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GSpector
01-02-07, 01:58 AM
I thought I read somewhere that there are other Subs that can come to your aid but how do you call them?:hmm:

_Seth_
01-02-07, 02:02 AM
I thought I read somewhere that there are other Subs that can come to your aid but how do you call them?:hmm:
Hmmm...I cant remember having read that...Would be cool, though..

TarJak
01-02-07, 02:07 AM
When you spot a ship you can send a contact report. It works much better if you have spotted a Convoy or a Task Force. If there are AI subs in your vicinity they MIGHT come and help out.

They are only surface craft really and can't submerge and can only attack with their deck guns.

More likely if you are in range of one of your Luftwaffe bases you will get help from them. This was a stock feature in vanilla SHIII.

GSpector
01-02-07, 02:19 AM
Thanks and personally, I'd rather prefer the DD's to be shooting at AI Subs then me http://www.bombs-away.net/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif (http://www.bombs-away.net/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=24#)

TarJak
01-02-07, 03:35 AM
Thanks and personally, I'd rather prefer the DD's to be shooting at AI Subs then me http://www.bombs-away.net/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif (http://www.bombs-away.net/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=24#)

Anyone who wouldn't is off their trolley!:D

Good luck. I ran into a wolfpack northwest or Rockall Bank Jan 1941 on one patrol. Glad they got miced rather than me. They did take out a couple of the escorts and so got a good run at the convoy we were attacking.:arrgh!:

ReallyDedPoet
01-02-07, 08:01 AM
When I have spotted a ship I have tried to send a contact report but the majority of the time it doesn't work, any suggestions? I usually do this if I am out of torps, or if I spot a convoy.

theluckyone17
01-02-07, 08:36 AM
I don't think it works for single ship contacts. I've hit the corresponding button numerous times for those. The status window says "Message Sent" or something like that.

Go to the radio room, and no message was sent.

Do the same for a convoy that hasn't already been reported (showed up as a contact on the map screen), and the message successfully shows up on the list.

AVGWarhawk
01-02-07, 09:28 AM
I have sent reports on singletons and the Luftwaffen showed up. This was in the channel. I have not been able to get other subs to show but I have heard their electric motors on the hydrophone. I know there out there!!!