Idiot plane behavior

Bubblehead1980 · 09-09-13, 07:51 PM

August 1945 TMO RSRD

Departed Subic Bay on 28 July 1945 for patrol in Gulf of Siam.After a few boring days in the Gulf, caught a convoy of 3 ships and 3 escorts leaving Bangkok and heading down the Thai/Indochina coast at night, attacked, sinking one small freighter(Taihosan Maru) , moved ahead, attacked again, while turning away the escort detected me, put me in his spotlight, scored some hits with machine guns, cannons missed then as speeding away, boom, not good but we escape. Moved in and finished off, sinking all 3 small ships for 5200 tons lol.Daybreak came, we had a nice hole in the pressure hull.With this damage, we headed for Fremantle(want test mod i created where could end at fremantle even in late war) where heavy repairs would be needed.Transiting we avoided even shallow diving except to scope depth when a plane neared.

On August 11, 1945 while transiting Lombok Strait, 3 dive bombers surprised us(SD did not pick them up early, mountains interfere?) and attacked, ordered a crash while to 100 feet.The first dive bomber had us, but in an idiotic move, he dove but did not drop his bomb! Otherwise he probably would have had us.The other two dropped of course they missed.

I have seen planes with perfect setups make dry runs.Anyone know why they do this when if they dropped, they would cause heavy damage or maybe even get a kill.

War ended while were 300 miles from Fremantle.Thus ended a pretty good career that began in Feb 45, about 35k tons down, not for 1945 as targets were scarce.

Admiral Halsey · 09-09-13, 07:58 PM

I have a Love/Hate relationship with the AI planes and the dry runs they do. I should have died at least 10 time but survived due to them not dropping the bomb.

Bubblehead1980 · 09-09-13, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

I have a Love/Hate relationship with the AI planes and the dry runs they do. I should have died at least 10 time but survived due to them not dropping the bomb.

Yep, just does not make any sense.I was at 55 feet when he pulled out of drive, should have dropped, if he had, depending on where bomb landed, could have been over

Admiral Halsey · 09-09-13, 10:06 PM

Off topic but do you think you could figure out a way to recreate August 6th and 9th in your mod?

Bubblehead1980 · 09-10-13, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Off topic but do you think you could figure out a way to recreate August 6th and 9th in your mod?

I have no clue. I always figured it could probably be done or simulated by creating it as a random object to appear at right time and place.Of course someone with the skill would have to create a large visible fireball to show up. People have added dolphins, icebergs, etc over the years.Sure someone could create the animation , make it where can be placed as a random object, have it show up at right time and place.

Problem is, can make it visible from the coast, so player does not have to be(unrealistically) inside the inland sea to see Hiroshima.Nagasaki would probably be easier to see .

Dread Knot · 09-10-13, 08:20 AM

I've always thought having Mount Fuji modded into the game as some sort of terrain object would be nice.

Perfect thing to take a picture of through the periscope.

09-09-13, 07:51 PM	#1
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 606 Uploads: 44	Idiot plane behavior August 1945 TMO RSRD Departed Subic Bay on 28 July 1945 for patrol in Gulf of Siam.After a few boring days in the Gulf, caught a convoy of 3 ships and 3 escorts leaving Bangkok and heading down the Thai/Indochina coast at night, attacked, sinking one small freighter(Taihosan Maru) , moved ahead, attacked again, while turning away the escort detected me, put me in his spotlight, scored some hits with machine guns, cannons missed then as speeding away, boom, not good but we escape. Moved in and finished off, sinking all 3 small ships for 5200 tons lol.Daybreak came, we had a nice hole in the pressure hull.With this damage, we headed for Fremantle(want test mod i created where could end at fremantle even in late war) where heavy repairs would be needed.Transiting we avoided even shallow diving except to scope depth when a plane neared. On August 11, 1945 while transiting Lombok Strait, 3 dive bombers surprised us(SD did not pick them up early, mountains interfere?) and attacked, ordered a crash while to 100 feet.The first dive bomber had us, but in an idiotic move, he dove but did not drop his bomb! Otherwise he probably would have had us.The other two dropped of course they missed. I have seen planes with perfect setups make dry runs.Anyone know why they do this when if they dropped, they would cause heavy damage or maybe even get a kill. War ended while were 300 miles from Fremantle.Thus ended a pretty good career that began in Feb 45, about 35k tons down, not for 1945 as targets were scarce.

09-09-13, 07:58 PM	#2
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	I have a Love/Hate relationship with the AI planes and the dry runs they do. I should have died at least 10 time but survived due to them not dropping the bomb.

09-09-13, 10:06 PM	#4
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Off topic but do you think you could figure out a way to recreate August 6th and 9th in your mod?

09-10-13, 08:20 AM	#6
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I've always thought having Mount Fuji modded into the game as some sort of terrain object would be nice. Perfect thing to take a picture of through the periscope.