Friend or foe?

Stix · 12-19-06, 02:36 PM

I'm new to anything but the vanilla SH3 and i'm used to black, red or green map icons.

Is looking at the flag the only way of IDing ships these days? Even at 10X those tiny little flags are damn hard to see!

Stix

_Seth_ · 12-19-06, 02:47 PM

Yes, im afraid that was the reality of the uboatcrews aswell..

SilverGhost · 12-19-06, 02:53 PM

Yes....the game mods make the realism more in tune to reality and place an importance on positive ID of the target.

MRV · 12-19-06, 02:54 PM

the coding of SH3 has some kind of cheat implemented for GWX users:

when being at a high TC-rate and encountering a hostile ship, the WO reports it with "ship spotted".
If its neutral or friendly, the ship-spotted-message displays in the window at the center bottom but no sound is played.

mookiemookie · 12-19-06, 02:54 PM

At least you know that the lighted ships in GWX are neutrals for sure.

_Seth_ · 12-19-06, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

At least you know that the lighted ships in GWX are neutrals for sure.

A little OT, but... If lighted ships was a reality in WWII, did anyone use this knowledge of Lighted ship = neutral ship to scam the enemy, using this for military purposes? I know its not legal to do so in war, but could this have happend?:hmm:

mookiemookie · 12-19-06, 03:27 PM

I would think that they would have investigated any ship contact, lighted or not, and so I'm not sure how effective it would have been to do this.

Subwolf · 12-19-06, 03:37 PM

Yes they did identify lone lighted ships as well, enemy ships could not escape U-boat attacks simply by using the nav lights. Convoy rule was all lights off incl neutrals.

12-19-06, 02:36 PM	#1
Stix Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 54 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Friend or foe? I'm new to anything but the vanilla SH3 and i'm used to black, red or green map icons. Is looking at the flag the only way of IDing ships these days? Even at 10X those tiny little flags are damn hard to see! Stix

12-19-06, 02:47 PM	#2
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Yes, im afraid that was the reality of the uboatcrews aswell.. __________________

12-19-06, 02:54 PM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	At least you know that the lighted ships in GWX are neutrals for sure. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

12-19-06, 03:27 PM	#7
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I would think that they would have investigated any ship contact, lighted or not, and so I'm not sure how effective it would have been to do this. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

12-19-06, 02:53 PM	#3
SilverGhost Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 131 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Yes....the game mods make the realism more in tune to reality and place an importance on positive ID of the target.

12-19-06, 02:54 PM	#4
MRV Frogman Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 296 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	the coding of SH3 has some kind of cheat implemented for GWX users: when being at a high TC-rate and encountering a hostile ship, the WO reports it with "ship spotted". If its neutral or friendly, the ship-spotted-message displays in the window at the center bottom but no sound is played.

12-19-06, 03:37 PM	#8
Subwolf Sonar Guy Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA/Norway Posts: 394 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Yes they did identify lone lighted ships as well, enemy ships could not escape U-boat attacks simply by using the nav lights. Convoy rule was all lights off incl neutrals.