DARN IT!! How do you tell what nation they are??

fastfed · 09-15-10, 02:52 PM

I just wasted 4 torps on a "Large merchant"

I have W/A targeting.. I also no longer have ext. cam, so I cannot zoom in on the flag.. I just realized I sunk a AXIS merchant..

Its night and foggy.. How am I to tell what nation the ships are??

THANKS

Draka · 09-15-10, 02:57 PM

Welcome to reality .... basic rule of thumb is, if ya can't ID it, hold yer fire. Foggy, stormy and other low-visibility situations are truly frustrating - but that is part of the Great Game.

JokerOfFate · 09-15-10, 02:59 PM

I got sunk by an english warship because I though they were axis too stormy to see surfaced *boom*

Weiss Pinguin · 09-15-10, 02:57 PM

There's a mod out there that brightens nationality flags to help, or you can just adjust the monitor's brightness like me

I also jack up the brightness and contrast settings on my video card, but that doesn't always help at night (but it looks better than the default settngs IMO)

Gerald · 09-15-10, 03:00 PM

JokerOfFate · 09-15-10, 03:02 PM

No I just need glasses

CherryHarbey · 09-15-10, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fastfed

I just wasted 4 torps on a "Large merchant"

I have W/A targeting.. I also no longer have ext. cam, so I cannot zoom in on the flag.. I just realized I sunk a AXIS merchant..

Its night and foggy.. How am I to tell what nation the ships are??

THANKS

could be worse, you could be the merchant captain.

ralphnader23 · 09-15-10, 06:53 PM

Yeah you gotta check the flag. Or just hang out where only British ships hang out...

Herr-Berbunch · 09-15-10, 06:57 PM

Meh, Jan '40 and I've just sunk a neutral parked up in Norwegian fjord, displayed no flag - I even double checked with external cam, no lights, just a couple of guys on some rear guns, now they're paddling back to shore in a life-raft

Easy done

09-15-10, 10:30 PM

You'd be amazed at how easy it is to gauge nationality with a carefully aimed torpedo. Things brighten up immediately!

Tessa · 09-15-10, 10:38 PM

It's too bad that prize rules can't really be scripted into the game as it was during the days. Pull up next to em, find the contraband and sink a neutral ship and get the right credit for it.

StorageSteve · 09-17-10, 12:04 PM

Am patroling off the west coast of Africa. Detect a line of ships, get into perfect intercept position. There are 3 ships in line. Get within 600 meters, its noon, in between 2 ships flying the Portugese flag, is one flying the flag of Brazil. It also has the elevated lights shining on the flag. When I whip out my handy flag chart it ID's Brazil as Allied (GWX 3.0) so she gets 3 eels. Hope the chart was right and the Brazilian ship was just trying to be sneaky.

09-15-10, 02:52 PM	#1
fastfed Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 786 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	DARN IT!! How do you tell what nation they are?? I just wasted 4 torps on a "Large merchant" I have W/A targeting.. I also no longer have ext. cam, so I cannot zoom in on the flag.. I just realized I sunk a AXIS merchant.. Its night and foggy.. How am I to tell what nation the ships are?? THANKS

09-15-10, 02:57 PM	#4
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	There's a mod out there that brightens nationality flags to help, or you can just adjust the monitor's brightness like me I also jack up the brightness and contrast settings on my video card, but that doesn't always help at night (but it looks better than the default settngs IMO) __________________

09-15-10, 03:00 PM	#5
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Please use the binoculars more often, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

09-15-10, 06:57 PM	#9
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Meh, Jan '40 and I've just sunk a neutral parked up in Norwegian fjord, displayed no flag - I even double checked with external cam, no lights, just a couple of guys on some rear guns, now they're paddling back to shore in a life-raft Easy done __________________

09-17-10, 12:04 PM	#12
StorageSteve Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Neutral? Am patroling off the west coast of Africa. Detect a line of ships, get into perfect intercept position. There are 3 ships in line. Get within 600 meters, its noon, in between 2 ships flying the Portugese flag, is one flying the flag of Brazil. It also has the elevated lights shining on the flag. When I whip out my handy flag chart it ID's Brazil as Allied (GWX 3.0) so she gets 3 eels. Hope the chart was right and the Brazilian ship was just trying to be sneaky.

09-15-10, 02:57 PM	#2
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	Welcome to reality .... basic rule of thumb is, if ya can't ID it, hold yer fire. Foggy, stormy and other low-visibility situations are truly frustrating - but that is part of the Great Game.

09-15-10, 02:59 PM	#3
JokerOfFate Sonar Guy Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 387 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I got sunk by an english warship because I though they were axis too stormy to see surfaced boom

09-15-10, 03:02 PM	#6
JokerOfFate Sonar Guy Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 387 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	No I just need glasses

09-15-10, 06:53 PM	#8
ralphnader23 Bosun Join Date: May 2010 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 66 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Yeah you gotta check the flag. Or just hang out where only British ships hang out...

09-15-10, 10:30 PM	#10
Hans Uberman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	You'd be amazed at how easy it is to gauge nationality with a carefully aimed torpedo. Things brighten up immediately!

09-15-10, 10:38 PM	#11
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	It's too bad that prize rules can't really be scripted into the game as it was during the days. Pull up next to em, find the contraband and sink a neutral ship and get the right credit for it.