What happened to all of the ships, there are no more?

Systemlord · 10-21-11, 05:02 AM

This happens every now and again, the shipping lanes are littered with single ships as well as huge amounts of large convoys in June 1944, yet I can't seem to find any ships or convoys, not even by accident?! I search for 45 minutes continuously and not ONE ship found after patrolling everywhere, no airplanes either?! Has this happened to anyone else? It's IMPOSSIBLE for someone to patrol where there is heavy activity and still not a single ship found after 45 minutes of patrolling! I have never gone that long without finding a single ship whether it be by skill or accident!

Dread Knot · 10-21-11, 05:27 AM

The Japanese heard you were coming and surrendered.

WernherVonTrapp · 10-21-11, 06:04 AM

Forgive me but I'm not sure I understand you correctly. Are you implying that you run into single ships or convoys every 45 minutes?

I've never encountered that. Also, if you cannot find any ships, I don't understand how you can say that the shipping lanes are littered with single ships and convoys.

Now, you say this happens "every now and again", do you mean it happens once in a while during June of 1944, or at any time during your career? What version of SHIV are you running?

Again, I apologize for any misunderstanding.

Daniel Prates · 10-21-11, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

Are you implying that you run into single ships or convoys every 45 minutes?

He means that he has patrolled for 45 minutes, in TC, and did not run across a single ship.

Is it?

Systemlord · 10-21-11, 06:19 AM

The map is showing huge movements of single ships along with large convoys contacts marked in red, yet I can't seem to find any ships. It doesn't make sense, if there are so many ships being indicated as map contact updates why am I having so much trouble locating any enemy ships? Its almost like all of the map contact updates a fake and there really isn't any ships being spawned anywhere in the game or by some chance I caught up in a wormhole teleporting me to a parallel world where WW2 didn't happen,

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Daniel Prates · 10-21-11, 07:34 AM

If you are talking about the contacts you get by radio, remember that they are always late, showing where a convoy or a task force WAS, not where it IS. When you get such a report, the best you can do is an educated gess on where it is going, and try to intercept. You can't just go over the contact, hoping it will still be there.

But if you are talking about your own contacts (say, radar for instance), could it be that you are not zooming in the map enough? At a farther zoom level, even a milimiter may represent dozens of miles.

WernherVonTrapp · 10-21-11, 10:57 AM

Well, if you're in high TC, sure it's going to appear as if a lot of contacts are showing up. Slow down to real time and it'll be more like hours or days that these are appearing. Like DP says, these contacts aren't going to sit around waiting for you to come to them. They're contact reports sent in by other units, subs, etc. and they only report their last known location. They don't report any change of course the convoy may take. Sometimes you can guess their destination and plot an intercept course, but if you're several hundred nm away when you get the contact report, your chances of running into it are slim unless you get very lucky.

10-21-11, 05:02 AM	#1
Systemlord Gunner Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 99 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	What happened to all of the ships, there are no more? This happens every now and again, the shipping lanes are littered with single ships as well as huge amounts of large convoys in June 1944, yet I can't seem to find any ships or convoys, not even by accident?! I search for 45 minutes continuously and not ONE ship found after patrolling everywhere, no airplanes either?! Has this happened to anyone else? It's IMPOSSIBLE for someone to patrol where there is heavy activity and still not a single ship found after 45 minutes of patrolling! I have never gone that long without finding a single ship whether it be by skill or accident!

10-21-11, 06:04 AM	#3
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Forgive me but I'm not sure I understand you correctly. Are you implying that you run into single ships or convoys every 45 minutes? I've never encountered that. Also, if you cannot find any ships, I don't understand how you can say that the shipping lanes are littered with single ships and convoys. Now, you say this happens "every now and again", do you mean it happens once in a while during June of 1944, or at any time during your career? What version of SHIV are you running? Again, I apologize for any misunderstanding. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

10-21-11, 10:57 AM	#7
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Well, if you're in high TC, sure it's going to appear as if a lot of contacts are showing up. Slow down to real time and it'll be more like hours or days that these are appearing. Like DP says, these contacts aren't going to sit around waiting for you to come to them. They're contact reports sent in by other units, subs, etc. and they only report their last known location. They don't report any change of course the convoy may take. Sometimes you can guess their destination and plot an intercept course, but if you're several hundred nm away when you get the contact report, your chances of running into it are slim unless you get very lucky. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

10-21-11, 05:27 AM	#2
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The Japanese heard you were coming and surrendered.

10-21-11, 06:19 AM	#5
Systemlord Gunner Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 99 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The map is showing huge movements of single ships along with large convoys contacts marked in red, yet I can't seem to find any ships. It doesn't make sense, if there are so many ships being indicated as map contact updates why am I having so much trouble locating any enemy ships? Its almost like all of the map contact updates a fake and there really isn't any ships being spawned anywhere in the game or by some chance I caught up in a wormhole teleporting me to a parallel world where WW2 didn't happen, !

10-21-11, 07:34 AM	#6
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	If you are talking about the contacts you get by radio, remember that they are always late, showing where a convoy or a task force WAS, not where it IS. When you get such a report, the best you can do is an educated gess on where it is going, and try to intercept. You can't just go over the contact, hoping it will still be there. But if you are talking about your own contacts (say, radar for instance), could it be that you are not zooming in the map enough? At a farther zoom level, even a milimiter may represent dozens of miles.