freighters and troop transports

Dambuster · 08-18-15, 02:41 AM

Hey guys.

Let me start by telling you guys how much im loving learning and developing my skills with the use of this fantastic community here at subsim.com

Ive got a question for you aces out there.

Its my 2nd patrol in a S class sub and im having difficulty locating troop transports. My objective is too sink one and also cant find freighters. Its may 19th 1942 and im currently heading north through makassar strait towards celebes sea. I plan to bypass sulu sea through china sea and try my luck over at luzon strait and formosa strait by taipei.

Any ideas

Cheers

Dambuster

merc4ulfate · 08-18-15, 05:57 AM

When asking questions it is important to list your game version and mods list in order to get more detailed and accurate responses.

Some mods will populate better and more accurate shipping traffic making hunting them down a bit easier.

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
1_TriggerMaru_Overhaul_2-5
1_TMO_25_small_patch
RSRDC_TMO_V502
RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1
Improved Ship Physics 2.6_TMO_RSRDC
FTMO_Visuals_for_RSRDC
GFJB_Navigation_Maps
HFJB Color Navigation Map
IGyoraitei
J11 New Ships + Yamato AA Fix by Miner1436
KShip pack 1
LSMALLER SEA PLANTS SMALL
MSMALLER SEABED ROCKS
N#5 Depthcharge Sound
O#2 Other Clouds
QAircraft_reflections
RHull_Numbers
STMO Smoke Mod
TTMO+RSRDC missions pack
UTABLE MAP 1,3
VClasse_Balao_CamoTri

Crannogman · 08-18-15, 05:57 AM

Welcome! From what I have read, that is a good place to look. It does depend upon your mod set-up

Dambuster · 08-18-15, 06:04 AM

Oh. Sorry.

Im using TMO 2.5

merc4ulfate · 08-18-15, 06:25 AM

What version you use of TMO will be dictated by the Version of the game your playing. TMO is written for 1.4 and 1.5 with or without RSRD.

What is your GAME version?

Dambuster · 08-18-15, 06:29 AM

I updated to uboat 1.5 then installed TMO 2.5

TorpX · 08-18-15, 09:02 PM

Welcome aboard, Dambuster!

If you use RSRDC, you should be sent to an appropriate area. That does not mean that it is easy to locate targets, or that you will always have plenty, but searching and waiting are part of the game.

Dambuster · 08-19-15, 06:02 AM

I have restarted my carreer using RSRDC after reading about it here at the forums. Thx guys

Dambuster

merc4ulfate · 08-19-15, 06:34 AM

I think your going to enjoy what TMO and RSRD have to offer. RSRD's traffic and battle movements make game play much much better. TMO bring a great deal to the game in helping to model better sensor and operational performance.

Rockin Robbins · 08-19-15, 08:03 AM

Sounds like you're based in Australia. Those guys were famous for micro-managing their sub captains and sending them to barren wastelands to patrol for.......lobsters, I guess.

Pearl Harbor was more freewheeling, sending subs to large patrol areas with few specific instructions on how to conduct business. This fostered a more freewheeling, personal initiative driven patrol style. If a sub came back once without any score, it was sent out again. The second empty patrol the captain was sent to other opportunities. Aggresive captains loved the system. Timid ones applied for transfer to Australia.

Especially with a sugar boat you are very much a prisoner of your assigned area. There are some very productive areas under Australia's control. Hope you get sent to one of them. And remember contacts are difficult to develop in the best of areas. What's your hunting strategy?

You know, there's always more action than you can handle at Rabaul!

Dambuster · 08-19-15, 09:07 PM

My hunting style.

Well at the moment i am hunting in close at night. 110ft ft submerged untill i get within 1200 yards from my target. Go periscope up as im hidden in the dark and launch torpedos from 700yards out.crash dive then return the night after

The Mk 14 torpes are way better. Ive started the second objective
And its my second patrol and just sunk ship 4
RDRSC is great.

