Calling for HELP in GWX

GSpector · 01-02-07, 01:58 AM

I thought I read somewhere that there are other Subs that can come to your aid but how do you call them?:hmm:

_Seth_ · 01-02-07, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by GSpector

I thought I read somewhere that there are other Subs that can come to your aid but how do you call them?:hmm:

Hmmm...I cant remember having read that...Would be cool, though..

TarJak · 01-02-07, 02:07 AM

When you spot a ship you can send a contact report. It works much better if you have spotted a Convoy or a Task Force. If there are AI subs in your vicinity they MIGHT come and help out.

They are only surface craft really and can't submerge and can only attack with their deck guns.

More likely if you are in range of one of your Luftwaffe bases you will get help from them. This was a stock feature in vanilla SHIII.

GSpector · 01-02-07, 02:19 AM

Thanks and personally, I'd rather prefer the DD's to be shooting at AI Subs then me

TarJak · 01-02-07, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GSpector

Thanks and personally, I'd rather prefer the DD's to be shooting at AI Subs then me

Anyone who wouldn't is off their trolley!

Good luck. I ran into a wolfpack northwest or Rockall Bank Jan 1941 on one patrol. Glad they got miced rather than me. They did take out a couple of the escorts and so got a good run at the convoy we were attacking.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-02-07, 08:01 AM

When I have spotted a ship I have tried to send a contact report but the majority of the time it doesn't work, any suggestions? I usually do this if I am out of torps, or if I spot a convoy.

theluckyone17 · 01-02-07, 08:36 AM

I don't think it works for single ship contacts. I've hit the corresponding button numerous times for those. The status window says "Message Sent" or something like that.

Go to the radio room, and no message was sent.

Do the same for a convoy that hasn't already been reported (showed up as a contact on the map screen), and the message successfully shows up on the list.

AVGWarhawk · 01-02-07, 09:28 AM

I have sent reports on singletons and the Luftwaffen showed up. This was in the channel. I have not been able to get other subs to show but I have heard their electric motors on the hydrophone. I know there out there!!!

01-02-07, 01:58 AM	#1
GSpector Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 676 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Calling for HELP in GWX I thought I read somewhere that there are other Subs that can come to your aid but how do you call them?:hmm: __________________ Specter

01-02-07, 02:19 AM	#4
GSpector Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 676 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Thanks and personally, I'd rather prefer the DD's to be shooting at AI Subs then me __________________ Specter

01-02-07, 08:01 AM	#6
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	When I have spotted a ship I have tried to send a contact report but the majority of the time it doesn't work, any suggestions? I usually do this if I am out of torps, or if I spot a convoy. __________________ Back in the Day

01-02-07, 09:28 AM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I have sent reports on singletons and the Luftwaffen showed up. This was in the channel. I have not been able to get other subs to show but I have heard their electric motors on the hydrophone. I know there out there!!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-02-07, 02:07 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	When you spot a ship you can send a contact report. It works much better if you have spotted a Convoy or a Task Force. If there are AI subs in your vicinity they MIGHT come and help out. They are only surface craft really and can't submerge and can only attack with their deck guns. More likely if you are in range of one of your Luftwaffe bases you will get help from them. This was a stock feature in vanilla SHIII.

01-02-07, 08:36 AM	#7
theluckyone17 Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: Niskayuna, NY Posts: 482 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	I don't think it works for single ship contacts. I've hit the corresponding button numerous times for those. The status window says "Message Sent" or something like that. Go to the radio room, and no message was sent. Do the same for a convoy that hasn't already been reported (showed up as a contact on the map screen), and the message successfully shows up on the list.