Did rough seas really make life THAT easy for submariners?

Bustoff · 04-26-06, 10:08 AM

I have been playing the Grey Wolves mod for some a while now and I am quite pleased with it. Everything just feels more realistic. The only thing that seems a little off is the way rough weather is handled.

For example, I spotted a convoy and put myself in a great position right ahead of it. It is April 1943 so I was very careful to submerge long before they could detect me. The weather conditions were perfect: Partly Cloudy, 15 kt winds and light fog. Those are absolutely ideal weather conditions for SHIII. You can charge in at flank speed with your periscope up and you will never be detected. I passed within 1000 meters of a destroyer and he just went happily chugging on by. :rotfl:

I was picking off ships with ease. Now I know that the stock game does not take into account the way rough seas effect torpedo depth keeping so I know that made my situation easier than reality. But shouldnt the escorts be better?

With the notoriously bad weather in the north atlantic a lot more convoys should have been penetrated according to SHIII!

04-26-06, 10:08 AM	#1
Bustoff Watch Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Did rough seas really make life THAT easy for submariners? I have been playing the Grey Wolves mod for some a while now and I am quite pleased with it. Everything just feels more realistic. The only thing that seems a little off is the way rough weather is handled. For example, I spotted a convoy and put myself in a great position right ahead of it. It is April 1943 so I was very careful to submerge long before they could detect me. The weather conditions were perfect: Partly Cloudy, 15 kt winds and light fog. Those are absolutely ideal weather conditions for SHIII. You can charge in at flank speed with your periscope up and you will never be detected. I passed within 1000 meters of a destroyer and he just went happily chugging on by. :rotfl: I was picking off ships with ease. Now I know that the stock game does not take into account the way rough seas effect torpedo depth keeping so I know that made my situation easier than reality. But shouldnt the escorts be better? With the notoriously bad weather in the north atlantic a lot more convoys should have been penetrated according to SHIII!