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tater · 06-25-07, 02:08 PM

I've never had any ship react to my periscope in stock SH4.

Note that I judge this by the fact that before I made the mod, ships never once shot at the scope. Now if they spot it, they shoot (which I have also read about).

There are some odd things with the AI, to be sure.

What I'd like to see is for elite AI to be really scary, and also really really rare. I think the competant AI should work you over then leave. The vets should hold you down for hours.

I'm not super great at avoiding the escorts, I'm just cautious. I fire torpedos, and pull the plug, for example. I have auto reloading off, and I wait til I'm down and safe before reloading. I rarely get to make more than one attack.

One thing that helps on the TF attacks is that I have upped their speeds. 15 is the minimum you'll every see a TF in my campaign. Here and there they will be balls-out in the high 20s (I have it so at some zig-zags, they will just to high speed with a % chance of skipping a pile of ZZ waypoints and running straight and FAST instead). As a result, the escorts (even vet/elite) will work me over, but they only let the TF get si far before they pour on the coal and head back. It's effective though since doing an end-around even with a TF ZZing at 18 knots is hard.

06-25-07, 02:08 PM	#1003
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I've never had any ship react to my periscope in stock SH4. Note that I judge this by the fact that before I made the mod, ships never once shot at the scope. Now if they spot it, they shoot (which I have also read about). There are some odd things with the AI, to be sure. What I'd like to see is for elite AI to be really scary, and also really really rare. I think the competant AI should work you over then leave. The vets should hold you down for hours. I'm not super great at avoiding the escorts, I'm just cautious. I fire torpedos, and pull the plug, for example. I have auto reloading off, and I wait til I'm down and safe before reloading. I rarely get to make more than one attack. One thing that helps on the TF attacks is that I have upped their speeds. 15 is the minimum you'll every see a TF in my campaign. Here and there they will be balls-out in the high 20s (I have it so at some zig-zags, they will just to high speed with a % chance of skipping a pile of ZZ waypoints and running straight and FAST instead). As a result, the escorts (even vet/elite) will work me over, but they only let the TF get si far before they pour on the coal and head back. It's effective though since doing an end-around even with a TF ZZing at 18 knots is hard.