Just don't forget to open the tubes when you're about to fire.:up:

It just messes up your firing solution!:damn:

AND...

Welcome aboard!:arrgh!:

The concern of opening up tubes in advance of ordering an eel to fire to keep the aiming solutions at their best I understand, I always wondered if GWX simulates the effects that cruising with open tubes may actually create that I could imagine:

1. Do open tubes that are not yet fired create water turbulence that would give away a u-boat position (hydrophone detections), more than when closed up?
2. Do open open tubes take an effect on u-boat propulsion power use as well? :hmm:

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I don't know what GW has put in, but I would doubt that opened tubes would have much effect on movement. Firstly, you are likely going slow in prep for an attack. At slow speeds, the tubes would not be a concern.

It is my understanding that tubes are flooded before opening, hence the fact that they are open won't create turbulence.

The game is not, I don't think, so sophisticated that sonar would hear the tubes being opened. The factors that they use would be things like sea state, target speed, depth, skill/experience of the listener, year/nationality of the listener. Perhaps the year/nationality/type of target too.

You are in for one hell of a treat mate.

playing the standard version is a good idea.....you'l appreciate gwx even more!!

but believe me...when you do upgrade.....youl be amazed.....like a whole new game all over again!!!!......oh and a little harder:know:

The answer to both questions is no, there is no in-game effect. Even more important is the danger of having the tubes open if you dive deeper 25 meters or so. The outer doors open outward, and at greater depths the pressure makes the seal stronger, just like the hatches (Johann could never have opened that hatch anyway). The inner doors open inward, and if the outer doors were open the pressure would likely force the inner doors open as well, and that could really dampen everyone's spirits.

As for an escort's soundman hearing your tube doors open - well, if he's listening that closely he's already heard your propellors.

Good tip but you underestimate my laziness. I would much rather not even bother with depth.

Thanks Sailor Steve. That's the sort of detail to the concerns a u-boat crew would have that make it all so continuously interesting here.

It's also one of the funny parts of the game. When I attack I usually open all the doors manually so I don't have to wait for them to open before I fire each tube. One game I dove deep and when I realized they were still open I tried to close them..."Cannot open doors below 25 meters!"

I'm not trying to open them, you stupid machine, I'm trying to close them!:damn: :rotfl:

The tube doors close when you select another tube not?

Yes, unless you manually open them with the switches that are near the tdc, I think..

I recall someone posting how to shoot a rapid fire single shot salvo that way, but I'm not sure what the context was