Escorts After AI UBoat?

glilley · 10-14-19, 03:16 PM

Was on a patrol recently (TWoS - Happy Times) and had worked around to front of convoy on their port side and was working in good at periscope depth. Suddenly near corvette on my side throttles-up and looks like she's headed for me! Before I head for the cellar I scope around and see the point DD and another escort on the starboard side going all out for the other side of the convoy and I look back at the corvette and I see her starboard AOB opening up. I lower the scope and sound indicates that she's going to pass ahead of me: as soon as she clears I up scope and see the corvette heading as fast as it can towards where the other two escorts are starting to drop DCs and apparently working over a contact. They spent 10 minutes and 15-20 DCs over there before heading back to position: just as my torpedoes start impacting!

So question - does the game generate random submerged AI UBoats that can prosecute a convoy or is this scripted antisub activity wherein escorts respond as if there is a contact to give the game some flavor but the game doesn't have an AI sub out there?

10-14-19, 03:16 PM	#1
glilley Loader Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Olive, NC Posts: 85 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	Escorts After AI UBoat? Was on a patrol recently (TWoS - Happy Times) and had worked around to front of convoy on their port side and was working in good at periscope depth. Suddenly near corvette on my side throttles-up and looks like she's headed for me! Before I head for the cellar I scope around and see the point DD and another escort on the starboard side going all out for the other side of the convoy and I look back at the corvette and I see her starboard AOB opening up. I lower the scope and sound indicates that she's going to pass ahead of me: as soon as she clears I up scope and see the corvette heading as fast as it can towards where the other two escorts are starting to drop DCs and apparently working over a contact. They spent 10 minutes and 15-20 DCs over there before heading back to position: just as my torpedoes start impacting! So question - does the game generate random submerged AI UBoats that can prosecute a convoy or is this scripted antisub activity wherein escorts respond as if there is a contact to give the game some flavor but the game doesn't have an AI sub out there?