I hate Tramp Steamers!

headcase · 05-20-07, 09:21 PM

Had a good patrol going, so I decided what the hooey. Matched course and speed 1200m out, surfaced, and on wounderfully flat seas opened up with my 105. Forty rounds and a day later the sleaze still wants to stay afloat!

C3's don't take that much abuse! All in all it wasn't a bad run Bagged a Fiji, couple Tribals a Troopship, and whatnot for A bit over 65KT.

Just can't see myself wasting ordanance on one of those minnows again. Uncle Don wants real tonnage, and don't pay me to do act like animal control and chase the pests.

Thank you for your time, and Good Hunting Gentelmen.

GoldenRivet · 05-20-07, 09:40 PM

were you hitting her under the waterline?

thise little piggies can take a lot of damage to the hull and wheel house and stay afloat.

assuming you werent...

dont zoom in on the target, close to within a few hundred meters and place the deck gun cross hairs just about a meter under the waterline and blast away. you should see a water splash followed by an impact sound.

I managed to split one of those little minnows in half the other night with just 5 rounds.
IIRC the fuel tank is just ahead of the wheel house/ bridge.

headcase · 05-20-07, 11:07 PM

I figger I just wasn't hittn' the sweet spot just right. Just makes me agro when I get splashes, set fires, and no cookie.

GoldenRivet · 05-20-07, 11:09 PM

what are you using

strait SH3 vanilla?

GWX?

any mods? i know that each mod makes some major changes to ship sinking times. as well as how each ship takes damage

headcase · 05-20-07, 11:28 PM

GW 1.01 For some reason the infernal machine don't want to update it further. But it's about a year past time to build a new one too. My bet is I mucked it up somehow. Still not gonna mess with another.

bigboywooly · 05-20-07, 11:33 PM

Yeah they were a nightmare to sink in GW1.1

You cannot update GW to GWX
Tis a new mod completely and needs a fresh patched to 1.4 install of SH3

05-20-07, 09:21 PM	#1
headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I hate Tramp Steamers! Had a good patrol going, so I decided what the hooey. Matched course and speed 1200m out, surfaced, and on wounderfully flat seas opened up with my 105. Forty rounds and a day later the sleaze still wants to stay afloat! C3's don't take that much abuse! All in all it wasn't a bad run Bagged a Fiji, couple Tribals a Troopship, and whatnot for A bit over 65KT. Just can't see myself wasting ordanance on one of those minnows again. Uncle Don wants real tonnage, and don't pay me to do act like animal control and chase the pests. Thank you for your time, and Good Hunting Gentelmen. __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

05-20-07, 09:40 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	were you hitting her under the waterline? thise little piggies can take a lot of damage to the hull and wheel house and stay afloat. assuming you werent... dont zoom in on the target, close to within a few hundred meters and place the deck gun cross hairs just about a meter under the waterline and blast away. you should see a water splash followed by an impact sound. I managed to split one of those little minnows in half the other night with just 5 rounds. IIRC the fuel tank is just ahead of the wheel house/ bridge. __________________

05-20-07, 11:07 PM	#3
headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Hammered the waterline. I figger I just wasn't hittn' the sweet spot just right. Just makes me agro when I get splashes, set fires, and no cookie. __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

05-20-07, 11:09 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	what are you using strait SH3 vanilla? GWX? any mods? i know that each mod makes some major changes to ship sinking times. as well as how each ship takes damage __________________

05-20-07, 11:28 PM	#5
headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	GW 1.01 For some reason the infernal machine don't want to update it further. But it's about a year past time to build a new one too. My bet is I mucked it up somehow. Still not gonna mess with another. __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

05-20-07, 11:33 PM	#6
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Yeah they were a nightmare to sink in GW1.1 You cannot update GW to GWX Tis a new mod completely and needs a fresh patched to 1.4 install of SH3 __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41