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06-29-09, 10:22 AM | #1 |
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Dud hit dud dud dud dud dud hit dud dud dud dud dud dud hit dud
Guess what this thread's about?
About a week into the Pacific war, playing TMO, harbour full of sitting ducks, lovely dark night. Torps set to shallow, slow and contact. Cruised around at periscope depth for hours using up every bow torp, couldn't use sterns due to a well-placed bomb. 4000 tons and no medals for anyone. And yet curiously satisfying to even come away with that. But I've loaded up with Mk10s for current patrol. Not sure I'm ready to go to manual targetting yet ! Question: Is the lack of harbour response (there was 3 patrol boats sitting there) a constant in the game, or does something more start to happen as the war proceeds? |
06-29-09, 10:24 AM | #2 |
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Hehehehehehehehe!!!! Ain't TMO grand? We had real cruises where every torpedo was a dud and the boat came home fuming mad but with a big goose egg to show for the cruise.
If harbor patrol craft are at anchor, they might not get underway. If they are merely stopped they'll fire up and come after you if they survive the first spread.
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06-29-09, 10:32 AM | #3 |
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I'm sorry to contradict you both, but our torpedoes are the best in the world, and your superiors advise you to stop making excuses for poor shooting. This kind of talk is bad for the morale of the men who serve under you.
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06-29-09, 10:41 AM | #4 |
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LOL - welcome to my nightmare!! Dud after dud after dud...
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06-29-09, 10:44 AM | #5 |
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yep, the greatness of the Dud syndrome... lol
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06-29-09, 10:46 AM | #6 |
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You're getting a dud, dude
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06-29-09, 10:48 AM | #7 |
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lol.
yep, when in a sub the sound of metal hitting the hull of a ship isnt good. (good for the ships crew though, im sure they liked it.)
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06-29-09, 10:53 AM | #8 |
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Right there with you on the duds....can sure make for a frustrating patrol............ARRRRRRRGH....
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06-29-09, 11:14 AM | #9 |
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Heres a few tips that may or may not help with duds.
1.) Forget magnetic triggers they just dont work right. Use impact 2.) Dont use 'fast' settings, get closer and use slow. 3.) Set the torps to run as shallow as they can and again use impact triggers. 4.) Dont strive for that perfect 90 degree impact. A little off angle will be much more sucessful. -------->| doink ------->/ kaboom Your still going to get duds and yes Mk10's are more reliable. Oh and on the lack of reaction from the anchored ships, yes this is par for the course. They are uhhhh not under steam :rotfl:
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06-29-09, 11:22 AM | #10 |
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With pre mid 1943 mk14 try to go for a hit that glances the ships hull rather than the normaly ideal 90 or close to it AOB -l. The pistols where getting crushed from solid AOB hits and not going off.You had all the anti dud tricks except going for glancing blows.
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06-29-09, 11:28 AM | #11 |
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Only two or three of those torps were fired square on. And one of those actually scored the tonnage. I wonder if anyone knows if the game takes account of the angle?
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06-29-09, 11:42 AM | #12 | |
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Water state at the time of firing is also taken into account.
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06-29-09, 11:57 AM | #13 |
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Water state? You mean surface roughage makes them run awry? Aw jeez.
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06-29-09, 12:13 PM | #14 | |
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The rough water doesent really seem to affect their 'flight path' in fact Ive seen them at times literally fly through the air inbetween the troughs of the waves.
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06-29-09, 04:10 PM | #15 |
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Have anyone tested
Have anyone tested this: I found that if I fire 2 torps they will score hits but if I fire 3 or 4 then 2 of them will be duds. I have tried it several times and it is some kind of rule. Anyone have checked this? TMO, FSB is random and I mean RANDOM btw.
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