night air attack
 

Quick question,
I just got the mod that adds leigh lights to attacking bombers. But of all my time playing SHIII I don't remember ever being attacked at night.
Anybody ever seen bombers during night time?

The chance of attacks at night is less than that during day throughout the war. However, they do attack! I've been attacked and sunk by bombers at night before.

Same here but just survived heading out on patrol I was attacked in the Bay of Biscay. That was one short patrol; I had to put back in port for repairs.

I remember reading it happends more often later in the war somewhere on the forums

I had a night attack some weeks ago at Bergens port, just when I begin the mission over there. I took screenshots but I've lost them :-?

If you want to be attacked at night, get a IX and drive over to the American coast for Drumbeat. PBYs fly at night, even without mods installed. And I have seen B-24s flying "at night" (dusk/twilight) while on Drumbeat patrols as well.

Ok this is great news!
That leigh lights mod is a must have then! Imagine having a bomber painting you on radar, and then turning on the spotlights on its bombing run! wow....

When they buzz me I don't usually stay surfaced long enough to enjoy the spotlights anyway. :-j

Love the sig, btw.

Haha good point! I might just have to sacrifice a few boats at first for the show!

Here's my official mod screenies for that :)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3672/lights113am.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1046/lights77uu.jpg
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/8523/lights100io.jpg
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/4619/lights66lo.jpg

:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

Yeah, cool shots!

"Spotlight!..... Flashlight!.... Red light!..... " ;)

Nice screen shots. :up: At least you can see them coming if you plan to shoot it out on the surface.

I've been attacked at night, with no mods at all. I used to get "aircraft spotted!" and it was always too late to crash dive. Never got any warning from my radar detectors either. Thankfully I always managed to shoot them down and they never damaged me.

There's a thread where night attacks are mentioned, and how they are too frequent and too accurate - along with a fix (number 5)
http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopi...ight=sensorpak

Perhaps you should increase the "Modifier on strike probability at night", though why you'd want to is beyond me :D