TDC Torpedo speed bug - or why those T-III's miss alot

Ducimus · 02-08-07, 02:13 PM

Anyone else have a problem with eletric fish missing alot even with a perfect firing solution? For the longest tiem i couldnt figure out why. Then on a whim i was looking over this url:

http://www.paulwasserman.net/SHIII/#...al%20Targeting

and found buried in there the reason why:

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WARNING: There is a *nasty* bug as of version 1.2 that will cause misses in certain situations if switching between different types of torpedoes with differing speeds. In order to protect against this bug, you MUST click the TORPEDO SPEED switch EVEN IF that selected torpedo only has one speed setting after you select
the torpedo. This will update the gyro with the new torpedo speed.

EXAMPLE: If you have Tube #1 selected with a Type I Steam Torpedo set to FAST (i.e. 44 knots), the gyro will set accordingly for the speed of the torpedo to correctly lead the target. If you then switch to Tune #3 containing a Type II Electric Torpedo
that only has one speed setting (i.e. SLOW of 30 knots), the gyro WILL NOT BE UPDATED to reflect the slower torpedo speed UNLESS TO TORPEDO SPEED SWITCH is clicked resulting in a probable missed shot.

I just confirmed this in game. I prefer to carry T-1's in tubes 1 and 2, and T-3's in tubes 3 and 4. With that setup, targeting a ship with T-1's on fast setting, and then changing to the T-3's, the gyro angle (once corrected) was around 5 or 6 degree's off!

So... there ya have it. Learn something new everyday. Of course with my luck, im sure im probably the last person on the forum to know about this.

ReallyDedPoet · 02-08-07, 03:18 PM

On a different note Ducimus, nice log there with U-125

RDP

Paajtor · 02-08-07, 03:30 PM

I didn't know this, but have noticed it I think (strange TIII misses)...something to remember on next attack.

Mush Martin · 02-08-07, 03:42 PM

thanks for the tip
MM

AVGWarhawk · 02-08-07, 04:11 PM

Interesting because I suck with these torps and I guess this is the reason. Awesome update!

Ducimus · 02-08-07, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

On a different note Ducimus, nice log there with U-125

RDP

Thanks. You motivated me to toss up U-184. Ive been sitting on that log for awhile. Was one of my better career games. Not a GWX career, but my own highly modded version of UC vanilla and in some respects harder then GWX. Towards the end, i just gave up. Got too frustrating, and i was too tired to continue past jan 45.

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Interesting because I suck with these torps and I guess this is the reason. Awesome update!

Gives you a whole new zest for using those black eels in GWX doesnt it?

02-08-07, 03:18 PM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,888 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	On a different note Ducimus, nice log there with U-125 RDP __________________ Back in the Day

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Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	thanks thanks for the tip MM __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,281 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Interesting because I suck with these torps and I guess this is the reason. Awesome update! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-08-07, 03:30 PM	#3
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	I didn't know this, but have noticed it I think (strange TIII misses)...something to remember on next attack. __________________ Last edited by Paajtor; 02-08-07 at 05:53 PM.