Dissapearing warships
 

just now i found a carier task force... i attacked and as im attacking the start dissapearing right before my eyes!!!!... i have heard of this before but not in open sea..... it really sucked coz i coulda used the renown.... i lost like 20 men whilst attacking.... including all but one officer :wah:

any ideas on how to fix this bug peoples?:salute:

How could you lose that many good sailors? Did you leave a hatch open when you submerged?

deck gun..... they kept getting shot... i just kept reasigning all my men to the flack... and to watch officer...... i was using my trainer... just playing till i do my reinstall

Ha end of route problem
 

What you ran into, and it is rare, is a group reaching the end of its assigned path (waypoints).

In the mission editor, when creating a group, you designate a path of waypoints for it to move along. One option is to have it repeat the path, another is for it to delete at the last waypoint.

This was done, probably to avoid waste of memory. Groups have a timeframe to appear, sail, and then go away. It takes too much RAM to keep the whole campaign active all the time.

i thought that but it was in the middle odf the ocean... they didnt all dissapear at once but.. it was over a course of about 5k.... and i thought that only happened in ports.
oh well lol ...
gone now :cry:

If nothing else, I hope you've realized that taking on enemy warships with your guns is NOT A GOOD IDEA. :o

Even in a confrontation with one, count 'em one, destroyer, you will always be outgunned on the surface. A task force? Fuhgeddaboudit.

Periscope depth, running silent, target the carrier, and send every eel in a forward tube hot and fast in her direction. Then dive and get the heck outta there.


*Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest voice*

http://www.maniacworld.com/No-Wire-Hangers.jpg

No gun battles with enemy warships... EVER!

:O:

i was only playing around.... i do usualy torp em... il use the deck gun on a small freghter early in the war b4 they are armed.... otherwise torps:rock:

Your "trainer" kaleun has a death wish. :D

Lol... i know its cheating... but fun cheating.... Sometimes...

I was disappointed to find out that the 88mm deck gun was not the same model as the 8.8 cm FlaK 18. I really wanted to take out some tanks.

Whatever floats your boat.....but doesn't obliterate your crew in the progress, I suppose :DL

had another one dissapear today...but it was right above me depth charging me when it happened????.. worked in my favour this time but now im really confused... it couldnt have come to the end of its path?.... i found a stationary task force in i think it was grid ref AF 78...... got 3 of em still :)
amy fresh ideas peoples???

Nothing should cease rendering whilst in an attacking mode....I reckon your installation is corrupted.

The only way I have seen a Unit disappear while attacking
is IF it's still following it's waypoint while attacking.
I had to setup a special mission for some tests.
I had the Unit disappear on reaching it's waypoint.
I was directly in it's path so it did not deviate from it's waypoint stuff.
It bombed me as planned and then did a 'Philidelphia Project' on me!

I play stock SH3, but if i happen on a lone or a convoy of 2 mechents, i aim for the deck gun they have...So even late war, pop up next to them, and blast away.