Sunk a DD... with my periscope

Wolfhound · 12-03-09, 12:59 AM

I was ordered to do a photo recon of a harbor on the coast of Borneo. There was a DD going back and forth across the harbor mouth. I got the photo but then the DD either heard me or saw my scope and came running towards me. It went right over top of me and I lost my scope, but then noticed the "kill" marker on the chart. I raised my other scope to be treated to a view of a sinking DD. I had 0 hull damage and no other damage except one destroyed scope... too bad I didn't get credit for the kill.

magic452 · 12-03-09, 02:26 AM

The USN builds very strong periscopes, don't see why we waste time and money with those unreliable torpedoes when we could just ram em with the scope.

If you got the scope down most times it won't even get damaged.

Magic

Prophet · 12-03-09, 10:46 AM

You didn't know? That's what the observation periscope is there for!

Wilcke · 12-03-09, 11:06 AM

Unfortunately the stock SH4 subs are armored like a BB. If you load a mod like TMO, or RFB you will notice that the subs are quite vulnerable in that althought the tin can would take damage you would also be in dire straits.

Happy Hunting!

halcyonskys · 12-06-09, 04:44 AM

ever leave a port before and just rub/bump a lil against the edge of the dock becuase you turned a lil sharp on exiting? you can darn near sink your sub with the damage it causes. =( a lil touch senstitive.

today i had something odd happen. i was practicing sub tactics on a destroyer and a plane came in at steep dive bomb attack. the destroyer was right on my rear almost on top of me chasing me and i was at periscope depth. i was just hitting the hard to one side rudder and the destroyer got hit by the planes attack. pretty funny. wish that happened more often. made me laugh.. i wish i had a screenie of it but didnt expect it coming.

Nisgeis · 12-07-09, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Prophet

You didn't know? That's what the observation periscope is there for!

Haha, yes. it's there to 'Observe' the damage you did with your 'Attack' periscope. The names make sense now!

Bubblehead1980 · 12-07-09, 07:50 PM

Nisgeis.

Any plans to create your radar mods to work with TMo 1.9? Perhaps the readout could be in yards instead of meters? I would love to use the radar mods but when I tried in 1.7 they always broke TMO's interior free cam.

Would be great to have that radar range digital readout in yards and so it wouldnt break the cam.

orangenee · 12-07-09, 07:56 PM

Didn't they fix that with the 1.4 patch?

Only just started playing again after all this time, so I haven't tried the extra large torpedo technique yet, though it's tempting now most of my torps miss, stupid snake hipped merchants.

Nisgeis · 12-08-09, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Nisgeis.

Any plans to create your radar mods to work with TMo 1.9? Perhaps the readout could be in yards instead of meters? I would love to use the radar mods but when I tried in 1.7 they always broke TMO's interior free cam.

Would be great to have that radar range digital readout in yards and so it wouldnt break the cam.

I thought there was a version for TMO. The game only has the radar range in meters and it's seperated out, so digit 4 (thousands) has a value of 4, instead of 4000. I'll have a look at it again when I've finished my current mod. Have you tried Hitman's radar combimod? That has a scale on the 'A' Scope that can be used to read off range in yards.

@orangenee: Yes, they did tone it down a bit, as from what I remember, being run over did no damage to you and loads to the escort, so it's a fairer balance now.

12-03-09, 12:59 AM	#1
Wolfhound Sailor man Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 43 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Sunk a DD... with my periscope I was ordered to do a photo recon of a harbor on the coast of Borneo. There was a DD going back and forth across the harbor mouth. I got the photo but then the DD either heard me or saw my scope and came running towards me. It went right over top of me and I lost my scope, but then noticed the "kill" marker on the chart. I raised my other scope to be treated to a view of a sinking DD. I had 0 hull damage and no other damage except one destroyed scope... too bad I didn't get credit for the kill.

12-03-09, 02:26 AM	#2
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The USN builds very strong periscopes, don't see why we waste time and money with those unreliable torpedoes when we could just ram em with the scope. If you got the scope down most times it won't even get damaged. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

12-03-09, 11:06 AM	#4
Wilcke The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,441 Downloads: 234 Uploads: 0	Unfortunately the stock SH4 subs are armored like a BB. If you load a mod like TMO, or RFB you will notice that the subs are quite vulnerable in that althought the tin can would take damage you would also be in dire straits. Happy Hunting! __________________ Wilcke **For the best in Fleet Boats go to: Submarine Sim Central. http://forum.kickinbak.com/index.php Check out: A Brief Introduction to the Pacific Submarine War by Ducimus http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128185 Operation Monsun plus OMEGU, the #1 ATO Solution for SH4! Signature Art by Gunfighter**

12-07-09, 07:56 PM	#8
orangenee Engineer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Didn't they fix that with the 1.4 patch? Only just started playing again after all this time, so I haven't tried the extra large torpedo technique yet, though it's tempting now most of my torps miss, stupid snake hipped merchants. __________________ Remember people, murder kills!!

12-03-09, 10:46 AM	#3
Prophet Seaman Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 33 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	You didn't know? That's what the observation periscope is there for!

12-06-09, 04:44 AM	#5
halcyonskys Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12 Downloads: 156 Uploads: 0	ever leave a port before and just rub/bump a lil against the edge of the dock becuase you turned a lil sharp on exiting? you can darn near sink your sub with the damage it causes. =( a lil touch senstitive. today i had something odd happen. i was practicing sub tactics on a destroyer and a plane came in at steep dive bomb attack. the destroyer was right on my rear almost on top of me chasing me and i was at periscope depth. i was just hitting the hard to one side rudder and the destroyer got hit by the planes attack. pretty funny. wish that happened more often. made me laugh.. i wish i had a screenie of it but didnt expect it coming.

12-07-09, 07:50 PM	#7
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,107 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	Nisgeis. Any plans to create your radar mods to work with TMo 1.9? Perhaps the readout could be in yards instead of meters? I would love to use the radar mods but when I tried in 1.7 they always broke TMO's interior free cam. Would be great to have that radar range digital readout in yards and so it wouldnt break the cam.