Minefields or shoal off Australia?

[Etienne]

What the heck just happened?

I was heading for Fremantle after a short, but fructuous patrol (Something like 79K tonnes; 20 or so ships, including a whole whack of sampans :D Got lucky, or the DD's were sleeping.)

Suddenly, off the coast of Australia, between Fremantle and that base with no name, my submarine is destroyed. I was running at full TC, ahead standard, the usual... Then all of a sudden, BAM!

The short 3D pan out was kind of unclear, there might have been some sort of shoal there, but I was pretty far offshore (I do know how to plot a course :D) and I never got a shallow water message or anything of the like.

Any minefields in the area? Or is this a bug?

The most annoying thing is that I hadn't saved since leaving base. Awesome. :wah:

[JonB]

That´s strange, m8.

I´ve made that route about 200 times back and forth without hitting anything. The map (that comes with the game) shows no reef unless very close to shore and definatly no minefields...

Perhaps you crashed into a fishingboat or something? If you were travelling at high time-compressing, much can happend untill you are back at normal time..

[Etienne]

Didn't see a fishing boat or anything of the sort, and the destruction was instantaneous. One moment I'm trudging along, the next I'm looking at a spinning control room.

I'm starting to lean toward a strange bug, but I do suppose it could be related to a friendly vessel... They don't drop the TC, don't they?

[joeljansson]

i dont know what happend m8 ive been fine there but (qoute) The map (that comes with the game). Whas there a map in silent hunters 4????:timeout::hmmm:

[kptn_kaiserhof]

or maybe its ubisofts version of the bermuda triangle

[Frame57]

Enlarge your map and see if there is a tiny land mass. This happened to me also in a different local a little further north in the coral sea. I was steaming back to base after patrol, but I had time compression on and "BOOM" down I went. When I zoomed my map sure enough there was a tiny spot of land I hit and wrecked my boat good. But definitely no mines in thes areas.

[GREY WOLF 3]

Enlarge your map and see if there is a tiny land mass. This happened to me also in a different local a little further north in the coral sea. I was steaming back to base after patrol, but I had time compression on and "BOOM" down I went. When I zoomed my map sure enough there was a tiny spot of land I hit and wrecked my boat good. But definitely no mines in thes areas.

Common mistake when your in a rush:03:

[banjo]

Frame is correct. About halfway between Fremantle and the chunk of land that sticks out north of there (where you turn to go further north or northeast) there are two small shoals. I have hit them more than once. This can happen many places in the game. After you set a course anywhere it is smart to zoom in a bit and follow your whole course to see if such shoals are in the way. Also do this when you have your navigator plot a search pattern. Sometimes small islands are hidden by your objective star.

[JonB]

i dont know what happend m8 ive been fine there but (qoute) The map (that comes with the game). Whas there a map in silent hunters 4????:timeout::hmmm:

yeah, I´ve got a map with my game when I ordered it from the UK. It´s like the one you got with SH3. It shows land, shippingroutes, Japanese aircover, minefields etc etc... Real handy, lol :cool:

[Etienne]

yeah, I´ve got a map with my game when I ordered it from the UK. It´s like the one you got with SH3. It shows land, shippingroutes, Japanese aircover, minefields etc etc... Real handy, lol :cool:

Wish I could find it. I have a vague idea of where it is, but it's not in the SHIV box... The SHIII map is. Because that's logical!

After careful investigation, it seems I ran into a shoal. I'm usually a lot better at avoiding them; I guess I was just tired after a long patrol :D

Still extremely fricking annoying.

[Buddahaid]

Look in the games root folder. The map and ship id's might be there.

Buddahaid

[Loud_Silence]

My advise is: plot your course over the dark blue;)

[JonB]

Yeah, I know what shoals we are talking about here. And I allways plot my course on the dark blue as stated above.

I guess Etienne will do the same from now on, lol. ;)

[joeljansson]

nope i havent found it in the folders

[JonB]

That´s wierd... Well, perhaps there is an digital one somewhere on the discs...

[Armistead]

The hud mod has a good map of mine fields, ect. You probably ran into a shoal that wasn't showing above the surface. I did once, no land showing, but hit it, my boat was almost sticking straight up....