Datum question, SH3 with GWX3

GoDeep · 07-16-10, 05:08 AM

I have a question on how the AI handles the datum (the point of detection). I know that each time I stick my periscope out of the water or fire torpedoes, there is the possibility of being detected. Especially during bright daylight, calm seas, periscopes are fairly easy to spot by a veteran watch crew. Same with steam propulsion torpedoes, the wake is a give-away of the firing position.

I also know that if I am not detected and fire my torpedoes, as soon as they detonate, the AI goes into active search mode. In real life, if I have not been detected, the escorts would only have a very general idea about where I would have been at the moment I fired. They could guess this from which ship was hit by the torpedo. For instance, if a ship at the forward starboard side of a convoy was hit, the u-boat would most likely be in that area.

How is this in the game? Does the AI "know" where I fired from, or does it have to begin searching with only a very general idea of where I might be?
I ask this because even with me being very quiet (silent running, 1 knot, scope down, periscope depth, electric torpedoes so no wake), the AI seems to home in on my position very quickly. Why am I at PD? Well, there's virtually no room to dive...depth is 25 meters. (I know, stay out of shallow water!)

07-16-10, 05:08 AM	#1
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Datum question, SH3 with GWX3 I have a question on how the AI handles the datum (the point of detection). I know that each time I stick my periscope out of the water or fire torpedoes, there is the possibility of being detected. Especially during bright daylight, calm seas, periscopes are fairly easy to spot by a veteran watch crew. Same with steam propulsion torpedoes, the wake is a give-away of the firing position. I also know that if I am not detected and fire my torpedoes, as soon as they detonate, the AI goes into active search mode. In real life, if I have not been detected, the escorts would only have a very general idea about where I would have been at the moment I fired. They could guess this from which ship was hit by the torpedo. For instance, if a ship at the forward starboard side of a convoy was hit, the u-boat would most likely be in that area. How is this in the game? Does the AI "know" where I fired from, or does it have to begin searching with only a very general idea of where I might be? I ask this because even with me being very quiet (silent running, 1 knot, scope down, periscope depth, electric torpedoes so no wake), the AI seems to home in on my position very quickly. Why am I at PD? Well, there's virtually no room to dive...depth is 25 meters. (I know, stay out of shallow water!)