Egads! Massive frame rate hit when searchlighted

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Wheres Sailor Steve when you need him
Right up his alley this subject

Hiding of course!

Originally Posted by h.sie

Sailor Steve ...........what do you think???

I think people are picking on me! Leave me alone!


Seriously, though...

I took a look through a whole bunch of pictures, but searchlights are hard to spot, so all I can do is give an opinion based on what I've read of procedures.

Warships carried large amounts of searchlights, but they were used to illuminate enemy warships in night battles. The problem there of course is that the ship using the lights is illuminated itself, so the tactic was questionable in the first place.

But it's irrelevant. No big warship or merchant is going to make itself visible to an enemy it can't attack. There is too big a chance that the sub will dive before it can be shot at, and now your own ship is lit up like a christmas tree and is a perfect target for him to shoot at.

Merchants should fire distress rockets, but only if they're hit, and the only warships using searchlights should be the escorts who can actually do something about a submarine.