Does sitting on the bottom help you at all?

Penelope_Grey · 05-14-07, 04:55 PM

Bottoming the boat is moddeled in stock, and I do believe improved with GWX? I read it somewhere here.

Spytrx · 05-14-07, 05:27 PM

real life - a saviour for many submarines of all countries when it got hot. There are some great tales of US subs sitting on the floor for 10 hours whilst the Jap fleet dropped hundreds of DC's on them

Vanilla of SH3 this trick doesn't work - might have something to do with the seabed being flat and you painting a real nice picture on their sonar

Tricky · 05-14-07, 06:00 PM

It seemed to work for me on my last patrol. Botched a convoy attack just south of ireland and got dc'd pretty bad. Ended up sinking to the bottom and hitting with quite a bang. 137 meters deep. Because of the positive bouancy(sp, whew!) effect in gwx (after i got damage under control), i had started floating back to the surface. Around 128 meters they started detecting me again, but once I got settled in on the bottom and stayed there, I didnt once get detected and the escorts eventually sailed off.

In my opinion, it was the only thing that saved me from certain death.
Limped back to port with:
stern tube destroyed
stb and port electric engine destroyed
electric engine room compressor destroyed
port diesel engine destroyed
aft batteries destroyed
con tower heavily damanged

Spytrx · 05-14-07, 06:09 PM

You were deep though - 127 mtrs I would take my chances and move away at 1kts...

anything above 80mtrs though is suicide in the long run (especially in the later years of the war)

Brag · 05-14-07, 06:16 PM

In Vanilla, I got severely damaged. Settled softly on bottom at 210 meters and stayed quiet. Managed to fix things once DDs left and limped back to willi.

KeptinCranky · 05-14-07, 06:39 PM

worked for me in GWX too, several times. Usually I try to hover just a bit above the bottom...only trouble is I tend to get stupid when trying to go a little shallower and bump the stern into ground

Telgriff · 05-14-07, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KeptinCranky

worked for me in GWX too, several times. Usually I try to hover just a bit above the bottom...only trouble is I tend to get stupid when trying to go a little shallower and bump the stern into ground

Did the same off Gilbratar and couldnt get the bow off the bottom due to flooding weighing the entire front of the sub down.

05-14-07, 04:55 PM	#1
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bottoming the boat is moddeled in stock, and I do believe improved with GWX? I read it somewhere here. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

05-14-07, 06:16 PM	#5
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	In Vanilla, I got severely damaged. Settled softly on bottom at 210 meters and stayed quiet. Managed to fix things once DDs left and limped back to willi. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

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05-14-07, 05:27 PM	#2
Spytrx Medic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 167 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	real life - a saviour for many submarines of all countries when it got hot. There are some great tales of US subs sitting on the floor for 10 hours whilst the Jap fleet dropped hundreds of DC's on them Vanilla of SH3 this trick doesn't work - might have something to do with the seabed being flat and you painting a real nice picture on their sonar

05-14-07, 06:00 PM	#3
Tricky Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 47 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	It seemed to work for me on my last patrol. Botched a convoy attack just south of ireland and got dc'd pretty bad. Ended up sinking to the bottom and hitting with quite a bang. 137 meters deep. Because of the positive bouancy(sp, whew!) effect in gwx (after i got damage under control), i had started floating back to the surface. Around 128 meters they started detecting me again, but once I got settled in on the bottom and stayed there, I didnt once get detected and the escorts eventually sailed off. In my opinion, it was the only thing that saved me from certain death. Limped back to port with: stern tube destroyed stb and port electric engine destroyed electric engine room compressor destroyed port diesel engine destroyed aft batteries destroyed con tower heavily damanged

05-14-07, 06:09 PM	#4
Spytrx Medic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 167 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You were deep though - 127 mtrs I would take my chances and move away at 1kts... anything above 80mtrs though is suicide in the long run (especially in the later years of the war)

05-14-07, 06:39 PM	#6
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	worked for me in GWX too, several times. Usually I try to hover just a bit above the bottom...only trouble is I tend to get stupid when trying to go a little shallower and bump the stern into ground