Malfunctioning torpedoes?

pelucho25 · 10-02-11, 01:44 PM

Hello masters, one question. This recreated the torpedo failures Silent Hunter 5? thanks

0rpheus · 10-02-11, 06:33 PM

Yes, you'll occasionally get dud torpedoes and premature explosions when using the magnetic detonator.

Rongel · 10-03-11, 11:19 AM

There are indeed dud torpedoes in the game and some also explode prematurely. But it is very rare thing. If you are firing from decent angle and the sea isn't raging, dud changes are only 1/100. I'm not a WW2 expert but this seems to be way too low. Generally all the torpedoes seem very reliable, looks like there is a place for mod here...

Rongel · 10-03-11, 02:21 PM

Hmm... I just made small test, I edited the "torpedoes_g7a-e.sim" and changed dud percentages and premature explosion percentages for every type of torpedo to 100. Tested it several times, no duds, no changes.

Minispace noticed this earlier when he made Tiny-torpedo mod:

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Originally Posted by minispace

This is really frustrating. No matter what changes I make to torpedoes_g7a-e.sim file, I am not seeing any changes in torpedo behavior in-game.

I've tried setting the dud chance really high, and really low, and torps still hit almost every time, like in the stock game. I suspect the magnetic fuse might be setting off the torps even with impact hits, but that just a WAG.

Yep, weird. I thought that maybe "Reduce dud torpedoes" crew special ability is messing things up, but didn't saw anything wrong there. Any guesses?

10-02-11, 01:44 PM	#1
pelucho25 Loader Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Valladolid (Spain) Posts: 90 Downloads: 1404 Uploads: 0	Malfunctioning torpedoes? Hello masters, one question. This recreated the torpedo failures Silent Hunter 5? thanks

10-02-11, 06:33 PM	#2
0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 857 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	Yes, you'll occasionally get dud torpedoes and premature explosions when using the magnetic detonator.

10-03-11, 11:19 AM	#3
Rongel Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Finland Posts: 859 Downloads: 174 Uploads: 0	There are indeed dud torpedoes in the game and some also explode prematurely. But it is very rare thing. If you are firing from decent angle and the sea isn't raging, dud changes are only 1/100. I'm not a WW2 expert but this seems to be way too low. Generally all the torpedoes seem very reliable, looks like there is a place for mod here...