Problems with TGW

[robj250]

I'm using TGW1.1a and my first patrol with G7a torpedoes. When I have come upon a warship I have the depth set to 1m, fast running, and I have tried Impact and Magnetic. I usually fire when the ship is between 500 and 300 m and it is between 0 - 90 degrees side-on shot. I never hit the ship.

When using SH3 (modded) I had no problems hitting a target.

But with TGW (my first time using it) in Sept 1939, I'm not hitting a damned thing. I might as well stay on the surface and throw eggs as them for all the good my torpedoes are doing.
I got into Scapa Flow and missed every damed ship so I reloaded the game, left Scapa Flow and continued down the west coatline to Dundee and was heading towards it when I come across an Armed Trawler doing 8 kts. All 4 torpedoes would not sink it, the torpedoes never hit the damned thing. Yes, I open my outer doors before firing.

That's one problem with TGW

A second problem is I find that I have to press the + key on the number pad several times before I can change TC from 2 to 4, 4 - 8, 8 - 16. And to pause the game I have the same problem, using the mouse on P to pause the game, I find I have to do that several times as well.

What's going on with TGW anyway.

I never had those problems using SH3 and took the training in the game and I never missed when I fired my torpedoes (G7a).

I'm using a VIIB.

[bigboywooly]

:hmm: cant say for sure on either problem Rob
I have no trouble hitting ships with torpedos in GW1.1A and neither does anyone else I know or it would be on the mods page every day

Again not had the keyboard problem so cant comment - and my system is BELOW SH3 minimum specs let alone GW

[robj250]

:hmm: cant say for sure on either problem Rob
I have no trouble hitting ships with torpedos in GW1.1A and neither does anyone else I know or it would be on the mods page every day

Again not had the keyboard problem so cant comment - and my system is BELOW SH3 minimum specs let alone GW

Thanks for responding BBW. I can't explain why these things are happening on my first patrol using TGQ. My computer is very adequate for playing the game.

As I mentioned, I never had any problems for over 40 missions using the vanilla SH3, heavily modded.

[crazypete]

The ships in GW will usually see steam torpedoes and dodge them. Additionally, there are a lot more duds and premature explosions than in vanilla.

GW is here to add a boatload of challenge to the all too easy stock game.

[fredbass]

Well for me, early in the war, it seemed that there definitely are more duds, you may be too close and your crew probably has little experience.

[robj250]

Well for me, early in the war, it seemed that there definitely are more duds, you may be too close and your crew probably has little experience.

Well, I guess the crew doesn't have any experience, because my WO doesn't even spot "ship sighted" when I can even clearly see the ship myself. Maybe his name is Bernard.

Maybe Bernard at the manufacturer forgot to put any explosive in the torpedoes.