Sending contact Reports..

GoldenRivet · 07-01-07, 05:17 PM

In GWX in an early career i have had my skin saved in the North sea when i was being fired at by a destroyer at long range... fired off a contact report through the radio man and crash dived... after the DD made a few near miss depth charge runs i noticed 4 bombers approaching... "wonderful - he brought friends" i thought.

on closer inspection (i was using external camera at the time) i discovered that these were in fact condor bombers. they dived on him and dropped several bombs sinking him.

thus i escaped certain death in the shallows of the north sea by firing off a quick contact report.

on another occasion i was in a Type II long ago... no deck gun and had used my last torpedo on a large merchant... he wasnt sinking and i had no way of bringing him down, called in the report and stuka dive bombers made short work of him... and i still got credit for the sinking!

i think in stock SH3 contact reports do little for you...

but i have noticed recently that i have been sending contact reports in the atlantic near the azores and have seen on more than one occasion 4 german U-boats come patrolling out of nowhere in search of convoys... they never found the convoy, but at least they made an effort!

MENTAT · 07-02-07, 02:43 AM

so how long does it take for them to respond?

I used my last torp to a merchant once and he didnt sink but was disabled. (0 Knots) I sent for a contact report, nothing happened.. I waited there for a support or something but it was difficult to wait as attack TC only allows 32x.

So it is a tiring business to wait there considering they also send distress call and can soon find some hurricanes on top of you.

If someone explains the working mechanics of this feature, we can surely make better
use of it.

ichso · 07-02-07, 04:46 AM

Didn't I read somewhere around here that sending in contact reports gives you some renown points too ?
Or is that wrong ?

07-02-07, 07:02 AM

The only thing I ever got out of sending a contact report was a polite and curt thank you from BDu, nothing more nothing less. Although I have never had the chance to receive any air support from Goering's fly boys, I've always been too far out in the Atlantic when sending one, and too far away from any Luftwaffe bases

TarJak · 07-02-07, 07:18 AM

From what I know about it when you send a contact report and you are within range of a Lutwaffe base or there are German warships in the vicinity then they will come to the position you sent.

I suspect that there is actually a percantage chance of them turning up somewhere in a file that determines whether they do or not. I can say that I have seen both air and see forces attack a target that I have reported. It certainly doesn't always happen but the closer you are to an airbase the better the chances of them turning up in good time. I assume the air units have to scramble from the airbase and they travel at the speed they travel so the further away you are the longer it will take.

Keep trying it and see what happens. It certainly won't help in mid atlantic or on the US coast as unless there is a German naval unit close by you are on your own.

Sawdust · 07-02-07, 07:15 PM

I'd heard that submitting contact reports will give you more contact reports in return. I don't know if that was wishful thinking or if there is some truth to it, but I always like to issue a contact report for any ships that I'm leaving behind, un-sunk for whatever reason.

KeptinCranky · 07-02-07, 07:44 PM

Hmm, this sets me to thinking....
In GWX there's a few historical events scripted that have active German surface ships like Bismarck,

I don't know if this works but...

Wouldn't it be something if Bismarck got diverted to your location if you call in a contact on a convoy and it's close enough.... you'd be stalking the convoy and suddenly you see flashes on the horizon and a ship blowing up...then Bismark and Prinz Eugen clean up the rest of the convoy...

I wonder.....:hmm: Bismark doing what it was meant to do instead of sinking HMS Hood and getting sunk for her troubles.

you might even be able to keep diverting the ships or planes to new contacts if you're in a traffic-heavy area like in the Mediterranean

07-01-07, 05:17 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	In GWX in an early career i have had my skin saved in the North sea when i was being fired at by a destroyer at long range... fired off a contact report through the radio man and crash dived... after the DD made a few near miss depth charge runs i noticed 4 bombers approaching... "wonderful - he brought friends" i thought. on closer inspection (i was using external camera at the time) i discovered that these were in fact condor bombers. they dived on him and dropped several bombs sinking him. thus i escaped certain death in the shallows of the north sea by firing off a quick contact report. on another occasion i was in a Type II long ago... no deck gun and had used my last torpedo on a large merchant... he wasnt sinking and i had no way of bringing him down, called in the report and stuka dive bombers made short work of him... and i still got credit for the sinking! i think in stock SH3 contact reports do little for you... but i have noticed recently that i have been sending contact reports in the atlantic near the azores and have seen on more than one occasion 4 german U-boats come patrolling out of nowhere in search of convoys... they never found the convoy, but at least they made an effort! __________________

07-02-07, 02:43 AM	#2
MENTAT Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mediterranean Posts: 156 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	so how long does it take for them to respond? I used my last torp to a merchant once and he didnt sink but was disabled. (0 Knots) I sent for a contact report, nothing happened.. I waited there for a support or something but it was difficult to wait as attack TC only allows 32x. So it is a tiring business to wait there considering they also send distress call and can soon find some hurricanes on top of you. If someone explains the working mechanics of this feature, we can surely make better use of it. __________________ Games are never finished. They are abandoned.

07-02-07, 04:46 AM	#3
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Didn't I read somewhere around here that sending in contact reports gives you some renown points too ? Or is that wrong ? __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

07-02-07, 07:15 PM	#6
Sawdust Planesman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Quadrant DB22 Posts: 198 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd heard that submitting contact reports will give you more contact reports in return. I don't know if that was wishful thinking or if there is some truth to it, but I always like to issue a contact report for any ships that I'm leaving behind, un-sunk for whatever reason. __________________ .-. --- ..- --. .... ... . .- ... .- .... . .- -..

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07-02-07, 07:02 AM	#4
Goose_green Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The only thing I ever got out of sending a contact report was a polite and curt thank you from BDu, nothing more nothing less. Although I have never had the chance to receive any air support from Goering's fly boys, I've always been too far out in the Atlantic when sending one, and too far away from any Luftwaffe bases

07-02-07, 07:18 AM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	From what I know about it when you send a contact report and you are within range of a Lutwaffe base or there are German warships in the vicinity then they will come to the position you sent. I suspect that there is actually a percantage chance of them turning up somewhere in a file that determines whether they do or not. I can say that I have seen both air and see forces attack a target that I have reported. It certainly doesn't always happen but the closer you are to an airbase the better the chances of them turning up in good time. I assume the air units have to scramble from the airbase and they travel at the speed they travel so the further away you are the longer it will take. Keep trying it and see what happens. It certainly won't help in mid atlantic or on the US coast as unless there is a German naval unit close by you are on your own.

07-02-07, 07:44 PM	#7
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hmm, this sets me to thinking.... In GWX there's a few historical events scripted that have active German surface ships like Bismarck, I don't know if this works but... Wouldn't it be something if Bismarck got diverted to your location if you call in a contact on a convoy and it's close enough.... you'd be stalking the convoy and suddenly you see flashes on the horizon and a ship blowing up...then Bismark and Prinz Eugen clean up the rest of the convoy... I wonder.....:hmm: Bismark doing what it was meant to do instead of sinking HMS Hood and getting sunk for her troubles. you might even be able to keep diverting the ships or planes to new contacts if you're in a traffic-heavy area like in the Mediterranean