Scapa Flow: Torpedo Nets or Duds?

sharkbit · 03-23-09, 09:16 AM

I've been away from SH3 for the last 4 months or so and have had the itch to play again for the last couple of weeks. I'm not in the mood right now to get back to doing war patrols...yet, so I've been tackling some single missions.
I'm playing GWX 2.1 (waiting for a new rig next month before I set up GWX 3.0) at 84% realism with dud torpedoes marked.

I was palying the Scapa mission the other night. Had alot of fun sneaking into the harbor and found the Royal Oak. I got into position about 3000 meters away and fired 4 magnetics under her keel and watched them all dissapear from the TDC screen a couple hundred meters from the target.
Reloaded and threw a couple more magnetic eels at her. Same result. By then, it was close to dawn, so I slunk away, submerged, and spent the day on the bottom in the harbor near an island.

The next night, I surfaced when it was dark, reloaded my last 3 torpedoes, and snuck back to the Royal Oak. Got to about 2000 meters away, 90 AOB and fired my remaining torpedoes with impact fuses. Nothing happened, not a single boom, except this time the Royal Oak woke up , spotted me and sent a secondary armament broadside at me

, much to my dismay , causing some damage before I could get under, only to be pummelled by a destroyer in shallow water, forced to the surface and sunk.

I figured it was one of 4 things:
1.) All duds.
2.) Anti-torpedo net. Is this even modelled in GWX?
3.) The torpedoes bottomed out, at least the magnetics did.
4.) A combination of the above.

Any ideas? I'd like to try again in the future.

airwolf48453 · 03-23-09, 09:21 AM

There are nets on the southside of her. you have to be face to face or approach from the north side but be careful there are 3 destroyers anchored northeast just before the entrance to the base.

LordNeuro"Serbia" · 03-23-09, 04:55 PM

It was the nets. I had the same thing sunking the Hood. SHot the salvo of 4 eals and nothing. But the next salvo was in 1m depth, and Hood went dawn. Shoot was from 1000 m and pitch dark.
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03-23-09, 09:16 AM	#1
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Scapa Flow: Torpedo Nets or Duds? I've been away from SH3 for the last 4 months or so and have had the itch to play again for the last couple of weeks. I'm not in the mood right now to get back to doing war patrols...yet, so I've been tackling some single missions. I'm playing GWX 2.1 (waiting for a new rig next month before I set up GWX 3.0) at 84% realism with dud torpedoes marked. I was palying the Scapa mission the other night. Had alot of fun sneaking into the harbor and found the Royal Oak. I got into position about 3000 meters away and fired 4 magnetics under her keel and watched them all dissapear from the TDC screen a couple hundred meters from the target. Reloaded and threw a couple more magnetic eels at her. Same result. By then, it was close to dawn, so I slunk away, submerged, and spent the day on the bottom in the harbor near an island. The next night, I surfaced when it was dark, reloaded my last 3 torpedoes, and snuck back to the Royal Oak. Got to about 2000 meters away, 90 AOB and fired my remaining torpedoes with impact fuses. Nothing happened, not a single boom, except this time the Royal Oak woke up , spotted me and sent a secondary armament broadside at me , much to my dismay , causing some damage before I could get under, only to be pummelled by a destroyer in shallow water, forced to the surface and sunk. I figured it was one of 4 things: 1.) All duds. 2.) Anti-torpedo net. Is this even modelled in GWX? 3.) The torpedoes bottomed out, at least the magnetics did. 4.) A combination of the above. Any ideas? I'd like to try again in the future. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

03-23-09, 09:21 AM	#2
airwolf48453 Helmsman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan/USA Posts: 103 Downloads: 201 Uploads: 0	There are nets on the southside of her. you have to be face to face or approach from the north side but be careful there are 3 destroyers anchored northeast just before the entrance to the base. __________________ A Point Of Great Significance...Is The Keen Sensitivity Of The Wolf To The Condition Of It's Prey. In Judging What He Can Handle And What Should Prudently Be Left Alone, The Wolf Brings To His Daily Work Sophisticated Skills Completely Beyond Our Human Keen. These Are Made Possible By Inborn Capacities Effectively Tuned And Developed In The Young Wolf Through An Apprenticeship That Only The Capable Survive.

03-23-09, 04:55 PM	#3
LordNeuro"Serbia" Chief Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 328 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Yap It was the nets. I had the same thing sunking the Hood. SHot the salvo of 4 eals and nothing. But the next salvo was in 1m depth, and Hood went dawn. Shoot was from 1000 m and pitch dark. And here r pic http://img16.imageshack.us/gal.php?g...1622524956.jpg __________________