View Full Version : Sometimes On the Attack Screen
Seminole
08-06-08, 08:57 PM
I see four torpedoes heading for the red ship which has the white X centered on it.
All 4 running hot straight and normal.
Yet they somehow pass right though the White X ,centered on the red ship marker without a hit. No call of "thats a dud sir". :nope:
So what happens in those cases? Obviously it is too late to go watch on external view if they ran too deeply....and in any event I always set 2 out of four to run shallow to compensate for the expected deep runner.
It all depends upon what you're shooting at. I've often missed a destroyer because the torpedo has run straight under it, eaven though i set the thing to the shallowest deapth possible :doh: . Deep runners where a huge problem for the USN it took em untill mid 1943 to sort it out.
Seminole
08-06-08, 09:17 PM
Naw, I'm talking about freighters. I rarely if ever take on a Destroyer.
I can't believe that 2 out of 2 torps run under merchantmen when set at 5 feet depth.:nope: (always contact exploders)
It seems more like the sim is doing a roll of the dice and saying not this time bub...:lol:
The only thing I can think to do is run out and watch evey shot..but if I do that then the sim does 100% hits ...except for the occasional dud of course. Sometimes you can't win.
Fearless
08-06-08, 11:46 PM
Naw, I'm talking about freighters. I rarely if ever take on a Destroyer.
I can't believe that 2 out of 2 torps run under merchantmen when set at 5 feet depth.:nope: (always contact exploders)
It seems more like the sim is doing a roll of the dice and saying not this time bub...:lol:
The only thing I can think to do is run out and watch evey shot..but if I do that then the sim does 100% hits ...except for the occasional dud of course. Sometimes you can't win.
Have that problem myself even after setting shallow depth, some torps just run underneath so I'm assuming faulty torpedo.
elanaiba
08-07-08, 03:43 AM
You could watch a replay and see what's going on....
Seminole
08-07-08, 07:50 AM
1. Those freighters run to drafts of 30 feet...you could be right about them running too deeply...but more than 30 feet..and 100% of those torps set for shallow depth? I have a tough time believing that.Still gaming being what it is..you could very well be right.
2. As I said any time I go watch the action they always hit home..without fail. I have a hunch it would be the same with a replay save.
But since you brought it up how do you save a replay? Do you just check that box in the save game screen and it saves everything from the last reload? How do you replay a replay save?
I've never used it. Might be worth a try. Good suggestion.
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