strange ai behavior

raziel08 · 03-12-10, 03:36 PM

hi guys,
have you ever wondered about some ai actions? perhaps it is just my imagination but whenever i dive towards a patrolship it turns away, as if he knows im there and dont want to get torpedowned...

same goes if i fire a torpedo beyond 5km. i just started with manual tdc and managed to hit a destroyer at 7,7km. however most of the times it follows another waypoint by that time and i miss. strange thing is, when i load the game and dont shoot it just continues his route...

i use g7e torps so it should not notice the torp, but what the hell

any suggestions? what r your imaginations?

Nisgeis · 03-12-10, 03:45 PM

Not seen that behaviour yet, but welcome aboard!

capthelm · 03-12-10, 04:23 PM

early german torps where not very unreliable and very limited in performance. for long range kills

uboat captains would slip into the middle of convoys for close kills mainly if they could, under the cover of darkness.

mookiemookie · 03-12-10, 04:28 PM

Not sure if its modeled in the game, but destroyers could hear torpedoes on their hydrophones just as easily as you can. It would make sense that they would take evasive action.

raziel08 · 03-12-10, 05:09 PM

oh okay, that hydrophone would explain it. damn stupid me, thought that the torp was quiet enough with an e-engine. then i will probably use the steam powered torps. they r much faster so they have less time responding, right?

i cannot use the magnet pistol. i read some threads about it and it seems to be bugged. i take a look in the game files, the detection range should be 2 meters. increased it to 5, but the torp just miss, although it almost scratch off the painting...

am i missing something here?

sergei · 03-12-10, 05:15 PM

Yep. I've hit a couple of destroyers using steam torps on fast setting.
And missed a few using the electric torps. The DDs have a bit more time to evade.

Also, at the moment electric eels leave a visible wake. Dunno if the game is coded to respond to this wake, or the DDs are just hearing the torps on their sound gear.

03-12-10, 03:36 PM	#1
raziel08 Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 23 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 2	strange ai behavior hi guys, have you ever wondered about some ai actions? perhaps it is just my imagination but whenever i dive towards a patrolship it turns away, as if he knows im there and dont want to get torpedowned... same goes if i fire a torpedo beyond 5km. i just started with manual tdc and managed to hit a destroyer at 7,7km. however most of the times it follows another waypoint by that time and i miss. strange thing is, when i load the game and dont shoot it just continues his route... i use g7e torps so it should not notice the torp, but what the hell any suggestions? what r your imaginations?

03-12-10, 03:45 PM	#2
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	Not seen that behaviour yet, but welcome aboard! __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

03-12-10, 04:23 PM	#3
capthelm Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 522 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	early german torps where not very unreliable and very limited in performance. for long range kills uboat captains would slip into the middle of convoys for close kills mainly if they could, under the cover of darkness. __________________ "One torpedo ... one ship" my SH5 lighting mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkM5k8SXpWo my SH5 audio mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIN5RHeL8B8

03-12-10, 04:28 PM	#4
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Not sure if its modeled in the game, but destroyers could hear torpedoes on their hydrophones just as easily as you can. It would make sense that they would take evasive action. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

03-12-10, 05:09 PM	#5
raziel08 Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 23 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 2	oh okay, that hydrophone would explain it. damn stupid me, thought that the torp was quiet enough with an e-engine. then i will probably use the steam powered torps. they r much faster so they have less time responding, right? i cannot use the magnet pistol. i read some threads about it and it seems to be bugged. i take a look in the game files, the detection range should be 2 meters. increased it to 5, but the torp just miss, although it almost scratch off the painting... am i missing something here?

03-12-10, 05:15 PM	#6
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Yep. I've hit a couple of destroyers using steam torps on fast setting. And missed a few using the electric torps. The DDs have a bit more time to evade. Also, at the moment electric eels leave a visible wake. Dunno if the game is coded to respond to this wake, or the DDs are just hearing the torps on their sound gear.