How to pull faster dives in stock 1.5

[Mhtsos]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Decks awash is about 30 feet in stock. Try a couple of feet up or down from there. You're looking for the deepest you can run but still be on diesels. I'm a strong believer in having 100% charged batteries at all times. Your top speed at decks awash is 10 knots. You can submerge almost instantly. All the crew hocus pocus is completely unnecessary and has no effect on submarine submergence behavior.

I love to shoot from decks awash. It makes you less visible, makes you a smaller target, reduces dive time to almost nothing and gives you all visual, periscope and radar abilities. All you give up is 10 knots of speed. You're close to the enemy so you don't need that.

But I believe that tactic is very demanding in fuel.At least that was true in SH3/GWX.
Also you can't use your deck guns(bad news for my Narwhal).

The TMO\RSRDC(maybe vanilla SH4? ) has a special skill that enables the boat to dive faster(its a green propeller in a persons card).Hit the c and the boat goes unter in less than 40s.

Personaly I never had a problem,the radar does a great job to prevent any nasty suprises.

[commandosolo2009]

Thanks to all who participated. A new video is on the way. Keep them coming fellas. BTW, @ stock, DA is clocked from 6 ~7 meters all the way to 9 meters (actual). In either case, I keep my depth 7 meters since it keeps speed up to 10 knots.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Mhtsos

But I believe that tactic is very demanding in fuel.At least that was true in SH3/GWX.
Also you can't use your deck guns(bad news for my Narwhal).

The TMO\RSRDC(maybe vanilla SH4? ) has a special skill that enables the boat to dive faster(its a green propeller in a persons card).Hit the c and the boat goes unter in less than 40s.

Personaly I never had a problem,the radar does a great job to prevent any nasty suprises.

I'm sure RR meant he uses this tactic against ships, not planes.

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I'm sure RR meant he uses this tactic against ships, not planes.

Yes, I never shoot at planes. I never even see them. People complain about Zeros too far from their bases and I've never seen one. They could be paper airplanes for all I know.


I will use decks awash if I'm in a fly path in an S-Boat though. It's the only way to get down quick enough. Considering the fuel cost, I don't stay in the fly zone very long in that case.

[Mhtsos]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I'm sure RR meant he uses this tactic against ships, not planes.

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Yes, I never shoot at planes. I never even see them. People complain about Zeros too far from their bases and I've never seen one. They could be paper airplanes for all I know.


I will use decks awash if I'm in a fly path in an S-Boat though. It's the only way to get down quick enough. Considering the fuel cost, I don't stay in the fly zone very long in that case.

I misunderstood.I thought you did this all the way from Pearl to Japan

Zeros far from land bases are either from carriers(or at least they said so in this forum,I never seen this happen) or from vanilla SH4 where aircraft could be found everywhere.

[Rockin Robbins]

I understand that in all mod configurations there are inappropriate planes everywhere doing and dropping inappropriate things. But I've never seen it!

[commandosolo2009]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I understand that in all mod configurations there are inappropriate planes everywhere doing and dropping inappropriate things. But I've never seen it!

All you gotta do, is to edit the airstrike.cfg and japairpatrol files in CFG and Main. There is a mod out there that reduces the aircrafts presence all around significantly, while increasing their precision if they find you (thereby stressing you to be extra careful). Heer ist its link:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=webster

another one

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=109586

both address the issue. Stay low, stay hidden, stay safe...

[I'm goin' down]

schooling RR are you? (He hasn't been the same since he sunk an Essex.)

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I understand that in all mod configurations there are inappropriate planes everywhere doing and dropping inappropriate things. But I've never seen it!

I know, I'm late again but since it has already been mentioned, I just have to vent upon this very point. I take exception to all the leaflets the Japs have been dropping around my boat concerning a certain house() in a certain red light district() of Tokyo. Is there any way to add this to their long list of war crimes?