I think my helmsman should be shot.

The Mad Asshatter · 08-01-05, 12:57 AM

I am engaging a heavily defended convoy (5 escorts) in rough seas, November 1941. I order a depth of 12 meters and begin the frustrating task of gathering target data while bobbing around in huge swells.

With my observations now complete, I input all the necessary data in the TDC, go back to my observation scope, only to be greeted by, well, nothing. My scope is underwater and my boat has sunk down to 15 meters and, fully extended can't even break the surface. I decide to set my depth to 12 meters and wait, all the while the convoy is getting clooser and closer to my "shoot bearing". I say screw this, to myself and set my depth to 10 meters. BIG mistake. My conning tower is spotted and I now have 2 corvettes and one DD charging and pinging away at me. To make maters worse, my hull integrity was at 80% so I wasn't able to go as deep as normal.

Long story short, I got pounded pretty hard by them but managed to slink away with no further hull damage and now I want to get Helmsman Hans court-martialed and shot for not keeping the boat at the ordered depth and putting the crew in serious danger.

Seriously though, is this a bug, and is there any mod that smartens up the helmsman so that I don't end up several meters below the ordered depth in rough seas?

08-01-05, 12:57 AM	#1
The Mad Asshatter Seaman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 35 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I think my helmsman should be shot. I am engaging a heavily defended convoy (5 escorts) in rough seas, November 1941. I order a depth of 12 meters and begin the frustrating task of gathering target data while bobbing around in huge swells. With my observations now complete, I input all the necessary data in the TDC, go back to my observation scope, only to be greeted by, well, nothing. My scope is underwater and my boat has sunk down to 15 meters and, fully extended can't even break the surface. I decide to set my depth to 12 meters and wait, all the while the convoy is getting clooser and closer to my "shoot bearing". I say screw this, to myself and set my depth to 10 meters. BIG mistake. My conning tower is spotted and I now have 2 corvettes and one DD charging and pinging away at me. To make maters worse, my hull integrity was at 80% so I wasn't able to go as deep as normal. Long story short, I got pounded pretty hard by them but managed to slink away with no further hull damage and now I want to get Helmsman Hans court-martialed and shot for not keeping the boat at the ordered depth and putting the crew in serious danger. Seriously though, is this a bug, and is there any mod that smartens up the helmsman so that I don't end up several meters below the ordered depth in rough seas?