The first change made would have to be the TDC to allow for the various torpedoes needed. As there's no sense in a TDC having settable values for torpedoes not yet invented, if playing early war, then the TDC equipped for any mission must therefore change, as later war torpedoes become available.
Even early TDC's would need changes from the current TDC, so as to be able to change the speed selected for steam-driven torpedoes, which has implications for maximum range and also gyro angle required.
A further issue, is that currently, the torpedo reloading is automatic, as without a choice of torpedo to reload there is no need for a mechanism to select which torpedo to load or unload.
Then there's the other issue about which torpedoes are initially loaded in tubes, and unloaded during the mission to allow for different ones to be used.
Consequently there's a raft of issues that come with the modelling of different torpedo types, that would also have to be modelled, and modelled not just with the newer torpedoes in mind, but also those which would come with still later-war ones being modelled - afterall modification of the game is no good if it precludes later developments...
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