When chasing a radar contact, do check the weather!

Syxx_Killer · 03-13-08, 04:43 PM

Like the subject says, check the weather when chasing a radar contact. I had picked up a radar contact south of Tokyo. It didn't seem to be going too fast so I turned around and gave chase. I am watching the nav map when my crew sights the target. Too my utter horror it is very foggy and a light cruiser is emerging from the fog!

I order back emergency when he opens fire. I then order a crash dive. After I start to dive, I order periscope depth. I figure once I go under the waves I can try and throw some torps his way. In the meantime, I have the damage control party hard at work. The hull indicator says 28%. I fire four torpedoes his way. One dives deep and the other a dud. After I fire from the bow I make a quick turn and fire some from the rear. Two hit him in the props, but that doesn't slow him down. After he escapes to the fog, I surface and follow with radar. I stalk him (he is zig-zagging) and set up another attack. I order PD and send another volley of fish his way. All of them were duds.

I let him get away and surface again. I stalk him some more with radar and again set up another attack. This time I send four torpedoes from the stern tubes. Three hit and one is a dud. Finally, the bugger is goin down.

Here's how many torps I used on him.

The mark shows first contact with radar.

Here are my battle scars.

After that encounter I decide to head back to Midway to end the patrol. I loved sending something bigger than a DD to the bottom, but next time I gotta be sure to check the weather.

Midnight Hunter · 03-13-08, 05:02 PM

Whew!!! A little unorthodox, but you got the job done, and in the end that is all that matters

Platapus · 03-14-08, 08:51 AM

Conga rats on not only surviving but sinking your target.

But I have to admire also the great graphics of SH4.

Slick Wilhelm · 03-14-08, 11:41 AM

Ok, I'll bite. Wasn't it possible to know the range to the target using the radar? I just don't quite understand how it snuck up on you when the radar should've shown the range, at least within certain parameters.

Midnight Hunter · 03-14-08, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Slick Wilhelm

Ok, I'll bite. Wasn't it possible to know the range to the target using the radar? I just don't quite understand how it snuck up on you when the radar should've shown the range, at least within certain parameters.

It wasn't so much that it snuck up on him, he was expecting a merchant and due to the foggy conditions it wasn't until he got close that he saw the ship was not a merchant but a Cruiser. his best bet would have been to submerge when he drew near just to be safe... make this a lesson, in bad weather take a peek from safety. When you assume, you make an a$$ out of U and ME

seaniam81 · 03-14-08, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Midnight Hunter

When you assume, you make an a$$ out of U and ME

Man I cant belive you just said that :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Syxx_Killer · 03-14-08, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Midnight Hunter

It wasn't so much that it snuck up on him, he was expecting a merchant and due to the foggy conditions it wasn't until he got close that he saw the ship was not a merchant but a Cruiser. his best bet would have been to submerge when he drew near just to be safe... make this a lesson, in bad weather take a peek from safety. When you assume, you make an a$$ out of U and ME

That's just how it happened, too. In SH3 I could tell the weather was bad because the shallow depth meter would bounce irradically. In SH4, it holds reliably still. I remember that assume thing, too.

Sailor Steve · 03-14-08, 04:53 PM

From that one shot with his tail in the air, it appears you didn't actually hit his props.

Congrats on the kill, though, and even more for surviving.

V.C. Sniper · 03-14-08, 06:06 PM

Otto Kretschmer is not amused by your unintelligent and wasteful use of precious Mark 14 torpedoes.

Ducimus · 03-14-08, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by V.C. Sniper

Otto Kretschmer is not amused by your unintelligent and wasteful use of precious Mark 14 torpedoes.

Somebody is confused. :rotfl:

Kapitan_Phillips · 03-14-08, 08:44 PM

Even though you didnt hit his props, surely they would've been blown away in the blast from that proximity? :hmm:

Ducimus · 03-14-08, 11:03 PM

I didnt say so before, but this was a good read. The player in me that longs to play is envious! From a mod design standpoint, Im happy with the torpedos , seems to be in the ballpark of what i was aiming for. edit: although the DD seems a little tough. I figure your either using NSM, i upped the hitpoints on some of the tin cans a bit too much, or a bad "dice roll" on the mn/max damage inflicted by the torpedos, or one prematured before it acutally hit.

ajime · 03-15-08, 12:22 AM

Err.. your sonar doesn't work? I usually estimate ships position using sonar.. esp in bad weather. dive to 30m and peri once in a while.

03-13-08, 04:43 PM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	When chasing a radar contact, do check the weather! Like the subject says, check the weather when chasing a radar contact. I had picked up a radar contact south of Tokyo. It didn't seem to be going too fast so I turned around and gave chase. I am watching the nav map when my crew sights the target. Too my utter horror it is very foggy and a light cruiser is emerging from the fog! I order back emergency when he opens fire. I then order a crash dive. After I start to dive, I order periscope depth. I figure once I go under the waves I can try and throw some torps his way. In the meantime, I have the damage control party hard at work. The hull indicator says 28%. I fire four torpedoes his way. One dives deep and the other a dud. After I fire from the bow I make a quick turn and fire some from the rear. Two hit him in the props, but that doesn't slow him down. After he escapes to the fog, I surface and follow with radar. I stalk him (he is zig-zagging) and set up another attack. I order PD and send another volley of fish his way. All of them were duds. I let him get away and surface again. I stalk him some more with radar and again set up another attack. This time I send four torpedoes from the stern tubes. Three hit and one is a dud. Finally, the bugger is goin down. Here's how many torps I used on him. The mark shows first contact with radar. Here are my battle scars. After that encounter I decide to head back to Midway to end the patrol. I loved sending something bigger than a DD to the bottom, but next time I gotta be sure to check the weather.

03-14-08, 08:51 AM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Conga rats on not only surviving but sinking your target. But I have to admire also the great graphics of SH4. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-14-08, 11:41 AM	#4
Slick Wilhelm Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Ok, I'll bite. Wasn't it possible to know the range to the target using the radar? I just don't quite understand how it snuck up on you when the radar should've shown the range, at least within certain parameters. __________________ "Nein! I did not have sex with that fraulein"

03-14-08, 04:53 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	From that one shot with his tail in the air, it appears you didn't actually hit his props. Congrats on the kill, though, and even more for surviving. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-14-08, 06:06 PM	#9
V.C. Sniper Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 339 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Otto Kretschmer is not amused by your unintelligent and wasteful use of precious Mark 14 torpedoes. __________________ I only need one torpedo.

03-13-08, 05:02 PM	#2
Midnight Hunter Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 56 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Whew!!! A little unorthodox, but you got the job done, and in the end that is all that matters

03-14-08, 08:44 PM	#11
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Even though you didnt hit his props, surely they would've been blown away in the blast from that proximity? :hmm: __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

03-14-08, 11:03 PM	#12
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I didnt say so before, but this was a good read. The player in me that longs to play is envious! From a mod design standpoint, Im happy with the torpedos , seems to be in the ballpark of what i was aiming for. edit: although the DD seems a little tough. I figure your either using NSM, i upped the hitpoints on some of the tin cans a bit too much, or a bad "dice roll" on the mn/max damage inflicted by the torpedos, or one prematured before it acutally hit.

03-15-08, 12:22 AM	#13
ajime Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Err.. your sonar doesn't work? I usually estimate ships position using sonar.. esp in bad weather. dive to 30m and peri once in a while.