Aircraft...dear god!

gimpy117 · 03-30-10, 10:14 PM

its 1941 and they're beginning to attack me... but im running into aircraft ever hour!! im getting annoyed. SH4 had this same problem....help?

Ducimus · 03-30-10, 10:30 PM

So they actually attack at some point in time? I didn't play past 39, and the only reason i dove for planes was on the offchance the campaign redirects traffic if im detected. other then that, i was waving at em as they flew by.

gimpy117 · 03-30-10, 11:52 PM

well its 1941 and im getting swarmed and shot at..so yes. i lowered the airstrike.cfg's and there's less encounters now...

Ducimus · 03-31-10, 12:36 AM

you could also lower the number of aircraft in the airbase cfg files.

Gammelpreusse · 03-31-10, 02:49 AM

Yeah, from 41 onwards, depending on where you are, it's getting pretty ridicolous at times, when every 5 minutes, literally, planes fly over you. Put a rope between them and you'd have a pearl necklace made out of planes.

SHIV had the same problem, though. I wonder what happend to the way they modelled planes in SH3, it made a much better impression in regards to frequency, if nothing else.

Nico09 · 03-31-10, 03:05 AM

Surely it's a case of whats more realistic not what is more convienient?

Were there as many planes flying over at that time of the war or is it the programming that is ridiculous?

If its realistic then we should put up with it really.

Nico

Hartmann · 03-31-10, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

i was waving at em as they flew by.

They don´t rescue survivors

perhaps they tunned it a bit down the ia, but increased in numbers,

in 1943-45 could be worse.. ups !!

Sailor Steve · 03-31-10, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gammelpreusse

SHIV had the same problem, though. I wonder what happend to the way they modelled planes in SH3, it made a much better impression in regards to frequency, if nothing else.

Actually SH3 had the problem of your u-boat getting attacked by dozens of planes at the same time, and you being able to shoot down a whole bunch of them before they finally sank you.

It took mods to make it realistic, which is one or maybe two patrol planes in a day, but they are so dangerous you should dive rather than try to take them on. That said, there should be a few more if you are near the coast of England.

Catfish · 03-31-10, 10:21 AM

Hello,
from what i read, there should be no more than one, seldomly two encounters a day, with one plane, in the North Sea. Maybe a bit more during the british/french/polish attempt to land troops near Narvik, during the Norway invasion.
This certainly changed towards the end of the war, but lots of boats still managed to get through the North Sea to the Atlantic surfaced, in 1944, with occasional crash dives. After february 1945, any radar warning device would sing out all the time nerve-wrecking the crews, so they would rather prefer to use the snorkel, until reaching the open Atlantic.

Even if it sounds like a bad idea, if the boat chose to remain surfaced, most planes held their distance from the AA guns, until the boat obviously tried to dive, in which case they would go in asap, and bomb/rocket the boat.
Diving in time is certainly the better idea, especially when destroyers were being called in, but then you had to see those tiny spots in time, and not confuse them with mews - which seems to have happened regularly ..

Greetings,
Catfish

03-30-10, 10:14 PM	#1
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	Aircraft...dear god! its 1941 and they're beginning to attack me... but im running into aircraft ever hour!! im getting annoyed. SH4 had this same problem....help? __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

03-30-10, 11:52 PM	#3
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	well its 1941 and im getting swarmed and shot at..so yes. i lowered the airstrike.cfg's and there's less encounters now... __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

03-31-10, 02:49 AM	#5
Gammelpreusse Planesman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 191 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yeah, from 41 onwards, depending on where you are, it's getting pretty ridicolous at times, when every 5 minutes, literally, planes fly over you. Put a rope between them and you'd have a pearl necklace made out of planes. SHIV had the same problem, though. I wonder what happend to the way they modelled planes in SH3, it made a much better impression in regards to frequency, if nothing else. __________________

03-30-10, 10:30 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	So they actually attack at some point in time? I didn't play past 39, and the only reason i dove for planes was on the offchance the campaign redirects traffic if im detected. other then that, i was waving at em as they flew by.

03-31-10, 12:36 AM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	you could also lower the number of aircraft in the airbase cfg files.

03-31-10, 03:05 AM	#6
Nico09 Gunner Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 93 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Surely it's a case of whats more realistic not what is more convienient? Were there as many planes flying over at that time of the war or is it the programming that is ridiculous? If its realistic then we should put up with it really. Nico

03-31-10, 10:21 AM	#9
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, from what i read, there should be no more than one, seldomly two encounters a day, with one plane, in the North Sea. Maybe a bit more during the british/french/polish attempt to land troops near Narvik, during the Norway invasion. This certainly changed towards the end of the war, but lots of boats still managed to get through the North Sea to the Atlantic surfaced, in 1944, with occasional crash dives. After february 1945, any radar warning device would sing out all the time nerve-wrecking the crews, so they would rather prefer to use the snorkel, until reaching the open Atlantic. Even if it sounds like a bad idea, if the boat chose to remain surfaced, most planes held their distance from the AA guns, until the boat obviously tried to dive, in which case they would go in asap, and bomb/rocket the boat. Diving in time is certainly the better idea, especially when destroyers were being called in, but then you had to see those tiny spots in time, and not confuse them with mews - which seems to have happened regularly .. Greetings, Catfish