Torpedo doors

Captain Nemo · 06-11-07, 08:16 AM

Is it possible to have all torpedo doors open at the same time? The reason I ask is that when attacking a convoy I open tube door 1 with the "Q" key at the attack periscope station, then click on tube 2, but when I do this I hear tube 1 door close, same goes for the other tubes. Am I doing something wrong?

Nemo

joegrundman · 06-11-07, 08:55 AM

Do it from the TDC screen,or from the command station or conning tower station

CapZap1970 · 06-11-07, 09:07 AM

Hi Nemo:
Yes, it is possible. If you open them from the TDC station.
Once you do that, when you are at the peri station, if you are with torp tube nbr. 1 selected, and you change tube with "Y" key, then tube 1 will close automatically, and so on.

CapZap

Captain Nemo · 06-11-07, 09:18 AM

Thanks for the replies, I'll open the tubes from the TDC station in future.

Nemo

Schöneboom · 06-11-07, 09:21 AM

Greetings, Nemo,

I think also if you want to see all tubes open at the same time, you'd select "salvo" on the TDC screen -- if you're shooting all at one target, that is. Then Q opens all the selected tubes.

Mach's gut!

Captain Nemo · 06-11-07, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Schöneboom

Greetings, Nemo,

I think also if you want to see all tubes open at the same time, you'd select "salvo" on the TDC screen -- if you're shooting all at one target, that is. Then Q opens all the selected tubes.

Mach's gut!

Thanks Schoneboom. I don't necessarily want to fire all torps at the same target, but to be able to select a tube and fire my bow torps at different targets in quick succession without the need to open the tube doors before hitting the fire button, if you see what I mean.

Nemo

SmokinTep · 06-11-07, 10:08 AM

Been playing this sim for ages and just learned something new..........

CapZap1970 · 06-11-07, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokinTep

Been playing this sim for ages and just learned something new..........

And that would be......?
CapZap

SmokinTep · 06-11-07, 10:34 AM

That I could have all the doors opened at once..........

Jimbuna · 06-11-07, 11:01 AM

Someone posted a long time ago IIRC that if all forward tubes are open, then opening a rear one may well mean a forward one closes. Or something like that :hmm:
Now Im gonna go and check when I get back home

CapZap1970 · 06-11-07, 11:29 AM

Hi Jim:
That's what happens with any torp tube when you select another from peri station. You change tube but the one you had selected before closes.
If you select the tubes from the TDC, they don't close, you can open all of them, but for sure you knew this.

CapZap

Avatar · 06-11-07, 11:40 AM

I open all of them by right-clicking on the weapons officer, thenlook up to the torpedo switches and open them that way.
I sometimes go to the conning tower and control the switches that way, too.
Both will work.

Jimbuna · 06-11-07, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CapZap1970

Hi Jim:
That's what happens with any torp tube when you select another from peri station. You change tube but the one you had selected before closes.
If you select the tubes from the TDC, they don't close, you can open all of them, but for sure you knew this.

CapZap

Hakahura · 06-11-07, 03:30 PM

Standard procedue on my boat since day 1 when attacking a convoy...

Select salvo I,II,III,IV press Q, all doors open simultaniously, then select single tube again as required.

Repeat for stern tubes, tubes? Type IX

Paajtor · 06-11-07, 05:19 PM

that's what I do.

Plus that it looks sweet.

06-11-07, 08:16 AM	#1
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Torpedo doors Is it possible to have all torpedo doors open at the same time? The reason I ask is that when attacking a convoy I open tube door 1 with the "Q" key at the attack periscope station, then click on tube 2, but when I do this I hear tube 1 door close, same goes for the other tubes. Am I doing something wrong? Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

06-11-07, 08:55 AM	#2
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Do it from the TDC screen,or from the command station or conning tower station __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

06-11-07, 09:07 AM	#3
CapZap1970 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: La Paz, Bolivia Posts: 1,965 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 51	Hi Nemo: Yes, it is possible. If you open them from the TDC station. Once you do that, when you are at the peri station, if you are with torp tube nbr. 1 selected, and you change tube with "Y" key, then tube 1 will close automatically, and so on. CapZap __________________

06-11-07, 09:18 AM	#4
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the replies, I'll open the tubes from the TDC station in future. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

06-11-07, 09:21 AM	#5
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Greetings, Nemo, I think also if you want to see all tubes open at the same time, you'd select "salvo" on the TDC screen -- if you're shooting all at one target, that is. Then Q opens all the selected tubes. Mach's gut! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

06-11-07, 10:08 AM	#7
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Been playing this sim for ages and just learned something new..........

06-11-07, 10:34 AM	#9
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That I could have all the doors opened at once..........

06-11-07, 11:01 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Someone posted a long time ago IIRC that if all forward tubes are open, then opening a rear one may well mean a forward one closes. Or something like that :hmm: Now Im gonna go and check when I get back home __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-11-07, 11:29 AM	#11
CapZap1970 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: La Paz, Bolivia Posts: 1,965 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 51	Hi Jim: That's what happens with any torp tube when you select another from peri station. You change tube but the one you had selected before closes. If you select the tubes from the TDC, they don't close, you can open all of them, but for sure you knew this. CapZap __________________

06-11-07, 11:40 AM	#12
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I open all of them by right-clicking on the weapons officer, thenlook up to the torpedo switches and open them that way. I sometimes go to the conning tower and control the switches that way, too. Both will work.

06-11-07, 03:30 PM	#14
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Standard procedue on my boat since day 1 when attacking a convoy... Select salvo I,II,III,IV press Q, all doors open simultaniously, then select single tube again as required. Repeat for stern tubes, tubes? Type IX __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

06-11-07, 05:19 PM	#15
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	that's what I do. Plus that it looks sweet. __________________