Lost my first campaign... How?

ColonelMolerat · 05-06-16, 09:06 PM

Just wondering if you could give me any tips...

I've just lost my first campaign.

It was December 1939, and I got very close to the naval base in the Shetland Islands. I had destroyed one boat, and was surfaced, when a gun on the shore started shooting me. It did some damage, so I dived and retreated.

I took damage when underwater, so I surfaced, where I kept taking more damage. For the next few minutes I surfaced/dived over and over, but kept taking damage. *Some* damage was from the shore gun, but I don't think all of it was. Eventually I flooded and sank.

I was wondering - did I stray into a minefield? Or can a submarine have secondary explosions once damaged (ie, could the torpedo bay have been hit? Or could the engines have exploded if I ran them when damaged)? Are secondary explosions even possible? Could it have even been an enemy sub?

There were no other ships around that I could see/hear. I just kept taking damage until I lost.

It was my fourth mission... I had sunk one passenger ship and one (parked) destroyer.

I'm using the GWX mod and the V16B1 Patch Kit.

Still, to make up for it, I've taken down a tramp steamer on the first mission of my second campaign!!

05-06-16, 09:06 PM	#1
ColonelMolerat Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 13 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Lost my first campaign... How? Just wondering if you could give me any tips... I've just lost my first campaign. It was December 1939, and I got very close to the naval base in the Shetland Islands. I had destroyed one boat, and was surfaced, when a gun on the shore started shooting me. It did some damage, so I dived and retreated. I took damage when underwater, so I surfaced, where I kept taking more damage. For the next few minutes I surfaced/dived over and over, but kept taking damage. Some damage was from the shore gun, but I don't think all of it was. Eventually I flooded and sank. I was wondering - did I stray into a minefield? Or can a submarine have secondary explosions once damaged (ie, could the torpedo bay have been hit? Or could the engines have exploded if I ran them when damaged)? Are secondary explosions even possible? Could it have even been an enemy sub? There were no other ships around that I could see/hear. I just kept taking damage until I lost. It was my fourth mission... I had sunk one passenger ship and one (parked) destroyer. I'm using the GWX mod and the V16B1 Patch Kit. Still, to make up for it, I've taken down a tramp steamer on the first mission of my second campaign!!