Was there ever a mod to do this.....

Sailor Steve · 09-04-10, 10:23 PM

As I said, as an aid to maneuvering in a harbor, sure. The problem is that it takes more than a few seconds to give the order, have it transmitted to the engine rooms and actually slow the propellor to a stop and make it start going the other way. If you want to just go in a tight circle forever, no porblem. But if you want to turn hard right as the destroyer is about to pass overhead, by the time the propellor is actually starting to run in reverse you probably want to be heading the other way.

It just doesn't happen fast enough to be a useful combat strategy.

09-04-10, 10:23 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	As I said, as an aid to maneuvering in a harbor, sure. The problem is that it takes more than a few seconds to give the order, have it transmitted to the engine rooms and actually slow the propellor to a stop and make it start going the other way. If you want to just go in a tight circle forever, no porblem. But if you want to turn hard right as the destroyer is about to pass overhead, by the time the propellor is actually starting to run in reverse you probably want to be heading the other way. It just doesn't happen fast enough to be a useful combat strategy. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo