Wolfpack!? --jaw drops--

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

I had to pause my patrol and come here. This is incredible!

Two days into my fourth patrol. It's 9 January 1941, and I've left St. Nazaire heading to BE59. My lookouts call out 'submarine spotted!'

Now, as they aren't calling it out like they did for the S-boat, I assume it's one of ours. And it is.

One of ours.

One of three, to be exact.

Three of them, on the surface, slicing their way, flak-engaging, through an unescorted convoy. (Yum!)

I've some screenies of them if anyone's interesting in seeing them. For now, I'm back to the fun! :D

(This is GWX, by the way)

[johan_d]

Damn, another whole year I have to patrol.. kust in feb 1940.

[peterloo]

There are wolf packs... But for safety's sake... Better dive and look through the periscope to see what the sub is... I havn't seen any hostile sub yet but there are some, as shown in GWX manual...

For a S-class or Gato, fire him and salvo and tell him

"YOU ARE FIRED"

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

There are wolf packs... But for safety's sake... Better dive and look through the periscope to see what the sub is... I havn't seen any hostile sub yet but there are some, as shown in GWX manual...

For a S-class or Gato, fire him and salvo and tell him

"YOU ARE FIRED"

I've already spotted, and sank, an S-class sub. :D

Ok, update on the patrol: 9 ships sank, most by deck gun. The entire convoy is sunk. Three were crippled by the wolfpack prior to my arrival (and even during). At least one of the U-boats has sustained damage: riding low at the stern and visibly damaged there, too. Leads me to believe they engaged and destroyed whatever escorts might have been present before I got there.

It was amazing having other U-boats about. And at this point in the war, having no escorts around, and having the merchants unarmed it was, well . . . shooting fish in a barrel. Gonna enjoy the 'Happy Times' while I can.

[Slick Rick]

Did they submerge or stay on the surface??

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

Did they submerge or stay on the surface??

They stayed on the surface.

[Swany6mm]

Did they submerge or stay on the surface??

My understanding is that AI sub's will never go down. If they are surfaced, they stay that way. Would be nice though ;)

[Dallass_Drake]

Can we see the screenshots? :up: I'd love to see something like this during one of my patrols

[azn_132]

I think I wont see a wolfpack because Im playin in the pacific monsun uboat campaign.

[_Seth_]

Can we see the screenshots? :up: I'd love to see something like this during one of my patrols
Here is a pack i spotted the other day:
http://www.johannschaefer.de/images/wolfpack.jpg

:rotfl::rotfl:(Sorry, just had to....)

[Sea Wolf]

show the screenies

[KevinB]

After a lacklustre patrol I decided to pay Freetown a visit and to my surprise, saw my prize target, the 24000 ton liner on fire and sinking as well as a couple of other ships. Could it have been these guys got ahead of me? GWX BTW.

[Jimbuna]

Come on Albrecht...show them the goods :up:

[AS]

I thought AI subs cannot fire torpedoes/engage enemies, so how comes the AI subs you saw sank ships???:o

[Slick Rick]

I think he is surmising it was them.....he arrived after the fact....

[ref]

I thought AI subs cannot fire torpedoes/engage enemies, so how comes the AI subs you saw sank ships???:o

They can't fire "Real" torpedoes, but Serg made a virtual torpedo (a modified cannon), that's what they fire, also flack guns.

Ref

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

I think he is surmising it was them.....he arrived after the fact....

No, I arrived as they were engaging the ships with their flak cannon, and they sank two ships during my approach to the convoy. I saw them attacking, and I saw them sink two of them.

[Sea Wolf]

sounds intresting, I haven't seen one yet

[dsvet91]

Here's a screen shot of the plot board showing a convoy with 2UBoats trailing. I didn't get a shot of the subs, but they did set two of the four escorts on fire. This is the second Wolfpack I have ran into, the next one I am going to try and get better screen shots. This was in Feb. 1941 in BF16.

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9273/sh3img21200704514239rb2.th.png (http://img409.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img21200704514239rb2.png)

[U-104]

I thought AI subs cannot fire torpedoes/engage enemies, so how comes the AI subs you saw sank ships???:o
They can't fire "Real" torpedoes, but Serg made a virtual torpedo (a modified cannon), that's what they fire, also flack guns.

Ref

so virtual torpedos are in GWX?!?!?!?!?:rock::rock::rock::rock::rock:

[HEMISENT]

I just plugged in GWX this weekend and ran into a surfaced enemy sub just outside St Nazaire. Actually had a surface fight with him. AI sub was firing deck gun and both AA guns at me. I closed to within 500m because this was too cool. he won.

[HEMISENT]

HOLY COW! I just hit the 1000 mark!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

HOLY COW! I just hit the 1000 mark!

Congrats you old salty sea-dog you!!! Happy 1000th!!! :up: :up: :up:

[elite_hunter_sh3]

kpt ur close to the special 3000th :up: pos 24 more posts :up::up:

[bigboywooly]

Phah
Snail
:rotfl:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Phah
Snail
:rotfl:

:p :p :p

Hey BBW, when you hit 3000 did you get a free cheeseburger?

I want a cheeseburger.:|\\

(oops... sorry... they were talking about wolfpacks here.)

[bigboywooly]

Mine was sometime on a blurry eyed new years eve
Dont remember a cheeseburger
But I remember eating something

Oh and when I woke up my pillow was gone too
Odd
:rotfl:

[Roads88]

I ran across the three subs yesterday. I just hit a convoy with my last eels and had escaped through the back door. They were in trail of the convoy. Got in formation with them for awhile but they did not close. This was a good idea because the convoy had three (3) Black Swan escorts.

Very Cool...:D

[azn_132]

Mine was sometime on a blurry eyed new years eve
Dont remember a cheeseburger
But I remember eating something

Oh and when I woke up my pillow was gone too
Odd
:rotfl:
:rotfl: Ur pillow fell down on the floor unless u dont have one:rotfl: .

[hornetsting]

Tonight i had the 3rd mission in my campaign that i met a convoy with
german VII subs.

This last mission i was out of ammo and reported this by radio.
Suddenly 2 subs were coming and they gunned (torpedoed) my target.
It was night so very nice to see with the moon on the background.

Really good made the GWX mod. Sh3 is a new game. I am enjoying it very much.
Btw i could give a golden medal to a crewmember for the first time. (play on 84% reality)

[Slick Rick]

I think he is surmising it was them.....he arrived after the fact....

No, I arrived as they were engaging the ships with their flak cannon, and they sank two ships during my approach to the convoy. I saw them attacking, and I saw them sink two of them. Sorry.....I guess I was confused............

[FIREWALL]

:yep: Can we see the screenshots? :up: I'd love to see something like this during one of my patrols
Here is a pack i spotted the other day:
http://www.johannschaefer.de/images/wolfpack.jpg

:rotfl::rotfl:(Sorry, just had to....)

There's just know accounting for good taste. Hi SETH :up:

[_Seth_]

:yep: Can we see the screenshots? :up: I'd love to see something like this during one of my patrols Here is a pack i spotted the other day:
http://www.johannschaefer.de/images/wolfpack.jpg

:rotfl::rotfl:(Sorry, just had to....)

There's just know accounting for good taste. Hi SETH :up:
Hi mate!! Long time! :up:

[Jimbuna]

I had to pause my patrol and come here. This is incredible!

Two days into my fourth patrol. It's 9 January 1941, and I've left St. Nazaire heading to BE59. My lookouts call out 'submarine spotted!'

Now, as they aren't calling it out like they did for the S-boat, I assume it's one of ours. And it is.

One of ours.

One of three, to be exact.

Three of them, on the surface, slicing their way, flak-engaging, through an unescorted convoy. (Yum!)

I've some screenies of them if anyone's interesting in seeing them. For now, I'm back to the fun! :D

(This is GWX, by the way)

Back OT...you are right Albrecht, there are friendly U-boats in-game and they do engage the merchants, but only on the surface and with their guns :up:

[_Seth_]

@ jim: Do they respont to radio reports you send out, like the Luftwaffe does, or are they just "random attackers?

[azn_132]

I seem to encounter this...
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img2-1-2007_22.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/PS_gamelover/SH3Img2-1-2007_22-1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

@ jim: Do they respont to radio reports you send out, like the Luftwaffe does, or are they just "random attackers?

Not 100% sure on that one Seth mate, but I don't believe they respond to radio reports :hmm: ....sorry.
But here's a picture of em attacking a convoy :up:
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/3696/wolfpackuj7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[_Seth_]

Thanx jim! BTW: Cool shot, mate! Mesa like!! :up::up:

[Jimbuna]

Cheers Seth :up: ...got loads more but don't wanna overdose folk...it's better if they come across them 'naturally' like ;)

[bigboywooly]

They should respond to radio reports
Not 100% sure they do
You find find some attached close to convoys and others roaming the seas

[AVGWarhawk]

They should respond to radio reports
Not 100% sure they do
You find find some attached close to convoys and others roaming the seas

I make reports of convoy in hopes of some brethern showing up because I do not want to die:o. No luck yet but the proof is in the pudding with the pictures in this thead:up: My buds are out there somewhere.

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

My screenies of the attack and the other U-boats are here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103070

[Mooncatt]

very cool impressive :up:

[Safe-Keeper]

What about Serg's submerged u-boats with virtual torpedoes? Are they in?

Huh, I haven't seen a single sub in-game myself, except from lone ones near ports.

[Nippelspanner]

On my second Patrol I was shadowing a Convoy, waiting for better weather... Ive contacted BdU and told him about the Convoy... Days later I found a huge U-Boat symbol on the map, just ~ 50nm behind the convoy...

Later Ive attacked the Convoy, weather was fine again, but a Destroyer pushed me down to 200m...

I was playing with 100% realism, so I wasnt able to use the external camera... After this Patrol, I will never, ever go out without the external cam again!

I was listeing to the Destroyer and the Convoy. Suddenly Ive heard a explosion (100% sure it was a Torpedoimpact, but I fired no Torps...) seconds later Ive heard a huge secondary explosion (oil explosion).

Im pretty sure that Ive listened to a U-Boat attack with those "virtual torpedos"...
I was stunned... I thought this cant be, because they cant fire real torps... but im absolutely sure about what Ive heard - and I know my sounds! :yep:

After that, and a sinking ship, I didnt hear anything else like this except a short gun battle - now I guess the escorts detected the sub(s) and sunk them...

Amazing! :rock:

[Jimbuna]

What about Serg's submerged u-boats with virtual torpedoes? Are they in?

Huh, I haven't seen a single sub in-game myself, except from lone ones near ports.

There are really plenty of them out there SK...it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time :yep:
Try the single player mission PQ-17...you'll see them straight away :up:

[johan_d]

@der nippelspanner;

Wir sind nicht alein!