Someone Please Explain This...

SilverGhost · 12-21-06, 12:25 PM

I'm 13 days into Patrol 5 GWX, late Feb, 1941, very light seas and dusk...ideal conditions. Came across a small convoy protected by a Hunter I and armed trawler.

Getting into postion I notice that the Hunter is taking hits from an unseen source. I nail the medium merchant in the convoy...armed trawler now comes over and wants to be my friend...I put up with it for awhile and then put a stern tube shot down his throat.

The Hunter is in a world of hurt, crippled and knows I'm there, but can't do anything about it. I surfaced and took him and the rest out with the deck gun.

I did not see any other vessels in the area and certainly no a/c. I'm not complaining, it was great fun...but what happened?

AVGWarhawk · 12-21-06, 12:29 PM

Um, not sure of your question....a/c at dusk..sometimes but not all the time. Perhaps there was luftwaffen aircraft in the area and it just happened to be one of those dusk times a/c show up? Other than that I do not know who was shooting. Sometimes the AI get confused and will hit each other.

SilverGhost · 12-21-06, 12:34 PM

Warhawk...you understood the question, I think. I was aking why a Hunter was getting flamed by an unseen attack...best way to describe it.

I suppose it was possible that a careless deck watch chucked a cigarette into a oily rag bucket and things got out of hand...

U-104 · 12-21-06, 12:45 PM

a mine?:hmm:

SilverGhost · 12-21-06, 12:48 PM

This was in Grid square BE 34...don't think it was a mine. It was definately getting thumped from above. Never saw anything like this before...won't bitch if it happens again either!

AVGWarhawk · 12-21-06, 12:51 PM

I have seen AI shoot each other for some unknown reason. That was an issue in the vanilla version.

SilverGhost · 12-21-06, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have seen AI shoot each other for some unknown reason. That was an issue in the vanilla version.

Outstanding! The AI has a bipolar disposition on occasion!

AVGWarhawk · 12-21-06, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverGhost

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have seen AI shoot each other for some unknown reason. That was an issue in the vanilla version.

Outstanding! The AI has a bipolar disposition on occasion!

Maybe they be pissed at each other....I saw the sub first! No I did...

bigboywooly · 12-21-06, 01:00 PM

May have been an AI sub
Or the Luftwaffe has got off its fat @ss to help out

AVGWarhawk · 12-21-06, 01:08 PM

I suggested Luftwaffen but he said no planes. It is the twilight zone

Letum · 12-21-06, 02:04 PM

Its often very hard to spot planes if your crew don't see them first. Almost impossible through the periscope.

12-21-06, 12:25 PM	#1
SilverGhost Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 131 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Someone Please Explain This... I'm 13 days into Patrol 5 GWX, late Feb, 1941, very light seas and dusk...ideal conditions. Came across a small convoy protected by a Hunter I and armed trawler. Getting into postion I notice that the Hunter is taking hits from an unseen source. I nail the medium merchant in the convoy...armed trawler now comes over and wants to be my friend...I put up with it for awhile and then put a stern tube shot down his throat. The Hunter is in a world of hurt, crippled and knows I'm there, but can't do anything about it. I surfaced and took him and the rest out with the deck gun. I did not see any other vessels in the area and certainly no a/c. I'm not complaining, it was great fun...but what happened?

12-21-06, 12:29 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Um, not sure of your question....a/c at dusk..sometimes but not all the time. Perhaps there was luftwaffen aircraft in the area and it just happened to be one of those dusk times a/c show up? Other than that I do not know who was shooting. Sometimes the AI get confused and will hit each other. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-21-06, 12:45 PM	#4
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	a mine?:hmm: __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

12-21-06, 12:51 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I have seen AI shoot each other for some unknown reason. That was an issue in the vanilla version. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-21-06, 01:00 PM	#9
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	May have been an AI sub Or the Luftwaffe has got off its fat @ss to help out __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-21-06, 12:34 PM	#3
SilverGhost Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 131 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Warhawk...you understood the question, I think. I was aking why a Hunter was getting flamed by an unseen attack...best way to describe it. I suppose it was possible that a careless deck watch chucked a cigarette into a oily rag bucket and things got out of hand...

12-21-06, 12:48 PM	#5
SilverGhost Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 131 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	This was in Grid square BE 34...don't think it was a mine. It was definately getting thumped from above. Never saw anything like this before...won't bitch if it happens again either!

12-21-06, 01:08 PM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I suggested Luftwaffen but he said no planes. It is the twilight zone __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-21-06, 02:04 PM	#11
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Its often very hard to spot planes if your crew don't see them first. Almost impossible through the periscope.