[TorpX]

Originally Posted by goodpoints

Well that explains a lot. Silly me for assuming holes appear where there actually are holes. Is that not fixable? I haven't seen any mods that address it.

I doubt this is really fixable. Without there being a specific connection between shell hits and the damage 'decals', I don't see how this could be done. You could probably make it so there are more holes popping up, but there still wouldn't be a 1 to 1 relationship.

Playing with this new-found knowledge it still seems like AI engines are far too resilient. But this could tie in to the fact that crew in SH4 always go down with the ship rather than abandoning ship when there's serious flooding or fire as is the case in SH5+TWOS.

That could be so. I've had torpedoed ships recover rather quickly on occasion, but I don't know how, or if, it could be fixed.