Attacking during fog and night...

Fattysbox · 11-10-08, 05:31 PM

So....

At about 3 am sometime in 1942 while patroling the Makassar (sp?) strait, I decide to go topside to check out the monsoon rolling in. 15m/s, fog heavy, raining heavily. 5 mintues later the sounds man reports sound contact 10 degrees to starboard. Sure enough through the squall and gloom I can barely make out the outline of a tanker lumbering along.

None of my deck watch see it even though I can make it out :hmm: making auto-targeting rather useless.

I haven't jumped into manual targeting, but do any of you have any tactics for putting some fish into targets during a monsoon (via autotargeting?)

At some point I should switch to manual for added complexity and realism. Is there any way to switch to manual in-game?

thanks - J

ps sunk it with about 50 shells. With 5 fires watch crew still didn't see it

11-10-08, 05:31 PM	#1
Fattysbox Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Windy City Posts: 130 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Attacking during fog and night... So.... At about 3 am sometime in 1942 while patroling the Makassar (sp?) strait, I decide to go topside to check out the monsoon rolling in. 15m/s, fog heavy, raining heavily. 5 mintues later the sounds man reports sound contact 10 degrees to starboard. Sure enough through the squall and gloom I can barely make out the outline of a tanker lumbering along. None of my deck watch see it even though I can make it out :hmm: making auto-targeting rather useless. I haven't jumped into manual targeting, but do any of you have any tactics for putting some fish into targets during a monsoon (via autotargeting?) At some point I should switch to manual for added complexity and realism. Is there any way to switch to manual in-game? thanks - J ps sunk it with about 50 shells. With 5 fires watch crew still didn't see it