Boomerang torpedos?

[laurencius]

Is it normal for torpedos to circle around instead of swimming, like good little angry fish, out to somewhere near the vicinity where I aimed them?

I had three torpedos in a row come back around on me, and one made sauerkraut out of my boat. :help:

[Aktungbby]

it happens!:k_confused:

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi laurencius

From my Tutorial Post #31

How To Stop Your Torpedoes From Driving You Round The Bend

You have correctly enabled all the ‘Torpedo Patches’ in ‘TDW’s Generic File Patcher’ but you still see the ‘Torpedoes’ are not going straight.

The fix is here:

FX Update 0_0_22 ByTheDarkWraith (Contains 5 Mods)

FX Update 0_0_22 Torpedoes (Modified for Torpedo Failure Patches

Folder 1 and Folder 3 are inside a Folder called ‘Mods.’

Select the Base Folder 1 and only the 3rd Patch Folder.

If you are playing ‘Stock/Vanilla’ then select

Select the Base Folder 1 and only the 5th Patch Folder.


http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174511 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174511)

See also my tutorial Post #74

Peter

[laurencius]

Thank you very much, The Berbster!

[Aktungbby]

it happens!:k_confused: A pity the U 869 found sunk off the coast of New Jersey at over 200 feet( the Shadow Divers) didn't have a mod! of some interest and an intriguing mystery:"1997, Chatterton was able to recover a tag solving the mystery as to the identity of the sub: she was the U-869. A careful analysis of Intelligence records indicated that the sub probably hadn’t received the message to head to Gibraltar and obviously continued on her course to the New Jersey coast. As to why she sank? The original wreck diving trio came up with a circle run torpedo theory; the submarine fired a torpedo that doubled back on itself. At that stage of the war U-Boats carried acoustic torpedoes that homed in on high-speed propeller noises. These weapons were primarily defensive, in theory an escort racing in to attack a submarine could be destroyed by a homing torpedo. Despite initial reports of success the weapon was in fact ineffective. A major reason the circle run theory was accepted was that British Navy experts who viewed underwater footage of the gaping hole in the submarines control room felt the damage was so massive that it had to be from a torpedo and not a depth charge. The other reason it was accepted is simply what else could have sunk it? Records never recorded an attack in that area. The circle run torpedo theory has many flaws. Most notably that the U-Boat doesn’t have a single wound but two wounds. She has a massive hole breaching her upper deck in the location of the aft torpedo room. The circle run torpedo theorists have no explanation for this damage. It’s a fallacy to say that only a torpedo could have caused the U-869’s damage. Clearly a circular run torpedo wouldn’t have made two large holes separated by a distance of 75’. The explosive warhead on a German T-5 acoustic torpedo was 604 Lbs. The explosive charge on a U.S. Mark 7 “ashcan” depth charge was 600 Lbs. Two interesting reads; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/sole-survivor-of-u869.html (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/sole-survivor-of-u869.html)u869.html (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/sole-survivor-of-u869.html)http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/U869_Crow_Koiner.asp (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/sole-survivor-of-u869.html u869.htmlhttp://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/U869_Crow_Koiner.asp)