Guilty pleasure...torpedoing small craft :)

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I used to delight in sinking sampans (junks) in SHI, but only with the deck gun. At 20-50 tons and made of wood they were hard targets with a torpedo. I rammed one once, for fun, and met with a hardcoded no-ramming feature: he was unharmed, my 1200-ton submarine sank like a stone.

That just happened to be one of "Mush" Morton's hobbies - once the "Wahoo" even took out a fishing boat with molotov cocktails b/c the AA guns jammed.

I have never used a torpedo on small craft. For the most part I usually leave them alone, since it doesn't seem to be worth the trouble. If I'm bored or haven't sunk anything for the duration of the patrol, then I might go after them (deck gun, AA guns, and ramming only).

[Enigma]

those little bastards will call you in if they see you....Ill remain on course unless im spotted. Then, I just ram the sucker at flank. That usually sinks em, and rarely damages my boat....

[andy_311]

I have only sunk 1 of them in five careers,normally I don't even bother with them and I only took that one out because I was on the surface in Southend harbour.

[AG124]

Originally Posted by Iambecomelife

That just happened to be one of "Mush" Morton's hobbies - once the "Wahoo" even took out a fishing boat with molotov cocktails b/c the AA guns jammed.

Morton also gunned down over 1,000 Japanese survivors of a transport once (on the same patrol, I think). "Military necessity." :hmm:

Anyway, this coastal craft idea seems like a lot of fun - maybe I will try it some time. I did torpedo a Tugboat once, but unlike the other coastal crafts, it was nearly the size of the Coastal Merchant so the effect wasn't as cool.

BTW - Iambecomelife, did you know that UBOAT234 made the other single-skinned ships in the game multi-skin capable? Are you going to try to make some new skins for the Tugboat? I don't wna to get too off-topic though, as this belongs in the SHIII Modding thread.

Originally Posted by AG124

Morton also gunned down over 1,000 Japanese survivors of a transport once (on the same patrol, I think). "Military necessity." :hmm:

Anyway, this coastal craft idea seems like a lot of fun - maybe I will try it some time. I did torpedo a Tugboat once, but unlike the other coastal crafts, it was nearly the size of the Coastal Merchant so the effect wasn't as cool.

BTW - Iambecomelife, did you know that UBOAT234 made the other single-skinned ships in the game multi-skin capable? Are you going to try to make some new skins for the Tugboat? I don't wna to get too off-topic though, as this belongs in the SHIII Modding thread.

What were 1,000 people doing on a transport ship? Unless the transport was carrying people.... Oh, I see. A cruise liner. Unless it was one of the transports ferrying Japanese soldiers.... Oh, I see, an army transport ship. Fair game then...