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Originally Posted by xristoskaiti
you work with the files of bombs.sim sh4 ???they is truth if you put the
bombs.sim in sh3 of library air DepthCharge they have fire in the
40-45 m ............ I see very well when they are sunk
with exterior kamera.  |
No, I'm using the SHIII/GWX bombs.sim file. I can set the depth to whatever I wish (even 200 - 300 meters). However, based upon my research so far it appears that air-dropped depth charges, like the US Mark 17, were set for shallow depth detonation. Unfortunately
the articles I've read don't mention just what depth was considered 'shallow'. For now I've set them for 20 meters, but I'm considering setting them instead to 15 +/- 5 meters depth. If anyone could point me to a reference article that gives more specifics I'd appreciate it.
I think I'm going to skip having the ASW loadout appear in mid '40 and just go with it from the start, mostly due to the hassle and extreme extra work modifying the campaign files to accommodate the aircraft loadouts changing as time passes.
For the moment I'm busy creating the ASW loadouts on a per-plane basis, and double-checking the ordnance weight allowances per aircraft to remain 'real'. For instance, the museum file for the Sunderland states it can carry up to 1,000 Kg of dropable munitions. That works out to be four air-dropped depth charges (roughly 150Kg apiece) and four 100Kg bombs. I'm checking each aircraft the same way so that they carry no more than their maximum carrying capacity.
Then I have to modify the campaign files so that the appropriate spawned and scripted aircraft have the ASW loadout as their loadouts.
I hope to have the aircraft ASW mod released fairly soon. --fingers crossed--