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gonzosts
01-25-07, 06:14 PM
Played the game in stock and with recommendation from the forum here downloaded and installed the GWM. 100% realism...cant get passed the first single mission. I love this mod.

Last night I played same mission again (I'll keep trying until I succeed). I went deep and fast to get under the DD/DE screen for the three cruisers. Came up to PD, Locked and loaded a salvo at the first cruiser, flooding and fired all four fish. Spun the scope around 180, locked on to a DD looking up my skirt and fire the rear fish at him. Was a miss which I figured it would be just wanted it to give me time to get to the floor. by the time I reached 170m, I had at least two DDs pinging and dropping ash cans. Lost the bridge, attack scope, and flooding in engineering by the time I reached 240m.

Using the "outside" cam, I checked out my front fish wish. two hit the first cruiser in the rear and one hit the second cruiser in the bow. I now have three DD/DEs pinging and dropping ash cans on my like a broken penyatta. The last (five) times I've played this mission I have died not long after this point but, I've not has this many hits. I had set my rudder at about 10 degrees so I am doing circles to keep out of the line of cans coming down on me. I have the observation scope up about half way as that is as far as it will go (my bridge is FUBAR). The outside cam meanwhile shows that the first cruiser is dead in the water (whoohoo). The to fish must have put the engine room on R&R. The second cruiser is sinking (can't figure that one out with just one fish in the bow). I go back to the observation scope and I can see the hull of the first cruiser above me. I have motored over and under it and now I'm sitting under the first cruiser, and the DD/DEs runing around me like I peed in their wheaties.

I have kept manuvering my sub so that I'm under the cruiser, i've stopped the flooding, the third cruiser is almost out of site (using the outside cam). When will the frigging DD/DEs leave the area so I can finnish off the cruiser above me and I can successfull end this mission. I have it saved at this point. Sinking the second cruiser has satified the mission critical part, but I want to end it by getting this dead duck and sailing for home.....

we need a mod for titanium hulls, catapillar drive, and subrocks.

bigboywooly
01-25-07, 06:19 PM
Well now you have stopped the flooding you can go to silent running
That will help you escape
Also go deep if you can
Forget about the Cruiser as cover
While they cant hit you they still know where you are and wont leave until they lose contact for IIRC 30 mins

gonzosts
01-25-07, 10:23 PM
I decided to try what you suggested and dove deep (255) with a slow screw. As soon as I was out of the protection of the limp duck cruiser the DDs started dropping on me again. I pointed the boat NE - E and at slow bell, rigged for silent running I waited it out. many cans were dropped but had none come near me. In about 30 minutes with the DD/DEs zooming around dropping cans every now and then they stopped. I ended the mission with a success.

I'm wondering if I waited an hour and then came back up if the DD/DEs would have left the limp duck cruiser there and I could have finnished her off. Oh well, on the the next mission to get ready to make a career out this. :rock: