question about fido torpedo

[Werewolf]

Please - does anyone in here know if the fido torpedo in SHIII is able to change depth - downwards that is - and thereby home in on you in 3D? Or does it only hover around at shallow depths not able to go deeper?

[flakmonkey]

Not 100% sure on this one, all i can say is ive never seen a fido alter course to go deeper/shallower, only side to side until it finds its target.

Theyre quite good fun to watch after theyve been fired though, as they go sniffing for something to hit.

[Alpha Von Burg]

I'm guessing that you set the torpedo depth and the torpedo will find its target...

[Jimbuna]

The Falke (I'm presuming that is what you meant) will remain at the depth you set prior to firing but will change depth if it locks onto something submerged.

[Werewolf]

Thanks all of you for your replies

@jimbuna:

No actually I meant the US fido, but you say that the falke is able to alter its depth also downwards? That means that if launched from a shallow sub or a surface ship against a deeper sub it will actually dive towards its target, providing that the target is within its sensor cone of course? The reason why I ask is that Zel and I are currently working to make a cold war mod for SHIV. Here the acoustic torpedoes are completely stupid - even the US mk27, which is supposed to be an ASW weapon! cannot home in if the target is below it, it just circles around over it! I know this is an SHIII thread, but I just wondered if this was different in previous versions, I remember that in SHII the fido could efficiently home in on a submarine....hmmm.....well, thank you very much

[Captain Nemo]

The Fido was an acoustic torpedo dropped from aircraft on to the swirl created by a crash diving uboat and if it detected the noise of the uboat homed in on it. Are they modelled in SHIII?

Nemo