Do AI ships have limited ammo? - Page 2

panzermeyer · 06-28-07, 01:13 PM

Do ships in SH3 and/or the GWX mod have limited ammunition? For example do destroyers have a limited number of depth charges? If you are lucky and avoid the depth charges does the destroyer eventually run out of depth charges?

Reason I ask is it seems to me they do, or maybe a bug. I happened to come across some merchants and trawlers, I managed to sink one using my deck gun and the other using a surface torpedo attack. Well out of no where, here comes a destroyer and an armed tug boat (which had depth charges, wtf?) Anyway, I dive, no damage suffered.

The destroyer closes fast, by that time I am at a depth of 80m, runnng silent, constanly turning and also changing depth as well. Well the tug boat and destroyer make several runs with depth charges, most not being even remotly close, some being very close, yet suffering no damage.

After several runs the tug boat stops, and start heading away, while the destroyer continues, but not for too much longer. Eventually he stops dropping charges as well, however, he continued to circle my last known possition, I guess waiting on me to surface.

I went to periscope depth, waited for a good angle and fired 2 torpedos, both hiting him and sinking him. Anyway, it left me wondering , do the AI ships have limited ammunition as well? It seemed to me that way from this experience. Why else would both of the ships all of a sudden stop depth charging me. Then one move off while the ther remained to circle my possition.

If limited ammo is modelled, is it in SH3 or GWX? Either way, it's great.

06-28-07, 01:13 PM	#1
panzermeyer Watch Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NC Posts: 29 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Do AI ships have limited ammo? Do ships in SH3 and/or the GWX mod have limited ammunition? For example do destroyers have a limited number of depth charges? If you are lucky and avoid the depth charges does the destroyer eventually run out of depth charges? Reason I ask is it seems to me they do, or maybe a bug. I happened to come across some merchants and trawlers, I managed to sink one using my deck gun and the other using a surface torpedo attack. Well out of no where, here comes a destroyer and an armed tug boat (which had depth charges, wtf?) Anyway, I dive, no damage suffered. The destroyer closes fast, by that time I am at a depth of 80m, runnng silent, constanly turning and also changing depth as well. Well the tug boat and destroyer make several runs with depth charges, most not being even remotly close, some being very close, yet suffering no damage. After several runs the tug boat stops, and start heading away, while the destroyer continues, but not for too much longer. Eventually he stops dropping charges as well, however, he continued to circle my last known possition, I guess waiting on me to surface. I went to periscope depth, waited for a good angle and fired 2 torpedos, both hiting him and sinking him. Anyway, it left me wondering , do the AI ships have limited ammunition as well? It seemed to me that way from this experience. Why else would both of the ships all of a sudden stop depth charging me. Then one move off while the ther remained to circle my possition. If limited ammo is modelled, is it in SH3 or GWX? Either way, it's great.