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Originally Posted by panthercules
My two cents worth - if you're worried about not being able to hit anything with manual TDC, start practicing only with dud torpedoes off and only with subs in 1944-45, after they fixed the torpedoes.
I was getting really frustrated with not hitting anything on manual TDC and blaming my lack of success on my set-up/solutions or TDC bugs etc. Then after reading a lot of the posts in various threads here and doing some concerted testing, I realized that my misses were not really related at all to the TDC (or much, at least - I would still occasionally forget to reset the spread angle between shots or make other simple user errors) - they were simply torpedo failures.
Once I started paying attention to the PK (comparing it to my observed periscope sightings over time), and turned on my event camera for testing, I realized my TDC solutions were essentially perfect, and that almost all my torpedoes were dead on target directionally. However, I was getting torpedo failure rates upwards of 75-80% or more (mostly running deep under the hulls, sometimes premature explosions and only very occasionally a dud strike/bounce-off or a gyro error veer-off). Historically, pretty accurate results for the early war (1941/42) time frame I was playing in based on what I've read, but obviously it's hard to gain confidence in your manual TDC skills when you're not getting many hits.
So, I suggest that you eliminate these torpedo failure variables until you get enough practice with the TDC using reliable torps - then you can decide how much frustration you want to experience with the torpedoes in the name of historical accuracy once you have the TDC mastered.
Good luck and good hunting!
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Or do what I have been doing.
Never use the Magnet Detonator. Set your torpedos for Contact only, shallow run (just below the waterline).
But don't tell Fife or Christie. They will be p***d!
JCC