Now this is too much !

Catfish · 01-26-11, 12:15 PM

"TDW may have made them too good..

"

I tend to agree

But it still is a lot of fun, even if i will change the AI settings in harbour before my 3rd patrol.
I have exterior view set to onj for the gorgeous graphics, but i wonder why the red mark is not removed automatically, with TDW's mod. It is good for testing though ...

Greetings,
Catfish

stoianm · 01-26-11, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

"TDW may have made them too good..

"

I tend to agree

But it still is a lot of fun, even if i will change the AI settings in harbour before my 3rd patrol.
I have exterior view set to onj for the gorgeous graphics, but i wonder why the red mark is not removed automatically, with TDW's mod. It is good for testing though ...

Greetings,
Catfish

What red mark you are talking to?

mobucks · 01-26-11, 12:55 PM

probably the red arrow on the water above sub when you are submerged.

OT:
I turned off external cam because i cheat with it, but i find the "free cam" to be a perfect comprimise. I can move camera anywhere with it, but it is so slow that i can only use it for eye candy, and not zooming across the water looking inside harbors or through fogs.

Catfish · 01-27-11, 08:52 AM

^^ yes, i mean the red marker on the surface, indicating my boat's position.

And one more rant an i'll quit, promised

Convoy off Land's End.
Saw it from 20.000 meters distance with calm seas, good weather, ran parallel, saved game.

Reloaded game, visibility now 50 meters, storm.
Great, so saved games do not save sea state, and weather conditions like visibility at all.
Bad enough, but now i decided to go straight for the convoy in this conditions, they would never see me muhahahah

Now, i could not see anything but with exterior camera on i cheated and now counted 8 destroyers ?! Ooops.
So the sim also does not save numbers of escorts and, as i found out, course - because now the south-running convoy headed north

To make a long story short i dived, listened, ran, dived etc. until i was at the left side of the convoy in roughly 50 meters visibility, by listening and running. I turned 90 degrees and went in, and all destroyers came straight at me - when i was surfaced !! In that "visibility" ! I swear i never saw anything at all, but they were shooting at me from invisible positions, one ran just over me.

Crash-dived, out-manoeuvered them for an hour running silent and slow, a raging storm above me (they would never hear anything in their hydrophones, they would not have had radar, there would not have been 8 destroyers, and even ASDIC in that storm would probably have had difficulties to pick me up, when i am close to the ground - but it seems they again knew exactly where i was).
Besides all the time messages came pouring in, from merchants and destroyers "submarine sighted at ... (my position), but i never saw anyone.
So when the visibility is low, it is only low for U-boats in SH5, all other AI ships can see for miles.

There were 4 more depth-charging me exactly at the U-mark, and this was the last (6th) one which made me finally sink:

Great sim, for destroyers

Edit: Update, despite being depth charged and lot of damage i have somehow survived, and i decided not to quit but wait - and we had abreached hull, hull damage down to 64 percent (whatever THAT means - i have never understood that way of thinking from SH 1 on. Either the hull is damaged, or not.
The crew is repairing but it is only 100 meters deep here - wonder if they will get me ... let's see ...
And i can hear the sirens and horns of the destroyers above, in the boat lol

Greetings,
Catfish

01-27-11, 08:52 AM	#4
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,819 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^^ yes, i mean the red marker on the surface, indicating my boat's position. And one more rant an i'll quit, promised Convoy off Land's End. Saw it from 20.000 meters distance with calm seas, good weather, ran parallel, saved game. Reloaded game, visibility now 50 meters, storm. Great, so saved games do not save sea state, and weather conditions like visibility at all. Bad enough, but now i decided to go straight for the convoy in this conditions, they would never see me muhahahah Now, i could not see anything but with exterior camera on i cheated and now counted 8 destroyers ?! Ooops. So the sim also does not save numbers of escorts and, as i found out, course - because now the south-running convoy headed north To make a long story short i dived, listened, ran, dived etc. until i was at the left side of the convoy in roughly 50 meters visibility, by listening and running. I turned 90 degrees and went in, and all destroyers came straight at me - when i was surfaced !! In that "visibility" ! I swear i never saw anything at all, but they were shooting at me from invisible positions, one ran just over me. Crash-dived, out-manoeuvered them for an hour running silent and slow, a raging storm above me (they would never hear anything in their hydrophones, they would not have had radar, there would not have been 8 destroyers, and even ASDIC in that storm would probably have had difficulties to pick me up, when i am close to the ground - but it seems they again knew exactly where i was). Besides all the time messages came pouring in, from merchants and destroyers "submarine sighted at ... (my position), but i never saw anyone. So when the visibility is low, it is only low for U-boats in SH5, all other AI ships can see for miles. There were 4 more depth-charging me exactly at the U-mark, and this was the last (6th) one which made me finally sink: Great sim, for destroyers Edit: Update, despite being depth charged and lot of damage i have somehow survived, and i decided not to quit but wait - and we had abreached hull, hull damage down to 64 percent (whatever THAT means - i have never understood that way of thinking from SH 1 on. Either the hull is damaged, or not. The crew is repairing but it is only 100 meters deep here - wonder if they will get me ... let's see ... And i can hear the sirens and horns of the destroyers above, in the boat lol Greetings, Catfish Last edited by Catfish; 01-27-11 at 10:30 AM.

01-26-11, 12:15 PM	#1
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,819 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	"TDW may have made them too good.. " I tend to agree But it still is a lot of fun, even if i will change the AI settings in harbour before my 3rd patrol. I have exterior view set to onj for the gorgeous graphics, but i wonder why the red mark is not removed automatically, with TDW's mod. It is good for testing though ... Greetings, Catfish

01-26-11, 12:55 PM	#3
mobucks Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 713 Downloads: 209 Uploads: 0	probably the red arrow on the water above sub when you are submerged. OT: I turned off external cam because i cheat with it, but i find the "free cam" to be a perfect comprimise. I can move camera anywhere with it, but it is so slow that i can only use it for eye candy, and not zooming across the water looking inside harbors or through fogs.