Things I Want to Mod but Unsure how to Proceed

[Harpo]

First, the masthead heights in the recognition manual and hence to the TDC is way off for most ships. I've got heights for the merchants (still working on the warships) that will give more correct distances to the TDC but don't know where to find and change the bad values.

Second, I want to change the default speed for torpedoes to FAST but have no clue where that might be.

Third, I want to fix the Asiatic Fleet career so it doesn't retire your brand new Gato sub after it's first mission.



I have the modding tools but I don't think breaking out .dds files is going to help me here (though I haven't tried yet).

I was hoping someone could give me a solid start so I don't have to take so much time learning by trial and error and mining the forum.