Torpedos Armed?

05-10-06, 06:27 AM

Will enemy incoming torpedos break-up if you head straight at one and get hit by it before it has a chance to arm/lock itself?

Also, has anyone been able to get an enemy incoming torpedo to destroy the platform that launched it?

Deathblow · 05-10-06, 06:30 AM

Someones stuck on reliving Hunt for Red October...

No, in the game the torp is armed as soon as its senors are active and it begins to search. If its sensors are not active it will not home into a target and till not hit anything.

TLAM Strike · 05-10-06, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SubSerpent

Also, has anyone been able to get an enemy incoming torpedo to destroy the platform that launched it?

Once against AI a long time ago...

TopTorp '92 · 05-10-06, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SubSerpent

Also, has anyone been able to get an enemy incoming torpedo to destroy the platform that launched it?

I didn't get the the torpedo to hit the firing platform but I got the incoming torp to hit a nearby surface platform.

SeaQueen · 05-10-06, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TopTorp '92

I didn't get the the torpedo to hit the firing platform but I got the incoming torp to hit a nearby surface platform.

YOU SANK THE LOVE BOAT!!!!

TopTorp '92 · 05-10-06, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaQueen

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Originally Posted by TopTorp '92

I didn't get the the torpedo to hit the firing platform but I got the incoming torp to hit a nearby surface platform.

YOU SANK THE LOVE BOAT!!!!

I just love these computer games. Here I can break all the rules of engagement without pause for any concern for the would-be tribunal that happens afterwards.

Palindromeria · 05-12-06, 06:32 PM

<< YOU SANK THE LOVE BOAT >>

I used to really enjoy that in sh2

Wim Libaers · 05-13-06, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SubSerpent

Also, has anyone been able to get an enemy incoming torpedo to destroy the platform that launched it?

Not in this game. I did it once in Fast Attack, with three torpedoes. I was tasked to sink a surface ship (battleship, or at least very big and heavily armoured), but my first hits were not enough to kill it and it fired three torpedoes back at me. I managed to evade using a countermeasure and some manuevering, the torpedoes went into circle reattack mode, and acquired the enemy ship before I got in their search cone.

Amizaur · 05-13-06, 04:08 PM

IIRC in DW "unarmed" torpedos (which means just preenabled) just run right through any targets they meet, so they don't destruct on collision, the only collisions detected by preenabled torps seems to be collisions with the bottom...

sonar732 · 05-13-06, 07:39 PM

One of the great tactics in Sub Command's mission where you attack a Russian Battle Group is to stay under the layer until they are right above you in which you come to say...50 ft. Then, everything will launch torps at you and you go under the carrier. The torps will kill the carrier and you complete the mission w/o expending any weapons.

05-10-06, 06:27 AM	#1
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Torpedos Armed? Will enemy incoming torpedos break-up if you head straight at one and get hit by it before it has a chance to arm/lock itself? Also, has anyone been able to get an enemy incoming torpedo to destroy the platform that launched it?

05-10-06, 06:30 AM	#2
Deathblow Captain Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 518 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Someones stuck on reliving Hunt for Red October... No, in the game the torp is armed as soon as its senors are active and it begins to search. If its sensors are not active it will not home into a target and till not hit anything.

05-12-06, 06:32 PM	#7
Palindromeria Planesman Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brooklyn NY Posts: 199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	<< YOU SANK THE LOVE BOAT >> I used to really enjoy that in sh2

05-13-06, 04:08 PM	#9
Amizaur Sonar Guy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poland Posts: 398 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	IIRC in DW "unarmed" torpedos (which means just preenabled) just run right through any targets they meet, so they don't destruct on collision, the only collisions detected by preenabled torps seems to be collisions with the bottom...

05-13-06, 07:39 PM	#10
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	One of the great tactics in Sub Command's mission where you attack a Russian Battle Group is to stay under the layer until they are right above you in which you come to say...50 ft. Then, everything will launch torps at you and you go under the carrier. The torps will kill the carrier and you complete the mission w/o expending any weapons.