need someone to refresh me

Mooncatt · 03-25-13, 05:23 PM

hi all,
aint played the SH series for ages, they have just been sat there gathering dust. however i got the urge to play SH5 again after playing it the first time for a couple of hours when it first came out and then never touched it since.

i played SH3 extensively but thats going back a few years now.
my problem is this, i know how to intercept ships/convoys in SH3 but now cant remember how to do it.....so i aint got a chance in hell of working it out in SH5, so can anyone post me a baby steps guide on how to do it. cant seem to find much on the search option but i may be blind

or even point me in the right direction.
cheers

finchOU · 03-25-13, 05:39 PM

Go where the ships are....and use your hydrophone. Or wait until you get a radio contact report....and intercept.

One you have a sound contact I personally surface and go straight at the sound contact at full or flank for 15 minutes and dive again for another sound reading. I try and figure out how much (how many degrees) the target has moved.... then double the intercept angle. IE: if the contact drifted 10 degrees right of my current course.....I would turn right 20 degrees when I surface again to create a crude intercept angle. I would then full or flank for 30 minutes and do another sound check to see if there is any drift...then I would correct again. What you are looking for is CBDR or Constant Bearing Decreasing Range...which means you are on the proper intercept course. IE: if the sound contact (from above) drifted 10 degrees right after your second reading ...then you correct 20 degrees right (putting the sound contact 10 degrees to the left of the bow), then after 30 mins you do another sound check.... if the sound contact is still at 10 degrees left ..you have CBDR. Anyway I think the game only renders sounds inside of 30 KM (which is BS) (can someone confirm this please) so chances are you'll see them before you have to make too many dives for updates.

You're only source of info for ships is your own sound/visual pickups and contact reports (Red boxes on your map). You can use your stock shipping traffic map to help..... but it's still hard to find them.

flostt · 03-26-13, 06:23 AM

There is a stickied thread on this page: stoianm video tutorials -- http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=181538

this gives good,basic and simple instructions on how to intercept and attack convois/ships....and a lot more

Mooncatt · 03-26-13, 08:30 AM

thanks guys! soon picked it up again!

Dogfish40 · 03-26-13, 11:16 AM

Welcome back
Don't forget, you can still play the tutorial mission if you like. You can't have any mods, but it will at least give you some easy prey to work out some basics.
Then, once that is done, Mod up and Hunt.

V13dweller · 03-26-13, 08:44 PM

If you want, I could create single mission that you could play that gives you some ships of various types or escorted or anything else you might want.

Just specify if you want them to be going fast, slow, armed, unarmed, escorted or unescorted.

Mooncatt · 03-28-13, 03:16 PM

thanks for the offer mate im good though, like i say soon picked it up again

easy once u know how

03-25-13, 05:23 PM	#1
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	need someone to refresh me hi all, aint played the SH series for ages, they have just been sat there gathering dust. however i got the urge to play SH5 again after playing it the first time for a couple of hours when it first came out and then never touched it since. i played SH3 extensively but thats going back a few years now. my problem is this, i know how to intercept ships/convoys in SH3 but now cant remember how to do it.....so i aint got a chance in hell of working it out in SH5, so can anyone post me a baby steps guide on how to do it. cant seem to find much on the search option but i may be blind or even point me in the right direction. cheers __________________

03-25-13, 05:39 PM	#2
finchOU Samurai Navy Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 571 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Go where the ships are....and use your hydrophone. Or wait until you get a radio contact report....and intercept. One you have a sound contact I personally surface and go straight at the sound contact at full or flank for 15 minutes and dive again for another sound reading. I try and figure out how much (how many degrees) the target has moved.... then double the intercept angle. IE: if the contact drifted 10 degrees right of my current course.....I would turn right 20 degrees when I surface again to create a crude intercept angle. I would then full or flank for 30 minutes and do another sound check to see if there is any drift...then I would correct again. What you are looking for is CBDR or Constant Bearing Decreasing Range...which means you are on the proper intercept course. IE: if the sound contact (from above) drifted 10 degrees right after your second reading ...then you correct 20 degrees right (putting the sound contact 10 degrees to the left of the bow), then after 30 mins you do another sound check.... if the sound contact is still at 10 degrees left ..you have CBDR. Anyway I think the game only renders sounds inside of 30 KM (which is BS) (can someone confirm this please) so chances are you'll see them before you have to make too many dives for updates. You're only source of info for ships is your own sound/visual pickups and contact reports (Red boxes on your map). You can use your stock shipping traffic map to help..... but it's still hard to find them. __________________ Intel i7-2700K-3.50GHz, 16 GB RAM, 2 xGTX 560,2GB,SLI,2 TB HD The Wolves of Steel 1.06 The Wolves of Steel 1.06 Update 05c

03-26-13, 06:23 AM	#3
flostt Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Switzerland Posts: 388 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	There is a stickied thread on this page: stoianm video tutorials -- http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=181538 this gives good,basic and simple instructions on how to intercept and attack convois/ships....and a lot more __________________ Von den 40'000 deutschen U-Boot-Männern des Zweiten Weltkrieges kehrten 30'000 nicht zurück... 40’000 German sailors served on U-boats during World War II – 30’000 never returned home...

03-26-13, 08:30 AM	#4
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	thanks guys! soon picked it up again! __________________

03-26-13, 11:16 AM	#5
Dogfish40 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: LA Area, Central coast, California Posts: 1,023 Downloads: 827 Uploads: 0	Welcome back Don't forget, you can still play the tutorial mission if you like. You can't have any mods, but it will at least give you some easy prey to work out some basics. Then, once that is done, Mod up and Hunt. __________________ *Dogfish40*

03-26-13, 08:44 PM	#6
V13dweller Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 768 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 2	If you want, I could create single mission that you could play that gives you some ships of various types or escorted or anything else you might want. Just specify if you want them to be going fast, slow, armed, unarmed, escorted or unescorted.

03-28-13, 03:16 PM	#7
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	thanks for the offer mate im good though, like i say soon picked it up again easy once u know how __________________