Is it absolutely necessary.....

Hanomag · 10-21-07, 10:24 AM

I just gots ta' know....

Is it absolutely necessary to almost collide with a returning U-boat everytime I Depart Lorient

Putting out of port is fun but sometimes I just want to stomp on the time compression and get going. It seems like everytime Im leaving the harbor theres a returning Uboat. Ok no problem I'll wave as he passes and say have fun at the club. But usually he heads right towards me, forcing me too stop compression and take evasive action.

Maybe the other crew has seen "Apocalypse Now" and wants to play chicken. I dont know. Maybe Bernard is at the helm. Does anyone know this U-Boats # so I can radio in his coordinates to the RAF? I'm tellin you, one more near miss Im gonna open fire with my deck gun.

skookum · 10-21-07, 02:11 PM

I've never had a collision in TC. I've watched escorts throw it into back emergency and ground themselves trying to avoid me, but they've always succeeded. Their Kaleuns are pretty good at taking evasive action.

Brag · 10-21-07, 02:15 PM

Line up behind the Vorposten boat, use the Uzo to get a precise heading and ratchet up the TC!

Torplexed · 10-21-07, 02:17 PM

What I really hate is when the other kaleun doesn't have insurance. Damn cheapskate sub skippers.

Like the first poster I've never had a collision either. The friendly AI boats usually are pretty deferential to what the human player is doing.

Jimbuna · 10-21-07, 02:57 PM

Bear in mind there was usually only a narrow navigable channel between mines and nets for traffic to use....and as already pointed out, the AI boat nearly always does a good job of avoiding you

Sailor Steve · 10-21-07, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanomag

It seems like everytime Im leaving the harbor theres a returning Uboat. Ok no problem I'll wave as he passes and say have fun at the club. But usually he heads right towards me, forcing me too stop compression and take evasive action.

That's because all the traffic in every harbor is scripted in. They always travel the same path. Almost always they panic and dodge you, even when there's no need.

andylegate · 10-21-07, 03:35 PM

I know the idiot that your talking about! He's almost collided with me too! Normally he doesn't try to turn or back away until it's almost too late! You don't wanna know howmany times I wanted to open up on him with the deck gun!

(submarine road rage???)

Hanomag · 10-21-07, 06:24 PM

Hehe, well I have had escorts and other ships back off too, but not that returning Uboat. Maybe its that one spot at the harbor entrance where the nets etc are and its a tight squeeze.

Sailor Steve · 10-22-07, 11:12 AM

Maybe he thinks HE's the player and you're the AI.

U49 · 10-22-07, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanomag

I just gots ta' know....
Is it absolutely necessary to almost collide with a returning U-boat everytime I Depart Lorient

I know that kamikaze guy. After 3 patrols I had his course track figured out and set my outbound course a few meters of to one side.

Anyway I started to perform post-dock and pre-patrol test (as I play SH3Commander with malfunctions and sabotage on) just to make sure my boat is combat-ready. This takes enough time to have that blind guy pass the entrance and everything is empty for me

papa_smurf · 10-22-07, 01:33 PM

Never had a collision in TC, even when the KM Admiral Scheer was heading towards me!

PapaG39 · 10-22-07, 02:07 PM

I just plot a course out to sea and go do something else for 30 minutes or so, or I concentrate on something else and tap the "+" key 7 times every time I see it at "1".
I never pay attention to what is happening in the harbor. I just want to get the hell out & away from all those nuisance boats.
My bad I know, but I do the same after a patrol and I have never hit anything..."yet"....

Stealth Hunter · 10-22-07, 02:34 PM

Hanomag · 10-22-07, 02:43 PM

Now thats funny...:rotfl:

Jimbuna · 10-22-07, 02:48 PM

LMAO :rotfl:

Can I have one of them for work :hmm:

10-21-07, 10:24 AM	#1
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Is it absolutely necessary..... I just gots ta' know.... Is it absolutely necessary to almost collide with a returning U-boat everytime I Depart Lorient Putting out of port is fun but sometimes I just want to stomp on the time compression and get going. It seems like everytime Im leaving the harbor theres a returning Uboat. Ok no problem I'll wave as he passes and say have fun at the club. But usually he heads right towards me, forcing me too stop compression and take evasive action. Maybe the other crew has seen "Apocalypse Now" and wants to play chicken. I dont know. Maybe Bernard is at the helm. Does anyone know this U-Boats # so I can radio in his coordinates to the RAF? I'm tellin you, one more near miss Im gonna open fire with my deck gun. __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

10-21-07, 02:15 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Line up behind the Vorposten boat, use the Uzo to get a precise heading and ratchet up the TC! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/ Last edited by Brag; 10-21-07 at 03:49 PM.

10-21-07, 02:17 PM	#4
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	What I really hate is when the other kaleun doesn't have insurance. Damn cheapskate sub skippers. Like the first poster I've never had a collision either. The friendly AI boats usually are pretty deferential to what the human player is doing. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

10-21-07, 02:57 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Bear in mind there was usually only a narrow navigable channel between mines and nets for traffic to use....and as already pointed out, the AI boat nearly always does a good job of avoiding you __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-21-07, 03:35 PM	#7
andylegate Medic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SC, USA Posts: 168 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I know the idiot that your talking about! He's almost collided with me too! Normally he doesn't try to turn or back away until it's almost too late! You don't wanna know howmany times I wanted to open up on him with the deck gun! (submarine road rage???) __________________ My Real Life Navy Brag Page Below http://www1.freewebs.com/andylegate/

10-21-07, 02:11 PM	#2
skookum Weps Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 351 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I've never had a collision in TC. I've watched escorts throw it into back emergency and ground themselves trying to avoid me, but they've always succeeded. Their Kaleuns are pretty good at taking evasive action.

10-21-07, 06:24 PM	#8
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Hehe, well I have had escorts and other ships back off too, but not that returning Uboat. Maybe its that one spot at the harbor entrance where the nets etc are and its a tight squeeze. __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

10-22-07, 11:12 AM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Maybe he thinks HE's the player and you're the AI. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-22-07, 01:33 PM	#11
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Never had a collision in TC, even when the KM Admiral Scheer was heading towards me!

10-22-07, 02:07 PM	#12
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I just plot a course out to sea and go do something else for 30 minutes or so, or I concentrate on something else and tap the "+" key 7 times every time I see it at "1". I never pay attention to what is happening in the harbor. I just want to get the hell out & away from all those nuisance boats. My bad I know, but I do the same after a patrol and I have never hit anything..."yet"....

10-22-07, 02:34 PM	#13
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0

10-22-07, 02:43 PM	#14
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Now thats funny...:rotfl: __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

10-22-07, 02:48 PM	#15
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	LMAO :rotfl: Can I have one of them for work :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!