[I'm goin' down]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

The mod uses a modified vanilla damage model so ship don't sink so quickly.

I went this route for several reasons:

1.) Ships sink the same way regardless if HP loss or flooding. Its not like SH3 where they went KABOOM and broke in two pieces each and every time hitpoints went to zero.

2.) In my personal opinion, the only real tangible benefit that i can tell off a purely flood based model is the removal of the ship sunk message. Given the amount of things there are to do, i couldn't justify to myself spending 8 hours a day for a month or two on a damage model overhaul, just to get rid of a text message. The cost of labor to benefit ratio didn't jive with me.

3.) By just modifing the vanilla model, it allows TMO to have new ships adapted to it much easier. If you want to add a ship to TMO, its not really a problem. With a complete damage model overhaul, you'd have to make the new ship compatible first by reworking its damage zones before it would work correctly.

4.) More of a personal but, I hate sitting around for forever and a day to wait and see if a ships going to sink. IMO, one purpose of a damage model overhaul to pure flooding, is to get reduce player tonnage to more realistic values by encouraging them to use more ordinance per target. While i like that idea, it does NOT work on me as a player. I will sit there and use TC for however long it takes if it means saving a fish, no matter how much i hate it, ill sit there and wait, gnashing my teeth, cussing a mean streak. I imagine lots of other people are the same way. And since I'm the only one who's behind the overall design of this mod, and design decisions are generally not made by any committee.... there ya go.

5.) I did start a complete damage model overhaul to a pure flood system at one point in time, but found I don't have the patience for that type of work anymore. Its incredibly tedious and time consuming. Combine with points 1 through 4, and you have my full stance on the subject.

And they don't count as sunk unless they are totally submerged without even the flag showing!