Circular Running torpedoes

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by razark

It's implemented in the stock game.

Yup, what varies is percentage of the likeyhood of it happening. If i remember correctly, stock is a 0.5% chance, i think i upped that to 1.5% or 2% chance in TMO, i forget which. Getting one is totally random. Not much you can do to prevent it, it'll just happen out of the blue.

[jerm138]

I had it happen once. It was during "practice" so I got to use the external cam to watch it go round and round. It made a perfect circle and passed several times right over the deck above the aft torpedo room. I ordered a backing bell and reduced depth to see what would happen if it hit. I got it to smack the hull right about at the control room. It turned out to be a dud, so it just bounced off and sank to the bottom.

Originally Posted by Ducimus

i upped that to 1.5% or 2% chance in TMO

Wow... I didn't know it was that high. I'm probably on borrowed time now since I'm sure I've fired more than 50.

[Phantom II]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Yup, what varies is percentage of the likeyhood of it happening. If i remember correctly, stock is a 0.5% chance, i think i upped that to 1.5% or 2% chance in TMO, i forget which. Getting one is totally random. Not much you can do to prevent it, it'll just happen out of the blue.

Just funny that it happened in my first real war patrol :/ Anyway, after that, I started another career based in the Phillipines, and ran into a nice taskforce 4+ DDs, 1 CA, 1 CL, 2 Seaplane Tenders and heaps of freighters. I lined up to fire 2 torpedoes at the CA and 2 at one of the Seaplane tenders, and guess what, all 4 exploded prematurely