Flying Dutchman

[Red Devil]

OK, do I get a prize for discovering this ship in the Luzon Straits north of the Phillipines? There are even "men" on board and she is moving at some speed.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/flyingdutchman.jpg

[SteamWake]

heh its always a thrill to see this ... but your not the first.

I love the map contact listed as "What is this?"

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=140989

[Red Devil]

AGH!!!!! Thought it was "new"!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/flyingdutchman2.jpg

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work :yep::up:, as SW said, this never gets old.


RDP

[Fincuan]

The first "Flying Dutchman"-sighting search was able to find at Subsim: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108522&highlight=dutchman

Ahh... the good old times of SH4 v 1.0 :lol:

[Red Devil]

I followed the FD for a while and it came in contact with a jap destroyer I had just evaded. April 25th 1944 is the date.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/elbmek/flyingdutchman3.jpg

[mitchell300]

YEAH IM A Dutchman :D
Omg i love this.
I already saw it on V1.0 ... when i changed the map :P
I put it against an yamato hehe :D
Didnt fight..

Mitch ;)

[Syxx_Killer]

I saw the ghost ship once a long time ago. Haven't seen it since. I spotted it in the Luzon Straits.

[Red Devil]

I saw the ghost ship once a long time ago. Haven't seen it since. I spotted it in the Luzon Straits.thats where this is :arrgh!:

[breadcatcher101]

Don't attack it--the Dutch are on our side!

[Sledgehammer427]

i wonder where the put that thing in the game files...i have never seen a "flying Dutchman" or pirate ship or anything in the ships files....:hmm:

[Red Devil]

Don't attack it--the Dutch are on our side!It shows up as friendly (blue), and the destroyer in the image is firing away, obviously to no effect. The IJN is out of range of the FD's guns however.

One other thing, I am not running RSRD at present.

[Red Devil]

Now I have spotted him for the first time, I have obviously unlocked the "egg" as he is following me around the Luzon Straits; currently in Grid Sq: 121E 19N.

[mcf1]

i wonder where the put that thing in the game files...i have never seen a "flying Dutchman" or pirate ship or anything in the ships files....:hmm:
I think I found it in the mission editor, under: sea>roster>Netherlands.
It's marked as battleship and it's name is "What is this?!"

EDIT: I just located it in the game files:
Program Files\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Roster\Netherlands\Sea
it's the CFG named FD

[UnitClass]
ClassName=Frigate
UnitType=11
AppearanceDate=19410505
DisappearanceDate=21001231
DisplayName=Unidentified ship

[Texture 1]
TextureName=data/Sea/FD/FD_T01.tga
LightmapTextureName=data/Sea/FD/FD_O01.tga
NormalmapTextureName=data/Sea/FD/FD_N01.tga
StartDate=19410505
EndDate=21001231
Frequency=1

[Unit 1]
Name=The Flying Dutchman
DOC=19410505
DOD=21001231

;************ The End ************

[Crash Dive]

I spotted the Dutchman in The Celebes Sea, almost collided with it!