[WIP] U-Boat Killer AI Mod

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Originally Posted by M4XDmG

Depthcharges in real life inflicted hulldamage only when detonated just a few meters away from the sub.

From Uboat.net:

"The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon, being developed during World War One. Original idea dates back to the "dropping mine" concept of 1911. The Royal Navy Commander in Chief, Sir George Callaghan requested its production in 1914. The first effective depth charge (Type D) was the 300-pound (140 kg) barrel-like casing containing high explosives, normally TNT being developed in 1916. A "pistol" actuated by water pressure at a selected depth detonated the depth charge.
The 300-pound WWI depth charge could be detonated as deep as 300 feet (roughly 100 meters this is what britain was using early war, from what research i've done) but at the eve of that was the more formidable 600-pound (270 kg) version was developed.

Even though the massive explosive power of the 600-pound charge was impressive to both the escort and the U-boat, highly unnerving to the latter even, the depth charge was not the answer to the U-boat threat. The pressure hull of the U-boat was strong enough to withstand anything but a charge exploding 10 or 20 feet from its hull. To place the weapon this close to the U-boat was extremely difficult to say the least, especially since the U-boat normally took drastic evasive maneuvers at the very last moment. Thus most U-boats that were sunk by depth charges alone probably sank due to accumulated damage from repeated depth charge attacks. Many U-boats survived as many as 300 depth charges over a period of many hours.

The greatest amount of depth charges dropped on a single U-boat during a single-hunt in the war is believed to be 678 dropped onto U-427 in April, 1945. Amazingly the boat survived the onslaught."

Hence why i think it could be toned back just a smidge, a barely audible charge (though it could be the direction i was facing at the time) that utterly devistates every component in ones engine room, to me, feels a little over the top, nor would it, from my perspective, roll a sub nearly sideways. As I stated in my previous post, i love the mod, to me, it just needs a bit more tuning to achieve something a bit closer to historical accuracy while still maintaining that tension filled thrill ride of being caught by escorts.