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Old 11-02-06, 02:31 PM   #33
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For visual effect you can to use AI and Air Torpedoes.?
Yes, I thought about that. Unfortunately, the AirTorpedo needs to be dropped significantly before the aircraft reaches the boat/ship but the level bomber does not allow for that and drops the torpedo directly on a target which does not look realistic. If one can make it drop the torpedo much earlier, that would be perfect for visual effects.
The visual image (at all absolutely real) gives more emotions, than
abstract image (invisible virt. torpedos)!
In reality, people on U-boat's bridge would never see an attacking torpedo unless it was a steamed torpedo with the wake. Therefore, torpedoes flying around the boat and almost ahead of the diving aircraft or landing on boat's deck are absolutely unrealistic (at least to me) and do not contribute to immersion, no matter how much emotions that can give. In a way, enemy torpedoes were pretty much invisible for the U-boat crew.
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