this is still stupid

Excalibur Bane · 07-28-07, 03:02 AM

Hrm. That's nothing. Not ten minutes ago, on my way back to end my patrol at Brisbane, I picked up an aircraft on radar. Feeling somewhat lucky and given that he was approaching from aft (My gato still has early war conning tower with the single aft AA mounting) I decided to remain on the surface and try my luck taking it out.

When it came into visual range, it was a Betty, I wasn't feeling terribly lucky anymore. I was hoping it was going to just be a Zero, not a damn bomber. At any rate, realizing it was too late to dive, I quickly threw it into flank and started zagging like crazy. Ordered my AA gunner to open fire. Event window opened up, he was coming straight at me. Fortunately my gunner was spot on, and it switched to his death animation. I watched proudly as the Betty went down in flames...which then turned to horror as I realized it was coming straight at me.

There wasn't much I could do, I had about a second or so before he came screaming out of the sky and....bounced off the aft of my sub, then continued to flip end over end over end, until finally resting in the sea and sinking. I got all that nasty metal clashing effect and no damage at all. I just kinda sat there for a second scratching my head.

So, yeah, immersion breaking? Yup. There's something about a...those impolite aircraft bouncing off my submarine that ruins my immersion!

Ahem. Sorry, that just totally ruined the entire patrol for me.

Edited by Drebbel: No blasphemy please

07-28-07, 03:02 AM	#6
Excalibur Bane XO Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 429 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Hrm. That's nothing. Not ten minutes ago, on my way back to end my patrol at Brisbane, I picked up an aircraft on radar. Feeling somewhat lucky and given that he was approaching from aft (My gato still has early war conning tower with the single aft AA mounting) I decided to remain on the surface and try my luck taking it out. When it came into visual range, it was a Betty, I wasn't feeling terribly lucky anymore. I was hoping it was going to just be a Zero, not a damn bomber. At any rate, realizing it was too late to dive, I quickly threw it into flank and started zagging like crazy. Ordered my AA gunner to open fire. Event window opened up, he was coming straight at me. Fortunately my gunner was spot on, and it switched to his death animation. I watched proudly as the Betty went down in flames...which then turned to horror as I realized it was coming straight at me. There wasn't much I could do, I had about a second or so before he came screaming out of the sky and....bounced off the aft of my sub, then continued to flip end over end over end, until finally resting in the sea and sinking. I got all that nasty metal clashing effect and no damage at all. I just kinda sat there for a second scratching my head. So, yeah, immersion breaking? Yup. There's something about a...those impolite aircraft bouncing off my submarine that ruins my immersion! Ahem. Sorry, that just totally ruined the entire patrol for me. Edited by Drebbel: No blasphemy please __________________ Looking for a list of mods for SH4? Everything you need is here: List Of Modifications for SH4 v1.3 "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing." Last edited by Drebbel; 07-28-07 at 05:24 AM.