Deepest firing depth?

[Captainchaos]

Is there a deepest working depth for firing from a balao or do i have to be somewhere around periscope depth?

[Rockin Robbins]

Uh.....that changes with mods. In the stock game I believe it is 199 feet. TMO used to be 99 feet but after I found that the minimum firing depth of a cutie was recommended to be 199 feet, that established the shallowest possible depth for the limit. My best guess is that it should be about 250 feet, but there are some real sub jockeys around here who can fill in the blanks now.

I think you'll find your in-game answer is 199'.

[Captainchaos]

Thanks for that info, also i presume i need to be at abit more distance to allow the torpedoes to get to the right depth?

[Webster]

this is from the stock balao cfg file:

[Properties]
PeriscopeDepth=18.3;meters
SnorkelDepth=15;meters
CrashDepth=40;meters
MaxDepth=100;meters
SurfaceDepth=4.5;meters
TorpLaunchMaxDepth=30;meters <<<< this is max torpedo launch depth setting
StormConditions=9,0.1;max wind speed [m/s], max rain intensity [0,1]

use a meters to feet converter found here:
http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/meters-to-feet.htm

to see what yours is set to with the mods you are using.

a setting of 30 meters = 98.4251 feet

to make your own setting use the feet to meters converter found here: http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/feet-to-meters.htm

to find the "meters" setting to put in the cfg file to mod you torpedo launch depth.

[Munchausen]

:cool: Except where modded, the tube doors close at 100 feet and won't open again until you're above that depth.

[Rockin Robbins]

Yuk! I was under the impreession that was a Ducimus intruduction into the old Trigger Maru. Well, 30 meters is seriously bogus, less than half of the real capability of the American Fleet Boat...

[Munchausen]

Yuk! I was under the impreession that was a Ducimus intruduction into the old Trigger Maru.

:-? Nope. Even in the default game, tube doors remain shut below 100 feet. But (guess what) you can still raise the periscope! :shifty: