Very interesting reading here...
Sorry for just popping in.
Timetraveller, your tweaker is awsome and a reason for me to come back to the game!! Even someone like me is now able to modify files i never was able to deal with.
I just managed to make the Battleships open fire at realistic ranges.
About that to accurate DC dropping...
I use Jungmans tweaked Ai_Sensors file with good results. It´s now possible for me to survive U505...
Great idea CB to use the "Detectometer" for testing...
Persisting problem for me is when the DD´s got your position the rush in like sportcars and place the charges direct into your conning tower.
So how about lowering the Depthcharges accuracy, not the detection abilitys of the DD´s?
Anyone tried to alter the "depth precision" value in the depthcharge.sim file?
Especially the charges are always placed at the exact deep, as far as i know it was hard to detect the subs exact deep in ww2.
2. thing to change would be the unrealistic ship acceleration, but for many reasons that will be hard an time expensive work...
Please excuse my english