Down Pilots ? You Don't See Them In The Water.

DJSatane · 04-01-07, 01:08 PM

Yes I have seen pilots:

http://www.cuih.net/sh4/screenshots/...5.54.2_437.jpg

Unfortunately, you can't interact with them, can't shoot them, can't pick them up and even if you run them over they stay alive.

JuicemanJ · 04-02-07, 12:35 PM

You can pick them up. And yes thats what happens the square turns into a parachute.

WFGood · 04-02-07, 12:49 PM

I have seen them. In fact I posted some screen shots earlier because I was amazed that they were actually swimming. It is pretty cool to watch.

Tobowsi · 04-02-07, 09:51 PM

I'm trying to pick up pilots and it's pretty much useless. I submerge and use sonar to see where they should be, then head there on the surface at flank, and they're not there. When I submerge to find them on sonar again, they're just as far away as when I started. I'm almost 90 miles from where the battle occurred and the pilots still keep showing up ahead of me. Each time they're about 4-5 miles ahead, I go there at flank, and they're still 4-5 miles ahead. The game shows smooth seas but acts like there's at least a 20 knot current. If I can't ever catch these guys, I may as well give up and do my assigned mission.

Edit: I'm now over 125 miles from the battle area and same story. Why do the icons on the map say the survivor is "slow" when they're obviously faster than a surfaced boat at flank?

JuicemanJ · 04-03-07, 12:37 AM

I slow down before i get up on them and then stop and surface and 9 out of 10 times they are there, sometimes i surface and i move ahead at 1/3 for a few and stop and then they are there.

Tobowsi · 04-03-07, 01:05 AM

I tried that, too. I'd stop completely. I'd drop to 1/3. I eventually caught up with one of them and tried stopping a little past him so the current would have him drift to me. No go. Then of course when I submerged to get sonar contacts, the same guy had passed me and the catch up game started over again.

After 200 miles of chasing these guys with nobody to show for it, I gave up and went on with my mission. I spent at least an entire "game day" looking for these guys. (Wish I got a screenie of that, although I did get one at 125-ish)

I still love how they were apparently moving at 20 knots or more (4 nm ahead, go to site of icon at flank on surface, submerge, they're still 4nm ahead) when they're listed as "slow".

McBeck · 04-03-07, 01:37 AM

Iv seen enemy pilots in the water...but cant pick them up or shoot them...

I guess you can only interact with friendlies....??

04-01-07, 01:08 PM	#1
DJSatane Electrician's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 140 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Yes I have seen pilots: http://www.cuih.net/sh4/screenshots/...5.54.2_437.jpg Unfortunately, you can't interact with them, can't shoot them, can't pick them up and even if you run them over they stay alive. __________________ DJSatane - https://twitter.com/DJSatane

04-02-07, 12:49 PM	#3
WFGood Electrician's Mate Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: high above the big blue Posts: 137 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have seen them. In fact I posted some screen shots earlier because I was amazed that they were actually swimming. It is pretty cool to watch. __________________

04-02-07, 09:51 PM	#4
Tobowsi Seaman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 36 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm trying to pick up pilots and it's pretty much useless. I submerge and use sonar to see where they should be, then head there on the surface at flank, and they're not there. When I submerge to find them on sonar again, they're just as far away as when I started. I'm almost 90 miles from where the battle occurred and the pilots still keep showing up ahead of me. Each time they're about 4-5 miles ahead, I go there at flank, and they're still 4-5 miles ahead. The game shows smooth seas but acts like there's at least a 20 knot current. If I can't ever catch these guys, I may as well give up and do my assigned mission. Edit: I'm now over 125 miles from the battle area and same story. Why do the icons on the map say the survivor is "slow" when they're obviously faster than a surfaced boat at flank? Last edited by Tobowsi; 04-02-07 at 10:14 PM.

04-03-07, 01:37 AM	#7
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Iv seen enemy pilots in the water...but cant pick them up or shoot them... I guess you can only interact with friendlies....?? __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

04-02-07, 12:35 PM	#2
JuicemanJ Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sac,CA Posts: 10 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	You can pick them up. And yes thats what happens the square turns into a parachute.

04-03-07, 12:37 AM	#5
JuicemanJ Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sac,CA Posts: 10 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I slow down before i get up on them and then stop and surface and 9 out of 10 times they are there, sometimes i surface and i move ahead at 1/3 for a few and stop and then they are there.

04-03-07, 01:05 AM	#6
Tobowsi Seaman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 36 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I tried that, too. I'd stop completely. I'd drop to 1/3. I eventually caught up with one of them and tried stopping a little past him so the current would have him drift to me. No go. Then of course when I submerged to get sonar contacts, the same guy had passed me and the catch up game started over again. After 200 miles of chasing these guys with nobody to show for it, I gave up and went on with my mission. I spent at least an entire "game day" looking for these guys. (Wish I got a screenie of that, although I did get one at 125-ish) I still love how they were apparently moving at 20 knots or more (4 nm ahead, go to site of icon at flank on surface, submerge, they're still 4nm ahead) when they're listed as "slow".