Has anyone seen wolfpacks in action?

[mikaelanderlund]

I haven't seen any myself. Anyone?

[McBeck]

I know that people have met them at sea....and they will engange enemies if they are close....so it can happen!

[Nichon]

They exist but they completely miss their shots.

It might have something to do with their firing at 20 meters deep with the periscope down...

[Noren]

or AI-torpedoes not working? did they not sink right away?

[mikaelanderlund]

I am guessing that they will respond to radio contact reports if they are within range, but I have not seeing this yet.

[walsh2509]

I took on a convoy in a Historic mode and some of the ships near the back of the convoy as they approached were on fire , so I suppose they had just been attacked ?

[Acidcrash]

I gave up on the wolf pack mission in the campaign, the couple of wolfpacks sailing around were just following waypoints and not heading to any nearby reported contacts nor responding when I reported any, kind of useless!

[kylania]

Yeah, I've seen some leaving Wilhelmshaven before, and ran into one in the North Sea area I think it was, but never attacking the same convoy as I. Though I have run into a pack of destroyers that were engaged. One was sinking, another on fire and two more frantically searching the area. Never did see what they were attacking though.

[Sgtmonkeynads]

No.

Think of all the stuff they could say is in game, but too rare to be seen all the time. They may have Captain Sasquatch, I mean Rahn, make an appearance,or a wolf pack, but what are the odds of running into them.


Of course with the A.I. the way it is, they will run into you first.:D

[mikaelanderlund]

I've even been experimenting with the "Send Contact Report" hoping subs would show up but no packs yet :cry:

[kylania]

I've even been experimenting with the "Send Contact Report" hoping subs would show up but no packs yet :cry:

I think if you're near the German owned coast lines you'll end up with airplanes attacking.

[Lord Justice]

I haven't seen any myself. Anyone?Very much so, not just in sh5 sim. :yep:

[IanC]

I gave up on the wolf pack mission in the campaign, the couple of wolfpacks sailing around were just following waypoints and not heading to any nearby reported contacts nor responding when I reported any, kind of useless!

I think it's safe to say that wolfpacks or AI U-boats in SH5, is broken... I'm shocked. :roll:

[Nisgeis]

or AI-torpedoes not working? did they not sink right away?

Air dropped torpedoes float in the water just like bricks don't, but AI Sub fired torpedoes are fine.

[badaboom]

Hopefully The Patch will fix this........fingers crossed!

[Kretschmer the IV]

Hopefully The Patch will fix this........fingers crossed!

dream on :down:

[TheDarkWraith]

what's wrong with the air dropped torpedoes? I fixed them in my IRAI mod and are working fine. Or am I missing something?

[robbo180265]

what's wrong with the air dropped torpedoes? I fixed them in my IRAI mod and are working fine. Or am I missing something?

I think that back in the day (before this thread was necro'd) There was a lot of Chinese whispers going on. Some people were claiming various bits of the game were broken (without even owning the game) and I dare say this was the case here.

If I remember correctly - this led to the "Hater" - "Fanboi" wars :har:

[Bramtyr]

I remember setting up some situations with the map editor in SH4, and torpedo bombers were able to score some hits on warships. I was impressed. Sadly fighters don't attack bombers or anything as awesome as one would hope

So if there is piles of identical code from SH4 in SH5, there is a chance that air-dropped torpedoes should work. Anyone try this out?

[Trevally.]

I remember setting up some situations with the map editor in SH4, and torpedo bombers were able to score some hits on warships. I was impressed. Sadly fighters don't attack bombers or anything as awesome as one would hope

So if there is piles of identical code from SH4 in SH5, there is a chance that air-dropped torpedoes should work. Anyone try this out?

Look two posts up

[KapitanleutnantThomsen]

When I was in black pit campaign - triumph of wolfpack mission, during sailing with blinking wolfpack, HX or HXF convoi appeared. Subs started act like fools, some of them retreating underwater, some of them surfaced and exchanging fire with enemies. But some of them fired salvos and damaged some transports. (stock game, no mods)

[Jaguar]

When I was in black pit campaign - triumph of wolfpack mission, during sailing with blinking wolfpack, HX or HXF convoi appeared. Subs started act like fools, some of them retreating underwater, some of them surfaced and exchanging fire with enemies. But some of them fired salvos and damaged some transports. (stock game, no mods)

To have them act less foolish you´ve got to install IRAI :03: .

[oscar19681]

To be quite honoust i,ve never seen them in action. I,ve seen some blue sub icons on map but there allways to far away from my current combat zone. When i usually find a convoy first thing i do is send a contact report and stalk the convoy for days and nights till i dont have a single torpedo left . All i can tell you that even stalking convoys for days on end there never was a single other u-boat to join the fight, let alone a whole wolfpack.

[tat501]

I just attacked a large convoy of the East coast of England (North Sea). Called it in with a "contact report" and started tracking them until night fell. Sunk 4 ships when I realised that there were a few others that I hadnt hit that were sinking. I was just about to fire another salvo when I saw two airplanes come into view in my scope - they were German and attacked the convoy! Not sure if there was another sub about but very exciting nonetheless. Then my game crashed to desktop...needless to say, once it loaded up again nothing happened as per usual.

[Jaguar]

I just attacked a large convoy of the East coast of England (North Sea). Called it in with a "contact report" and started tracking them until night fell. Sunk 4 ships when I realised that there were a few others that I hadnt hit that were sinking.

Something very similar occured to me in norwegian waters. There were twou Ju-88s that played havoc with the convoy. Both were shot down but not before I managed to get close and sink three ships (one of them already damaged by the planes I presume). The escorts never saw what happened;)

[underped]

I once saw a HUGE task force (1 carrier 1 battleship and lots of destroyers) somewhere between Norway and Scotland, who were being attacked by a few planes and a sub. They sunk 4 destroyers and damaged the battleship before they got obliterated. Made it easier for me to get the carrier and BB though :D

[Sailor Steve]

You do realize your responding to a thread nobody has looked at in two years?

Anyway, WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny: