S-18 question

[Gunner]

Green are Neutral ships, so yep! you will be penalized.

[kylesplanet]

I saved right before I did that so its an easy fix. I just can't find anything to shoot at.

EDIT: Any help on finding some targets is appreciated. Back to this stinky, hot, slow little beast.

[Gunner]

Started a patrol leaving Maila heading North to Lunzo Staright, hug the coastline a little inlet halfway up the coast, found a stationary Large Tanker and Freighter with 2 smaller merchants with 3 escorts all stationary, sunk Tanker and Freighter for around 17000 tons and cost 3 torps. I use RSRD as well

[kylesplanet]

Originally Posted by Gunner

Started a patrol leaving Maila heading North to Lunzo Staright, hug the coastline a little inlet halfway up the coast, found a stationary Large Tanker and Freighter with 2 smaller merchants with 3 escorts all stationary, sunk Tanker and Freighter for around 17000 tons and cost 3 torps. I use RSRD as well

Nice find! I been sent to the Molucca Passage and then to the Celbes sea. I finally found a small TF but again, I was to slow to get into position. I did attract a couple destroyers and bagged one of them. Played cat and mouse for a while with the other and got an 800 yard shot off and of course, dang dud. There were two cruisers but I couldn't catch them in "ole Grand ma".:p Get this: I surfaced and did my best to provoke the other DD but the sucker ran away! I even fired my deck gun at him but he kept chugging. I'm pretty sure he ran out of DC's. Well I have orders to stick around in the Celebes sea while the provisions hold out. So so far, I have a pitiful 1680 tons Maybe something is coming my way.

[Gunner]

!941 is slim pickings it seems, but there are ships to be sunk, 42 action picks up.

[Powerthighs]

If you really want to know where stuff is you can open the SH4MissionEditor and look at all the files. You will be able to get a feel for where traffiic is at various points in time. Just make sure to close the files without saving so you don't overwrite anything.

[Travis Reed]

I remember trying the S boats once... They move like molases in January (or any other suitably cold, winter month). I was only able to get it up to 8 knots at flank (standard propulsion, glassy sea, no wind, etc) on the surface and 3 knots submerged. When I could actually get in position on a target, all the torps would do one of 3 things... preemie, run deep, or dud. Rather frustrating...but then again, this happens with all my torps, regardless of boat/torp type...I've started loading large rocks into the tubes to fire shotgun style at point blank...

[kylesplanet]

I'm running out of Java, it is now Feb 42, maybe business will pick up. Had to report back to base with that sorry 1680 tons. Hopefully my next mission will take me up by Manilla. It's gonna be a long night because I cannot end on a performance like that. My pride is a little to big for that. It's a good thing I'm self employed because I just can't take this. If I'm still playing when the sun comes up, I'll just think of ole Leovampire and smile! Somebody flying a Jap flag IS going down tonight or I will be on the bottom.

[Captain Vlad]

Man, I need to try RSRD.