[Fubar2Niner]

Originally Posted by Depth Charger

And tonight, after firing my torps in low vis, I escaped on the surface for the first time! No painful DC session for me! This mod is changing the way I play.

I was 3600m from the side of the convoy and just over 5k from the nearest escort when I realized it was a gap and bolted. Also got to see my hits from the top after I surfaced and was up to flank speed. The convoy stayed on course until the first impact and so they never saw me. I also got to see the search lights and flares and everything going off. It was a whole new view of the convoy under attack and its great.

Also, because i am now using the uzo and am also now getting the ship manual out to identify dd's and cv's after i lock on them, I can now see on the map what I think are their visual ranges. And so I toyed around a bit testing the perimeter of the convoy and I didn't get bust. It's really hard work and I didn't go in very deep but all of a sudden, the feasibility of a surface attack at night doesn't seem impossible anymore. Once again, Raphs GUI and a clear view from the conning tower is essential. Your little movie dream is coming real on my PC. I don't know yet if I can do it but next time I get a convoy at night in semi reduced vis, I am going to try a surface attack. Probably die, but what the hell...

In the past, I always plotted a convoy, moved ahead, periscope depth, manual targeting, shot my bolt, dived, got dc'd, escaped or died... It never changed and was boring...

But now its a huge challenge and all of a sudden I am an uzo freak after having almost never used it before and also, the info on the map is making much more sense and seems useful, if not actually designed for assisting one to carry out a surface approach.

It's like the lights are coming on in SH3 for us now with this mod. Well for me at least.

@Depth Charger

Just read this, and I'm drooling. I really think I'm going to have to install ths

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner