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PortsmouthProwler · 03-02-09, 10:39 PM

Experienced player of SH I and III here. Haven't played IV much since I got it - went to school, a couple of interrupted patrols.

So tonight I decide to take a Gato out in '43. Off the Marianas, I pick up a single merchant with 3 escorts.

I blow the attack (rusty and haven't used SHIV radar before - never really got set up), get a chance at a re-surface and follow, and an eager beaver tin can skipper comes astern with a bone in her teeth (this is on a moonlit night) and puts me under. I call off the attack (secure from Battle Stations), surface, load fish, and resume course.

But nobody is on the deck watch!

I issue 'Surface' again, change icons around for the crew in the watch section, wait for breakfast, then dawn - nothing! No one is standing watch!

Some hotshot enemy pilot is gonna send me to Davy Jones locker! What is going on here? I'm the captain, I don't stand watch!

Oh, BTW - "Long range contact", but nothing on the scope; I don't know about enemy air 'til he's spotted, it seems.

Oh, here's an answer rom another thread, for the radar: There is no scope for the SD-radar, so when it aquires a contact you only see a notification similar to what you have in the screenshot. If you have both radars and the SJ-scope is clean you know the contact is an aircraft.

03-02-09, 10:39 PM	#1
PortsmouthProwler Bosun Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 65 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Mutiny! Experienced player of SH I and III here. Haven't played IV much since I got it - went to school, a couple of interrupted patrols. So tonight I decide to take a Gato out in '43. Off the Marianas, I pick up a single merchant with 3 escorts. I blow the attack (rusty and haven't used SHIV radar before - never really got set up), get a chance at a re-surface and follow, and an eager beaver tin can skipper comes astern with a bone in her teeth (this is on a moonlit night) and puts me under. I call off the attack (secure from Battle Stations), surface, load fish, and resume course. But nobody is on the deck watch! I issue 'Surface' again, change icons around for the crew in the watch section, wait for breakfast, then dawn - nothing! No one is standing watch! Some hotshot enemy pilot is gonna send me to Davy Jones locker! What is going on here? I'm the captain, I don't stand watch! Oh, BTW - "Long range contact", but nothing on the scope; I don't know about enemy air 'til he's spotted, it seems. Oh, here's an answer rom another thread, for the radar: There is no scope for the SD-radar, so when it aquires a contact you only see a notification similar to what you have in the screenshot. If you have both radars and the SJ-scope is clean you know the contact is an aircraft. Last edited by PortsmouthProwler; 03-02-09 at 11:04 PM.