Destroyers spotting my XVIII U-boat

maelstormic · 03-17-08, 04:00 PM

Hi, i'm playing U-boat missions with TMO+RSRD and more mods.
I'm in shallow waters near an enemy port and some destroyers are patrolling the area. So I rig for silent running and submerge at 30 m, deploy decoys and the destroyers DC the decoys area. But when I use time compression, the destroyers seem to spot me and DC me

, is there any fix for this issue?

maelstormic · 03-17-08, 04:49 PM

any help?

CCIP · 03-17-08, 05:00 PM

First of all, don't deploy decoys. They attract attention. These are only for confusing the enemy when you're actually under attack - otherwise they're a great way to let the enemy know you're there.

Second of all, 30m of water is not at all an insurance against attack. Remember that enemy destroyers have active sonar and will detect you if they get close enough.

So I don't think there's any issue here.

Sailor Steve · 03-17-08, 05:25 PM

There are other threads in which players complain that destroyers seem to be smarter and more deadly under TC. Take a look around; you should find them.

maelstormic · 03-17-08, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

First of all, don't deploy decoys. They attract attention. These are only for confusing the enemy when you're actually under attack - otherwise they're a great way to let the enemy know you're there.

Second of all, 30m of water is not at all an insurance against attack. Remember that enemy destroyers have active sonar and will detect you if they get close enough.

So I don't think there's any issue here.

Let me explain myself better.
I meant they spot me while running silent but far away from them,then I set time compression and a destroyer appears and starts attacking me(??), so I do some distraction maneuvers and deploy decoys when i'm running silent enough, then ,they start attacking the decoy area, but once I have distracted them and I'm running silent nothing happens without compressing time(did this 3 hours), but just when I set time compression they spot me. Sorry for my bad english.

Fincuan · 03-17-08, 08:30 PM

Silent running doesn't help if they spot you with active sonar, and as Sailor Steve already said their sensors seem to receive a boost under time compression. Better stay out of time compression until you're well clear of the enemy, even if it sometimes means you have to evade for three hours

Xantrokoles · 03-18-08, 02:07 PM

@ maelstormic
are u using the walther turbine?

The Thorn · 03-18-08, 02:23 PM

I suggest you pull in your periscope, go ahead flank, and use the turbine. It will give you a very high speed. You should be able to get away from them.

Xantrokoles · 03-18-08, 03:18 PM

destroyer max speed 35knt
sub max speed 25knt
oO

maelstormic · 03-18-08, 04:03 PM

I use the turbine when a destroyer is chasing me, so I accelerate to flank speed and engage the turbine, only on this situation

Xantrokoles · 03-18-08, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maelstormic

I use the turbine when a destroyer is chasing me, so I accelerate to flank speed and engage the turbine, only on this situation

I recognized that a destroyer can hear u when ur on silent running when the turbine is on but when u drove by electic engines, it must be a bug

03-17-08, 04:00 PM	#1
maelstormic Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Destroyers spotting my XVIII U-boat Hi, i'm playing U-boat missions with TMO+RSRD and more mods. I'm in shallow waters near an enemy port and some destroyers are patrolling the area. So I rig for silent running and submerge at 30 m, deploy decoys and the destroyers DC the decoys area. But when I use time compression, the destroyers seem to spot me and DC me , is there any fix for this issue?

03-17-08, 05:00 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	First of all, don't deploy decoys. They attract attention. These are only for confusing the enemy when you're actually under attack - otherwise they're a great way to let the enemy know you're there. Second of all, 30m of water is not at all an insurance against attack. Remember that enemy destroyers have active sonar and will detect you if they get close enough. So I don't think there's any issue here. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-17-08, 05:25 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	There are other threads in which players complain that destroyers seem to be smarter and more deadly under TC. Take a look around; you should find them. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-18-08, 02:07 PM	#7
Xantrokoles Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 659 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	@ maelstormic are u using the walther turbine? __________________

03-18-08, 03:18 PM	#9
Xantrokoles Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 659 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	destroyer max speed 35knt sub max speed 25knt oO __________________

03-17-08, 04:49 PM	#2
maelstormic Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	any help?

03-17-08, 08:30 PM	#6
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Silent running doesn't help if they spot you with active sonar, and as Sailor Steve already said their sensors seem to receive a boost under time compression. Better stay out of time compression until you're well clear of the enemy, even if it sometimes means you have to evade for three hours

03-18-08, 02:23 PM	#8
The Thorn Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I suggest you pull in your periscope, go ahead flank, and use the turbine. It will give you a very high speed. You should be able to get away from them.

03-18-08, 04:03 PM	#10
maelstormic Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I use the turbine when a destroyer is chasing me, so I accelerate to flank speed and engage the turbine, only on this situation