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Originally Posted by AS
I don´t know how many times I´ve referred to the "safety factors" but here´s a wild guess: a WW2 US-sub will probably collapse between 1.6 and 1.7 times the operational depth. I´m curious though how SH4 is going to handle this.
Cheers, AS
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Probably by crushing the boat...
WWII captains didn't know exactly how deep their boats would go, so that's why there were safe depth listings for them. If you stayed above that depth you knew you were always safe. You knew the boat was capable of diving deeper and if you had to you'd try it. How deep it could actually go? Well you wouldn't know that until you either went deep and came back up, or crushed like a beercan under a semi.
That's what we'll have to deal with as Captains as well, the uncertainty.
As for which exact numbers the Devs use, that's up to them. Unlike real skippers though we'll be able to figure it out eventually since even at DiD no one is going to hit you with a brick so you can never try it again...or tell anyone else.