Question

hector · 03-22-08, 02:30 PM

Hi
If i am submerged and attacking a convoy,(U Boat missions 1943)i will always be spotted if i increase my speed beyond "ahead slow"(iirc) and the convoy will split in all directions.Do the merchants have sonar or is it something else.?

Thanks,

Hector.

Zantham · 03-22-08, 02:34 PM

If there are any escorts in the convoy then they may hear you on the sonar, but I haven't discovered any merchants with sonar yet. Sometimes I go flank at PD and they don't know I'm there. Just make sure you dont have anything sticking out of the water. If the seas are rough you can sometimes broach the surface slightly, they can see that too.

hector · 03-22-08, 02:48 PM

Hi Zantham,
Thanks for the quick reply to something that is really puzzling me.I understand about them spotting the periscope and so on as i am a player of SH4&3 but thats not it.I cant think what else it may be.
The mods i am using are Enviroment 4,Poul sounds,diverate and enable the Type18 early.(Thanks

)

Hector

Fincuan · 03-22-08, 03:03 PM

Most of the merchants receive hydrophones in 1942-1943, so it's entirely possible they hear you.

Zantham · 03-22-08, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fincuan

Most of the merchants receive hydrophones in 1942-1943, so it's entirely possible they hear you.

Fincuan, I'm aware some of the Japanese merchants may get hydrophones, which would affect the US campaign, but have you found if US/Great Britian allied merchants get hydrophones, which would affect the uboat campaign? I haven't run into any merchants yet that have detected me underwater, but I'm not past 1943 in the uboat campaign either.

Fincuan · 03-22-08, 03:24 PM

I haven't either been detected underwater by merchants in my U-boat career(only October 1943), but then again I've only seen Liberty Ships, T3 tankers and Small Old split superstructure freighters, none of which receive hydrophones. I haven't checked what kind of ships the game spawns in US convoys, but I imagine it would be entirely possible that a ship or two(one of the Jap ships) with hydrophones could be spawned. I've modded merchant hydrophones out of my own game btw, since I highly doubt they were that common in real life.

03-22-08, 02:30 PM	#1
hector Seaman Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 39 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Question Hi If i am submerged and attacking a convoy,(U Boat missions 1943)i will always be spotted if i increase my speed beyond "ahead slow"(iirc) and the convoy will split in all directions.Do the merchants have sonar or is it something else.? Thanks, Hector.

03-22-08, 02:34 PM	#2
Zantham 中国水兵 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 283 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 1	If there are any escorts in the convoy then they may hear you on the sonar, but I haven't discovered any merchants with sonar yet. Sometimes I go flank at PD and they don't know I'm there. Just make sure you dont have anything sticking out of the water. If the seas are rough you can sometimes broach the surface slightly, they can see that too.

03-22-08, 02:48 PM	#3
hector Seaman Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 39 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Hi Zantham, Thanks for the quick reply to something that is really puzzling me.I understand about them spotting the periscope and so on as i am a player of SH4&3 but thats not it.I cant think what else it may be. The mods i am using are Enviroment 4,Poul sounds,diverate and enable the Type18 early.(Thanks ) Hector

03-22-08, 03:03 PM	#4
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Most of the merchants receive hydrophones in 1942-1943, so it's entirely possible they hear you.

03-22-08, 03:24 PM	#6
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	I haven't either been detected underwater by merchants in my U-boat career(only October 1943), but then again I've only seen Liberty Ships, T3 tankers and Small Old split superstructure freighters, none of which receive hydrophones. I haven't checked what kind of ships the game spawns in US convoys, but I imagine it would be entirely possible that a ship or two(one of the Jap ships) with hydrophones could be spawned. I've modded merchant hydrophones out of my own game btw, since I highly doubt they were that common in real life.