Dive Time
 

i did a search but did not get any results that answered my question.MyCURRENT BOAT IS A ixc/40 and it takes the boat nearly 40 seconds to hit pd is there a way I can reduce this ? I know it's unrealistic but a dive time of 40 secs can be lethal I got caught on the surface by a cruiser and by the time I got to pd my hull integrity was down to 15% in about 25 seconds flat.

Sounds quite normal for an IXC/40.

You ARE supposed to die by it later in the war for that reason, esp. with airplanes. The only thing you can do to is, once you hav a snorkel, to raise it while chrash diving at flank speed (not turning!) to gain some extra time with your diesels.

You can also run with decks awash... one of the features enabled in GW.

This cuts your crash-dive time nearly in half. :up:

Ive been out of the loop for awhile, and havent modded anything recently so this is by memory.

I forget which tool you need, i think its TT's Tweaker.

Load up the submarine.zon file i think, its either that file or the other one.

Look for the variable "MBT_flood" or words to that effect.

if you examine this variable for ALL the uboats, if i remember correctly what you'll find is it varies slighty from the type II's to the Typ7B and C's.

I beleive the higher the number, the faster the flooding. If i recal, the XXI has a floodrate of like 12000, while a VII has a floodrate of 9000, and i think IX boats around 7000. (again by memory here, just a rough ballpark figure).

So tinker with that. Theres also one other variable i think is involved but i forget what it is, rudder/hydroplane drag might be it. My gut feeling is that displacement is also used somehow - but just stick with MBT_Flood for starters.

My personal advice is, don't go overboard. Ive messed with this awhile ago and accentuated the dive time difference that i beleive is supposed exist the various boats by a couple seconds. (IE an IXB being quicker on the dive then an IXC)

Gameplay balanced realism so to speak.

It's in the NSS#_Uboat/Sim/ flooding/manBT_flood speed=

Tinker with the settings but don't go overrboard.
I just did a whole pack of these for the sabotage mod.
In diesel propulsion there's also the dive plane drag settings & rudder drag settings. The rudder drag settings help to increase/decrease rate of turn. Haven't messed with the dive plane settings yet-that's next on the list.

I just got GW up and running without any ctd's (touch wood) but I have printed this topic out so I will know in future. thanks for all the advice.

Id also like to tinker with the dive time for my VIIB. Watching the boat dive in 3D, I think it could be improved a little bit. Id also like to make my boat dive faster to simmulate my crew's skills improving... :up:

Wolfy