The stock game doesn't allow any sub to dive as deep as you want. The gauges are only going to allow you to dive to their set marked depth....450ft on some gauges/ 600 ft on others. The "D" (Dive) key will take you to the "Test Depth" of the particular sub your in, but that's as far as you go.
I put the feature of using the "D" key to dive to your death into Optical Targeting Correction (OTC). You may be surprised to learn just how much your sub can take if you try to stretch the limit when using my mod. Just keep in mind there's a point of no return. The physics of the depth compression is well modeled in-game. You're controls become sluggish, losing responsiveness, to the point even an "Emergency Blow Ballast" and Flank Speed power won't pull you up. You're left reading the increasing depth figure showing on your gauges, knowing there's no escape. A terrible feeling many a lost submariner must have felt!
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The HMS Shannon vs. USS Chesapeake outside Boston Harbor June 1, 1813
USS Chesapeake Captain James Lawrence lay mortally wounded...
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