Calling in contact report

Avatar · 04-10-07, 12:24 PM

If you call in a contact report, will allied aircraft/surface units attack the contact?

shad43 · 04-10-07, 12:32 PM

I've seen a post or two that said yes, but I have not seen it happen...

this appears in aircraft.cfg:
Friendly Air Strike Probability Increase on Contact Report Sent=70 ;[>0] Increase over the default probability on a contact message sent

I would assume this is a % chance for it to happen.

mookiemookie · 04-10-07, 12:35 PM

I assume so (I can personally attest to the fact that it happened in SH3), but remember you need to be within the range of an allied airbase.

Gildor · 04-10-07, 12:35 PM

And only if a friendly airbase is in range as well.

EDIT: What mookiemookie said...

Avatar · 04-10-07, 12:39 PM

Thanks,
I'll try this next time I meet the parameters.

jerryt · 04-10-07, 02:31 PM

They really need to fix the contact reporting system.
I left Midway yesterday and ran into a Jap task force only 200 miles out. I sank a cruiser, and by time I surfaced I was unable to send any report except for a normal patrol report.

Seems like Midway might be interested in an enemy task force right on their doorstep.

mookiemookie · 04-10-07, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerryt

They really need to fix the contact reporting system.
I left Midway yesterday and ran into a Jap task force only 200 miles out. I sank a cruiser, and by time I surfaced I was unable to send any report except for a normal patrol report.

Seems like Midway might be interested in an enemy task force right on their doorstep.

As it was in SH3 as well, you have to have visual contact with the task force or convoy before you can send a contact report.

Quillan · 04-10-07, 03:30 PM

Some other things can happen as well when you call one in:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111309

Now, I don't know what the limits are on contact reports. I was only able to call in one on that convoy, even though I'd lost contact with it as I made the end around. Either you have to have eyes on the main body (radar contact or visual contact only with escorts not counting), you can only call in one contact report per ship/group, or X amount of time has to pass between reports. I can't say which. I suspect the latter.

clayp · 04-10-07, 05:19 PM

I cant figure out how to send a report.....

04-10-07, 12:24 PM	#1
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Calling in contact report If you call in a contact report, will allied aircraft/surface units attack the contact?

04-10-07, 12:35 PM	#3
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I assume so (I can personally attest to the fact that it happened in SH3), but remember you need to be within the range of an allied airbase. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

04-10-07, 12:35 PM	#4
Gildor Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 251 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And only if a friendly airbase is in range as well. EDIT: What mookiemookie said... __________________ U-46: Oct 1943 off Portugal

04-10-07, 02:31 PM	#6
jerryt Loader Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Queen Creek, AZ. USA Posts: 88 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	They really need to fix the contact reporting system. I left Midway yesterday and ran into a Jap task force only 200 miles out. I sank a cruiser, and by time I surfaced I was unable to send any report except for a normal patrol report. Seems like Midway might be interested in an enemy task force right on their doorstep. __________________ JerryT

04-10-07, 03:30 PM	#8
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Some other things can happen as well when you call one in: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111309 Now, I don't know what the limits are on contact reports. I was only able to call in one on that convoy, even though I'd lost contact with it as I made the end around. Either you have to have eyes on the main body (radar contact or visual contact only with escorts not counting), you can only call in one contact report per ship/group, or X amount of time has to pass between reports. I can't say which. I suspect the latter. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-10-07, 12:32 PM	#2
shad43 Frogman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: six feet under Posts: 301 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I've seen a post or two that said yes, but I have not seen it happen... this appears in aircraft.cfg: Friendly Air Strike Probability Increase on Contact Report Sent=70 ;[>0] Increase over the default probability on a contact message sent I would assume this is a % chance for it to happen.

04-10-07, 12:39 PM	#5
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Thanks, I'll try this next time I meet the parameters.

04-10-07, 05:19 PM	#9
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	I cant figure out how to send a report..... __________________ clayp