Ship Identification...

[High Voltage]

As i absorb the many lessons and tactics on this great forum, it seems that I keep finding new ones that require additional explanation from my fellow Kaleuns.

I am working with a WO who is kind enough to identify my targets for me, but I feel that as Captain of U-33, i should be able to do the same without hesitation.

My problem is twofold:

1. Let's say sonar detects a warship and I raise my periscope, my first obstacle is that many times the ship is either too far or it's too dark for me to see which flag he's sailing under, and so I don't know which page to turn to.

2. when dealing with merchants, i don't understand the order in which they've been entered into the manual. It's a real pain having to flip pages constantly in both directions without knowing exactly which one to turn to. this is even worse when stalking convoys and trying to determine drafts for magnetic torpedos.

I know someone has a simple and obvious solution , so I await your words of wisdom before rejoining patrol #3..

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by High Voltage

As i absorb the many lessons and tactics on this great forum, it seems that I keep finding new ones that require additional explanation from my fellow Kaleuns.

I am working with a WO who is kind enough to identify my targets for me, but I feel that as Captain of U-33, i should be able to do the same without hesitation.

My problem is twofold:

1. Let's say sonar detects a warship and I raise my periscope, my first obstacle is that many times the ship is either too far or it's too dark for me to see which flag he's sailing under, and so I don't know which page to turn to.

2. when dealing with merchants, i don't understand the order in which they've been entered into the manual. It's a real pain having to flip pages constantly in both directions without knowing exactly which one to turn to. this is even worse when stalking convoys and trying to determine drafts for magnetic torpedos.

I know someone has a simple and obvious solution , so I await your words of wisdom before rejoining patrol #3..

If you arent a conservative you can hit , or . to go to the chasecam of any vessel in sensor range

or just hit the word ship on the data pad and it will open manual to correct page for your target.
MM

[bigboywooly]

I should imagine that thry went by the silhoutte rather than the flag
As you say not always possible to see the flag

I guess after a while they would have been able to pick out a DD esp by the sil
Which is why you have the book

The merchants IIRC are in order of type
Cant remember what order that is now but all of each type are together
IE type101=Tanker
Type102=Cargo
Etc

[JboX88]

I know this doesn't answer your question, but where do you find merchant ships in that book that is available when you're in the attack periscope? I can only find warships in it...

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by JboX88

I know this doesn't answer your question, but where do you find merchant ships in that book that is available when you're in the attack periscope? I can only find warships in it...

I had this problem and never did figure it out
I just hit the word ship when im locked on target
and the page opens.
MM

[High Voltage]

To find the merchants you simply hit the left arrow once on the cover page of the book, this will take you to "Handleschiffe" or something similiar, basically "Merchants".

[JboX88]

Thanks for the adivce, I'll try that next time I'm playing.