Damaged destroyer outran my torpedoes

U-104 · 09-07-05, 04:04 PM

I was sailing my new XXI U-boat when I encountered a British destroyer and hit it with an acoustic torpedo. It blew off one of its propellers and jammed its rudder. The destroyer came to a complete stop, so I lined it up at a 90-degree AOB and fired a steam torpedo at it and it went from zero to ten knots in about one second. The torpedo went on behind it without hitting a thing.

How is that a damaged destroyer with only one propeller can go from zero to ten knots in about one second and evade a torpedo coming at it at 40 knots?

the_rydster · 09-07-05, 04:35 PM

If its rudder was jammed/locked then if it went full power on the useable screw then that could probably ruin your shot as it would not only accelerate but turn.

U-104 · 09-07-05, 05:21 PM

it jammed straight.

oRGy · 09-08-05, 06:04 AM

The acceleration settings of all ships are far far higher than they were in reality, probably because the AI in SH3 is so useless - they have to be able to stop and reverse in a few seconds in order to avoid ramming the wrong ships and so on.

09-07-05, 04:04 PM	#1
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	Damaged destroyer outran my torpedoes I was sailing my new XXI U-boat when I encountered a British destroyer and hit it with an acoustic torpedo. It blew off one of its propellers and jammed its rudder. The destroyer came to a complete stop, so I lined it up at a 90-degree AOB and fired a steam torpedo at it and it went from zero to ten knots in about one second. The torpedo went on behind it without hitting a thing. How is that a damaged destroyer with only one propeller can go from zero to ten knots in about one second and evade a torpedo coming at it at 40 knots? __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

09-07-05, 04:35 PM	#2
the_rydster Seaman Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Classified Posts: 41 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If its rudder was jammed/locked then if it went full power on the useable screw then that could probably ruin your shot as it would not only accelerate but turn. __________________ O/B U-69, 2nd Flotilla

09-07-05, 05:21 PM	#3
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	it jammed straight. __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

09-08-05, 06:04 AM	#4
oRGy Crusty Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 648 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	The acceleration settings of all ships are far far higher than they were in reality, probably because the AI in SH3 is so useless - they have to be able to stop and reverse in a few seconds in order to avoid ramming the wrong ships and so on.