A newcomer's question thread (with screenshots)

Hanzo · 04-04-07, 06:28 PM

Captain Hanzo reporting for duty!

I'm one of the proud (and now bankrupt) owners of the SH4 Deluxe Box, signing up to let some fish fly

My beauty, the S-35:

What a trusty sub she is! If only her torp capacity were greater ... And she does seem a little old... Ah well, I need to earn some renown, and get myself one of those neat looking Gatos. I've been patrolling the Philippines and I've had some successes using the manual TDC. Quite a few ships sunk already! Hurray!

My First Kill

My manual, calculated torps actually hit! Cheers for that video Neal! Then a bit of nice deck gun action ...

Anyway, the point of this post is that I'm a newcomer to the game - I've been lurking here quite a lot recently, and I've picked up some great tips. There are some weird things that I've yet to find an answer for ... :hmm:

Bizarre Convoys

Every convoy I stumble on has behaved a bit strange to say the least ... For starters, once my first torp hit one of the ships in the above screenshot, everyone else just stopped and sat still, dead in the water. The warships will look around and signal with their lights, but they'll do this for HOURS. Lucky for them I was out of torps, but it didn't seem like a very intelligent tactic to me!

An hour or two later, all my torps were ready to go for it, so I return to the original position and they were still all there, moving around a bit and generally chilling out.

I was bemused. I'm playing the campaign on the Normal difficulty - Is this normal behaviour? Doesn't seem very realistic. Also, sometimes I find convoys that are moving at around 2 knots ... very very slow. Again, after the attack they seemed completely dumbfounded with the warships going in the opposite direction and the ships stopping or moving around at about ~1 knot. What happen! If somebody could give me the lowdown on those, I'd really appreciate it.

Strange Crewmen

My second query concerns crewman lighting. Inside the sub, the men look aren't lit by the dynamic lighting at all. They're simply exempt from the lighting routines, making me not want to use the bridge as it's .. ugly!

On the surface however, all is fine:

Thanks to Ubi for a great game, and hopefully the random niggles I've noticed here and there will be ironed out in that hotly anticipated 1.2 patch.. If anyone could give me some insight into the troubles i've been experiencing above, that would be amazing

- and I'm sorry for the massive first post!

Good hunting!

- Captain Hanzo

04-04-07, 06:28 PM	#1
Hanzo Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: London Posts: 21 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	A newcomer's question thread (with screenshots) Captain Hanzo reporting for duty! I'm one of the proud (and now bankrupt) owners of the SH4 Deluxe Box, signing up to let some fish fly My beauty, the S-35: What a trusty sub she is! If only her torp capacity were greater ... And she does seem a little old... Ah well, I need to earn some renown, and get myself one of those neat looking Gatos. I've been patrolling the Philippines and I've had some successes using the manual TDC. Quite a few ships sunk already! Hurray! My First Kill My manual, calculated torps actually hit! Cheers for that video Neal! Then a bit of nice deck gun action ... Anyway, the point of this post is that I'm a newcomer to the game - I've been lurking here quite a lot recently, and I've picked up some great tips. There are some weird things that I've yet to find an answer for ... :hmm: Bizarre Convoys Every convoy I stumble on has behaved a bit strange to say the least ... For starters, once my first torp hit one of the ships in the above screenshot, everyone else just stopped and sat still, dead in the water. The warships will look around and signal with their lights, but they'll do this for HOURS. Lucky for them I was out of torps, but it didn't seem like a very intelligent tactic to me! An hour or two later, all my torps were ready to go for it, so I return to the original position and they were still all there, moving around a bit and generally chilling out. I was bemused. I'm playing the campaign on the Normal difficulty - Is this normal behaviour? Doesn't seem very realistic. Also, sometimes I find convoys that are moving at around 2 knots ... very very slow. Again, after the attack they seemed completely dumbfounded with the warships going in the opposite direction and the ships stopping or moving around at about ~1 knot. What happen! If somebody could give me the lowdown on those, I'd really appreciate it. Strange Crewmen My second query concerns crewman lighting. Inside the sub, the men look aren't lit by the dynamic lighting at all. They're simply exempt from the lighting routines, making me not want to use the bridge as it's .. ugly! On the surface however, all is fine: Thanks to Ubi for a great game, and hopefully the random niggles I've noticed here and there will be ironed out in that hotly anticipated 1.2 patch.. If anyone could give me some insight into the troubles i've been experiencing above, that would be amazing - and I'm sorry for the massive first post! Good hunting! - Captain Hanzo