Brand spankin nooby can't find his own butt

[Florida Sailor]

Originally Posted by woodenboat

I'm back.


BTW, what is the crush depth on these subs? I think that I have erroneously presumed that the red needle on my depth gauge was the "do not go below" indicator. At one point, I found myself with over 1000 ft under my keel and a gang of destroyers closing in on my sorry butt. So, I headed for the thermocline ASAP. The red needle was set at 350 ft. So I guessed the thermocline would be somewhere around 250 ft - or at least I figured I would find it before 250 ft. I never heard any "...passing thermal barrier" warning. When I got to 250 ft, the sub caved in and down I went. Hmmm.

What happened?

Also, does anyone know what effect stormy weather has on the enemy's ability to detect my sub? I mean, can they do better, worse or is it basically the same regardless? It might have been a false comfort, but I found myself in a driving rain the second pass through Yokohama harbor and it felt good. I felt like I had some additional something something to hide behind. But I could be kidding myself.

Crush depth is affected by hull damage to your boat. Look at the hull damage percentage in the "Wrench" tab in sub management screen (F-10 in the stock game). The hull damage percentage is at the upper left. A refit does not repair hull damage, only a return to base and Patrol end will fix that.

Bad weather hinders the escort's abilities to detect you.

Dave