Max depth achieved

Pisces · 09-16-12, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TwoGamers

I just tried to see how far down I could go before dying and I got 220. I was then able to surface and return to base. Anyone gotten deeper. the sub was the VIIB 1941 i think. Or maybe the VIIC 1941

It very much depends on if you use SH3 Commander. Because then it is random.

U-SERB · 09-16-12, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pisces

It very much depends on if you use SH3 Commander. Because then it is random.

Exactly.

That is very good stuff in SH3 Commander!

Like in real life. Some, officially missing uboats, probably had been lost due deep diving incidents!

Gustav Schiebert · 11-04-12, 01:40 PM

I stalked a convoy recently, and while getting data on the tankers in front of me I was keeping an eye on a destoyer circling behind me, about 3000 meters away. I planned to send two eels at two tankers, then before crash diving sending one from the stern tube at the destroyer. Part one went well, but no sooner had I turned the perisope round the destroyer had somehow closed the distance and smashed my conning tower to bits before I could dive.

The depth charges sent the boat into an uncontrolable dive, and despite desperately blowing almost every cubic centimeter of ballast I couldn't stop the dive. I eventually managed to stop it at 200m - but then the boat got into an uncontrollable rise. Using the hydroplanes and 'dynamic descent' I managed to just avoid breaking the surface about 500m from a destroyer, stopping the rise at about 10m.

Then, in what was starting to get a bit tiresome, the dive began again. With barely any compressed air left I struggled to slow the desent - eventually coming to a rest at 309m. I have the hull integrity thing switched off, but I managed to get the boat up to 200m and came to a stop. I spent 4 hours floating there, repairing, before finally managing to surface against all the odds.

(But then, on my way back I was spotted by a Catalina and dived to periscope depth - only to be told my boat was destroyed by pressure! A can of coke would have survived that depth).

Hinrich Schwab · 11-04-12, 02:27 PM

I also use SH3 Commander and I have had random effects, as well. I have never had a reason, either intentional or through misfortune, to go below 230 meters. Historically, 230 meters is the rough calculation for "true crush depth" for most boats with 250 meters being the deep calc. threshold. Historical reports indicate that some boats went much deeper than that. I know SH2 had most of its boats hard-capped at 275 meters, which would conform with the reports of dives beyond "true crush depth". I would expect the absolute threshold to be 300 meters, unless SH3 Commander was really in a good mood when rolling up the random crush depth change.

Night60700 · 11-11-12, 12:31 AM

Speaking for crush depths I came across a funny bug in the base game right before I started using GWX, where an Aircraft Carrier had sunk below the waves to about 350 meters only to start working again and sail away while underwater. Its was the most imba carrier ever.

11-04-12, 01:40 PM	#3
Gustav Schiebert Sparky Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: AM52 Posts: 151 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I stalked a convoy recently, and while getting data on the tankers in front of me I was keeping an eye on a destoyer circling behind me, about 3000 meters away. I planned to send two eels at two tankers, then before crash diving sending one from the stern tube at the destroyer. Part one went well, but no sooner had I turned the perisope round the destroyer had somehow closed the distance and smashed my conning tower to bits before I could dive. The depth charges sent the boat into an uncontrolable dive, and despite desperately blowing almost every cubic centimeter of ballast I couldn't stop the dive. I eventually managed to stop it at 200m - but then the boat got into an uncontrollable rise. Using the hydroplanes and 'dynamic descent' I managed to just avoid breaking the surface about 500m from a destroyer, stopping the rise at about 10m. Then, in what was starting to get a bit tiresome, the dive began again. With barely any compressed air left I struggled to slow the desent - eventually coming to a rest at 309m. I have the hull integrity thing switched off, but I managed to get the boat up to 200m and came to a stop. I spent 4 hours floating there, repairing, before finally managing to surface against all the odds. (But then, on my way back I was spotted by a Catalina and dived to periscope depth - only to be told my boat was destroyed by pressure! A can of coke would have survived that depth). __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] GWX 3 + OLC Gold + 100% Realism + Commander "Attack! Always attack!"

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11-04-12, 02:27 PM	#4
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I also use SH3 Commander and I have had random effects, as well. I have never had a reason, either intentional or through misfortune, to go below 230 meters. Historically, 230 meters is the rough calculation for "true crush depth" for most boats with 250 meters being the deep calc. threshold. Historical reports indicate that some boats went much deeper than that. I know SH2 had most of its boats hard-capped at 275 meters, which would conform with the reports of dives beyond "true crush depth". I would expect the absolute threshold to be 300 meters, unless SH3 Commander was really in a good mood when rolling up the random crush depth change.

11-11-12, 12:31 AM	#5
Night60700 Watch Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 24 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Speaking for crush depths I came across a funny bug in the base game right before I started using GWX, where an Aircraft Carrier had sunk below the waves to about 350 meters only to start working again and sail away while underwater. Its was the most imba carrier ever.