Situation encountered,

donut · 05-25-07, 07:03 PM

Fired 3 fish,at lead DD shallow/fast,1 missed the other 2 tracked to center of :hmm: target,but were either to deep,or no impact.All shots over 400 yds.any thoughts ? ( FtT)

CaptainHaplo · 05-25-07, 08:33 PM

Did you manually set the depth? There is the theory/bug that the depth setting - even when using imperial - still registers meters. This would meen a setting of 15 - would mean 15 METERS instead of feet - 15 would be like 46 feet - way too deep to detonate against or under a DD.

popeye · 05-25-07, 08:50 PM

DD's are small fast and agile. dont waste fish on them, unless it's either you or him. even still, by then its usually too late. just stay away from those bastards.

donut · 05-25-07, 09:58 PM

CaptainHaplo,set the depth manually,shallow as setting indicator will allow.

popeye,thxs,for advise,but one less DD to contend with makes sense in a convoy attack.

I was thinking;

it may be a bug/feature,representing deep runners.even so you should be able to set depth for a surface runner,in the game.:hmm:

UnSalted · 05-26-07, 01:30 AM

My finest momnent so far has been the massacre of a 10 ship convoy in the Celebes Sea. I sank the 2 Mitsukis escorts first and then took out the other 8 ships. Depth was set at 5 on both Mitsukis.

gutterrat13 · 05-26-07, 01:33 AM

I don't think that the depth setting in imperial mode is in meters. After playing around in the mission builder i've come to the conclusion that the ship's drafts in the recognition manual vs. the modeled ship's draft are out of whack. Some ships seem to be right, but some are shallower or vica versa

GTHammer · 05-26-07, 02:28 AM

Under normal situations(nothing odd) I have usually found that when under imperial settings my torps will almost always hit a DD if set at 5-6 on the dial, if they were going to hit at all that is. I would concure though that DD's are fast and change course so much that unless the shot is very close that you shouldn't waste torps on them unless they seem to be heading on a constant course and you are undetected.

donut · 05-26-07, 03:03 AM

I guess we will turn on event camera,& see. Depth set to 5, it's got to be deep runners. Feature/bug,wish we could set shallower

Now we have all 4 DDs,needing a fish! We are using deflection angle to lead DDs in turns to hit.

Capt. Shark Bait · 05-26-07, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Did you manually set the depth? There is the theory/bug that the depth setting - even when using imperial - still registers meters. This would meen a setting of 15 - would mean 15 METERS instead of feet - 15 would be like 46 feet - way too deep to detonate against or under a DD.

i dunno. i've set mine to 15 and dropped a DD with one shot while the other kept goin cuz there was no target for it

PepsiCan · 05-26-07, 06:01 AM

You probably had dud torpedoes. A big issue not resolved until mid 1943 when a skipper fired something like 4-6 duds in a row. Has to do with the angle on the bow at which the torpedo hits.

Capt. Shark Bait · 05-26-07, 06:49 AM

mine was a stern shot, in june 42

05-25-07, 07:03 PM	#1
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Situation encountered, Fired 3 fish,at lead DD shallow/fast,1 missed the other 2 tracked to center of :hmm: target,but were either to deep,or no impact.All shots over 400 yds.any thoughts ? ( FtT)

05-25-07, 08:33 PM	#2
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Did you manually set the depth? There is the theory/bug that the depth setting - even when using imperial - still registers meters. This would meen a setting of 15 - would mean 15 METERS instead of feet - 15 would be like 46 feet - way too deep to detonate against or under a DD. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

05-26-07, 02:28 AM	#7
GTHammer Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 127 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Under normal situations(nothing odd) I have usually found that when under imperial settings my torps will almost always hit a DD if set at 5-6 on the dial, if they were going to hit at all that is. I would concure though that DD's are fast and change course so much that unless the shot is very close that you shouldn't waste torps on them unless they seem to be heading on a constant course and you are undetected. __________________ GT USS Hammer

05-26-07, 06:01 AM	#10
PepsiCan Planesman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 189 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dud torpedoes You probably had dud torpedoes. A big issue not resolved until mid 1943 when a skipper fired something like 4-6 duds in a row. Has to do with the angle on the bow at which the torpedo hits. __________________ =================== AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.1Ghz 1Gb RAM MSI NVidia 6800 128MB MSI motherboard Realtek soundcard Windows XP Pro SP2 ===================

05-26-07, 06:49 AM	#11
Capt. Shark Bait Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in a convergance zone Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	mine was a stern shot, in june 42 __________________ Leiser und tödlicher edler Ritter der Tiefe Corsair Vengeance M70; ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z; FX 8350; Asus 7870; Samsung SyncMaster 2243SWX; coolmax CUG950B 950w psu; 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3; Corsair M4 SSD 128GB, WD 1TB; x18 DVR212D; 7SP1

05-25-07, 08:50 PM	#3
popeye A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	DD's are small fast and agile. dont waste fish on them, unless it's either you or him. even still, by then its usually too late. just stay away from those bastards.

05-25-07, 09:58 PM	#4
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	CaptainHaplo,set the depth manually,shallow as setting indicator will allow. popeye,thxs,for advise,but one less DD to contend with makes sense in a convoy attack. I was thinking; it may be a bug/feature,representing deep runners.even so you should be able to set depth for a surface runner,in the game.:hmm:

05-26-07, 01:30 AM	#5
UnSalted Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 130 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My finest momnent so far has been the massacre of a 10 ship convoy in the Celebes Sea. I sank the 2 Mitsukis escorts first and then took out the other 8 ships. Depth was set at 5 on both Mitsukis.

05-26-07, 01:33 AM	#6
gutterrat13 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prince George, BC, Canada Posts: 13 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	I don't think that the depth setting in imperial mode is in meters. After playing around in the mission builder i've come to the conclusion that the ship's drafts in the recognition manual vs. the modeled ship's draft are out of whack. Some ships seem to be right, but some are shallower or vica versa

05-26-07, 03:03 AM	#8
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I guess we will turn on event camera,& see. Depth set to 5, it's got to be deep runners. Feature/bug,wish we could set shallower Now we have all 4 DDs,needing a fish! We are using deflection angle to lead DDs in turns to hit.

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