Really ... I don't know what to say ...

Fahnenbohn · 08-21-15, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

As someone who's been involved with modding the game (including damage and weapon accuracy) since 2005, I can tell you there's no such thing in the game.

That was worse before ?! What did you do to improve damage and weapon accuracy ? (that is an open question)

PS : This is not the first "weird incident", far from there !

Jeff-Groves · 08-21-15, 07:32 PM

Well if GWX has Laser guided DC's?
I want credit for those!

Kapt Z · 08-21-15, 09:48 PM

I've been rammed at periscope depth by a escort and survived.

I've taken a 5 inch shell right through the pressure hull and was able to dive to 100m and survived.

I've struck a mine at 50m and survived.

I've taken a direct bomb hit from a aircraft and survived.

These are all instances where 'in reality' I and my boat should be dead, but the game let me return to base. In fact in the 1st and 3rd instances I felt so guilty that I wasn't sunk that I sank myself and started a new career anyway.

So, I can easily accept the trade off that the game will occasionally nail me.

Fahnenbohn · 08-22-15, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Creator of Laser Guided DC's in GWX

My curse on you, Jeff !!

(Note : don't take all this in first degree, it's just a little humor

. I need to relax)

F.

Fahnenbohn · 08-22-15, 03:29 AM

@ KaptZ

No problem for me to be sunk, but in a realistic way !!

Being killed in one shot with 4 DC on the head is NOT realistic.

MantiBrutalis · 08-22-15, 04:31 AM

Just bad luck. I didn't test all the supermods out there, but I don't think destroyers go intentionally to the side of you in any of them. They mostly try to go straight over the place they think you are.

Also, as people already mentioned, side-launched depth charges always fire at the same angle and the same distance.

Allied sonar in GWX can be annoyingly precise though. But I expect some challenge from my games anyway, so me likey.

VONHARRIS · 08-22-15, 06:20 AM

As others said , you were just very very unlucky and that escort captain very very lucky. You were in the wrong place the wrong time. But imagine , being hit by a hedgehog weapon!
Keep playing.
It is only a game after all and take into consideration that it is a 10 years old game engine.

Kapt Z · 08-22-15, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Fahnenbohn

@ KaptZ

No problem for me to be sunk, but in a realistic way !!

Being killed in one shot with 4 DC on the head is NOT realistic.

It was a random lucky hit by the escort, but I don't agree it was unrealistic. One dc, in the right spot, should kill you just as easy as four. Crack subs were sunk by random shots sometimes. It happens in game and we know it happened in the war.

My point was that the game, in my experience, 'gifts' you unrealistically far more than it kills you unrealistically.

Fahnenbohn · 08-22-15, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by VONHARRIS

... take into consideration that it is a 10 years old game engine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

My point was that the game, in my experience, 'gifts' you unrealistically far more than it kills you unrealistically.

Yes, AI in SH3 is very bad ... as in a lot of (all ?) other games ! We shouldn't say 'artificial intelligence', but rather 'programmed behaviour' ! And this behaviour in SH3 is really bad programmed !

Jeff-Groves · 08-22-15, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fahnenbohn

My curse on you, Jeff !!

(Note : don't take all this in first degree, it's just a little humor

. I need to relax)

F.

scott_c2911 · 08-28-15, 06:22 AM

Is this a screenshot from Sniper Elite V2 or SH3, I cant tell lol. I bet the Escort Captain shouted over the tannoy to his crew, "BOOM, HEADSHOT!" like I do when playing Sniper Elite. (Another of my fave games as well as SH3)

scott_c2911 · 08-28-15, 06:29 AM

Hang on one minute though. Ive noticed something that could explain everything. Theres a second wake. Is it possible another ship just rolled them off the stern. The second screenshot shows the charges and that looks consistent to four charges rolled off the stern

08-21-15, 09:48 PM	#3
Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 909 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	I've been rammed at periscope depth by a escort and survived. I've taken a 5 inch shell right through the pressure hull and was able to dive to 100m and survived. I've struck a mine at 50m and survived. I've taken a direct bomb hit from a aircraft and survived. These are all instances where 'in reality' I and my boat should be dead, but the game let me return to base. In fact in the 1st and 3rd instances I felt so guilty that I wasn't sunk that I sank myself and started a new career anyway. So, I can easily accept the trade off that the game will occasionally nail me. __________________ ...I fought in many guises, many names, but always me. Patton

08-28-15, 06:22 AM	#11
scott_c2911 Engineer Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: West Midlands, Uk Posts: 203 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Is this a screenshot from Sniper Elite V2 or SH3, I cant tell lol. I bet the Escort Captain shouted over the tannoy to his crew, "BOOM, HEADSHOT!" like I do when playing Sniper Elite. (Another of my fave games as well as SH3) __________________ KLt S. Cooksey commanding U-2528 ... .. -. -.- / - .... . -- / .- .-.. .-..

08-28-15, 06:29 AM	#12
scott_c2911 Engineer Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: West Midlands, Uk Posts: 203 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Hang on one minute though. Ive noticed something that could explain everything. Theres a second wake. Is it possible another ship just rolled them off the stern. The second screenshot shows the charges and that looks consistent to four charges rolled off the stern __________________ KLt S. Cooksey commanding U-2528 ... .. -. -.- / - .... . -- / .- .-.. .-..

08-21-15, 07:32 PM	#2
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,652 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Well if GWX has Laser guided DC's? I want credit for those!

08-22-15, 03:29 AM	#5
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	@ KaptZ No problem for me to be sunk, but in a realistic way !! Being killed in one shot with 4 DC on the head is NOT realistic.

08-22-15, 04:31 AM	#6
MantiBrutalis Planesman Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Pilsen, Czech Republic Posts: 183 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Just bad luck. I didn't test all the supermods out there, but I don't think destroyers go intentionally to the side of you in any of them. They mostly try to go straight over the place they think you are. Also, as people already mentioned, side-launched depth charges always fire at the same angle and the same distance. Allied sonar in GWX can be annoyingly precise though. But I expect some challenge from my games anyway, so me likey.

08-22-15, 06:20 AM	#7
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	As others said , you were just very very unlucky and that escort captain very very lucky. You were in the wrong place the wrong time. But imagine , being hit by a hedgehog weapon! Keep playing. It is only a game after all and take into consideration that it is a 10 years old game engine.