DG 1.5 Question for Bullethead: How does smoke affect gunnery (if at all)?

[Bullethead]

Originally Posted by MoToM

BH, are there any small ships that make effective smoke layers, ones that maybe belch thicker smoke than some of the others?
I would love to try running them close to the enemy battle line to try and disrupt their gunnery

This tactic actually works. The intervening funnel smoke does make a smokescreen effect of sorts.

BTW, we know they used true smokescreens in WW1, but not only would adding them choke everybody's computer, but the AI would have to be taught to use them and react to them effectively, which would require major work. Hence, no true smokescreens in the game, but maybe someday.

Anyway, to answer your question, you want to use coal-burners for this job because they make way more smoke than oil-burners (which you can see in the game). In the RJW, no problem because everything burns coal. But in 1916, most of the destroyers on both sides and most RN CLs burn oil.