I can notice it s improvents

granite00 · 08-20-15, 02:36 AM

The Makassar Strait and entrances to the Sulu Sea can be very lucrative hunting grounds. The choke points are easy to cover with an S boat.

Aktungbby · 08-20-15, 11:08 AM

Dambuster!

spotted ya after 5 posts!

Rockin Robbins · 08-20-15, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dambuster

from 700yards out.

There's yer secret, right there, Vern!

Dambuster · 08-20-15, 11:38 PM

Oh and Rockin Robbins your tutorials are fantastic

08-18-15, 02:41 AM	#1
Dambuster Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 6 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	freighters and troop transports Hey guys. Let me start by telling you guys how much im loving learning and developing my skills with the use of this fantastic community here at subsim.com Ive got a question for you aces out there. Its my 2nd patrol in a S class sub and im having difficulty locating troop transports. My objective is too sink one and also cant find freighters. Its may 19th 1942 and im currently heading north through makassar strait towards celebes sea. I plan to bypass sulu sea through china sea and try my luck over at luzon strait and formosa strait by taipei. Any ideas Cheers Dambuster

08-18-15, 05:57 AM	#3
Crannogman Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 343 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome! From what I have read, that is a good place to look. It does depend upon your mod set-up __________________ "The sea shall ride over her and she shall live in it like a duck" ~John Ericsson

08-18-15, 09:02 PM	#7
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Welcome aboard, Dambuster! If you use RSRDC, you should be sent to an appropriate area. That does not mean that it is easy to locate targets, or that you will always have plenty, but searching and waiting are part of the game.

08-19-15, 06:34 AM	#9
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	I think your going to enjoy what TMO and RSRD have to offer. RSRD's traffic and battle movements make game play much much better. TMO bring a great deal to the game in helping to model better sensor and operational performance. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

08-19-15, 08:03 AM	#10
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Sounds like you're based in Australia. Those guys were famous for micro-managing their sub captains and sending them to barren wastelands to patrol for.......lobsters, I guess. Pearl Harbor was more freewheeling, sending subs to large patrol areas with few specific instructions on how to conduct business. This fostered a more freewheeling, personal initiative driven patrol style. If a sub came back once without any score, it was sent out again. The second empty patrol the captain was sent to other opportunities. Aggresive captains loved the system. Timid ones applied for transfer to Australia. Especially with a sugar boat you are very much a prisoner of your assigned area. There are some very productive areas under Australia's control. Hope you get sent to one of them. And remember contacts are difficult to develop in the best of areas. What's your hunting strategy? You know, there's always more action than you can handle at Rabaul! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 08-19-15 at 08:09 AM.

08-18-15, 06:04 AM	#4
Dambuster Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 6 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Oh. Sorry. Im using TMO 2.5

08-18-15, 06:25 AM	#5
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	What version you use of TMO will be dictated by the Version of the game your playing. TMO is written for 1.4 and 1.5 with or without RSRD. What is your GAME version? __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

08-18-15, 06:29 AM	#6
Dambuster Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 6 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I updated to uboat 1.5 then installed TMO 2.5

08-19-15, 06:02 AM	#8
Dambuster Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 6 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I have restarted my carreer using RSRDC after reading about it here at the forums. Thx guys Dambuster

08-19-15, 09:07 PM	#11
Dambuster Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 6 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	My hunting style. Well at the moment i am hunting in close at night. 110ft ft submerged untill i get within 1200 yards from my target. Go periscope up as im hidden in the dark and launch torpedos from 700yards out.crash dive then return the night after The Mk 14 torpes are way better. Ive started the second objective And its my second patrol and just sunk ship 4 RDRSC is great. I can notice it s improvents

08-20-15, 02:36 AM	#12
granite00 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 113 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	The Makassar Strait and entrances to the Sulu Sea can be very lucrative hunting grounds. The choke points are easy to cover with an S boat. __________________ granite00

08-20-15, 11:08 AM	#13
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,012 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! Dambuster! spotted ya after 5 posts! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

08-20-15, 11:38 PM	#15
Dambuster Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 6 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Oh and Rockin Robbins your tutorials are fantastic

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