Destroyers destroying themselves

[Darksun]

Just last night I was near Iceland, so I snuck into the harbor there. I managed to get in pretty close when a Flower Corvette detected me. I was 5 KM away, behind a peninsula, silent running at 1 knot. Anyway, he charged right in and nearly grounded himself.

It sort of evens out the fact that you can't fool thier ASDIC by being near the shore. But I was clearly playing the AI and not a simulation at that point.

I managed to carefully reverse out of the cove I was in and get a tube on him. When his buddy showed up, I was close to the sea-wall and he got hung up on that.

Later I had my periscope up. There was a C Class destroyer and a nuetral American Clemson in the harbor. The C class opened fire on my periscope. Hit the Yanks and "awoke the sleeping giant." The C class was sunk pretty fast.

I also found it odd that none of the fully maned warships in the harbor could fire up the engines and come after me. The Dido was pinging me even as I crossed in front of it.

It was sort of a disapointing raid. The tankers were all American in July 1941, so I eneded up with 2 destroyers, 3 medium merchants and 3 fishing boats. I didn't get credit for the corvettes that sunk themselves.

[Safe-Keeper]

What's even better is that if there's something between them and you, they still shoot. It could be a brick wall, a mountain, or a neutral Red Cross hospital ship full of wounded. They don't care. It's in the way, so sink it - your fault for hiding behind innocents.

Not to mention how, as was "said", detection equipment works through solid rock.

[Skyfire.uy]

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

What's even better is that if there's something between them and you, they still shoot. It could be a brick wall, a mountain, or a neutral Red Cross hospital ship full of wounded. They don't care. It's in the way, so sink it - your fault for hiding behind innocents.

Not to mention how, as was "said", detection equipment works through solid rock.

I agree with you both mates, recently, I was on a patrol, near Dover, very close to the harbour and laying in the bottom of the sea. I cannot understand how, the destroyer could detect me with active sonar!!. How can she detect me and not get confused with the ocean floor!!. Clearly, active sonar is not well recreated in the sim. (and as you said, it can pass through rock!!! , arghhhhh!! lol )
About pasive sonar, I agree with Redwine in that it must be reduced the angle in which the ship can detect you in the way it comes the sim cames out of the box.
If not its tooooo efective!!

The hole bug with the destroyers happened to me also in the harbours, very funny at the beggining, but, as someone said, it takes out the all the fun at the end .

See you soon

Skyfire.uy