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TorpX · 09-27-14, 09:37 PM

Before I got SH4, I played SH3 a little. My last encounter, I got one torp hit on a ship and being in a type II, had little in the way of artillery to put it down. The 20mm just wouldn't cut it. I was getting closer and closer to place the shots right at the waterline, but to no avail. After getting too close, I heard a terrible screeching sound. After carefully checking, and finding no damage, I came to suspect the game had no collision damage model in it.

To test this hypothesis, I backed off, accelerated to full speed, and set course to ram the enemy vessel, amidships. While this produced terrible, ear-splitting sounds, neither my boat, nor the target suffered any ill effects.

My interest in SH3 soon evaporated after that.

09-27-14, 09:37 PM	#8
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Before I got SH4, I played SH3 a little. My last encounter, I got one torp hit on a ship and being in a type II, had little in the way of artillery to put it down. The 20mm just wouldn't cut it. I was getting closer and closer to place the shots right at the waterline, but to no avail. After getting too close, I heard a terrible screeching sound. After carefully checking, and finding no damage, I came to suspect the game had no collision damage model in it. To test this hypothesis, I backed off, accelerated to full speed, and set course to ram the enemy vessel, amidships. While this produced terrible, ear-splitting sounds, neither my boat, nor the target suffered any ill effects. My interest in SH3 soon evaporated after that.