What is That?

[CapZap1970]

Can anyone please tell me what is that? :o :o
First time I see something like that. It came out of Bristol Aug/1940.
CapZap

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t1/capzap1970/screenshots/C1.jpg

[danlisa]

It's the biggest submarine in the world.:D

Really, it's a convoy which has an AI sub as it's lead vessel or it's being stalked/reported by a wolfpack.:up:

[Mush Martin]

Well muchacho I believe that is a freindly wolfpack.
M:up:

[CapZap1970]

Well muchacho I believe that is a freindly wolfpack.
M:up:
:rotfl: :rotfl:
Coming out of a british port???? :o
CapZap

[Mush Martin]

Must be a good pack then.:up:

[tycho102]

First time I've seen that, too.

[ichso]

Maybe the British tried disguise as german subs so that they get some spies into german uboat bunkers ;)
Or they wanted to lure real german submarines to a fake convoy attack pack and led them into a trap :hmm:

[bigboywooly]

lol much the same as the other post re Subs in convoys

The way the game works the subs have to be part of the convoy the whole time
Start to finish
Unless sunk

As its blue ( :o ) its a Ge sub following and reporting in
You may get kucky to find 1,2 or 3 AI subs when you get there
Or they could be all sunk

[STEED]

I came across one and the AI sods stopped and left me in the thick of it.

[ReM]

I came across one that had no escorts left...looks like my fellow KaLeuns did the dirty work for me....
The convoy offered easy pickings.....:arrgh!:

[KeptinCranky]

Well muchacho I believe that is a freindly wolfpack.
M:up: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Coming out of a british port???? :o
CapZap


Guess someone was raiding said port and decided to tag along :p

[Reece]

I've intercepted a few of those convoys but each time there were no subs but quite a few damaged ships, at first the blue fooled me and I went in on the surface, waving to the ships with a smug look on my face, till the destroyers started firing at me! DIVE!:lol:

[ichso]

You have to get as close as possible until you can clearly see their faces in your peri. If you remember some of them, you can surface and wave. Otherwise attack or sneak away ;)

[Canovaro]

I believed a circle icon means it is a convoy reported and being shadowed/attacked by another U-boat, nut now I understand that it could also be an AI *enemy* sub being part of the convoy. A bit confusing imo.

Often you will see a smaller circle icon following it; this is the german uboat then.
(By drawing a line between the convoy and the u-boat you can get the convoy's track quite accurately and set an ambush :up:)

[spork542]

One time I found one of those convoys in heavy fog. A cruiser appeared and I sank it with one torpedo. Then the convoy's sole escort went after me, but another boat saved me. It fought it out with the escort and was sunk, but the escort left and I wreaked havoc on the convoy.

[CapZap1970]

Ok, my fellow Kaleuns:
This is the final outcome of this:
After tracing an interception course, I found the convoy and after taking a look with the obs peri, I noticed that some ships were burning and sailing really slow (2-3 knots).
Bagged 3 destroyers (the fourth sank without my assistance) and of course taking care of the rest of the ships was a matter of singing and sewing.
When all the smoke cleared up, this is what I found....
There were 3 subs constantly attacking the convoy (that explains the ships burning), but once they saw me, the decided to follow the convoy's route and they didn't even say goodbye.... :nope:
CapZap
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t1/capzap1970/screenshots/1-1.jpg

[Swooth]

Talk about a cone of death there :arrgh!:

[Raubvogel]

CapZap1970,

Which mods do you use? I'm asking this because it seens you can edit the labels of the marker tool in the nav map... in my game it shows only "marker1", "marker2" etc...

Thanks

Raubvogel

[CapZap1970]

CapZap1970,

Which mods do you use? I'm asking this because it seens you can edit the labels of the marker tool in the nav map... in my game it shows only "marker1", "marker2" etc...

Thanks

Raubvogel
Hi Raubvogel...
Wish I could help you right now... the thing is I am still at my office and will go home in a couple of hours. If you are there I will help you gladly then.
CapZap

[Reece]

Hi CapZap1970, I would like a copy of the Navmap background, could you point me to a download site or could you upload for me?:yep:
Thanks.

[CapZap1970]

Hi CapZap1970, I would like a copy of the Navmap background, could you point me to a download site or could you upload for me?:yep:
Thanks.
If you can wait 3 or 4 hours, i will upload it to FF when i get home. Right now I am at the office. :up:
CapZap

[Raubvogel]

Hi CapZap,

As I said before ... in your screenshot it looks like you can edit the labels under the mark tool like this:

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Raubvogel/MarkerConvoy.png

and this:

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Raubvogel/MarkerMerchant.png

While in my game it only shows like this:

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Raubvogel/MarkerNormal.png

I'd like to know which mod allows you to edit this.

Many thanks mate,

Raubvogel

[CapZap1970]

Hi CapZap,

As I said before ... in your screenshot it looks like you can edit the labels under the mark tool like this:

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Raubvogel/MarkerConvoy.png

and this:

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Raubvogel/MarkerMerchant.png

While in my game it only shows like this:

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Raubvogel/MarkerNormal.png

I'd like to know which mod allows you to edit this.

Many thanks mate,

Raubvogel
Hi Raubvogel:
Sorry I didn't help you before with this...
Ok, this is the situation: The markings you see with labels such as "?Merchant?" and others are not placed on the map by me. I use SH3 Gen for every mission. If you place a mark manually, you can't edit the text. It would be a good idea perhaps to use SH3 Gen. It's a very nice little program that gives you a lot of valuable info for your patrol, such as possible whereabouts of merchants, convoys, subnets, minefields, and others, friendly and enemy. http://www.global-explorer.de/
Note that I don't use the 0.8 version, I use the 0.7, since i didn't have time to see how the last version works.
This is how you use it:
1.- Start SH3, start your patrol from your base and once you are at least 50Km away from your port and no contacts, save and exit to menu.
2.- Without leaveing the menu, press CTRL+TAB to exit to Windows.
3.- Double click on SH3 Gen icon (Of course, you have installed it before)
4.- Set your preferences and choose the last save file. It is stored in your C drive, usually C:\SH3\Career\your capitain's name\Patrol. If i am mistaken about the path, it's something very similar to the example I just gave you. Find your last save, Load it in SH3 Gen, click on generate, exit SH3 Gen and go back to SH3.
I hope this helps Kaleun, and let me know if you need anything else or if my instructions ar enot clear enough. :up: ;)
CapZap

[Raubvogel]

Hi CapZap,

Looks like a good program... i'll check this out.

Thanks for your quick response. :up:

Raubvogel

[CapZap1970]

Hi CapZap,

Looks like a good program... i'll check this out.

Thanks for your quick response. :up:

Raubvogel
No problem mate, and let us know how did it work for you...:up:
CapZap