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tater · 11-24-07, 03:42 PM

Beaten to it. The Type 95 only had 2 possible depth settings. 30m, and 60m. if you were at 45m depth, it was either gonna blow 15m above, or below you. IN 1943 they added a 90m setting.

In game, the only control available is the error. So set it to 5m, and the ship aims at your sub at 45m, and the DC goes off at 40-50m. This is the reason escorts blow their sterns off. They aim at you at say 10m, and the depth error is set to 5m, the DC goes off at 5m to 15m. 5m is inside the damage radius of the DC, and the ship blows off the stern. (hmmm, making the DC racks harder to damage might be a good idea...).

Sadly, the sim file includes a DC explosion depth setting, but it is not used. If it was, you could set 1 rack to 30m, and make another rack and set it to 60m, and you'd have a historical IJN DC load (you'd just have to make a new set of DC racks with 2 for each load you wanted).

I really wish they were not overridden by the AI. This is important because they should not have the fine depth control they do have. The problem then would come into play for the Type 2 DCs. They had a 7.5m depth setting range, so much finer control.

11-24-07, 03:42 PM	#21
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Beaten to it. The Type 95 only had 2 possible depth settings. 30m, and 60m. if you were at 45m depth, it was either gonna blow 15m above, or below you. IN 1943 they added a 90m setting. In game, the only control available is the error. So set it to 5m, and the ship aims at your sub at 45m, and the DC goes off at 40-50m. This is the reason escorts blow their sterns off. They aim at you at say 10m, and the depth error is set to 5m, the DC goes off at 5m to 15m. 5m is inside the damage radius of the DC, and the ship blows off the stern. (hmmm, making the DC racks harder to damage might be a good idea...). Sadly, the sim file includes a DC explosion depth setting, but it is not used. If it was, you could set 1 rack to 30m, and make another rack and set it to 60m, and you'd have a historical IJN DC load (you'd just have to make a new set of DC racks with 2 for each load you wanted). I really wish they were not overridden by the AI. This is important because they should not have the fine depth control they do have. The problem then would come into play for the Type 2 DCs. They had a 7.5m depth setting range, so much finer control.