Radioing the Luftwaffe?

siber · 01-12-08, 06:34 AM

Hi guys. On a number of posts, I see people stating that they radio sightings of destroyers or lone merchants in to BdU when they can't engage for some reason, hoping the Luftwaffe will turn up and finish the job.

How do you do this? I can only seem to radio in contact reports for convoys, and generally there's next to no chance of the Luftwaffe arriving on the scene because it's in the middle of the Atlantic...

How can I report individual ship positions, or are these jokers using literary artistic licence?

Penelope_Grey · 01-12-08, 06:38 AM

That is how you do it.

Sending a contact report... if you are say off the coast of France and there is an airbase there... the game calculates if it is within range and if so... bam! Here comes the pain!

The flyboys come and get it.

KeptinCranky · 01-12-08, 08:20 AM

Works best in the Med though, Had the Regia Aeronautica save my bacon a few times out there

Stukas make a pretty sound if you're being harassed by DDs

rogorogo · 01-12-08, 09:04 AM

but those "lone" contact reports are never verified, only convoy reports are - correct?

TomcatMVD · 01-12-08, 09:13 AM

Does that work the same way in stock SHIII?

bigboywooly · 01-12-08, 01:50 PM

Yes lone contacts dont get verified by bdu

Tis the same in the stock game too

Ula Jolly · 01-12-08, 01:54 PM

Upon making contact with three Flowers outside the Norwegian coast, I attempted to use both radio report functions. Verily, I say ye, less than half an hour later came a squadron of Stukas. The attack was a welcome sight indeed.

TomcatMVD · 01-12-08, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

This the same in the stock game too

Thanks!

Avatar · 01-13-08, 12:05 AM

Do you have to have them "locked," in scope/uzo view, when you radio them in?

01-12-08, 06:34 AM	#1
siber Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Salford, Manchester, UK Posts: 182 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Radioing the Luftwaffe? Hi guys. On a number of posts, I see people stating that they radio sightings of destroyers or lone merchants in to BdU when they can't engage for some reason, hoping the Luftwaffe will turn up and finish the job. How do you do this? I can only seem to radio in contact reports for convoys, and generally there's next to no chance of the Luftwaffe arriving on the scene because it's in the middle of the Atlantic... How can I report individual ship positions, or are these jokers using literary artistic licence? __________________ Using GWX 3.0 at 100% realism, OLC's 'Ubermod' & Torpdamagefinal

01-12-08, 06:38 AM	#2
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That is how you do it. Sending a contact report... if you are say off the coast of France and there is an airbase there... the game calculates if it is within range and if so... bam! Here comes the pain! The flyboys come and get it. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

01-12-08, 09:04 AM	#4
rogorogo Watch Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 18 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	but those "lone" contact reports are never verified, only convoy reports are - correct? __________________ occasion gwx player on 84% - not really proud member of the 2nd patrol club

01-12-08, 01:50 PM	#6
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Yes lone contacts dont get verified by bdu Tis the same in the stock game too __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-12-08, 01:54 PM	#7
Ula Jolly Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 567 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Upon making contact with three Flowers outside the Norwegian coast, I attempted to use both radio report functions. Verily, I say ye, less than half an hour later came a squadron of Stukas. The attack was a welcome sight indeed. __________________ I shall punish yee, landlubber! C'mere for spankings and popsicles!

01-12-08, 08:20 AM	#3
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Works best in the Med though, Had the Regia Aeronautica save my bacon a few times out there Stukas make a pretty sound if you're being harassed by DDs

01-12-08, 09:13 AM	#5
TomcatMVD Weps Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: MVD, UY Posts: 359 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Does that work the same way in stock SHIII?

01-13-08, 12:05 AM	#9
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Do you have to have them "locked," in scope/uzo view, when you radio them in?