Ship that reapirs itself?

[sirbum69]

So last night i was tracking a warship at about 5000 meters...I did all of this by hydro only so i wouldnt come up and be spotted...I waited till he was at 350 bearing and i let a salvo of torps go 4 total...

I then go to hydro station and listen to my torps to see if i hit anything...5 mins pass and Bam Torp imapct...only 1 out of 4 but hey from 5K and only using hydro im actully amazed i did...

Anyways so i go to external camera to see what ive done to this destroyer....Well it turns out i didnt hit a DD i hit a DAMN aircraft carrier LOL....im like omg, why now couldnt my other ones hit lol...anyways of course they all turn my direction and start in on me...After about an hour of real time playing they are still above but the carrier is really starting to List off to one side. I guess my direct hit in the center of her was doing more damage then i thought...Her bridge was on fire as well as just behind it...

and like i said she was leaning bad to the left almost to where the wires that stick out were in the water...So i save the game, cause by now its like 3 am lol and when i get back on today, i start from the save and low and behold she is 100%...Im like WTF she was half in water last night...

So is this a bug with the game, that if you save and come back they are 100% again...should i have just time compressed till she drowned?

[stoianm]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

So last night i was tracking a warship at about 5000 meters...I did all of this by hydro only so i wouldnt come up and be spotted...I waited till he was at 350 bearing and i let a salvo of torps go 4 total...

I then go to hydro station and listen to my torps to see if i hit anything...5 mins pass and Bam Torp imapct...only 1 out of 4 but hey from 5K and only using hydro im actully amazed i did...

Anyways so i go to external camera to see what ive done to this destroyer....Well it turns out i didnt hit a DD i hit a DAMN aircraft carrier LOL....im like omg, why now couldnt my other ones hit lol...anyways of course they all turn my direction and start in on me...After about an hour of real time playing they are still above but the carrier is really starting to List off to one side. I guess my direct hit in the center of her was doing more damage then i thought...Her bridge was on fire as well as just behind it...

and like i said she was leaning bad to the left almost to where the wires that stick out were in the water...So i save the game, cause by now its like 3 am lol and when i get back on today, i start from the save and low and behold she is 100%...Im like WTF she was half in water last night...

So is this a bug with the game, that if you save and come back they are 100% again...should i have just time compressed till she drowned?

... yes... you must to save the game only after the career apear as sunked... if not after you load the save the career si back very new and very healty

and i supose you torpedoes did not hit any dds because you put the torpedo depth more than 2.5 - 3 metters

now you are hunted by a HK... you not have to manny chances to excape... you must to use the hit and run method from my tutorials when you hunt careers

[jwilliams]

Yes this bug has been around since SH3.

3 Simple rules for saving are :-

1. Never save if closer than 50Km from a port. As ships can loose there waypoints and crash (This was in SH3 but I still use. So I'm unsure if this still applies).

2. Never save if closer than 50Km to other ships (As damage and waypoints are not saved). As you just found out.

3. Never save while submerged (not sure if this still applies to SH5, but I still use this rule).

[sirbum69]

Originally Posted by stoianm

... yes... you must to save the game only after the career apear as sunked... if not after you load the save the career si back very new and very healty

and i supose you torpedoes did not hit any dds because you put the torpedo depth more than 2.5 - 3 metters

now you are hunted by a HK... you not have to manny chances to excape... you must to use the hit and run method from my tutorials when you hunt careers

i actully got away from them...i went to 150 m depth and sat for awaile then i did decoys, flank speed and slow again...after about 3 hours time they left and went on about there buisness

[stoianm]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

i actully got away from them...i went to 150 m depth and sat for awaile then i did decoys, flank speed and slow again...after about 3 hours time they left and went on about there buisness

how manny DDs hunted you?

[sirbum69]

Originally Posted by stoianm

how manny DDs hunted you?

About 6

[stoianm]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

About 6

wow... 6 DDs on you... you had IRAI 30 by default... and you excaped?... for me is almoust imposible... i can manage to excape by maxim 3 DDs... maybe i should to change my evasion tactis... but 6 i dunno... when i have 6 on me i am 99% dead

[sirbum69]

Originally Posted by stoianm

wow... 6 DDs on you... you had IRAI 30 by default... and you excaped?... for me is almoust imposible... i can manage to excape by maxim 3 DDs... maybe i should to change my evasion tactis... but 6 i dunno... when i have 6 on me i am 99% dead

yeh i use IRAI 30...and like i said all i did was go to 130M deep and slow ahead with silent running and once in awhile i would all stop. DC did go off but they never even rocked my boat.

Funny thing is last night i attacked a convoy that had 1 DD escorting it, torp hit a boat, and the DD never flinched...I actully surfaced my boat and ran straight at the convoy and gunned one of them to death, and the DD never wavierd...I dont understand why...

when i hit the carrier, those did, they automaticly turned in my direction and came for me, but seeing as i was so deep they couldnt use sonar on me just hydro...

[TheDarkWraith]

A single escort leading a convoy with no other escorts will not leave it's post. It will radio for help/support though.

[sirbum69]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

A single escort leading a convoy with no other escorts will not leave it's post. It will radio for help/support though.

ahh i see, though i would have thought the rest of the convoy would have started to zig zag or something lol, they just kinda stayed on course

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

ahh i see, though i would have thought the rest of the convoy would have started to zig zag or something lol, they just kinda stayed on course

good point. I'll have to look at IRAI again and see if I overlooked this