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Old 08-29-2007, 11:33 PM   #1
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Default Funny moments in SH4

There were a lot of funny glitches/odd behavior in SH3 that I observed- DDs blowing themselves up with their own depth charges in shallow water, Catalinas plowing into each other head-on, etc.

What funny weirdness exists in this game? So far, two come to mind, involving aircraft.

Sometimes when you catch a piece of an enemy plane, it seems to be unaffected as your watch crew shakes their fists in anger at the fleeing Val. However anger turns to joy when the aerial radar contact suddenly starts spinning like a top ten miles out and crashes into the ocean

Recently on a patrol near Hokkaido I observed a HK search plane fly overhead, head to the coast, and crash into a mountain Pilot error?
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Old 08-29-2007, 11:42 PM   #2
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The best I have had was a battleship that was slowly sinking by capsizing, i ran time compression and when i saw the red wreck on the map i returned to normal time and when checking out the horizon with the periscope the ship had turned 180 degrees but was almost entirely out of the water! I have a screen shot that i will have to dig out....
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Old 08-30-2007, 12:18 AM   #3
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Kamikaze pilots

At least with TMaru 1.5 you could sometimes trick Jap pilots to fly into the sea, provided that they didn't hit your conning tower on the way Planes would often come in very high, and then try to dive bomb me. When I complicated things a little by turning into them and ordering flank speed, they would try to keep my sub in their sights by pushing the stick forward, resulting in a growing diving angle. AI pilot + steeper than intended diving angle + higher than intended speed = KABOOOM. If I was lucky they would only crash into the sea, and not straight onto my sub
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Old 08-30-2007, 05:08 AM   #4
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I tracked two merchants heading straight for a island. The gleefully sailed up on the beach and exploded. Perhaps a new arm of the Kamakaze:hmm:
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Old 08-30-2007, 05:39 AM   #5
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There were a lot of funny glitches/odd behavior in SH3 that I observed- DDs blowing themselves up with their own depth charges in shallow water, Catalinas plowing into each other head-on, etc.

What funny weirdness exists in this game? So far, two come to mind, involving aircraft.

Sometimes when you catch a piece of an enemy plane, it seems to be unaffected as your watch crew shakes their fists in anger at the fleeing Val. However anger turns to joy when the aerial radar contact suddenly starts spinning like a top ten miles out and crashes into the ocean

Recently on a patrol near Hokkaido I observed a HK search plane fly overhead, head to the coast, and crash into a mountain Pilot error?
I have something difrent then spining aicrafts...



100 Aicrafts!!! Whole Japanese fleet atacked me and hit me ONE time in to periscope no bulkhead damage I love those japanese...
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Old 08-30-2007, 05:40 AM   #6
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I ran over the sumberged aft section of a Kongo BB. No impact modelling for the loose.
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Old 08-30-2007, 08:43 AM   #7
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Early on in the game, I didn't realize that there was a 'Rescue Survivor' icon that had to be clicked in the binocular mode in order to rescue the pilot in the life raft. I got so fed up with him bouncing down the side of my boat that in the end I ran his ass over and went about my business!
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Old 08-30-2007, 08:52 AM   #8
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Here is my funny moment http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=finger
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Old 08-30-2007, 09:08 AM   #9
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Old 08-30-2007, 09:17 AM   #10
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A few incidents come to mind.

I was hiding from Bungo Pete and after he made his initial run (which I was able to avoid) I popped up (via external cam) to see what he was going to do. I heard this loud engind noise and thought he was coming in for a run, but he hadn't picked up any speed at all. Then I heard a CRASH. So I looked up and two aircraft that were intent on dropping some bombs on me flew into each other. I had to pause the game to laugh.

I was playing with the deck gun shell damage and wanted to see if I modified the damage to 1000. I went into the deck gun training mission and with the "Super Guns" mod loaded proceeded to shoot down an airplane with it. I laughed like crazy when instantly all the other aircraft and ships exploded. I had taken no damage and was feeling pretty smug when I started getting damage reports. Apparently, there is a delay when your shells damage yourself......

I had just infiltrated a task force and shot 4 tubes at a bird farm. In my haste to get away, I hit flank and went deep. I meant to turn also but the AI must not have heard that order. I was enjoying the external cam watching the CV sink when I started getting damage reports. Apparently, I had sailed under the CV and the dern thing sank on top of me.

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