Passenger liner woes

Floater · 07-18-06, 04:05 PM

So there I am, sailing my new IXB into the Irish channel to reach the patrol grid. Submerged during the day, surfaced to recharge at night, late 1940. No mods, other than some legacies from trying out mods with the Mod Enabler that were left behind on disabling the mods.

A sound contact turns out to be a UK passenger liner, travelling at 21kts. It's daytime, but I must surface to close the contact and intercept the liner's route. Very excited - this is the biggest vessel I've had chance to sink since SH3 first came out - I set up the intercept, open the tube doors and, not one to waste opportunities, fire two T2s and two fast T1s, three under-the-keel magnetic and one impact aimed at the engine room. Timing it right, all four hit simultaneously and detonate. Wonderful! 15,100 tons sent to the bottom and added to my score.

Only an hour or so later (game time and real time) I get another contact - the same! Another UK passenger liner, arriving in the UK on the same route at 21kts, and I pretty much duplicate the procedure. The only difference is, I wasn't confident I could get a good line-up for the impact shot this time, so I fired four magnetics. That beautiful ship went down like a stone.

And I wasn't credited for the kill. Nothing on the 'K' list, no 'sunk ship' icon on the map, nada. It certainly went down, though, and the water wasn't all that shallow.

I'd heard of this bug, and seem to recall that it's to do with saved games (Windows Update was insisting that I reboot, so I had to save), but I'd never encountered it before. And what do I lose when I get the bug? A trawler? A small merchant? No, a *!@! passenger liner.

Ah, well. That's life.

stabiz · 07-18-06, 05:38 PM

:rotfl:Thats harsh! You`ll probably win the lottery.

bookworm_020 · 07-18-06, 06:33 PM

It seems you have sumbled across the Passenger liner route. It you stay in the area you will get further contacts. There is a glitch in when you sink a liner, a ghost may appear and despite sinking them, you will get no credit.

A little tip, if you hit a passanger liner with a single torp, or a couple of deck gun rounds it will slow to around 7 knots, making it a easer target. If you use the deck gun, aim at the water line, especialy the high side of the ship if it has a list. (the side more exposed)

Zero Niner · 07-18-06, 09:48 PM

Meaning that only the 1st kill gets credited?

CruiseTorpedo · 07-18-06, 10:25 PM

Curious why your traveling submerged durring the day in 1940? Is the Irish channel that well patrolled durring that year? Even if they spot me I usually have time for a crash dive that early in the war.

andy_311 · 07-19-06, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

It seems you have sumbled across the Passenger liner route. It you stay in the area you will get further contacts. There is a glitch in when you sink a liner, a ghost may appear and despite sinking them, you will get no credit.

A little tip, if you hit a passanger liner with a single torp, or a couple of deck gun rounds it will slow to around 7 knots, making it a easer target. If you use the deck gun, aim at the water line, especialy the high side of the ship if it has a list. (the side more exposed)

Your right there I was hunting a few patrols ago of the coast of Port of Spain and attacked a convoy consisting mainly of Troop Transports and it had a liner in it sank the liner and most of the transports,dropped back to reload and whent in again but failed to catch up and next thing a liner appeared sank her but no credit, (ghost ship) a little further on made contact again and fired 2 fish towards her as the torps hit her she spawned an vanished, damm annoying it is

UnterSeeTub · 07-19-06, 05:03 AM

Perhaps it was the Titanic ghost ship

HunterICX · 07-19-06, 05:35 AM

:hmm: I had this with an C3, I shot it, Dived because an Warship was closing....she sank while I was busy getting away from the Destroyers path to avoid the Sonar. and I didnt get the message She's Going Down, and now sign on the Map. But when I sended an Status and Patrol report and recieved an Message the Tonnage showed up from that C3.:p

ps: the Next time Windows updat insist an Reboot, think ''Windows Can Wait, an Passenger Liner cant!''

SkvyWvr · 07-19-06, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by stabiz

:rotfl:Thats harsh! You`ll probably win the lottery.

Then get hit by a car on your way to collect. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

07-18-06, 04:05 PM	#1
Floater Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: England Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Passenger liner woes So there I am, sailing my new IXB into the Irish channel to reach the patrol grid. Submerged during the day, surfaced to recharge at night, late 1940. No mods, other than some legacies from trying out mods with the Mod Enabler that were left behind on disabling the mods. A sound contact turns out to be a UK passenger liner, travelling at 21kts. It's daytime, but I must surface to close the contact and intercept the liner's route. Very excited - this is the biggest vessel I've had chance to sink since SH3 first came out - I set up the intercept, open the tube doors and, not one to waste opportunities, fire two T2s and two fast T1s, three under-the-keel magnetic and one impact aimed at the engine room. Timing it right, all four hit simultaneously and detonate. Wonderful! 15,100 tons sent to the bottom and added to my score. Only an hour or so later (game time and real time) I get another contact - the same! Another UK passenger liner, arriving in the UK on the same route at 21kts, and I pretty much duplicate the procedure. The only difference is, I wasn't confident I could get a good line-up for the impact shot this time, so I fired four magnetics. That beautiful ship went down like a stone. And I wasn't credited for the kill. Nothing on the 'K' list, no 'sunk ship' icon on the map, nada. It certainly went down, though, and the water wasn't all that shallow. I'd heard of this bug, and seem to recall that it's to do with saved games (Windows Update was insisting that I reboot, so I had to save), but I'd never encountered it before. And what do I lose when I get the bug? A trawler? A small merchant? No, a *!@! passenger liner. Ah, well. That's life. __________________ Kriegstanz website Kriegstanz forum

07-18-06, 06:33 PM	#3
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It seems you have sumbled across the Passenger liner route. It you stay in the area you will get further contacts. There is a glitch in when you sink a liner, a ghost may appear and despite sinking them, you will get no credit. A little tip, if you hit a passanger liner with a single torp, or a couple of deck gun rounds it will slow to around 7 knots, making it a easer target. If you use the deck gun, aim at the water line, especialy the high side of the ship if it has a list. (the side more exposed) __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

07-19-06, 05:03 AM	#7
UnterSeeTub Watch Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Perhaps it was the Titanic ghost ship __________________ Wasserbombe auf Wasser Herr Kaleun

07-19-06, 05:35 AM	#8
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	:hmm: I had this with an C3, I shot it, Dived because an Warship was closing....she sank while I was busy getting away from the Destroyers path to avoid the Sonar. and I didnt get the message She's Going Down, and now sign on the Map. But when I sended an Status and Patrol report and recieved an Message the Tonnage showed up from that C3.:p ps: the Next time Windows updat insist an Reboot, think ''Windows Can Wait, an Passenger Liner cant!'' __________________

07-18-06, 05:38 PM	#2
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	:rotfl:Thats harsh! You`ll probably win the lottery.

07-18-06, 09:48 PM	#4
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Meaning that only the 1st kill gets credited?

07-18-06, 10:25 PM	#5
CruiseTorpedo Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 112 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Curious why your traveling submerged durring the day in 1940? Is the Irish channel that well patrolled durring that year? Even if they spot me I usually have time for a crash dive that early in the war.