Opening torpedo tubes

FoddaUK · 04-03-07, 12:28 PM

Had a strange one last night that I've not seen before.

There I was in prime position at periscope depth waiting for a task force to cross my bow and launch everything I had at it. Had some time to kill waiting for them to get into attack position so opened all fore and aft torp tubes in readiness... And doesn't that take some time!

Anyway, about half an hour later (game time) it was getting close to taking out the targets. Had the first ship lined up and torpedo set for depth and thanks to comsubpac message left speed at "slow". Fired torpedo and up pops the lovely event camera showing... Tube one opening, and torpedo firing eventually!!!

Same thing with tubes 2, 3 and 4. All of them were closed when I gave the fire order and consequently I had to wait for them to open and fire before selecting the next tube, even though I'd opened every single one beforehand and not gone near the Q key since!

Needless to say, all 4 torps were well aft of their intended targets, even though I kept the scope on the taget all through the fire process before moving on to the next target.

So disappointed I closed the game there and then. I have saved though, so can try again.

Has anybody else seen this door behaviour? Is there a maximum time the tube doors will stay open for?

04-03-07, 12:28 PM	#1
FoddaUK Mate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 52 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	Opening torpedo tubes Had a strange one last night that I've not seen before. There I was in prime position at periscope depth waiting for a task force to cross my bow and launch everything I had at it. Had some time to kill waiting for them to get into attack position so opened all fore and aft torp tubes in readiness... And doesn't that take some time! Anyway, about half an hour later (game time) it was getting close to taking out the targets. Had the first ship lined up and torpedo set for depth and thanks to comsubpac message left speed at "slow". Fired torpedo and up pops the lovely event camera showing... Tube one opening, and torpedo firing eventually!!! Same thing with tubes 2, 3 and 4. All of them were closed when I gave the fire order and consequently I had to wait for them to open and fire before selecting the next tube, even though I'd opened every single one beforehand and not gone near the Q key since! Needless to say, all 4 torps were well aft of their intended targets, even though I kept the scope on the taget all through the fire process before moving on to the next target. So disappointed I closed the game there and then. I have saved though, so can try again. Has anybody else seen this door behaviour? Is there a maximum time the tube doors will stay open for?