Please help, destroyers cant be sunk.

Hans-Ulrich Rudel · 03-14-07, 04:06 AM

I am having problems with SH3 Grey Wolves, please help!
I used to be able to sink destroyers with torpedos, now I can not.
I once sunk 9 destroyers on one mission.
Now I can hit a destroyer many times and either the torpedo will not go
Off or it will go straight through the ship and not go off, I have set the depth
correctly!
Often ships sunk will not be displayed on captains log book.
Sending me on patrols with a blank patrol order.
Not being able to view medals, or desk log.
Please help.

Mooncatt · 03-14-07, 04:31 AM

this really sounds like you have a bad install to me with all the stuff thats going on in your game, personally i would try a reinstall altogether imho.

andy_311 · 03-14-07, 07:32 AM

In Grey Wolves there are a couple of destroyers that are skimming the water,if you take a close look they are litrally out of the water you can see there props what I found out is if you set the torpedo to magnetic and a depth of 0 that will take care of them.

Kumando · 03-14-07, 07:38 AM

And why do you want to hunt destroyers in the first place? Its not your mission, your mission is to hunt merchant ships, you shouldnt waste torpedoes with destroyers. And by the way welcome aboard

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Morts · 03-14-07, 07:51 AM

dont hunt DD's (Destroyers) its a bad idea..go for the merchants

and welcome to subsim m8

Mooncatt · 03-14-07, 08:38 AM

yup starting fights with destroyers means they can fight back merchies cant and weigh lots more = more renown. also picking fights with dds is like hitting a bee hive with a big stick.......ill leave you to work out what happens next :hmm:
and welcome btw

danurve · 03-14-07, 08:51 AM

Hans posted a question about using a certain mod, and looking to enjoy the game and play it as he wants to. Why would some feel it is nessesary to question him and discourage this, I don't get that.

If what andy posted is correct then I would suggest make your adjustments and go right on taking out DD's if the oppertunity presents itself. DD takes downs might not be much tonnage but it's awsome fun!

Hans-Ulrich Rudel · 03-14-07, 03:03 PM

I had to do a full install, but managed to loose a player, bummer as he had 350,000 tonns. In case you all dont know Hans-Urich Rudel was the most decorated soilder of Germany in WW2. Have a look on the web there is heaps about him. An amazing man!!

I only sink destroyers because I have to, they go nuts when I sneek up and attack a convoy. Usually I found it impossible to sneek up on a convoy, but after a new install, I attacked a convoy, and the destroyers just ignored me, hmm the seas were very rough, but still, before the new install I would have to wipe ouy all the destroyers to even get within 3000 Mt of a convoy, I will try to set the torpedo at zero and magnetic only. By the way Scarpa Flow always has good tonnage, I find it very funny, when destoyers manage to sink themselves. I had a good moment the other night when I attacked a convoy on the surface with the deck gun, lol I sunk destroyers with my deck gun, mind you I have set it to fire at one seconed intervals. Thanks again guys and girls. Hmm many women playing SH3?

Morts · 03-14-07, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hans-Ulrich Rudel

In case you all dont know Hans-Urich Rudel was the most decorated soilder of Germany in WW2. Have a look on the web there is heaps about him. An amazing man!!

no kidding

i mean
aprox 2530 combat missions

almost 2000 ground tragets destroyed / 519 tanks, 70 assault/landing boats, 150 self propelled guns, 4 armoured trains and 800 other ground objects
9 planes shot down 2 IL-2's and 7 fighters
and he sank 4 ships 1 Battleship, 2 cruisers and a destroyer
+ he was shot down/forced to land 32 times

and several times behind enemy lines

he flew a Junkers Ju 87 (G-1) and a Fw 190 (focke-Wulf) and he got the Knight's cross with golden oak leaves, swords and diamonds

truely amazing

Deep-Six · 03-14-07, 03:22 PM

And he was also a Nazi.

(seriously)

Iron Budokan · 03-14-07, 03:32 PM

I have no doubt he was a great pilot but weren't some of these numbers for the Nazi aces inflated by their propaganda machine? Just wondering what the historical accuracy is behind these particular numbers...?

