Salvo?

tater · 09-09-10, 01:18 PM

Fratricide was not the only reason for spacing firings.

Boat trim was a significant concern. Even automated systems to trim for the shot could fail, broaching the boat. Firing many at once combined with any failures could be a disaster.

tater · 09-09-10, 01:22 PM

There are a few types of spread, should the game do all, or just some?

In general, SH doesn't do the proper paradigm of player as skipper, I agree. Be nice to order a spread of a certain kind with 8 secs between fish, then say "fire."

Rockin Robbins · 09-09-10, 01:26 PM

On the American TDC the spread dial is global, applying to all torpedoes equally. You have to set it to a different offset for each torpedo you fire, just as the real guys did. This helped enforce the proper spacing of shots by automatically taking up the necessary time interval.

In practice I seldom use the spread dial at all. I like to individually target each torpedo for a specific site on the target. Unfortunately, our American TDC is nerfed also. The real one let you calculate spreads of any percentage of the target length, making salvos much easier to distribute and ensuring that hits were spread out over the target's length. The devs should have consulted Nisgeis!

09-09-10, 01:26 PM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	On the American TDC the spread dial is global, applying to all torpedoes equally. You have to set it to a different offset for each torpedo you fire, just as the real guys did. This helped enforce the proper spacing of shots by automatically taking up the necessary time interval. In practice I seldom use the spread dial at all. I like to individually target each torpedo for a specific site on the target. Unfortunately, our American TDC is nerfed also. The real one let you calculate spreads of any percentage of the target length, making salvos much easier to distribute and ensuring that hits were spread out over the target's length. The devs should have consulted Nisgeis! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

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09-09-10, 01:18 PM	#1
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Fratricide was not the only reason for spacing firings. Boat trim was a significant concern. Even automated systems to trim for the shot could fail, broaching the boat. Firing many at once combined with any failures could be a disaster.

09-09-10, 01:22 PM	#2
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	There are a few types of spread, should the game do all, or just some? In general, SH doesn't do the proper paradigm of player as skipper, I agree. Be nice to order a spread of a certain kind with 8 secs between fish, then say "fire."