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Originally Posted by Twitch
ive had magnetic set torps glance off aswell if coming in at a sharp angle.. in fact ive had 2 fish do it IN A ROW on the same ship one right after the other.... this makes absolutly no sense whatsoever as far as i can tell.. shouldent the angle make no difference if you are using magnetic as long as you get close enough for the sensor to detect the ship?
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Nope, the magnetic sensor was supposed to detect the moment of passing the centre of the ship (when the magnetic field suddenly switches polarity), not the presence of the ship alone.
In the game every hard hit at steep angle means immediate torpedo malfunction. I'd love to see my torpedo bounced off and changing course in random direction after a dud, but it only happens when the torpedo hits at very low speed (eg. homing torpedo in a run after very fast moving destroyer).
I wonder what was the reality? The electric torpedo batteries could shatter after a hard hit and immobilize the torpedo due to shortcut, but the steamers should just bounce off and continue to run.