A couple of questions of I may....

[melnibonian]

Hello

1. The grey ship icon you see is for a ship that sunk in bad weather or close to land. When you see the message "radar signals detected" did you saved the game? If you did were you close to land as well? That should explain this behaviour. As a rule of thumb NEVER save close to other ships and close (100-50 Km or less) from land as things tend to go wrong.

2. This is a stock SH3 Bug. The Flak gunners don't open fire on their own. The solution is simple. Man the flak gun yourself, aim and fire at the direction of the target and leave the screen. After that your gunners will pick it up and keep firing.

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Thanks for the responses

I've learned (from this forum ) to not save near land, near ships or sinking ships, or submerged. But I still ocationally get bit by the save bug.

The grey ship/radar thing is wierd. It can be perfectly calm seas, I haven't saved recently, I'll just be chugging along. "Radar signals detected!". I go to the map (or I'm already there), and an instant later, where the contact line was pointing, a grey ship icon pops up. I'm nowhere near the bermuda triangle, so ships/planes whatever they are shouldn't be crashed outta the blue on perfectly nice days

I usually have my flak gunners set to fire at will, long range, all targets and directions. I generally only shoot at lone bombers or search planes like Catalinas. If I see more then one contact when radar is detected, it's time to dive I did try to take on a hurri once, but after a few passes he lined up nicely from behind my boat and raked us good. It was not a pretty sight on deck I'll try hopping into each position and firing off some shots in the planes direction.

[Jimbuna]

The solution is simple. Man the flak gun yourself, aim and fire at the direction of the target and leave the screen. After that your gunners will pick it up and keep firing.

Not necessarily so I'm afraid (this has been tried by others as well as myself)

The best way to to circumvent the flak issue is to go to each gun in turn (you can fire a short burst if you wish) then go straight to the bridge then back to the next flak then back to the bridge etc. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ONLY GO TO THE BRIDGE BETWEEN EACH FLAK VISITED.

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

The best way to to circumvent the flak issue is to go to each gun in turn (you can fire a short burst if you wish) then go straight to the bridge then back to the next flak then back to the bridge etc. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ONLY GO TO THE BRIDGE BETWEEN EACH FLAK VISITED.

Thanks for the clarification Jim

[GoldenRivet]

I HAVE seen the sunken ship icon you described.

I think there is an issue with the spawning of aircraft in formations of 2 or more.

One one campaing i was playing with external camera on, i will hit the period key and cycle through contacts to see how serious a threat is on the other end of the radar detection line. much to my surprise i see one aircraft climbing out, then another aircraft next to him (his wingman) splashing into the sea. then at this point the grey sunken ship icon appears there.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by melnibonian

Thanks for the clarification Jim

No prob mate...its just something I remember was well covered a few months back