[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by misha1967

I may have finally found the explanation to something that happened to me!

You see, I had two German destroyers do the same thing. I "picked them up" just off Helgoland and they followed me dutifully halfway across the North Sea. They'd disappear when I used TC above 256 or so, then reappear in the exact same positions relative to my sub when I lowered TC.

I briefly toyed with the idea of keeping them there - they might come in handy in finishing off convoy stragglers and lone escorts - but thought better of it. With my luck, we'd run into the Hood and the poor surface boys of the Kriegsmarine would be history.

Anyway, it's not just enemy destroyers, and the fix is, as already mentioned, to save/reload. When I did that, the two German destroyers were still there, but they promptly did a 180 and made a beeline for the Vaterland

Yes, I've had both German and British DD's attach. No Kidding, everytime there is one of those patrols with 9 or so DD's, one of them breaks off and thinks I'm it's Mommy
I have to save and reload and then it immediately breaks off (unless it actually spots me,...hasn't happened yet). It's no problem, just an annoyance.
I'm not sure that this is exactly what Rongel is describing though. When the "Phantom DD' bug happens to me, it either runs a parallel course or it follows me. It never comes at me. Rongel said the DD was coming at him. This sounds a bit differant.
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