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Old 07-05-07, 11:48 AM   #2
bill clarke
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Originally Posted by SingeDebile
first, this is not to say that sometimes this is can be true (its taking a seemingly un natural number of torp hits to sink a ship), especially if you take into account that tanker ships are never actually full of oil for example.

I think we tend to expect ships to sink too quickly (which is encouraged by the ultra speedy sink animation), that after they get mortally hit with a torp they should sink instantly. If you let a wounded ship float for a while it will often end up sinking all its own. But we dont have time for that, we charge into a convoy and expect to sink them all in one swoop.

Realistically it could take hours for a ship to sink.... so even if it doesnt after the first couple hits then let it sit there for a while... watch it get lower and lower in the water or list more and more... or even just tell yourself you giving the men aboard the option of getting off in time.
Well after reading some historical accounts of sinkings, some did go down quite quickly, especially the CVL's, that's probably the hardest part of the game to programe, so many variables.
BTW why are the tankers not filled with oil in the game ?
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