Type II Problem

gb027 · 03-21-13, 06:02 AM

Whenever I am underwater and ask for periscope depth the conning tower breaches the surface.The boat doesn't respond to depth changes very quickly. When I manually click on the depth dial to try to lower the tower beneath the waves, it takes a very long time for this to happen. The Type II handles a lot different to a Type VII or a IX. I thought it would handle like a dream, not like a wet sponge!
Is this usual for a Type II or is it a bug with the periscope depth?

Reinhard Hardegen · 03-21-13, 08:48 AM

No not a bug, it happens to me too. I use the depth dial and go to about 12 meters, if you are going at slow speed this takes some time. Speed up to get your depth then slow down again.

Harald_Lange · 03-21-13, 01:14 PM

Never suffered this problem, which is odd because I seem to have encountered every other glitch with sh3. Are you in rough seas? as your tower will breach then no matter what model.

gb027 · 03-21-13, 06:00 PM

No the seas were smooth, and I was only going at 2 nt underwater. I will speed up and see if the tower lowers quicker. Like I said before, the other types VII and IX maneuver into the depths quicker and they are only moving at 2 nts.
Any how I will try the higher speed and report back.

gb027 · 03-22-13, 06:00 AM

After testing, if I am at periscope depth and on 2 nts, the boat slowly rises until the tower is out of the water. I must use 4 nts to maintain depth.

This is going to be a problem if I am under attack from above, if I am at depth, trying to sneak away silently doing 2 nts, I am slowly going to rise to the surface. This is not good. Am I over thinking this, or have I missed something?

Sailor Steve · 03-22-13, 10:48 AM

What mods are you using? Or are you playing the stock game?

Jimbuna · 03-22-13, 04:30 PM

In stock you have the ability to hover so I reckon you have a mod enabled somewhere in your installation.

03-21-13, 06:02 AM	#1
gb027 Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 25 Downloads: 190 Uploads: 2	Type II Problem Whenever I am underwater and ask for periscope depth the conning tower breaches the surface.The boat doesn't respond to depth changes very quickly. When I manually click on the depth dial to try to lower the tower beneath the waves, it takes a very long time for this to happen. The Type II handles a lot different to a Type VII or a IX. I thought it would handle like a dream, not like a wet sponge! Is this usual for a Type II or is it a bug with the periscope depth?

03-21-13, 08:48 AM	#2
Reinhard Hardegen Raiders of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: U-123 (CA7225) Posts: 495 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	No not a bug, it happens to me too. I use the depth dial and go to about 12 meters, if you are going at slow speed this takes some time. Speed up to get your depth then slow down again. __________________ A quote from Donitz; “The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.” “For the lessons one fails to learn during peacetime, one pays a high price in war.”

03-22-13, 10:48 AM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	What mods are you using? Or are you playing the stock game? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-22-13, 04:30 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In stock you have the ability to hover so I reckon you have a mod enabled somewhere in your installation. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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03-21-13, 01:14 PM	#3
Harald_Lange Ensign Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NY Harbour, Periscope depth. Posts: 235 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Never suffered this problem, which is odd because I seem to have encountered every other glitch with sh3. Are you in rough seas? as your tower will breach then no matter what model.

03-21-13, 06:00 PM	#4
gb027 Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 25 Downloads: 190 Uploads: 2	No the seas were smooth, and I was only going at 2 nt underwater. I will speed up and see if the tower lowers quicker. Like I said before, the other types VII and IX maneuver into the depths quicker and they are only moving at 2 nts. Any how I will try the higher speed and report back.

03-22-13, 06:00 AM	#5
gb027 Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 25 Downloads: 190 Uploads: 2	After testing, if I am at periscope depth and on 2 nts, the boat slowly rises until the tower is out of the water. I must use 4 nts to maintain depth. This is going to be a problem if I am under attack from above, if I am at depth, trying to sneak away silently doing 2 nts, I am slowly going to rise to the surface. This is not good. Am I over thinking this, or have I missed something?