Escort AI

Steel_Tomb · 04-01-07, 11:29 AM

I was just playing gwx 1.03 about to nail a convoy, was in the perfect poisition to nail a large tanker in the centre, cut my engines and went to silent running and waited at about 20m...all of a sudden..."Depth charges in the water sir!!". ?!??!?!!?!?!?!?!?!? what the hell? I got no pings from sonar and I wasn't making any noise so how the hell did they know I was there????

fastfed · 04-01-07, 01:28 PM

I am going through the same problem.. I even reloaded many times and tried different things..

I got in front of the convoy, dove to 30m, TURNED OFF MY ENGINES!! and waited about 2 hours, and all of a sudden " Depth charges in water "

WTF!!!

the funny part is its april 1940, and I heard no pinging either!

Corsair · 04-01-07, 02:05 PM

A useful read :

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=104377

Steel_Tomb · 04-01-07, 02:14 PM

Thats a good thread, but it doesn't explain how the DD knew where I was without using active sonar to ping me, and with silent running on and engines at all stop I was quiet as a mouse just think its a bit wierd that the escort knew I was there without me even moving...

STEED · 04-01-07, 02:18 PM

What year are you in?

raduz · 04-01-07, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb

Thats a good thread, but it doesn't explain how the DD knew where I was without using active sonar to ping me, and with silent running on and engines at all stop I was quiet as a mouse just think its a bit wierd that the escort knew I was there without me even moving...

maybe they spotted your scope...

madflava13 · 04-01-07, 04:37 PM

It's also possible you broached and your tower was visible...

Steel_Tomb · 04-01-07, 05:01 PM

It was 1941, I was at 25metres ish there was no way my VIIIB would have broached the surface all scopes were down I was following the sonar contacts waiting to go to periscope depth and fire before bugging off.

04-01-07, 11:29 AM	#1
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Escort AI I was just playing gwx 1.03 about to nail a convoy, was in the perfect poisition to nail a large tanker in the centre, cut my engines and went to silent running and waited at about 20m...all of a sudden..."Depth charges in the water sir!!". ?!??!?!!?!?!?!?!?!? what the hell? I got no pings from sonar and I wasn't making any noise so how the hell did they know I was there????

04-01-07, 02:05 PM	#3
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04-01-07, 02:18 PM	#5
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04-01-07, 04:37 PM	#7
madflava13 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA Posts: 8 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It's also possible you broached and your tower was visible... __________________ The Paraguayan Air Force\'s request for spraying subsidies was not as Paraguayan as it were...

04-01-07, 01:28 PM	#2
fastfed Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 786 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	I am going through the same problem.. I even reloaded many times and tried different things.. I got in front of the convoy, dove to 30m, TURNED OFF MY ENGINES!! and waited about 2 hours, and all of a sudden " Depth charges in water " WTF!!! the funny part is its april 1940, and I heard no pinging either!

04-01-07, 02:14 PM	#4
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats a good thread, but it doesn't explain how the DD knew where I was without using active sonar to ping me, and with silent running on and engines at all stop I was quiet as a mouse just think its a bit wierd that the escort knew I was there without me even moving...

04-01-07, 05:01 PM	#8
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It was 1941, I was at 25metres ish there was no way my VIIIB would have broached the surface all scopes were down I was following the sonar contacts waiting to go to periscope depth and fire before bugging off.