Hartmann · 03-14-07, 04:35 PM

The huge number of ground targets is very possible.

Stuka is a plane designed for ground attack and ruddel use a special gun with armor piercing rounds

03-14-07, 04:06 AM	#1
Hans-Ulrich Rudel Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Perth Western Australia Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Please help, destroyers cant be sunk. I am having problems with SH3 Grey Wolves, please help! I used to be able to sink destroyers with torpedos, now I can not. I once sunk 9 destroyers on one mission. Now I can hit a destroyer many times and either the torpedo will not go Off or it will go straight through the ship and not go off, I have set the depth correctly! Often ships sunk will not be displayed on captains log book. Sending me on patrols with a blank patrol order. Not being able to view medals, or desk log. Please help. __________________ *Verloren ist nur, wer sich selbst aufgibt* ("Lost are only those who give up themselves").

03-14-07, 04:31 AM	#2
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	this really sounds like you have a bad install to me with all the stuff thats going on in your game, personally i would try a reinstall altogether imho. __________________

03-14-07, 08:38 AM	#6
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yup starting fights with destroyers means they can fight back merchies cant and weigh lots more = more renown. also picking fights with dds is like hitting a bee hive with a big stick.......ill leave you to work out what happens next :hmm: and welcome btw __________________

03-14-07, 08:51 AM	#7
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Hans posted a question about using a certain mod, and looking to enjoy the game and play it as he wants to. Why would some feel it is nessesary to question him and discourage this, I don't get that. If what andy posted is correct then I would suggest make your adjustments and go right on taking out DD's if the oppertunity presents itself. DD takes downs might not be much tonnage but it's awsome fun! __________________

03-14-07, 03:03 PM	#8
Hans-Ulrich Rudel Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Perth Western Australia Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the welcome!! I had to do a full install, but managed to loose a player, bummer as he had 350,000 tonns. In case you all dont know Hans-Urich Rudel was the most decorated soilder of Germany in WW2. Have a look on the web there is heaps about him. An amazing man!! I only sink destroyers because I have to, they go nuts when I sneek up and attack a convoy. Usually I found it impossible to sneek up on a convoy, but after a new install, I attacked a convoy, and the destroyers just ignored me, hmm the seas were very rough, but still, before the new install I would have to wipe ouy all the destroyers to even get within 3000 Mt of a convoy, I will try to set the torpedo at zero and magnetic only. By the way Scarpa Flow always has good tonnage, I find it very funny, when destoyers manage to sink themselves. I had a good moment the other night when I attacked a convoy on the surface with the deck gun, lol I sunk destroyers with my deck gun, mind you I have set it to fire at one seconed intervals. Thanks again guys and girls. Hmm many women playing SH3? __________________ *Verloren ist nur, wer sich selbst aufgibt* ("Lost are only those who give up themselves").

03-14-07, 07:32 AM	#3
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	In Grey Wolves there are a couple of destroyers that are skimming the water,if you take a close look they are litrally out of the water you can see there props what I found out is if you set the torpedo to magnetic and a depth of 0 that will take care of them.

03-14-07, 07:38 AM	#4
Kumando Commodore Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Portugal Posts: 639 Downloads: 283 Uploads: 0	And why do you want to hunt destroyers in the first place? Its not your mission, your mission is to hunt merchant ships, you shouldnt waste torpedoes with destroyers. And by the way welcome aboard .

03-14-07, 07:51 AM	#5
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	dont hunt DD's (Destroyers) its a bad idea..go for the merchants and welcome to subsim m8

03-14-07, 03:22 PM	#10
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	And he was also a Nazi. (seriously) __________________

03-14-07, 03:32 PM	#11
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I have no doubt he was a great pilot but weren't some of these numbers for the Nazi aces inflated by their propaganda machine? Just wondering what the historical accuracy is behind these particular numbers...? __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-14-07, 04:35 PM	#12
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	The huge number of ground targets is very possible. Stuka is a plane designed for ground attack and ruddel use a special gun with armor piercing rounds __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

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