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somedude88 · 01-04-11, 06:16 PM

What... what did I do?

I tried it again... did some "tests" with the damage model... My hull integrity display off, which may be a crucial tool in these tests... but I kept them off...

What I discovered was that after a few good shell hits, or a direct hit from a bomb or two... submerging was a death sentence... Just kept sinking until the "destroyed due to flooding." came on... Even flank speed with blowing ballasts didn't keep me afloat... and once I was submerged, the rate of flooding increased quite a bit.

I still think it's a bit unrealistic. I was hit in the engine compartment with a bomb dropped by the RAF, but the diesel engine was still working... I was expecting the whole engine to be absolutely unusable...

Update: I turned on the hull integrity display and after a direct bomb hit, the hull integrity went down by 6%...
Yes... 6%... a direct hit from a bomb only took away 6%... this may have something to do with the Longer repair Time mod. The LRT mod increases the HP of a U-boat in order to prevent the endgame screen from triggering too soon while your U-boat is under repair... or something...

01-04-11, 06:16 PM	#7
somedude88 Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 120 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	What... what did I do? I tried it again... did some "tests" with the damage model... My hull integrity display off, which may be a crucial tool in these tests... but I kept them off... What I discovered was that after a few good shell hits, or a direct hit from a bomb or two... submerging was a death sentence... Just kept sinking until the "destroyed due to flooding." came on... Even flank speed with blowing ballasts didn't keep me afloat... and once I was submerged, the rate of flooding increased quite a bit. I still think it's a bit unrealistic. I was hit in the engine compartment with a bomb dropped by the RAF, but the diesel engine was still working... I was expecting the whole engine to be absolutely unusable... Update: I turned on the hull integrity display and after a direct bomb hit, the hull integrity went down by 6%... Yes... 6%... a direct hit from a bomb only took away 6%... this may have something to do with the Longer repair Time mod. The LRT mod increases the HP of a U-boat in order to prevent the endgame screen from triggering too soon while your U-boat is under repair... or something... Last edited by somedude88; 01-04-11 at 06:45 PM.