SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - I noticed something very wrong with AI depth charge drops

mike_espo · 05-25-06, 10:31 AM

So far, I am in my 2nd career, my first was in vanilla SH3 in a IIa.

I am now using RuB 1.45 in a IXb in my second patrol and have not seen a convoy yet.

It is May 1940.....

I have been playing alot of self made missions in late war years to test the AI and RuB. I have seen one convoy in RuB in a home made mission. The convoy was not part of my scenario. I was on my way back to base in the middle of the Atlantic: BD grid square when I got a message from BdU of a convoy.

As a military history buff, I consider myself well informed of historic ship dispostions and convoy escort tactics. I have to say that RuB is somewhat lacking in this regard.

I ran into a convoy in spring of 43. About 30 steamers and it had 4 or 5 escorts...all within one km of the convoy!!

This is inaccurate as the escorts were too close and it was simple to slip into the convoy itself. I simply positoned myself in front of the convoy and let her sail right over me, before the escorts could react, I sunk two ships.

Now, if the escort was about 5 or 6km from the convoy, I Would have never been able to attack, cause I would have then had to dive and would not been able to maintain contact. Also, never saw a aircraft. I am hoping that the convoys I see in my career will not be so lame....

I too am in quest for the ultimate realism. I have been testing for hours on end a way to tweak the files to make for the most realistic experience. Presently, I feel silent running is way too effective. I can sneak away from escorts even summer of '44 about 90% of the time as long as I have ~250m of depth beneath my keel.

Unfortunately, I do not know code so my tweaks are limited in nature.

I think you need to mod up SH3 as the boxed version is very lame. RuB is very realistic, but not perfect. Try RuB and tweak SIM.cfg for noise level to be about 0.4. This is a little uber, but it is a good balance of challenge and realism as escorts will hear you and ping with ASDIC unless you use silent running. I think RuB has the upgraded ASDIC arcs to be about 60 degrees ahead.

Try it..

05-25-06, 10:31 AM	#24
mike_espo Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago, USA Posts: 396 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	So far, I am in my 2nd career, my first was in vanilla SH3 in a IIa. I am now using RuB 1.45 in a IXb in my second patrol and have not seen a convoy yet. It is May 1940..... I have been playing alot of self made missions in late war years to test the AI and RuB. I have seen one convoy in RuB in a home made mission. The convoy was not part of my scenario. I was on my way back to base in the middle of the Atlantic: BD grid square when I got a message from BdU of a convoy. As a military history buff, I consider myself well informed of historic ship dispostions and convoy escort tactics. I have to say that RuB is somewhat lacking in this regard. I ran into a convoy in spring of 43. About 30 steamers and it had 4 or 5 escorts...all within one km of the convoy!! This is inaccurate as the escorts were too close and it was simple to slip into the convoy itself. I simply positoned myself in front of the convoy and let her sail right over me, before the escorts could react, I sunk two ships. Now, if the escort was about 5 or 6km from the convoy, I Would have never been able to attack, cause I would have then had to dive and would not been able to maintain contact. Also, never saw a aircraft. I am hoping that the convoys I see in my career will not be so lame.... I too am in quest for the ultimate realism. I have been testing for hours on end a way to tweak the files to make for the most realistic experience. Presently, I feel silent running is way too effective. I can sneak away from escorts even summer of '44 about 90% of the time as long as I have ~250m of depth beneath my keel. Unfortunately, I do not know code so my tweaks are limited in nature. I think you need to mod up SH3 as the boxed version is very lame. RuB is very realistic, but not perfect. Try RuB and tweak SIM.cfg for noise level to be about 0.4. This is a little uber, but it is a good balance of challenge and realism as escorts will hear you and ping with ASDIC unless you use silent running. I think RuB has the upgraded ASDIC arcs to be about 60 degrees ahead. Try it..