TECH QUESTION , About decks awash !
 

How can I allow my Boat to travel "Decks Awash" and still get the benefit of visual contacts and radar while the boat is half surfaced ? Look at this pic >>>

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/...-28_065025.jpg

I am Guessing that I can use SD3 to edit the underwater depth of dive ? What file is that if thats the file I must edit ?

Thanks

I don't know the answer, gamewise, but before you get that you should know that they didn't "travel" decks awash as that would use up a lot more fuel. They used decks awash for the attack, and when patrolling particularly dangerous areas, to facilitate a fast dive.

i think that this "decks awash" thingy was used only by american or maybe also british sub`s not shure... never heard about a german sub doing this.

...anyway, sh5 sub`s dive all unrealistic fast, even with a green crew, so where is the point :06:

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Alright . Ill have to read some history concerning this :D

It was using for lower profile to be more inconspicuous during attacks, not for faster diving. And yes, u-boat kaleuns used it, because they usually attacked from surface.

And about game - lower profile working. But don't know about watch and radar, because used it only twice during attacks and watched ships through UZO myself. And i still didn't get radar in SH5.

So How do you guys: p e r f o r m decks awash in game ?

Do you use "maintain current depth" command ?

I would appreciate your tips / technics :o ...if it is not "Kriegsmarine war secret" ?
:hmmm:

I just set depth to 7 meters (switch to advanced mode in TDW UI by holding Ctrl key). Icon that I submerged appeared but diesels still worked. Did 11 knots on Full speed (4).

I'm pretty sure in Iron Coffins one of the tactics used to make an attack is to sail with just the tower surfaced. I could be mistaken, though.

If I remember (in this book) that was done for quicker diving in case of air threat/planes appearance, not for the attack of ships

yes a low profile was very important, and most of all torp attack`s was made at dark night`s from surface, but instead of running decks completly awash (like in the screenshot above), they trimmed the sub very low in the water, and depending of the current seastate, the deck was awash then more or less ...but more from waves. Please take also in account that SH5 vanilla trimm is way to high, i use a special deep realsitic trim (also where the stern lays deeper than the bow) together with a more beleavable pitch and role behavior.

there is a translated "SUBMARINE COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK" ("U.Kdt.Hdb.")from 1943 aviable here: http://hnsa.org/doc/uboat/index.htm
...not shure but i couldnt find any taktic regarding "decks awash" there, maybe it is because the text is from 43.... but ithink (attention, here is a "if" comming) ->if<- it was a common taktic in earlyer years, they would have mention that this is not in use any more.

Thaks for the link Stormfly, i had it long time ago and lost it. :up:

well, but it was :D

Well, I read about deck awash in Robertson's "The golden horseshoe" and Werner's "Iron coffins" books. Both books have a lot of mistakes and exaggerations, but I think it's true if this tactic was mentioned in both.

And as I said they used it to attack ships while staying surfaced (often inside of convoy). Not for faster diving.
Can't give you exact quotations, because I'm reading it in russian...

'Deck Awash' setting option is included in 'Speech Recognition mod'. The default value is 7,5 m. Could be adjusted with mousewheel (as well as 'confidence level'):up:

Ah, the Handbuch is still around! Highly recommended read! :up:

Yes, it will help a new Kaleun in this sim too. Only thing is that you can be a bit more "daring" in the early years than it recommends since it was written in '43 where a lot of things had changed.