Is this a bug??

[ddiplock]

Ok so, was tasked to sneak into Manila Harbour and photograph enemy carriers. Great says I, chance to nail some enemy flattops at anchor.

Snuck my way in past loads of destroyers and was approaching a couple of Escort carriers sitting at anchor.

I'd been stopping my engines and making like a hole in the water whenever a destroyer came close.

And yet it seems, even with your engines off if a destroyer gets TOO close (and sods law one of them did come too close), they somehow instantly know you are there. That cannot be right surely, is it a flaw in the game?

Doesn't take a genious to work out what happend to the USS Seawolf in the shallows of Manila Harbour!!!

[WernherVonTrapp]

You didn't say, so I'll ask.
Were you rigged for silent running?

[Daniel Prates]

Originally Posted by ddiplock

Ok so, was tasked to sneak into Manila Harbour and photograph enemy carriers. Great says I, chance to nail some enemy flattops at anchor.

Snuck my way in past loads of destroyers and was approaching a couple of Escort carriers sitting at anchor.

I'd been stopping my engines and making like a hole in the water whenever a destroyer came close.

And yet it seems, even with your engines off if a destroyer gets TOO close (and sods law one of them did come too close), they somehow instantly know you are there. That cannot be right surely, is it a flaw in the game?

Doesn't take a genious to work out what happend to the USS Seawolf in the shallows of Manila Harbour!!!

Looks like, basically, that he saw you, pure and simple. Submerged subs are visible from a short distance, even if submerged. TMO trims the graphics in such a manner that you can see that for yourself.

Check out this picture:

[Jude]

Went to the harbor and patrolled the entire bay, and I could not find and carriers.

Can anyone help?

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by Jude

Went to the harbor and patrolled the entire bay, and I could not find and carriers.

Can anyone help?

Only in certain missions

[Daniel Prates]

Anyways, if you run around the pacific for a while, you're bound to run into some carriers!

[TorpX]

Originally Posted by ddiplock

Ok so, was tasked to sneak into Manila Harbour and photograph enemy carriers. Great says I, chance to nail some enemy flattops at anchor.

Snuck my way in past loads of destroyers and was approaching a couple of Escort carriers sitting at anchor.

I'd been stopping my engines and making like a hole in the water whenever a destroyer came close.

And yet it seems, even with your engines off if a destroyer gets TOO close (and sods law one of them did come too close), they somehow instantly know you are there. That cannot be right surely, is it a flaw in the game?

Doesn't take a genious to work out what happend to the USS Seawolf in the shallows of Manila Harbour!!!

Have you ever read what Ducimus posted about DD sensors?
I doubt that they saw you. Their capabilities are a simplification, which leads to odd results.

[razark]

Originally Posted by Daniel Prates

Anyways, if you run around the pacific for a while, you're bound to run into some carriers!

Lies!

I've been playing this game since it came out, and the Japanese carriers are as fictional as the Flying Dutchman or the Yamato. There's no such ships in this game.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by razark

Lies!

I've been playing this game since it came out, and the Japanese carriers are as fictional as the Flying Dutchman or the Yamato. There's no such ships in this game.

Fictional Flying Dutchman....



My guess it's only in stock, RSRD nerfed it, but you can add it back.

[razark]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Fictional Flying Dutchman....

My guess it's only in stock, RSRD nerfed it, but you can add it back.

What's with the screenshot of the empty ocean?




Honestly, in all the years the game has been out, I've never seen it. Stock, TMO, RSRD, never seen it. I've sunk the one battleship I've seen. I spotted a couple of carriers once. I even got sunk by a sub recently. But I've never seen the Flying Dutchman.

[Daniel Prates]

Originally Posted by razark

Lies!

I've been playing this game since it came out, and the Japanese carriers are as fictional as the Flying Dutchman or the Yamato. There's no such ships in this game.

haha!

"The only thing worse than not finding a CV, is finding a CV" (Cpt. Oscar Wilde).

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by razark

What's with the screenshot of the empty ocean?




Honestly, in all the years the game has been out, I've never seen it. Stock, TMO, RSRD, never seen it. I've sunk the one battleship I've seen. I spotted a couple of carriers once. I even got sunk by a sub recently. But I've never seen the Flying Dutchman.

Try getting stuck in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Intense. I sank the Yamato, even tho it took 10 well spaced torpedoes.

[Sailor Steve]

Awesome!

And it sounds about right. Yamato and Musashi both took a lot more than that, but it could have been overkill, and ten might have done it.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by razark

What's with the screenshot of the empty ocean?




Honestly, in all the years the game has been out, I've never seen it. Stock, TMO, RSRD, never seen it. I've sunk the one battleship I've seen. I spotted a couple of carriers once. I even got sunk by a sub recently. But I've never seen the Flying Dutchman.

It's in stock for sure, in the Luzon area, not sure if TMO nerfed it as he made some traffic changes, RSRD did for sure.

If you want to see it, use the ME and and create a single and add it to traffic, it's listed under the Netherlands as a BB named "What is this" or dis, first one listed

[razark]

Originally Posted by Armistead

If you want to see it, use the ME and and create a single and add it to traffic

But that would be cheating.

Maybe one of these days I'll get to see it.