advice and help please

Deepseadiver · 10-28-10, 04:47 AM

Hi Guys
Can anyone give me some tips on how to locate and intercept shipping? I spend hours trying to locate targets and always miss them. All i seem to do is speed from one place to another and get nowhere.

any tips or advice would be most welcome. Links to written tutorials which i can print would also be helpful. Is there a book i can buy?

cheers

robbo180265 · 10-28-10, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Deepseadiver

Hi Guys
Can anyone give me some tips on how to locate and intercept shipping? I spend hours trying to locate targets and always miss them. All i seem to do is speed from one place to another and get nowhere.

any tips or advice would be most welcome. Links to written tutorials which i can print would also be helpful. Is there a book i can buy?

cheers

Travel at low T/C the lower the better, stop every hour or so and take hydrophone readings.

Do you have the SH3 map? The shipping routes are marked on it and when I last played SH5 I used that to good effect.

Stick with it, as you gain promotion points you can use them on your hydrophones operator and he'll end up not quite as deaf as he is now.

Takeda Shingen · 10-28-10, 01:52 PM

Robbo is spot on with the hydrophone. You can't just cruise around and expect to bump into ships. Active searching is required.

Capt Sinbad · 10-28-10, 02:35 PM

ok thats what ive been doing and now i have located a sonar blip slow moving away and appears to be 20+ miles away.

so what i have done is set(flank speed) course in that direction and will drop down to perisope dpth every 60mins and take a sonar reading..correct?

TheDarkWraith · 10-28-10, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Sinbad

ok thats what ive been doing and now i have located a sonar blip slow moving away and appears to be 20+ miles away.

so what i have done is set(flank speed) course in that direction and will drop down to perisope dpth every 60mins and take a sonar reading..correct?

that will work BUT depending on the hydrophone installed on your sub you possibly have blind spots where you can't hear anything. So it's always good to drop down to periscope depth and listen...change heading 90 degrees and listen. Resume back on course

Capt Sinbad · 10-28-10, 02:54 PM

i see what you mean turn around and listen all round?

Takeda Shingen · 10-28-10, 03:00 PM

Yes. You'll have to turn to hear what is in your baffles. As The Dark Wraith said, 90 degrees is recommended.

Capt Sinbad · 10-28-10, 03:12 PM

ok thanks again fellas..any thanks for being patient. i will master this game eventually!

10-28-10, 04:47 AM	#1
Deepseadiver Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Kingston upon Hull Posts: 116 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	advice and help please Hi Guys Can anyone give me some tips on how to locate and intercept shipping? I spend hours trying to locate targets and always miss them. All i seem to do is speed from one place to another and get nowhere. any tips or advice would be most welcome. Links to written tutorials which i can print would also be helpful. Is there a book i can buy? cheers

10-28-10, 01:52 PM	#3
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Robbo is spot on with the hydrophone. You can't just cruise around and expect to bump into ships. Active searching is required.

10-28-10, 02:35 PM	#4
Capt Sinbad Loader Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 84 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	ok thats what ive been doing and now i have located a sonar blip slow moving away and appears to be 20+ miles away. so what i have done is set(flank speed) course in that direction and will drop down to perisope dpth every 60mins and take a sonar reading..correct?

10-28-10, 02:54 PM	#6
Capt Sinbad Loader Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 84 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	i see what you mean turn around and listen all round?

10-28-10, 03:00 PM	#7
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Yes. You'll have to turn to hear what is in your baffles. As The Dark Wraith said, 90 degrees is recommended.

10-28-10, 03:12 PM	#8
Capt Sinbad Loader Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 84 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	ok thanks again fellas..any thanks for being patient. i will master this game eventually!