Psycic Merchants - 1.4 or TM

Weigh-Man · 12-07-07, 07:09 AM

I am running SH4 V1.4 with TM1.7 + 1.7.1 Patch, I did a complete re-install so I know everything is where it should be.

My current patrol is in a Gato Class in January 1944 (although I have experienced this earlier in the war as well).

Basically every time I approach a lone merchant while submerged at 100 ft or more, the merchant 'spots' me and starts zigzagging. Now I could understand it if they had seen me coming or the periscope was stuck out of the water, but at 150ft below the surface, how do they know I am there?

Do they have hyrdophones or sonar on late war merchants?

This happens everytime I approach a merchant, I have tried various different tactics, inluding just sitting and waiting at all stop and 250ft deep, but they still spot me every time.

Is this a 1.4 issue or could it be TM, I read that Ducimus was having some problems with TM and was thinking of starting again but that seemed to be more to do with the ROW elements than anything else.

Anyway I would be interested to hear from anyone with similar problems.

12-07-07, 07:09 AM	#1
Weigh-Man Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 121 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Psycic Merchants - 1.4 or TM I am running SH4 V1.4 with TM1.7 + 1.7.1 Patch, I did a complete re-install so I know everything is where it should be. My current patrol is in a Gato Class in January 1944 (although I have experienced this earlier in the war as well). Basically every time I approach a lone merchant while submerged at 100 ft or more, the merchant 'spots' me and starts zigzagging. Now I could understand it if they had seen me coming or the periscope was stuck out of the water, but at 150ft below the surface, how do they know I am there? Do they have hyrdophones or sonar on late war merchants? This happens everytime I approach a merchant, I have tried various different tactics, inluding just sitting and waiting at all stop and 250ft deep, but they still spot me every time. Is this a 1.4 issue or could it be TM, I read that Ducimus was having some problems with TM and was thinking of starting again but that seemed to be more to do with the ROW elements than anything else. Anyway I would be interested to hear from anyone with similar problems.