out. this has gotten me in situations to have to fight my way to escape. i manage to sink the DD depthcharging me and with a head start i try running for it on surface and deck guns are shooting at anything around except the DD steaming towards me.