AI U-Boats

PappyCain · 02-09-12, 09:08 PM

This subject has come up before BUT I am amazed ... in heavy seas I came upon a striken cargo vessel whose bow was eating the seas ... hmmm, usually a sign of a breached hull taking on water. As I got closer flames broke out and she sunk .. ok, must have been hit by another U-Boat and it was a immersion thing as I thought AI U-boats do not fire torpedoes .. so I thought.

I continued on my course and darn if I come across another U-Boat and I investigate. Cool. She was heading into the Gibraltor zone as I headed up the coast back to my base ...

So! Do AI subs actually engage? The year is late 1942. Never seen anything like this so far - have seen striken ships but always figured other reasons like collisions, or plain immersion ...

Sailor Steve · 02-10-12, 02:06 AM

Most ships you find burning in bad weather are just that - burning because of the weather. Because of the hitpoint system used in SH3, any ship that is in trouble will catch on fire, even if it's from a storm. This happens even in the stock game, where there are no AI u-boats.

von Kinderei · 02-10-12, 01:10 PM

Be nice if AI subs would attack with torpedos

PappyCain · 02-10-12, 06:49 PM

Yes, I recall that storms could damage a ship. Often to there are damaged stragglers in a convoy (so it must be weather or aircarft damage?) and the sub I found leaving the area of this striken ship was then just a pure coincidence eh? The AI subs cannot use their deck guns?

(I did throw a sending line and he passed sausages and I sent him fresh fruit LOL).

PS: forgot the KEY to walking about the interior of the sub????? duh! anyone?

02-10-12, 06:57 PM

AI Subs are nothing more then Surface Units.
So, YES, they do use the deck guns.

Sailor Steve · 02-11-12, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by PappyCain

Yes, I recall that storms could damage a ship. Often to there are damaged stragglers in a convoy (so it must be weather or aircarft damage?) and the sub I found leaving the area of this striken ship was then just a pure coincidence eh?

There's no need to be snarky. If you saw a sub he probably did attack something, and yes they use their deck guns. In fact, that's all they can use. What I said still stands. I've seen a great many burning ships in storms, and this was before GWX even existed.

PappyCain · 02-11-12, 09:07 AM

Snarky? How did you come up with that?? I am truly perplexed!!! I am a 63 year old man who does not understand the forum speak protocols so I guess I need to stick smiley things on innocent comments.

I was simply commenting on the sub I found wonderfully delightful as I never experienced it before!

Kafka BC · 02-11-12, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PappyCain

...and the sub I found leaving the area of this striken ship was then just a pure coincidence eh?

Makes you sound Canadian, That's how we do it sometimes...you know, like Bob and Doug MacKenzie. Its hard to perceive when its written down without our strange emphasis on "eh" but we often use it to add more emphasis to a statement, or to turn it into into a question, or to elicit a response. It drives foreigners crazy, they can't tell which.

PappyCain · 02-11-12, 05:03 PM

Ex was from Windsor Ontario and I live a ferry ride away from Nova Scotia!

Zorrin · 02-11-12, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Kafka BC

Makes you sound Canadian, That's how we do it sometimes...you know, like Bob and Doug MacKenzie. Its hard to perceive when its written down without our strange emphasis on "eh" but we often use it to add more emphasis to a statement, or to turn it into into a question, or to elicit a response. It drives foreigners crazy, they can't tell which.

As a British expat living in Canada, well Quebec, I can vouch for that. Until I learnt that it's usually used to turn a statement into a question, eh? I just figured you Canucks were a little off...

02-09-12, 09:08 PM	#1
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	AI U-Boats This subject has come up before BUT I am amazed ... in heavy seas I came upon a striken cargo vessel whose bow was eating the seas ... hmmm, usually a sign of a breached hull taking on water. As I got closer flames broke out and she sunk .. ok, must have been hit by another U-Boat and it was a immersion thing as I thought AI U-boats do not fire torpedoes .. so I thought. I continued on my course and darn if I come across another U-Boat and I investigate. Cool. She was heading into the Gibraltor zone as I headed up the coast back to my base ... So! Do AI subs actually engage? The year is late 1942. Never seen anything like this so far - have seen striken ships but always figured other reasons like collisions, or plain immersion ... __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html

02-10-12, 02:06 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Most ships you find burning in bad weather are just that - burning because of the weather. Because of the hitpoint system used in SH3, any ship that is in trouble will catch on fire, even if it's from a storm. This happens even in the stock game, where there are no AI u-boats. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-10-12, 01:10 PM	#3
von Kinderei Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,606 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 0	Be nice if AI subs would attack with torpedos __________________ vK

02-10-12, 06:49 PM	#4
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Yes, I recall that storms could damage a ship. Often to there are damaged stragglers in a convoy (so it must be weather or aircarft damage?) and the sub I found leaving the area of this striken ship was then just a pure coincidence eh? The AI subs cannot use their deck guns? (I did throw a sending line and he passed sausages and I sent him fresh fruit LOL). PS: forgot the KEY to walking about the interior of the sub????? duh! anyone? __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html

02-11-12, 09:07 AM	#7
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Snarky? How did you come up with that?? I am truly perplexed!!! I am a 63 year old man who does not understand the forum speak protocols so I guess I need to stick smiley things on innocent comments. I was simply commenting on the sub I found wonderfully delightful as I never experienced it before! __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html

02-10-12, 06:57 PM	#5
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	AI Subs are nothing more then Surface Units. So, YES, they do use the deck guns.

02-11-12, 05:03 PM	#9
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Ex was from Windsor Ontario and I live a ferry ride away from Nova Scotia! __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html Last edited by PappyCain; 02-11-12 at 05:15 PM.