Pre-existing damage to convoy?

Nyarlathotep · 06-24-08, 06:57 PM

Radio report lead me to a large convoy off the coast of Spain. When I closed to attack, I noticed that one of the DD's and a small merchant were both already on fire. This proved very helpful, in that I set up my attack by sneaking past the damaged escort. Plus, what luck, apparently his depth charge rack was damaged because he was only able to fire the sideways-launching ones. This allowed me to run directly underneath him on an attack run, make a quick turn and go deep to break contact.

So do spawned ships have a chance of being damaged in GWX, or do I owe some luftwaffe pilot a Beck's? I figure they *might* have been in range of a base somewhere..

U-104 · 06-24-08, 07:05 PM

"do I owe some luftwaffe pilot a Beck's?"

or a uboat out there some where.

Sag75 · 06-24-08, 07:23 PM

Hi, it sometimes happens to me when i send a contact report to BdU about an incoming convoy. I saw a torpedoed still cruising merchant, too!

For example, just a week ago i sent a contact report and several hours later, during my battle in the bottom of the ocean, an U-boot came to help... she sunk with her deck gun the two DDs that were hunting for me!! (she sunk too...)

great GWX!!!

Nyarlathotep · 06-24-08, 08:18 PM

What? AI u-boats can launch torps now? I thought I read that SH3 code limited them to surface attacks, and only the deck gun at that..

Come to think, the convoy did make a sudden course change while I was hunting them down. Hmm. If that's the case, that's pretty cool! Although I hate to think of what happened to the uboat if it made a surface attack, there were at least 3 escorts with that convoy.

So do friendly units generate contact reports, or is that stuff scripted?

I got a large merchant and an ore carrier loaded with 5-ton trucks out of it. A good 17,000 tons, plus only a crippled DE to evade. Thanks guy! If it was indeed another u-boat, I owe him a few rounds at least.. If he made it home.

06-24-08, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyarlathotep

What? AI u-boats can launch torps now? I thought I read that SH3 code limited them to surface attacks, and only the deck gun at that..

Come to think, the convoy did make a sudden course change while I was hunting them down. Hmm. If that's the case, that's pretty cool! Although I hate to think of what happened to the uboat if it made a surface attack, there were at least 3 escorts with that convoy.

So do friendly units generate contact reports, or is that stuff scripted?

I got a large merchant and an ore carrier loaded with 5-ton trucks out of it. A good 17,000 tons, plus only a crippled DE to evade. Thanks guy! If it was indeed another u-boat, I owe him a few rounds at least.. If he made it home.

No unit in GWX use any type of AI torps.
AI torps have not been done.
By Anyone.
There are 'work arounds'
But they are not in any GWX releases.

rls669 · 06-24-08, 09:41 PM

Not too long ago I was lurking under a disabled ship waiting for the rest of the convoy to leave and heard a commotion on the surface. Curiosity got the best of me so I used the external camera and saw one of those big FWs (Condor?) attacking the convoy. It was very cool to watch, the massed AA fire from the convoy and escorts brought my 8800GTS to its knees.

Another time I was stalking an S-class sub and a Condor sent it to the bottom before I could. So there's a possible cause of pre-existing damage.

Nyarlathotep · 06-25-08, 08:14 PM

Thanks, Wooly.

Got a contact report afterwards showing a sub trailing behind the convoy, so it probably was a fellow uboat. It definitely wasn't the result of aircraft, at least not according to those maps. I was thinking there might be an airbase in North Africa that could reach, but apparently not.

06-24-08, 06:57 PM	#1
Nyarlathotep Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pre-existing damage to convoy? Radio report lead me to a large convoy off the coast of Spain. When I closed to attack, I noticed that one of the DD's and a small merchant were both already on fire. This proved very helpful, in that I set up my attack by sneaking past the damaged escort. Plus, what luck, apparently his depth charge rack was damaged because he was only able to fire the sideways-launching ones. This allowed me to run directly underneath him on an attack run, make a quick turn and go deep to break contact. So do spawned ships have a chance of being damaged in GWX, or do I owe some luftwaffe pilot a Beck's? I figure they might have been in range of a base somewhere..

06-24-08, 07:05 PM	#2
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	"do I owe some luftwaffe pilot a Beck's?" or a uboat out there some where. __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

06-24-08, 07:23 PM	#3
Sag75 XO Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 424 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Hi, it sometimes happens to me when i send a contact report to BdU about an incoming convoy. I saw a torpedoed still cruising merchant, too! For example, just a week ago i sent a contact report and several hours later, during my battle in the bottom of the ocean, an U-boot came to help... she sunk with her deck gun the two DDs that were hunting for me!! (she sunk too...) great GWX!!! __________________ Betasom - XI Gruppo Sommergibili Atlantici http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php

06-24-08, 08:18 PM	#4
Nyarlathotep Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What? AI u-boats can launch torps now? I thought I read that SH3 code limited them to surface attacks, and only the deck gun at that.. Come to think, the convoy did make a sudden course change while I was hunting them down. Hmm. If that's the case, that's pretty cool! Although I hate to think of what happened to the uboat if it made a surface attack, there were at least 3 escorts with that convoy. So do friendly units generate contact reports, or is that stuff scripted? I got a large merchant and an ore carrier loaded with 5-ton trucks out of it. A good 17,000 tons, plus only a crippled DE to evade. Thanks guy! If it was indeed another u-boat, I owe him a few rounds at least.. If he made it home.

06-24-08, 09:41 PM	#6
rls669 Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 117 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Not too long ago I was lurking under a disabled ship waiting for the rest of the convoy to leave and heard a commotion on the surface. Curiosity got the best of me so I used the external camera and saw one of those big FWs (Condor?) attacking the convoy. It was very cool to watch, the massed AA fire from the convoy and escorts brought my 8800GTS to its knees. Another time I was stalking an S-class sub and a Condor sent it to the bottom before I could. So there's a possible cause of pre-existing damage.

06-25-08, 08:14 PM	#7
Nyarlathotep Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Wooly. Got a contact report afterwards showing a sub trailing behind the convoy, so it probably was a fellow uboat. It definitely wasn't the result of aircraft, at least not according to those maps. I was thinking there might be an airbase in North Africa that could reach, but apparently not.