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There is no depth-based variable blast radius in SH3. There is either random damage output, or at least assigned damage reducing with distance from the center of detonation... However, the full range of damage output by a DC remains unaffected by depth in SH3.

When you are deep, bursts of flank speed coupled with directional changes do indeed help you evade DC's... if you are willing to risk potentially being heard by the hydrophones of other nearby ASW vessels.

There is also a tertiary reason for reducing the DC damage radius. In stock SH3, DD's occasionally blow up their own sterns. (typically when the player is shallow)

Though this bug is alleviated a great deal in GWX, it is not completely eliminated.

Prior to our adjustments, we also found that the detonation depth precision was too fine... causing laser guided DC attacks on both the horizontal and vertical planes. (Similar to the laser-guided deck gun fire and AA fire from both player and enemy units in stock SH3... as a result all guns in GWX have been purposefully "destabilized" to account for sea states, pitching and rolling, distance etc... and these effects are magnified more the worse conditions become.)

MarkShot, are you running Command AOD or the old DOS version? I have CAOD but I'm having trouble running it under WinXP. Have any tips to get it to work or do I need the DOS version along with DosBox to get good results?

Jmr,

I have both versions, but prefer the DOS. I think the graphics are bit better (if you can even talk about such a thing for a game from 1994) and you get engine pitch variations with the DOS version.

However, I can attest to the fact that AOD has lots of atomosphere and quality game play. If you get over the loss of graphics, then what else you are missing from SH3/GWX is personal use of the hydrophone, crew management, and manual TDC. On the other hand, you get a real Bdu which will form wolf packs.

The main problem people have running CAOD under XP or Vista is the sound card. Usually, you can get it to run without sound in compatibility mode. To run CAOD with sound, you should install/configure Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (now a free download) with an older OS like Win 95 or Win98.

PM me if you want further information.

Actually, didn't CAOTD have higher res graphics (640x480) than the Dos version?

I think so, but I still think the DOS looks better. :)