Convoy hunting = frustrating!

Raven Morpheus · 10-29-13, 05:15 AM

OK so I've tried what you guys have said and I still can't do it.

I decided to try out the Sub School convoy attack mission.

First thing I do is dive to max depth on the dial to get below the thermal layer. Seems to be between 140ft and max depth on the Sub School mission.

The ship icons are still present but disappearing so after marking the position of the ship that is last in line but on the line of ships closest to me, I proceed with marking the end of the line that represents the position of the ship I just marked. I don't time my marks or anything I just do it when there's a fair gap between the last mark and the new position.

Then after I've got a few marks I start plotting the line the ship should be taking, joining the dots, thus giving me the supposed heading of the convoy.

Then I plot my intercept course.

All the while I'm moving at 2/3 or standard under the water at max depth on the dial.

I mark a circle of about 1000yds radius starting from the point I shall arrive at so that when I get into position I can wait within that circle and then when the ends of the lines you see drawn to indicate the ships are just within that circle I can come up to periscope depth.

In the meantime I set up my torpedos and TDC - I've been using the Dick O'Kane method for this, I seem to have it down to a tee in the torpedo Sub School mission. I set the periscope to 20 (because that's the direction the convoy is coming from), the range to 1500m-ish, the AOB to 70 (starboard with the GFO mod because the convoy is coming from my right) and the speed to 5kts, although I don't at this point know the speed as I've not measured but the markers when clicked on say slow and SONAR concurs.

So, I finally reach my position. I wait for the ships to get into the 1000yd circle and bring the boat up to 55ft, giving me 5ft to compensate for waves and I raise the periscope to take a look.

But I still find the ships have started circling as though they've spotted me!!!!

I've tried setting silent running, I've tried setting battle stations and I've tried crawling along at 1/3 (and ended up being outrun by the convoy)!!

10-29-13, 05:15 AM	#8
Raven Morpheus Machinist's Mate Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 125 Downloads: 143 Uploads: 0	OK so I've tried what you guys have said and I still can't do it. I decided to try out the Sub School convoy attack mission. First thing I do is dive to max depth on the dial to get below the thermal layer. Seems to be between 140ft and max depth on the Sub School mission. The ship icons are still present but disappearing so after marking the position of the ship that is last in line but on the line of ships closest to me, I proceed with marking the end of the line that represents the position of the ship I just marked. I don't time my marks or anything I just do it when there's a fair gap between the last mark and the new position. Then after I've got a few marks I start plotting the line the ship should be taking, joining the dots, thus giving me the supposed heading of the convoy. Then I plot my intercept course. All the while I'm moving at 2/3 or standard under the water at max depth on the dial. I mark a circle of about 1000yds radius starting from the point I shall arrive at so that when I get into position I can wait within that circle and then when the ends of the lines you see drawn to indicate the ships are just within that circle I can come up to periscope depth. In the meantime I set up my torpedos and TDC - I've been using the Dick O'Kane method for this, I seem to have it down to a tee in the torpedo Sub School mission. I set the periscope to 20 (because that's the direction the convoy is coming from), the range to 1500m-ish, the AOB to 70 (starboard with the GFO mod because the convoy is coming from my right) and the speed to 5kts, although I don't at this point know the speed as I've not measured but the markers when clicked on say slow and SONAR concurs. So, I finally reach my position. I wait for the ships to get into the 1000yd circle and bring the boat up to 55ft, giving me 5ft to compensate for waves and I raise the periscope to take a look. But I still find the ships have started circling as though they've spotted me!!!! I've tried setting silent running, I've tried setting battle stations and I've tried crawling along at 1/3 (and ended up being outrun by the convoy)!! Last edited by Raven Morpheus; 10-29-13 at 05:31 AM.