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Old 04-19-07, 01:22 AM   #1
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I've just completed my first patrol with patch 1.2 using Auto TDC. Thing is, my torps still seem to hit or even miss aft when fired in high speed mode. I thought this was fixed with the patch? Anyone else still having this problem?
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Old 04-19-07, 01:45 AM   #2
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I put it to the test myself. They still usually hit aft a bit, but at least they seem to connect (albeit sometimes barely) now. I usually just compensate with a positive spread.
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Old 04-19-07, 01:52 AM   #3
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I've just completed my first patrol with patch 1.2 using Auto TDC. Thing is, my torps still seem to hit or even miss aft when fired in high speed mode. I thought this was fixed with the patch? Anyone else still having this problem?
We can assume you are opening each tube door before firing? I always wait about 5 secs or so after clicking the tube doors to open and getting the tube opening message before firing. Its been said before, but there is a significant delay in firing if you dont...there is a delay even if the tubes are open. I suspect the gyros arent updated up to release, but only up until you hit the fire button.
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Old 04-19-07, 01:58 AM   #4
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We can assume you are opening each tube door before firing? I always wait about 5 secs or so after clicking the tube doors to open and getting the tube opening message before firing. Its been said before, but there is a significant delay in firing if you dont...there is a delay even if the tubes are open. I suspect the gyros arent updated up to release, but only up until you hit the fire button.
No, I usually just hit the fire button and never open any doors manually. I'll give it a try and see if it helps any. I was just a bit puzzled that my torps behaved pretty much the same as they were in 1.1. And wouldn't the same thing be true for torps fired in slow speed mode? I.e. they hit aft if the gyros aren't updated between giving the order to fire and the actual release. If I set my torps to slow and just click the fire button without opening any doors beforehand, they usually hit about midships on the target.
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Old 04-19-07, 02:04 AM   #5
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Yes, failing to open the doors manually will cause your torps to hit aft a bit.
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Old 04-19-07, 08:39 AM   #6
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Yes, failing to open the doors manually will cause your torps to hit aft a bit.
Yes, I can accept that, but why isn't that true when firing torps in slow mode? They hit pretty much dead center when fired in slow mode. From what I've seen so far, the high speed setting makes my torps hit markedly more aft of the target than slow speed.
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Old 04-19-07, 08:45 AM   #7
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Yes, failing to open the doors manually will cause your torps to hit aft a bit.
Yes, I can accept that, but why isn't that true when firing torps in slow mode? They hit pretty much dead center when fired in slow mode. From what I've seen so far, the high speed setting makes my torps hit markedly more aft of the target than slow speed.
Im going to assume that due to the torpedos slow speed the shot has to be "lead" by a much greater amount. Therefore the delay of the tube doors opening will be a smaller factor in the equasion.

But yea best practice is to open the doors before each shot. There is a good mod in the modding forum where you can open the doors and have them stay open
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