Noob Mistake.

Rafael · 08-23-09, 08:35 AM

I think that your crew is still not experienced in 1939. I had a similar 'problem' at "Skagerrak" when leaving Kiel 9 September 1939. With only one Polish destroyer!

Anyway, happy you did not die and could sail back to Port.

Melonfish · 08-23-09, 08:56 AM

yikes next to Der Kanal the Irish sea is the worst place to be. i've only ever sat around am53 as the convoys come in but ready to dash to deep water if anything comes to get me!

Jimbuna · 08-23-09, 01:46 PM

Don't go playing in puddles....keep to the deeper areas...depth is your friend

Laufen zum Ziel · 08-23-09, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Don't go playing in puddles....keep to the deeper areas...depth is your friend

DITTO!!!

You can never relax in this game. I never go above 64tc when close to the enemy (you can be dead befor you realize it).

mookiemookie · 08-23-09, 02:25 PM

Not to mention the Irish Sea is mined, especially the northern channel.

Pohl · 08-23-09, 02:38 PM

I always try to hunt on waters with at least 300 meters depth...yesterday I accidentally TC'd at 220m in silent run...for some reason I still don't know my sub started to go deeper and deeper after a while I noticed I was at 276 meters and was starting to get hull damage due to the pressure.

Ignore hunting on swallow waters except if the convoy has 1 or 2 escorts with her, otherwise....leave them alone

edit: it was actually near 26X m :P

Gezoes · 08-23-09, 02:44 PM

Yes, time compression can do that to a sub. But good recovery and escape

Spike88 · 08-23-09, 02:45 PM

So today, I'm on my third patrol, and heading towards my patrol grid South west of Ireland. I come from the North around Scapa Flow, and South between Isles of Lewis and England. About halfway through I pick up 4 contacts. A small sailboat not moving, a coal barge and two small PT boats heading north. I decide to sink the sailboat, so I bring the rear of the sub around and launch my aft torpedo. It hits causing an explosion, which knocks the sailboat fifty feet in the air cuasing it to do barrel rolls, I'm told the torpedo missed, but still get the kill for the sailboat.

Three PT boats rush towards where the sailboat was, but by then Im already sneaking away. I am finally nearing the end of the channel, and I'm at periscope depth. My sonarman picks up a warship, and I decide if I get the shot I'll take it out with my aft torpedo. The sonarman reports that the warship is at 170 degrees, midrange. I think wow, I can't be so lucky, and decide to raise my periscope, except the ship isn't where the sonarman said it was. I turn the periscope more towards the aft of the U-boat and my vision is blocked out.

SO: Depth Charges in the water!
CE: We're taking damage!
CE: We're flooding!
CE: Critical Flooding!
CE:
CE:
CE:Critical FLooding!
CE:
CE:
CE:
CE is drowned out by the rushing of water.

I'm then greeted by the Mission Failure screen.
U-48 has been destroyed. All 51 lost at sea.

Luckily my last save is just north of here.

I'm not sure what type of boat it was that sank me. It was a medium sized boat with a depth charge rack and a deck gun. Also, why did the CE keep having blank messages?

Pohl · 08-23-09, 02:48 PM

First of all, what year are you playing on??

At the beginning of the war equipment isn't the best around.....so I think it's a equip failure not your crew doing anything wrong...

Spike88 · 08-23-09, 02:50 PM

1939, And our death was my fault. I should of taken us deeper and avoided the warship.

09-25-09, 04:10 AM

Pohl,
1942, Type XXI, and 100% Realism don't seem to go together.

Task Force · 08-26-09, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spike88

I'm not sure what type of boat it was that sank me. It was a medium sized boat with a depth charge rack and a deck gun. Also, why did the CE keep having blank messages?

It was probbaly an armed trawler...

08-23-09, 01:46 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,925 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Don't go playing in puddles....keep to the deeper areas...depth is your friend __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-23-09, 02:25 PM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Not to mention the Irish Sea is mined, especially the northern channel. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

08-23-09, 02:38 PM	#6
Pohl Sparky Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 157 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I always try to hunt on waters with at least 300 meters depth...yesterday I accidentally TC'd at 220m in silent run...for some reason I still don't know my sub started to go deeper and deeper after a while I noticed I was at 276 meters and was starting to get hull damage due to the pressure. Ignore hunting on swallow waters except if the convoy has 1 or 2 escorts with her, otherwise....leave them alone edit: it was actually near 26X m :P __________________ Current Careers: U-177 Type IXD2, 10th Flotilla March 13, 1943 U-3502 Type XXI, 7th/13th Flotilla April 14, 1942 100% realism, GWX 3.0, SH3 Commander 3.2 Last edited by Pohl; 08-23-09 at 02:49 PM.

08-23-09, 02:44 PM	#7
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Yes, time compression can do that to a sub. But good recovery and escape __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

08-23-09, 02:45 PM	#8
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	So today, I'm on my third patrol, and heading towards my patrol grid South west of Ireland. I come from the North around Scapa Flow, and South between Isles of Lewis and England. About halfway through I pick up 4 contacts. A small sailboat not moving, a coal barge and two small PT boats heading north. I decide to sink the sailboat, so I bring the rear of the sub around and launch my aft torpedo. It hits causing an explosion, which knocks the sailboat fifty feet in the air cuasing it to do barrel rolls, I'm told the torpedo missed, but still get the kill for the sailboat. Three PT boats rush towards where the sailboat was, but by then Im already sneaking away. I am finally nearing the end of the channel, and I'm at periscope depth. My sonarman picks up a warship, and I decide if I get the shot I'll take it out with my aft torpedo. The sonarman reports that the warship is at 170 degrees, midrange. I think wow, I can't be so lucky, and decide to raise my periscope, except the ship isn't where the sonarman said it was. I turn the periscope more towards the aft of the U-boat and my vision is blocked out. SO: Depth Charges in the water! CE: We're taking damage! CE: We're flooding! CE: Critical Flooding! CE: CE: CE:Critical FLooding! CE: CE: CE: CE is drowned out by the rushing of water. I'm then greeted by the Mission Failure screen. U-48 has been destroyed. All 51 lost at sea. Luckily my last save is just north of here. I'm not sure what type of boat it was that sank me. It was a medium sized boat with a depth charge rack and a deck gun. Also, why did the CE keep having blank messages? __________________

08-23-09, 08:35 AM	#1
Rafael Captain Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rotterdam - The Netherlands Posts: 514 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 7	I think that your crew is still not experienced in 1939. I had a similar 'problem' at "Skagerrak" when leaving Kiel 9 September 1939. With only one Polish destroyer! Anyway, happy you did not die and could sail back to Port.

08-23-09, 08:56 AM	#2
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	yikes next to Der Kanal the Irish sea is the worst place to be. i've only ever sat around am53 as the convoys come in but ready to dash to deep water if anything comes to get me!

08-23-09, 02:48 PM	#9
Pohl Sparky Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 157 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	First of all, what year are you playing on?? At the beginning of the war equipment isn't the best around.....so I think it's a equip failure not your crew doing anything wrong... __________________ Current Careers: U-177 Type IXD2, 10th Flotilla March 13, 1943 U-3502 Type XXI, 7th/13th Flotilla April 14, 1942 100% realism, GWX 3.0, SH3 Commander 3.2

08-23-09, 02:50 PM	#10
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	1939, And our death was my fault. I should of taken us deeper and avoided the warship. __________________

09-25-09, 04:10 AM	#11
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Pohl, 1942, Type XXI, and 100% Realism don't seem to go together.

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