Bugs and Howlers that have to be fixed before release

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by codmander

1. can fire a torp without a crewman in the torpedo room

Torpedoes weren't fired from the torpedo room, they were fired by pressing a button in the control room. Otherwise it would take so long to pass the order to the torpedo room that the eel would never hit the target. You only needed crew in the torpedo room to reload them. Kind of like the gun crew on a battleship.

2.can lock on targets with scope even though you cant see target

Fixed in most of the supermods, as far as I know. But you're right, there ought to be a limit to distance and conditions in which you can lock on. Likewise a limit to the same for WE identifying target for you.

3 weather

True, SH3's weather-sticking problem is pretty bad. If you've read the thread on things that they say have been addressed, SH5 should have dynamic weather fronts, location-related weather and water-and-sky colors based on location as well.

4.more of a middle ground AI destoyers ((either really stupid or super deadly))

I hope so. We'll see.

[quote]5.radio reports just for your u boat.((your orders))[quote]
Fixed in SH4.

6.GIBRALTAR IN CARREER

They talk about weather in the Med, so it should be there. We hope.

7.GPS map room

I assume you mean SH3 has it and it shouldn't. I disagree. I think SH5 should have real-life navigation, half-and-half (for us dummies who like to pretend but aren't very good at it) and GPS - all as options.

8.time compression and target ID ((you can tell an enemy ship from nuetral/freindly just through tc))

I've never noticed that. Hmm...

[JScones]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Torpedoes weren't fired from the torpedo room, they were fired by pressing a button in the control room.

This reminded me. I've seen a few documentaries that include period footage showing torpedoes being fired by pulling down on a lever, not pressing a button.

Does anyone know for sure whether buttons were pressed or levers were pulled to fire torpedoes (and pls, no "SH3/Das Boot uses buttons so it must be right" responses)?

[Sailor Steve]

Good question. No idea.

The American documents on the British-captured U-570 go into detail on the TDC, but say nothing about the firing mechanism, except for the one on the UZO:

A small lever on the starboard side of the pedestal of the mounting was stated by the ship's gunner to be a torpedo firing lever for firing bow tubes from the bridge.

http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-570ONIReport.htm

The British document also goes into detail about how the firing mechanisms work, but nothing I could find on how they were actually actuated.

I've looked around for pictures of the torpedo firing controls but couldn't find any on short notice. Hopefully someone will turn some up.

[PL_Andrev]

Why on all UBI films and screenshots there are no crew on conning tower?

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Antar

Why on all UBI films and screenshots there are no crew on conning tower?

'Cos in the version they took the shots from the crew had not been implemented?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Antar

Why on all UBI films and screenshots there are no crew on conning tower?

Originally Posted by TarJak

'Cos in the version they took the shots from the crew had not been implemented?

Either that or someones just discovered the first major bug