Das Boot-esque convoy attack

Sledgehammer427 · 10-05-08, 08:31 PM

before i begin, i want to tell you that this came after 3 botched installs (all CTDs during gameplay, messed up subsequent loads) so i reinstalled 4....i am playing GWX 2.1, OLCE 2, and OLC GUI with manual targeting.

Grid Square CG85...at the inlet/outlet of the Med...
after sinking one ship with the DG...1000 tonner

convoy report nearby...turned to intercept...3 hours later, Merchant Spotted!
its night, and pitch black outside...only the horizion is a lighter shade of dark blue. i jump on the bridge, and i see a convoy conisisting of about 2 copies of ships over 5,000 tons minus tankers, and a Southhampton Class cruiser. i am headed southeast, they are headed southwest...range....about 3,000 meters, at 6 knots.
i am at ahead slow, making 6 knots...to my left, i catch a silohuette of a black swan about 2,000 meters away.
i jump on the UZO...and order Ahead Flank....an empire class freighter and the southhampton overlap, i set up and fire 2 eels, then shift to the second Empire...and fire the last 2 and crash dive....

at 35 meters...the first 2 miss, times up, and has been for 1 minute.
at 50...Torpedo impact!...Torpedo impact!
one empire down....
and a black swan and a v&w closing in i saw turning when i crash dove.

what caught me was when i was playing the gramophone, i had Konvoi playing from the Das Boot Soundtrack...and i realised that the attack mimicked the attack from the directors cut!

10-05-08, 08:31 PM	#1
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	Das Boot-esque convoy attack before i begin, i want to tell you that this came after 3 botched installs (all CTDs during gameplay, messed up subsequent loads) so i reinstalled 4....i am playing GWX 2.1, OLCE 2, and OLC GUI with manual targeting. Grid Square CG85...at the inlet/outlet of the Med... after sinking one ship with the DG...1000 tonner convoy report nearby...turned to intercept...3 hours later, Merchant Spotted! its night, and pitch black outside...only the horizion is a lighter shade of dark blue. i jump on the bridge, and i see a convoy conisisting of about 2 copies of ships over 5,000 tons minus tankers, and a Southhampton Class cruiser. i am headed southeast, they are headed southwest...range....about 3,000 meters, at 6 knots. i am at ahead slow, making 6 knots...to my left, i catch a silohuette of a black swan about 2,000 meters away. i jump on the UZO...and order Ahead Flank....an empire class freighter and the southhampton overlap, i set up and fire 2 eels, then shift to the second Empire...and fire the last 2 and crash dive.... at 35 meters...the first 2 miss, times up, and has been for 1 minute. at 50...Torpedo impact!...Torpedo impact! one empire down.... and a black swan and a v&w closing in i saw turning when i crash dove. what caught me was when i was playing the gramophone, i had Konvoi playing from the Das Boot Soundtrack...and i realised that the attack mimicked the attack from the directors cut! __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!