When You Think You Have Seen Everything.

Seminole · 07-16-10, 06:43 PM

I invested nearly a full half hour setting up an attack and waiting for the target to come into position. I never use time compression except for long distance travel so each attack is a real investment in time.

I was in shallow water, just outside the harbor in Iceland waiting out a M31B. The ship got to about 10 degress from my hitting the fire button....and it just disappearred. Vanished. Poof. Gone.

No explosion. No Smoke. Just no ship.

Jumped to the hydrophone...dead quite all 'round the dial.

I couldn't begin to guess the number of attacks I've been through with SHIII.... has to be thousands...but I never...ever saw this one before.....

Don't really care to see it again. Klingon Cloaking Device on board I suppose...

Gerald · 07-16-10, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Seminole

I invested nearly a full half hour setting up an attack and waiting for the target to come into position. I never use time compression except for long distance travel so each attack is a real investment in time.

I was in shallow water, just outside the harbor in Iceland waiting out a M31B. The ship got to about 10 degress from my hitting the fire button....and it just disappearred. Vanished. Poof. Gone.

No explosion. No Smoke. Just no ship.

Jumped to the hydrophone...dead quite all 'round the dial.

I couldn't begin to guess the number of attacks I've been through with SHIII.... has to be thousands...but I never...ever saw this one before.....

Don't really care to see it again. Klingon Cloaking Device on board I suppose...

cross the border,

and this happen in shallow water, stay away from this behavior, it could't be badly,but the good news is, you are still in shape..........

HW3 · 07-16-10, 07:48 PM

When ships hit their last waypoint, they disappear.

Sailor Steve · 07-16-10, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HW3

When ships hit their last waypoint, they disappear.

Using the Mission Editor they can be told not to, but then when they hit the last waypoint they would just stop. Not much challenge there.

raymond6751 · 07-16-10, 08:17 PM

You know you would have sunk it. Everyone on board agrees.

Write it up in the log as a catch. Congratulations.

Seminole · 07-16-10, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by HW3

When ships hit their last waypoint, they disappear.

I thought about the "delete on last waypoint." factor. Unusual that the last WP was so far from the logical ending point..the port facility.

Seminole · 07-16-10, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

cross the border,

and this happen in shallow water, stay away from this behavior, it could't be badly,but the good news is, you are still in shape..........

You have to know when you can go where...

Early in the war the merchants waddle into Iceland like ducks at the carnival shooting gallery. No bad guys around to give one grief either.

I had just been worked over by a DE I ran into in heavy fog trying to penetrate a convoy. Iceland seemed just the place to recoup and rack up some easy kills. It was.

Gerald · 07-16-10, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Seminole

You have to know when you can go where...

Early in the war the merchants waddle into Iceland like ducks at the carnival shooting gallery. No bad guys around to give one grief either.

I had just been worked over by a DE I ran into in heavy fog trying to penetrate a convoy. Iceland seemed just the place to recoup and rack up some easy kills. It was.

Jankowski · 07-17-10, 12:14 AM

it was a ghost ship. simple as that!

krashkart · 07-17-10, 12:42 AM

I'd check around Philadelphia and Norfolk to see if it reappeared at either of those places.

hint

Jimbuna · 07-17-10, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by HW3

When ships hit their last waypoint, they disappear.

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Originally Posted by krashkart

I'd check around Philadelphia and Norfolk to see if it reappeared at either of those places.

hint

07-16-10, 06:43 PM	#1
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	When You Think You Have Seen Everything. I invested nearly a full half hour setting up an attack and waiting for the target to come into position. I never use time compression except for long distance travel so each attack is a real investment in time. I was in shallow water, just outside the harbor in Iceland waiting out a M31B. The ship got to about 10 degress from my hitting the fire button....and it just disappearred. Vanished. Poof. Gone. No explosion. No Smoke. Just no ship. Jumped to the hydrophone...dead quite all 'round the dial. I couldn't begin to guess the number of attacks I've been through with SHIII.... has to be thousands...but I never...ever saw this one before..... Don't really care to see it again. Klingon Cloaking Device on board I suppose... __________________

07-16-10, 07:48 PM	#3
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	When ships hit their last waypoint, they disappear. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

07-16-10, 08:17 PM	#5
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Credit for the kill You know you would have sunk it. Everyone on board agrees. Write it up in the log as a catch. Congratulations. __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

07-17-10, 12:42 AM	#10
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	I'd check around Philadelphia and Norfolk to see if it reappeared at either of those places. hint __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

07-17-10, 12:14 AM	#9
Jankowski Frogman Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 306 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	it was a ghost ship. simple as that!