Escort depth charge expenditure permanent or not?

[Grumpy Pete]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

I agree; the escort AI isn't very good anyway. For that matter, that's the main reason I've never even noticed if they run out of charges; none of their attacks have lasted long enough for that to happen.

Yes. As far as I'm concerned it's the most glaring "issue" with SH3 because it can't be modded. I don't know who all would remember Aces of the Deep (very old subsim) but even back then escorts were smarter. If they lost contact they would do box searches and if there were enough escorts, they would even do line-abreast sweeps. If memory serves, they also did creeping attacks. I think adding behaviors like that into SH3 would require working the source code and way much more ability than I have.


Also John--I like your Clay Blair quote (from Hitler's U-Boat War?). Blair also explains why Admiral King shouldn't really be viewed so harshly for what happened during Operation Drumbeat. Those volumes are a Great read!

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Grumpy Pete

Yes. As far as I'm concerned it's the most glaring "issue" with SH3 because it can't be modded. I don't know who all would remember Aces of the Deep (very old subsim) but even back then escorts were smarter. If they lost contact they would do box searches and if there were enough escorts, they would even do line-abreast sweeps. If memory serves, they also did creeping attacks. I think adding behaviors like that into SH3 would require working the source code and way much more ability than I have.


Also John--I like your Clay Blair quote (from Hitler's U-Boat War?). Blair also explains why Admiral King shouldn't really be viewed so harshly for what happened during Operation Drumbeat. Those volumes are a Great read!

Yes, there's no comparison between escorts in AOD vs any version of SH3. One of the main reasons I still play AOD.
Also yes, from his u-boat war series. Outstanding books in many ways.