Totally suprised

cavvie · 04-19-08, 12:44 AM

I'm playing 1.4, and after getting tired of tooling around Singapore-Japan shipping lanes, I decided to just plunk myself down in a likely area and sit there.

After a day, I almost jumped out of my chair when a sign came up "Submarine sighted!"

Not sure how to react, I switched to silent running and down to periscope depth. With the sonar I was able to close range and catch sight of the sub. I couldn't find anything in the recognition manual so I had the watch officer ID it for me (I'm on TMO and RSRD). It was "German U-Boat."

I took some quick readings and sent to electric eels his way. First one missed but the second one made pretty fireworks. The ship was worth 1800 tons. Unfortunately, it didn't sink. However that did give me a chance to tool up close to the thing and take pictures (I'm playing w/out ext. camera).

Suspicious that it was just a prop, I loaded up the save I made and engaged the the ship on the surface. I was pleased to find him firing back at me. My twin-deck gunned Narwhal made quick work. Although, it seemed like every shot that hit him set off a bucket of fireworks, perhaps I need to turn back on NSM4.

Anyway, has anybody else experienced this? Is is a stock feature or thanks to Ducimus' mod?

Also, is it actually possible for AI submarines to behave at all appropriately? Like with them diving and launching torpedos? If not in stock, what about w/ the u-boat add-on or mods. Is such a thing just outside the scope of the hardcode?

04-19-08, 12:44 AM	#1
cavvie Watch Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 17 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Totally suprised I'm playing 1.4, and after getting tired of tooling around Singapore-Japan shipping lanes, I decided to just plunk myself down in a likely area and sit there. After a day, I almost jumped out of my chair when a sign came up "Submarine sighted!" Not sure how to react, I switched to silent running and down to periscope depth. With the sonar I was able to close range and catch sight of the sub. I couldn't find anything in the recognition manual so I had the watch officer ID it for me (I'm on TMO and RSRD). It was "German U-Boat." I took some quick readings and sent to electric eels his way. First one missed but the second one made pretty fireworks. The ship was worth 1800 tons. Unfortunately, it didn't sink. However that did give me a chance to tool up close to the thing and take pictures (I'm playing w/out ext. camera). Suspicious that it was just a prop, I loaded up the save I made and engaged the the ship on the surface. I was pleased to find him firing back at me. My twin-deck gunned Narwhal made quick work. Although, it seemed like every shot that hit him set off a bucket of fireworks, perhaps I need to turn back on NSM4. Anyway, has anybody else experienced this? Is is a stock feature or thanks to Ducimus' mod? Also, is it actually possible for AI submarines to behave at all appropriately? Like with them diving and launching torpedos? If not in stock, what about w/ the u-boat add-on or mods. Is such a thing just outside the scope of the hardcode?