Blowing holes in ships - and sometimes not

Capt.LoneRanger · 04-10-07, 10:24 AM

Same happened here. I had a cruiser torpedoed with 3 fishes and it sank within a minute. It didn't show a single hole or damage. When I hit a small freighter from the same convoy and the same depth, it looked like I could drive my sub through the hole.

Gildor · 04-10-07, 11:17 AM

I believe that the general rumor is that the torpedo setting selector switch is reversed due to a bug. If you have it set to contact it is actually set to contact influence.

If you set the torps to contact influence they are in fact hitting as contact only.

When they are set to contact they will still explode on contact but not always; sometimes they will explode some distance away and look like a direct hit.

Wow.. my brain hurts. Anyways. In summary: set your torps to contact influence

Give it a try and make your own determination.

swash · 04-10-07, 11:41 AM

The torpedo setting selector does seem reversed. Contact influence always explodes on impact unless the torp explodes prematuraly.

Sulikate · 04-10-07, 11:46 AM

Same here

horrgakx · 04-10-07, 01:23 PM

Hmm... how many things in this game are reversed???!!?!

tommyk · 04-10-07, 04:34 PM

No premature explosions but sometimes no damage on ships... my crew call them titaniums...

The General · 04-10-07, 04:47 PM

That switch is definitely reversed, just call it bug #1,358 and add it to the long list.

Also, I have noticed that upon loading a saved game any 3D damage to your sub, you may have incurred during a patrol, has miraculously been repaired whilst out at sea. Shame, I guess that's bug #1,359.

04-10-07, 11:17 AM	#2
Gildor Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 251 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I believe that the general rumor is that the torpedo setting selector switch is reversed due to a bug. If you have it set to contact it is actually set to contact influence. If you set the torps to contact influence they are in fact hitting as contact only. When they are set to contact they will still explode on contact but not always; sometimes they will explode some distance away and look like a direct hit. Wow.. my brain hurts. Anyways. In summary: set your torps to contact influence Give it a try and make your own determination. __________________ U-46: Oct 1943 off Portugal Last edited by Gildor; 04-10-07 at 11:55 AM.

04-10-07, 11:46 AM	#4
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Same here __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

04-10-07, 04:34 PM	#6
tommyk Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Near U-995 (Kiel, Germany) Posts: 337 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	No premature explosions but sometimes no damage on ships... my crew call them titaniums... __________________ Gute Jagd und fette Beute!

04-10-07, 04:47 PM	#7
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	That switch is definitely reversed, just call it bug #1,358 and add it to the long list. Also, I have noticed that upon loading a saved game any 3D damage to your sub, you may have incurred during a patrol, has miraculously been repaired whilst out at sea. Shame, I guess that's bug #1,359. __________________ *THE GENERAL*

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04-10-07, 10:24 AM	#1
Capt.LoneRanger Bosun Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 65 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Same happened here. I had a cruiser torpedoed with 3 fishes and it sank within a minute. It didn't show a single hole or damage. When I hit a small freighter from the same convoy and the same depth, it looked like I could drive my sub through the hole. __________________ Greets, Capt.LoneRanger

04-10-07, 11:41 AM	#3
swash Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 46 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The torpedo setting selector does seem reversed. Contact influence always explodes on impact unless the torp explodes prematuraly.

04-10-07, 01:23 PM	#5
horrgakx Ensign Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 230 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Hmm... how many things in this game are reversed???!!?!