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Originally Posted by Uboat-48
Is it possible to change the default setting for my Torpedo pistol selector?
I'm probably using 90% Impact and maybe 10% Magnetic but my Torpedo pistol selector always defaults to Magnetic when selecting a tube!?
I would like to change it to Impact as default but I don't know if this can be done.
Just to clarify:
- Magnetic is only used for below the boat (below keel detonation), correct?
- Impact is used for side of the boat (fuel, engine, ammo, propulsion), correct?
Any examples where the above rules do not apply?
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Don't know about changing the default game setting, but:
Impact pistols require a direct physical impact as their name implies, and the angle of impact is also a crucial factor. If they run too low in the water you risk them hitting the lower part of the ship where the hull curves inward towards the keel and they can glance off at a downward angle without detonating. Same thing with the angle at which they approach the target, which should be as close to 90 degrees as possible. Ideally, like this:
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It doesn't have to come in perfectly perpendicular to the target, but the farther off from that you get the less likely you are to get a clean impact and the more likely it is that the torpedo will glance off the side of the target without detonating.
Magnetic pistols do not require direct physical impact, they should be set off by the electromagnetic field generated by the target's hull and so only need to pass through it to be detonated (duds notwithstanding). However my understanding is that magnetic pistols can also be set off by a clean impact, or perhaps using one for an "impact" shot also puts it within the necessary E/M field and results in detonation. At any rate I've had magnetics that detonated both on contact and without contact while under the keel.
Some people here swear by magnetics, some people rarely use them and stick to impacts most of the time, some people use both but limit the use of magnetics during certain periods of the war for the sake of historical accuracy.
I have seen it said that in rougher weather magnetics can detonate prematurely before reaching the target, altho I've not had much trouble with this myself. Maybe it's because in really rough seas I don't mind putting one impact shot into a boat and waiting to see if the weather will do the rest of the work for me. But generally speaking, unless there's a very good reason *not* to choose a magnetic pistol, that's my first choice. More bang for the buck IMO.