No turtles?

Originally Posted by AgentToreno

That sounds like a cool modification to try. Can dive commands be delayed or disabled temporarily when certain actions are in progress, like transferring torps?

Maybe through modification to the statemachine controllers stuff?

[schlechter pfennig]

Originally Posted by AgentToreno

That sounds like a cool modification to try. Can dive commands be delayed or disabled temporarily when certain actions are in progress, like transferring torps?

Originally Posted by privateer

Maybe through modification to the statemachine controllers stuff?

Now if we could also control only being able to transfer torpedos when you're at dead stop and the weather is 7mps or less . . . I already do that myself: I only transfer when I'm at dead stop and the weather is calm. But, erm . . . I have to admit I've dove when in the middle of transferring. Never occurred to me before that a U-boat wasn't able to do so. Owell, from now on I'll make sure to be even more careful when transferring.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by schlechter pfennig

You hoo-doo-ed me.

I dunno who do da hoo-doo, but me no do no voodoo.

[pickinthebanjo]

Originally Posted by schlechter pfennig

Could be much worse: at least the game permits you to dive even if you're in the middle of transferring an external torpedo inside. Imagine the absolute fun it would be if you spotted an airplane but couldn't dive at all (like it really was like) until you'd finished the transfer!

I follow that as a rule if I'm loading a torpedo I don't dive

Originally Posted by pickinthebanjo

I follow that as a rule if I'm loading a torpedo I don't dive

Agreed.
Sometimes a Self Imposed Restriction works just as well as a mod.

(I don't carry externals.)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

Agreed.
Sometimes a Self Imposed Restriction works just as well as a mod.

(I don't carry externals.)

That is all we've ever had....'Self Imposed Restrictions'

[sergei]

Like others here I only transfer all all stop in calm weather.
Never been caught during a transfer.

What do others do if caught on the surface in the middle of a transfer?

Stay on the surface and fight it out?
Or dive, then later eject the torpedo, on the basis that you'd abandoned it during the panic?

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

We know it wasn't krashkart.

You know, the folks in Portsmouth were a kind lot - if not a bit strange. After they'd beaten the tar out of us we were given a parade down main street. Perhaps the sight of our mighty Uboat rising up from the water and slamming into the beach was a sign of good luck or something? Maybe their crops will grow better now.

Their medical staff are superb, btw.

But for some odd reason they wouldn't allow us to see our boat again. I'd even asked if there was a mechanic in town that could help us repair the hull damage, but the soldiers laughed at me. I'm a Kaleun, not a comedian.

Just one question: we were put into these little rooms with bars around them. Do they put all kinds of people in these little zoos or just Germans?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by krashkart

You know, the folks in Portsmouth were a kind lot - if not a bit strange. After they'd beaten the tar out of us we were given a parade down main street. Perhaps the sight of our mighty Uboat rising up from the water and slamming into the beach was a sign of good luck or something? Maybe their crops will grow better now.

Their medical staff are superb, btw.

But for some odd reason they wouldn't allow us to see our boat again. I'd even asked if there was a mechanic in town that could help us repair the hull damage, but the soldiers laughed at me. I'm a Kaleun, not a comedian.

Just one question: we were put into these little rooms with bars around them. Do they put all kinds of people in these little zoos or just Germans?

LOL

[schlechter pfennig]

Originally Posted by sergei

Like others here I only transfer all all stop in calm weather.
Never been caught during a transfer.

What do others do if caught on the surface in the middle of a transfer?

Stay on the surface and fight it out?
Or dive, then later eject the torpedo, on the basis that you'd abandoned it during the panic?

Well, although I've never transferred except in calm weather and all stop, I have dove on the rare occasion I've been spotted. But not after 2 weeks ago, when I'd done some reading and learned that it was impossible for a U-boat to dive once they'd started until they'd finished.

Once I'd read that and took a moment or two to consider things that made dreadfully obvious sense. The only way to get the torpedo inside, after all, is to open up the forward (or aft) loading hatch to inside, and if the torpedo's half-in half-out, well . . . doesn't make for a very water-tight pressure hull.

So, since I'd read that, I've chosen to no longer dive, no matter what. Makes choosing when/where/how I transfer a lot more, hmmmm . . . tactical. And also makes me highly desirous of having more flak guns and very motivated flak gunners!

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Just one question: we were put into these little rooms with bars around them. Do they put all kinds of people in these little zoos or just Germans?

[LGN1]

Hi,

I once read that even loading internal torps in all but very calm conditions was not possible. You had to dive and load submerged. Another self-imposed constraint

Cheers.

[krashkart]

You know, that's an interesting bit of info.

Originally Posted by LGN1

Hi,

I once read that even loading internal torps in all but very calm conditions was not possible. You had to dive and load submerged. Another self-imposed constraint

Cheers.

Yep. I use that one.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by krashkart

You know, that's an interesting bit of info.

Here are a few pictures of loading and transferring torpedoes...a doctor even.

In the bottom shot you'll see the boat 'decks awash' to aid the process operation.