Short answer: yes.
Those remarks were made for DW 1.0 or possibly 1.01. 1.04 is much better, and mods make it better still.
SCS themselves toned down the auto TMA, and of course you have the option to play without it (but most players in MP will want it allowed, so it's not always that easy).
SCS also changed DW to give the option to enable/disable explosions on CMs.
LWAMI is set up for no explosions on expendable CMs but for explosions to occur with towed decoys. LWAMI also adjust torpedo acquisition ranges quite a bit, wheras with stock DW all torpedos had the same seeker that would acquire any target at 2nm.
Was that "note" really in the landlubber's guide? It looks familiar....
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