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StaplerFahrer · 08-24-05, 03:54 PM

Is it just me, or do battleships in SH3 seem a little too vulnerable to torpedoes? For example, I don't think a torpedo strike could so easily detonate the main magazine. For one thing, it's buried deep within the ship, and secondly, a torpedo hit would probably just flood it, not cause it to explode.

Look at the Yamato, for example. It took 13 torpedo hits, as well as several air-dropped bombs, before it sank.

I've tweaked the Zones.cfg, and removed the "ammo" cargo from the fore and aft ammo bunkers, as well as heavily strengthening the fuel bunkers. Now battleships take more torpedoes, slowly flood, and then slide under or capsize.

I'm going to keep playing around with the Zones.cfg to see what I can find out. I'd like to tweak it so that under-keel torpedo detonations are much more deadly than side-strikes. Right now they don't seem to do much damage.

08-24-05, 03:54 PM	#1
StaplerFahrer Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Toughening Battleships? Is it just me, or do battleships in SH3 seem a little too vulnerable to torpedoes? For example, I don't think a torpedo strike could so easily detonate the main magazine. For one thing, it's buried deep within the ship, and secondly, a torpedo hit would probably just flood it, not cause it to explode. Look at the Yamato, for example. It took 13 torpedo hits, as well as several air-dropped bombs, before it sank. I've tweaked the Zones.cfg, and removed the "ammo" cargo from the fore and aft ammo bunkers, as well as heavily strengthening the fuel bunkers. Now battleships take more torpedoes, slowly flood, and then slide under or capsize. I'm going to keep playing around with the Zones.cfg to see what I can find out. I'd like to tweak it so that under-keel torpedo detonations are much more deadly than side-strikes. Right now they don't seem to do much damage.