Convoys

Nufsed · 05-23-19, 09:36 AM

Ships, both freighters and warships, move and maneuver. It's very early days yet for sailors scuttling about the deck, but, I have no doubt that will come. For an EA game UBOAT is as about as polished as I could have wished for, and, gets better with every update. Pretty soon we will have the crew rushing forward for a crash dive.....I hope

TDK1044 · 05-23-19, 09:58 AM

Sounds good. I've purchased it, but I'm waiting for the real modding to be done before playing it. I lived the nightmare of patch/mod mania with SH3, and I have no desire to repeat that. I'll wait a few months and then give it a try.

Salvadoreno · 05-23-19, 10:39 AM

While we are talking about convoys, just attacked my first OB convoy today. What was very disappointing was the destroyer reactions! It was escorted by 2 destroyers however they both did not engage me. They just continued on their merry way without any maneuvering :/. Totally killed immersion.

TDK1044 · 05-23-19, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Salvadoreno

While we are talking about convoys, just attacked my first OB convoy today. What was very disappointing was the destroyer reactions! It was escorted by 2 destroyers however they both did not engage me. They just continued on their merry way without any maneuvering :/. Totally killed immersion.

I've seen that in a couple of videos. It feels like the convoys are simply there to be sunk.

GoldenRivet · 05-23-19, 09:13 PM

I have seen several instances of convoys breaking up and maneuvering

some ships move in the predictable old school SHIII zig zag pattern, others see the torpedo coming and order all stop drifting while the torpedo barely misses the bow.

Interestingly, some of the ships will maneuver so as to avoid crossing your bow if they have you spotted and you are on the surface. In SHIII you could just reposition your boat down range and re-intercept them and fire at the predictably zig zagging ship... in Uboat, the ship will go out of its way to stay out of your line of fire.

others accelerate to flank speed and leave the convoy in the dust.

as far as life on the boats, there are sailors, some will be seen on the rail smoking a cigarette, right down to the stogie and the smoke. others are watching through binoculars.

sometimes the crew will abandon the ship prematurely. Though eventually i think you will see animations of crew rushing to abandon ship etc.

GoldenRivet · 05-23-19, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Salvadoreno

While we are talking about convoys, just attacked my first OB convoy today. What was very disappointing was the destroyer reactions! It was escorted by 2 destroyers however they both did not engage me. They just continued on their merry way without any maneuvering :/. Totally killed immersion.

You'll have to keep in mind that explosions in game ruin the acoustics rendering destroyers blind, so within a few minutes following a torpedo strike - you are not very detectable.

I have felt completely ignored by escorts, then suddenly one makes a Bee line right for me at flank speed.

it no doubt needs work, cant wait to see where this is in six months

bmaxa · 05-23-19, 11:00 PM

Destroyers and corvettes need to make search based on guesses as if they don't detect you they do nothing. Well, I will cry out loud on Steam forum, developer will add it for sure

05-23-19, 09:36 AM	#1
Nufsed Sparky Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 156 Downloads: 500 Uploads: 0	Ships, both freighters and warships, move and maneuver. It's very early days yet for sailors scuttling about the deck, but, I have no doubt that will come. For an EA game UBOAT is as about as polished as I could have wished for, and, gets better with every update. Pretty soon we will have the crew rushing forward for a crash dive.....I hope __________________ Mike Collins Nullius in Verba

05-23-19, 10:39 AM	#3
Salvadoreno Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 887 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	While we are talking about convoys, just attacked my first OB convoy today. What was very disappointing was the destroyer reactions! It was escorted by 2 destroyers however they both did not engage me. They just continued on their merry way without any maneuvering :/. Totally killed immersion. __________________

05-23-19, 09:13 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	I have seen several instances of convoys breaking up and maneuvering some ships move in the predictable old school SHIII zig zag pattern, others see the torpedo coming and order all stop drifting while the torpedo barely misses the bow. Interestingly, some of the ships will maneuver so as to avoid crossing your bow if they have you spotted and you are on the surface. In SHIII you could just reposition your boat down range and re-intercept them and fire at the predictably zig zagging ship... in Uboat, the ship will go out of its way to stay out of your line of fire. others accelerate to flank speed and leave the convoy in the dust. as far as life on the boats, there are sailors, some will be seen on the rail smoking a cigarette, right down to the stogie and the smoke. others are watching through binoculars. sometimes the crew will abandon the ship prematurely. Though eventually i think you will see animations of crew rushing to abandon ship etc. __________________

05-23-19, 09:58 AM	#2
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Sounds good. I've purchased it, but I'm waiting for the real modding to be done before playing it. I lived the nightmare of patch/mod mania with SH3, and I have no desire to repeat that. I'll wait a few months and then give it a try.

05-23-19, 11:00 PM	#7
bmaxa Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 14 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Destroyers and corvettes need to make search based on guesses as if they don't detect you they do nothing. Well, I will cry out loud on Steam forum, developer will add it for sure