High time compression (tc) also becomes an issue in very bad weather.
If you are cruising along at 1024 tc in fine weather, then you can expect to sight an enemy before he comes too close.
If you cruise at 1024 tc in heavy storms/thick fog, then your U-boat can actually jump (with its time hops) into an invisible ship (such as a merchant) without any warning at all. Suddenly you are sunk 'by collision' without ever having seen anything! You probably did not even notice that the weather had gone from good to bad, since no warning is given of a change to bad visibility by the imbecile watch crew (a defect with the original game). I wonder what the 'Dead-is-dead' guys do when this kind of collision happens, since it would be impossible in real life?
Stiebler.
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