spotted on surface

[cobalt]

i get spotted way too easy on the surface at night time, is there any fixes for this around?

[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by cobalt

i get spotted way too easy on the surface at night time, is there any fixes for this around?

Yeah, dive. :rotfl:

[VonHelsching]

What mods are you using?

[Mooncatt]

yeah if there are enemy ship in the area you shouldnt be on the surface tbh lol i wouldnt be night or day

[cobalt]

I use greywolves. I try to makea run on convoys in the middle of the night on the surface and the escorts always spot me at like 4000 meters.

[Grey Legion]

Originally Posted by cobalt

I use greywolves. I try to makea run on convoys in the middle of the night on the surface and the escorts always spot me at like 4000 meters.

Well, if you think about it they are seriously looking for U-Boats along there route and any movement on the surface would gain there undevoted attention.

Best to Dive and hunt or equip the SHIII laser mod..LOL

Best of luck !!

[Knotical]

Originally Posted by cobalt

I use greywolves. I try to makea run on convoys in the middle of the night on the surface and the escorts always spot me at like 4000 meters.

The weather, your speed, and your angle to ships are all factors that contribute to you being sighted visually on the surface. To get as close as possible before being sighted you should be coming at them head on, slow (ahead 1/3 or less), and with a chopy sea. Under these conditions I have been able to get well within 2000 meters before being sighted by ships (type VII). Of course convoys are much harder to sneak into due to there being multiple ships viewing you from different angles. Its best to use this tactic against lone merchants. Against convoys your best bet is probably the 'Das Boot' method, charge in at high speed and fire from long range, then get out of there. Also if it is 1942 or later beware you will be spotted by escort radar far beyond 4000m.

Good hunting.

[ps249]

lol- no fixes needed - it means the AI is working the way it was intented to. Sometimes I can relax on the surface and spot a ship just over 4000 meters away and the next thing I know- I got shrapnel scraping the deck.Try ducking below the surface with periscope up- but you will suffer with a slower speed at periscope depth.

[HunterICX]

Surface and with Planes and Destroyers around is just Pure Suicide.

planes catch you in no time and made a bombard run over you and Destroyers just dont leave you alone for a long time

[andy_311]

Attacks on the surface at night arn't allowed in 43 onwards your suppose to die,am lucky if I get within 4500m of a convoy in late 43 before **** happens.

[cobalt]

im playing mid 41'

[JohnnyBlaze]

I've just engaged the large convoy I've been chasing on east coast of U.S.
Did an end round and got pretty close to my desired targets (two large tankers) before I was spotted. I would have only needed a one more minute to fire my eels and go underwater. Well it didnt matter cuz I got my four eels off, two on both targets. 3 of 4 hits and one tanker goes down right away. And twenty minutes later the other tanker which got hit once goes down as well.

Now just trying to evade the escorts (4 or 5 of them in the conwoy). They've been pretty close to my position, but no DC's yet.. Silent running at 1 knots, depth 80 meters and only 20 meters under keel

It's 4 am local time and I've been running silent now about 40 minutes. The weather is in my favor thank god.
oh yeah and the year is 1942 and running IXD2

So far so good

Guess the point is that you can get close with carefully plotting your approuch and keeping your eye on the escorts.

btw using NYGM 2.0 and loving it so far

okay this post got out of hand