How do you deal with air attacks?

[JU_88]

Attacking panes that are closing is the best time to hit them as you dont have to judge an interception point for your rounds ahead of the target.
How ever there is a down side - if the planes is heading directly at you when you shoot it down -hes going to do a 'bin laden' right in to your boat

[AVGWarhawk]

I set my boat up to automatically dive to scope depth and hit the C key if needed. Doenitz told the boys to dive when sighting a plane (1942-43) as they were getting very good with FIDO and DC from the aircraft. I pull the plug....no chances here! There is no FIDO yet but I believe someone will get it modelled into the game!

[Sea Wolf]

i first check the type of plane, for example this morning I got attacked by 3 swordfish and shot them down however they're slow, if I see a hurricance CRASH DIVE!

[melnibonian]

I dive deep and fast while praying as much as I can

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Corsair

Wow, not much time to estimate if plane is 6000 or 4800 m away...
Laser measure ?

Ive lost a few career games for misjudging distance, and how much time i had to get under. Its deceptivly quick once you get "aircraft spotted" from your watch crew. I had to find some benchmark to gauge it. usually when i get an aircraft warning, first thing ill do is look at the map and see how far away it is, while simultainiously asking the watch officer for nearest visual contact so he can give me a range.

If on the map he looks far off, ill crash dive. If i can't tell then ill wait for the WO's report. If he says 6000 meters or more, i hit C right way. If he says like 4800 meters.. well ive already found out planes in GWX seem a bit quicker. You have what feels like around 5 seconds or so before 4800 meters turns into 2300 meters.

Gauging if you have enough time to dive is very important. If you make a mistake and think you have enough time to dive when you really don't, its like signing your own death warrent.

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by fredbass

You sure about that?

yep merchies follow their way points and wont deviate from them.

[andy_311]

Originally Posted by Sea Wolf

i first check the type of plane, for example this morning I got attacked by 3 swordfish and shot them down however they're slow, if I see a hurricance CRASH DIVE!

Swordfish were the hell have you seen them I ain't seen them for ages?As for Hurricanes there not that hard shot 1 or 2 of them down in gwx.(early war)

[3Jane]

ARTHUR: Run away! KNIGHTS: Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away!

http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-08.htm :rotfl:


O.T edit: http://www.mwscomp.com/sound.html

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by 3Jane

ARTHUR: Run away! KNIGHTS: Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away!

http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-08.htm :rotfl:

(Monty Python) "... and brave sir Robin bravely turned and fled!" :rotfl:

[Pants]

The only planes that i have a problem with is the Planes with Rockets
If i see them armed with rockets i hit C so fast you can't see my hand move

[JU_88]

heh whenever they yell 'Allarrrrm!' in das boot, it somehow reminds me of the Holy grails 'Run awaaaaaaaaaaayyy'!!!

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by shegeek72

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Ahh thats the worst representation of a wellington that ive ever seen in my life.
Yep those are radar antennas.... or tv ariels, old tail-end-charlie doesn't want to miss Eastenders now does he. :rotfl:

You know, the stock sh3 aircraft look so bad they would even be too ugly for an RTS game by modern standards. In fact they kind of remind me of my first airfix distasters when i was 12 yeas old.... actually they still look worse than that even
Ive opened up the obj files in 3dsmax, you know the liberator, wellington and condor were all modelled using the same mesh, discracefull! And as if the meshes werent bad enough, the super low res (and streched) textures just add insult to injury. better crash dive or shoot them down quick before your watch crew go blind from the ugliness.

[3Jane]

Originally Posted by shegeek72

I'm on a 1942 patrol, IXC, CB grid off the coast of Amerika (damn long, boring trip ), assignment: patrol CB16. The planes are more deadly in GWX that makes it more challenging, which is good.

How do you deal with frequent enemy aircraft attacks and the need to surface to recharge? Especially with flat seas and practically no fog. You cannot stay submerged for hours on end like you could in the stock version. Wondering what other katpitan's strategy is in this case?

Also, what are the protuberances on this plane for? Radar?
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katzenjammer

1. A loud, discordant noise.
2. A hangover.
3. A state of depression or bewilderment.

The poles on the rear fuselage are radar. If you mean the two just about in-line with the wings, the small dome would be for sextant 'star shots'. The little bomb shaped thing just ahead of that might be some kind of air-data probe.

[HundertzehnGustav]

Originally Posted by JU_88

if the planes is heading directly at you when you shoot it down -hes going to do a 'bin laden' right in to your boat

ROFLOL

how many times have i been taken out by a fudged up Sunderland in Vanilla...

great times... once i took out 68 of them... killed the entire UK coastal command loll

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by JU_88

heh whenever they yell 'Allarrrrm!' in das boot, it somehow reminds me of the Holy grails 'Run awaaaaaaaaaaayyy'!!!

Now you have me thinking of the scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, where Indy is sneaking into the Nazi fortress. A woman sees him; he holds his finger to his lips and says "Shhhh", and then smiles. She smiles back, and while still smiling says "ALAAAAAAAAAARRRRMMM!"