Convoy approach and visibility

Rosco74 · 01-20-25, 08:59 PM

Hello. In my campaign it is mid 1940, still on happy time period. I am following a convoy in a light fog, I am deck awash and maybe 2500m from them on teir side. I can clearly see few boats and the destroyer ahead of the convoy.
They do not see me, and I continue on a parallel route a bit faster to position myself for a perpendicular attack, as the Dale Oiler is my only single big target (17500tons), and he is on the side.

So when the destroyer is in my 250 degrees and the oiler in my 200s, I order a turn toward the convoy for the 90° attack and order periscope depth at the same time.

Problem, is that the destroyer just start to rush toward me at max speed...
I don't know why he suddenly spot me.. is that because I turn? probably not as my surface exposed should reduce as I turn toward them.. Maybe because his sonar can now spot me as I dive to periscope depth at high speed? maybe... I need to try again by reducing my speed before goinf periscope depth..

1 detail strange : I am deck awash and stopped. I want to calculate the convoy speed so I use my attack periscope and I time the target to pass through my scope, you know the drill. But as soon as I raise a few millimeter my scope I immediatly receive a message "periscope sighted with coords"...
The convoy continue like nothing happened but the message clearly indicates they saw me. I guess it is a bug and that I should not use this feature?

ps : I use The Wolves of Steel mod full realism btw

Thanks for your feeback

01-20-25, 08:59 PM	#1
Rosco74 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 134 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Convoy approach and visibility Hello. In my campaign it is mid 1940, still on happy time period. I am following a convoy in a light fog, I am deck awash and maybe 2500m from them on teir side. I can clearly see few boats and the destroyer ahead of the convoy. They do not see me, and I continue on a parallel route a bit faster to position myself for a perpendicular attack, as the Dale Oiler is my only single big target (17500tons), and he is on the side. So when the destroyer is in my 250 degrees and the oiler in my 200s, I order a turn toward the convoy for the 90° attack and order periscope depth at the same time. Problem, is that the destroyer just start to rush toward me at max speed... I don't know why he suddenly spot me.. is that because I turn? probably not as my surface exposed should reduce as I turn toward them.. Maybe because his sonar can now spot me as I dive to periscope depth at high speed? maybe... I need to try again by reducing my speed before goinf periscope depth.. 1 detail strange : I am deck awash and stopped. I want to calculate the convoy speed so I use my attack periscope and I time the target to pass through my scope, you know the drill. But as soon as I raise a few millimeter my scope I immediatly receive a message "periscope sighted with coords"... The convoy continue like nothing happened but the message clearly indicates they saw me. I guess it is a bug and that I should not use this feature? ps : I use The Wolves of Steel mod full realism btw Thanks for your feeback