[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

The boat's max depth is set in the .zon file. Each class is different and there is a unknown factor controlling it because the number set does not always mean. For example, a Gato in TMO, in the .zon file, the number is 254.75 meters, which is 835.79 feet, but can tell you it does not go to to even 600 feet before hull collapses , nor should it. However, if I increase the number, it will go below 600 ft safely. So number is not exact. A BALAO or TENCH or other hand, can safely go to 650 ft , as they could in real life. In the .zon files their max depth is around 1000 feet but of course, they do not go that deep.

don't want to argue with you however i have experienced different results.
at the moment, i am driving a Gato and the Crush Depth in Gato.Zon is set to 305 meters....nominally 1000 feet.

i couple of missions ago, we got caught by a volley of DC as were diving through the the thermocline at speed, and by the time we could catch our "fall", we were in excess of 1000 feet....by a considerable amount. Thank The Maker and Electric Boat, for that.

this is only an example of performance and, of course, yours could vary, but it is consistent with previous experiences in that actual Crush Depth in SH4 seems to be nominally greater than what is in the Zon file.