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ShotMagnet · 01-07-19, 11:01 AM

Does it matter when I open the bow caps, preparatory to launching torpedoes?

I'm wondering because I got what looked like perfect solutions on a target, but I input the launch parameters after I had opened the tube caps. The torpedoes went and chased a target in Honolulu, which I couldn't account for until I asked myself if range, depth, AOB, etc, need to be given to the torpedo before the cap is opened.

Shot

KaleunMarco · 01-07-19, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ShotMagnet

Does it matter when I open the bow caps, preparatory to launching torpedoes?

I'm wondering because I got what looked like perfect solutions on a target, but I input the launch parameters after I had opened the tube caps. The torpedoes went and chased a target in Honolulu, which I couldn't account for until I asked myself if range, depth, AOB, etc, need to be given to the torpedo

Shot

it would appear that you did everything correctly.
it's the torpedos issue(s).
if you are playing pre-late-1943, it the torpedos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo

merc4ulfate · 01-07-19, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

it would appear that you did everything correctly.
it's the torpedos issue(s).
if you are playing pre-late-1943, it the torpedos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo

In the game it doesn't matter.

fireftr18 · 01-07-19, 07:07 PM

Solution entered assumes the tubes are open. You want to open the tubes before you fire. The doors opening delays the torpedo firing and the delay will affect the tracking of the torpedo.

KaleunMarco · 01-07-19, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fireftr18

Solution entered assumes the tubes are open. You want to open the tubes before you fire. The doors opening delays the torpedo firing and the delay will affect the tracking of the torpedo.

not all mod sets will fire a torpedo when the doors are closed.
some will not fire a torpedo unless the player opens the doors.

ShotMagnet · 01-07-19, 11:30 PM

For some parallax; I shot three fish at a small freighter. The caps were closed while the adjustments were input. I engaged the target at something like 450 yards.

All three missed. I presume that they under-ran the target, and/or that the magnetic exploders failed to work.

Captain Honked-Off Me battle-surfaced and killed the hapless transport with the deck gun; but I also noted on the attack map that at least two of the three weapons launched should have hit.

In this case, I...wait for it...damn the torpedoes.

Sorry, I had to.

Shot

propbeanie · 01-08-19, 10:24 AM

... and perhaps you were a bit in too close, and maybe the torps did not arm before they reached the target.

ShotMagnet · 01-08-19, 06:17 PM

There's a thought. How far away do I have to be in order for them to arm?

Shot

Rockin Robbins · 01-08-19, 06:50 PM

At least 400 yards ought to do it.

ShotMagnet · 01-08-19, 07:48 PM

OK, good to know. I'm sure it's probably in the manual, which only means that I haven't read the manual carefully.

Shot

KaleunMarco · 01-08-19, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ShotMagnet

For some parallax; I shot three fish at a small freighter. The caps were closed while the adjustments were input. I engaged the target at something like 450 yards.

All three missed. I presume that they under-ran the target, and/or that the magnetic exploders failed to work.

Captain Honked-Off Me battle-surfaced and killed the hapless transport with the deck gun; but I also noted on the attack map that at least two of the three weapons launched should have hit.

In this case, I...wait for it...damn the torpedoes.

Sorry, I had to.

Shot

hint: go to the career-options screen and turn on event camera. then you can see if your fish went deep or dudded against the target.

ShotMagnet · 01-08-19, 09:26 PM

Also good to know. Thanks.

Shot

propbeanie · 01-08-19, 10:24 PM

... and the manual seems to skip some of the more important points of submarine warfare, preferring that you deal with things the way the Asiatic Fleet did in December 1941...

- kind of on your own... If a target is traveling toward you as you shoot at it, it will close (naturally) and the torpedo closes on it, so take that 450 when you shot shortens up to 400 fast. Not so important if you do a near-90 shot.

01-07-19, 11:01 AM	#1
ShotMagnet Mate Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 53 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Order of Precedence Does it matter when I open the bow caps, preparatory to launching torpedoes? I'm wondering because I got what looked like perfect solutions on a target, but I input the launch parameters after I had opened the tube caps. The torpedoes went and chased a target in Honolulu, which I couldn't account for until I asked myself if range, depth, AOB, etc, need to be given to the torpedo before the cap is opened. Shot __________________ I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast You don't hear of me or my crew But just ask any man off the coast of Japan If he knows of the Trigger Maru -Constantine Guiness

01-07-19, 07:07 PM	#4
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,526 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Solution entered assumes the tubes are open. You want to open the tubes before you fire. The doors opening delays the torpedo firing and the delay will affect the tracking of the torpedo. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

01-07-19, 11:30 PM	#6
ShotMagnet Mate Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 53 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	For some parallax; I shot three fish at a small freighter. The caps were closed while the adjustments were input. I engaged the target at something like 450 yards. All three missed. I presume that they under-ran the target, and/or that the magnetic exploders failed to work. Captain Honked-Off Me battle-surfaced and killed the hapless transport with the deck gun; but I also noted on the attack map that at least two of the three weapons launched should have hit. In this case, I...wait for it...damn the torpedoes. Sorry, I had to. Shot __________________ I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast You don't hear of me or my crew But just ask any man off the coast of Japan If he knows of the Trigger Maru -Constantine Guiness

01-08-19, 10:24 AM	#7
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,742 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	... and perhaps you were a bit in too close, and maybe the torps did not arm before they reached the target. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

01-08-19, 06:17 PM	#8
ShotMagnet Mate Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 53 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	There's a thought. How far away do I have to be in order for them to arm? Shot __________________ I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast You don't hear of me or my crew But just ask any man off the coast of Japan If he knows of the Trigger Maru -Constantine Guiness

01-08-19, 06:50 PM	#9
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	At least 400 yards ought to do it. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

01-08-19, 07:48 PM	#10
ShotMagnet Mate Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 53 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	OK, good to know. I'm sure it's probably in the manual, which only means that I haven't read the manual carefully. Shot __________________ I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast You don't hear of me or my crew But just ask any man off the coast of Japan If he knows of the Trigger Maru -Constantine Guiness

01-08-19, 09:26 PM	#12
ShotMagnet Mate Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 53 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Also good to know. Thanks. Shot __________________ I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast You don't hear of me or my crew But just ask any man off the coast of Japan If he knows of the Trigger Maru -Constantine Guiness

01-08-19, 10:24 PM	#13
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,742 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	... and the manual seems to skip some of the more important points of submarine warfare, preferring that you deal with things the way the Asiatic Fleet did in December 1941... - kind of on your own... If a target is traveling toward you as you shoot at it, it will close (naturally) and the torpedo closes on it, so take that 450 when you shot shortens up to 400 fast. Not so important if you do a near-90 shot. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna