Why???!!!!!

[supposedtobeworking]

I just spent three hours sifting through manual TDC jargon and instructions on the forums and printing it all out, then another hour reading through it, then another four hours trying to put it into practice. In the torpedo trainging mission I managed to get my boat into a great firing position and launched my stern torpedo at a Medium Cargo vessel. It was a magnetic Torp and I watched it fly beautifully straight towards the center of the ship in ext 3-d view come right under the precisely calculated spot on the hull I spent hours plotting and then do nothing. **Insert awkward silence here** The draft of the ship was 7.8m accord to the rec man. so I set the depth for roughly 7.5 to compensate for waves(weather was good with calm seas though) just in case. Two Theories:

1) the torp was not deep enough -- should I have set it for 8 or 9 units deep? (Also the dial is in meters in the TDC and not feet Right??)

2) Previously I used Magnetic and set the depth for 5 and it blew every time--is this because there is also an Impact detonator on it as well which was setting it off??

Any suggestions so I can stop biting my arm...?
thx

p.s. the shot was perfect with a 90deg AOB and 500meters range. Oh yea and it couldn't have been a DUD--turned off in realism.

[NeonSamurai]

You set the torpedo too shallow and it bounced off the curve the keel forms with the side. (Try the shot again and watch it in external view to see what i meen).

Keep in mind Ships hulls are not box shaped, they have curves, both to the bow and stern, and down towards the keel (also around the propellers and rudder), An impact torpedo to detonate needs to hit a surface between roughly 60 and 120 degrees (horizontal and vertical)

Rule of thumb is 0.5-2m deeper then the draft of the target ship. 0.5 for good weather, 2m for realy foul weather (though in that kind of weather your better off going with shallow impact torp shots) to compensate for the ship and torpedo rising and sinking due to wave action.

Also yes when set to magnetic the impact pistol also works.

[supposedtobeworking]

cool thanks!