Does the weather ever get better?

[Two-Six]

Hi all,
Here is the situation. I am at the end of a patrol and have no torps left. I have used my last three on a C3 cargo, and it's nearly dead, on fire and immobile. I have parked up next to it and now I am waiting for the weather to get better so I can use my gun on in to finish him off.

Here is the question. If I stay in one place, and zoom forward in time a couple of days, will the weather even get better?

s this a waste of time, or will the weather ever get better if I hang around long enough?

I am on day four or five now and it's still terrible, and too rough to turn the cargo's hull into a sieve with my AP rounds..

What shall I do? Give up and go home, or stay a bit longer?

[zzsteven]

Yes, the weather will change..... eventually. But it still may not change enough to use your deck gun. Might be sitting there for weeks waiting for the proper conditions. It's a tough call, that is why you're the captain of the boat.

zz

[CWorth]

Yes the weather does get better..

It can be a bit of a pain when you have a storm or bad weather that lasts for days or even longer.

Though you will be grateful for bad weather later on...

Early war you pray for good weather to make attacks easier.
Late war you pray for bad weather so those bloody aircraft stay grounded .

[con20or]

Originally Posted by CWorth

Early war you pray for good weather to make attacks easier.
Late war you pray for bad weather so those bloody aircraft stay grounded .

Does the weather affect in-game aircraft flights?

[thyro]

Originally Posted by con20or

Does the weather affect in-game aircraft flights?

My 1944's experience tells me that even with sever weather conditions (heavy fog, heavy rain, clouds overcast, wind speed 15)... WWII planes such catalina and others still fly and attack your sub with an excellent precision strike (what made me think that probably the amaricans had laser guided bombs since 1944 ).

So watchout and keep your men ready for a crash-dive as soon as one unidentified signal is aproaching... 99% of the times its a plane... specially from 1944

not even a XXI snorkel is safe

Of course in SH3 not in real world

[STEED]

Yes the weather does get better and make the most of it.

[Khayman]

You could always change your subs config file so that you can use the deck gun no matter what the weather

However you'll find that later in the war merchant and cargo ships are actually armed. Surfacing to finish them off with the deck gun can be a dangerous business.

Also, one ship I hit blew up and was sinking. I surfaced to bring down some torps from the canisters and the ship started firing at me! A lone gun, half submerged was blasting away. I was so impressed I didn't shoot back

Originally Posted by Khayman

You could always change your subs config file so that you can use the deck gun no matter what the weather

However you'll find that later in the war merchant and cargo ships are actually armed. Surfacing to finish them off with the deck gun can be a dangerous business.

Also you'll find that your crew never put on their wet-weather clothes, as they think it's a lovely day out.

[Graafenstein]

A tip I got in this forum a while ago:

Always exhaust your deck gun ammo first of all!
You never know when the weather is gonna change.
I just save about 10 HE rounds,
if I need to chase down an armed merchant surfaced.