Torp question

Sandman_28054 · 08-02-10, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sgt_Raa

you can only reload from your externals in calm seas... while surfaced.... simply drag them from your external slots to your internal reseve slots.... then they load into the tubes

(edit) the process is vary slow... can take 45 mins.. use TC if u want em quicker

I know that much, but thank you anyway.

In my game, even in calm seas, when you reload from the externals, as soon as you move them, the whole thing goes blank, and there are no torpedos.

This is some kind of bug.

smilinicon · 08-02-10, 07:44 AM

no, they go blank for the hour it takes to load them. Man the AA guns while you wait. Do a mouse-over and it should tell you how long to go.

Jimbuna · 08-02-10, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sandman_28054

I know that much, but thank you anyway.

In my game, even in calm seas, when you reload from the externals, as soon as you move them, the whole thing goes blank, and there are no torpedos.

This is some kind of bug.

You are correct it is an old bug but I haven't seen the fix posted for a few years now and having checked my old files, I'm unable to locate it.

If it is any consolation it is fixed in the GWX3.0 super mod.

Sandman_28054 · 08-03-10, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

You are correct it is an old bug but I haven't seen the fix posted for a few years now and having checked my old files, I'm unable to locate it.

If it is any consolation it is fixed in the GWX3.0 super mod.

I was thinking it was the "IXD flak and battery fix" but I could be wrong.

Jimbuna · 08-03-10, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandman_28054

I was thinking it was the "IXD flak and battery fix" but I could be wrong.

I wouldn't like to say...it's been that long

K-61 · 08-03-10, 04:08 PM

My practice, in concession to real world limitations, has been to reload externals in a calm sea, boat stopped or moving very slowly, and obviously away from the enemy. If I have to crash dive because of a plane, I consider that torpedo "lost" for the duration of the patrol. In reality, a crew would cut it loose and dive away. It would take a few seconds or minutes to either dismantle or abandon the external winch used to load them. You could use that time to simulate the crew abandoning the torpedo and dismantling/abandoning the winch, and it would not be available again until you returned to port.

Jimbuna · 08-04-10, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by K-61

My practice, in concession to real world limitations, has been to reload externals in a calm sea, boat stopped or moving very slowly, and obviously away from the enemy. If I have to crash dive because of a plane, I consider that torpedo "lost" for the duration of the patrol. In reality, a crew would cut it loose and dive away. It would take a few seconds or minutes to either dismantle or abandon the external winch used to load them. You could use that time to simulate the crew abandoning the torpedo and dismantling/abandoning the winch, and it would not be available again until you returned to port.

Pretty much the way I do it

Threesixtyci · 08-05-10, 03:59 PM

I have a feeling that in RL getting caught with your pants down loading externals, the sub itself was a loss and sunk to the bottom. Thus... they didn't bother with externals to begin with.

08-03-10, 04:08 PM	#6
K-61 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 795 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	My practice, in concession to real world limitations, has been to reload externals in a calm sea, boat stopped or moving very slowly, and obviously away from the enemy. If I have to crash dive because of a plane, I consider that torpedo "lost" for the duration of the patrol. In reality, a crew would cut it loose and dive away. It would take a few seconds or minutes to either dismantle or abandon the external winch used to load them. You could use that time to simulate the crew abandoning the torpedo and dismantling/abandoning the winch, and it would not be available again until you returned to port. __________________

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08-02-10, 07:44 AM	#2
smilinicon Bosun Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 66 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	no, they go blank for the hour it takes to load them. Man the AA guns while you wait. Do a mouse-over and it should tell you how long to go.

08-05-10, 03:59 PM	#8
Threesixtyci Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CC, Texas Posts: 114 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I have a feeling that in RL getting caught with your pants down loading externals, the sub itself was a loss and sunk to the bottom. Thus... they didn't bother with externals to begin with.