New SH4 1.5 Gold player with a couple of questions

FIREWALL · 07-04-11, 05:08 AM

Thx Magic

I did an attack on a convoy in "42" in S. China Sea that was lightly escorted.

Useing rec manual set torp depth to draft +3 , mag influence 700yrds to target at 90 degrees. Perfect shot with 2 torps. No Luck. Tried again setting contact. 2 hits. One Modern Tanker history.

That's why I asked if Contact\Contact Influence was still messed up and a hardcode issue. And everyone in the know has lived with it. lol.

magic452 · 07-04-11, 06:44 PM

OK I miss understood.

TMO has all the real torpedo problems of the early war modeled so in 42 things just don't work all that good. We fought for one and a half years with faulty torpedoes.

The Influence setting is so bad, just like real life, I never even try it.
Contact isn't much better, lots of duds if you use high speed and shoot too close to a 90° track.

I've gotten to the point I just turn off duds. After three years I've had all the thrill of the real life problems so I don't need them anymore.

Things get better in 43.

Congrats on the sinking.

Magic

07-04-11, 05:08 AM	#1
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Thx Magic I did an attack on a convoy in "42" in S. China Sea that was lightly escorted. Useing rec manual set torp depth to draft +3 , mag influence 700yrds to target at 90 degrees. Perfect shot with 2 torps. No Luck. Tried again setting contact. 2 hits. One Modern Tanker history. That's why I asked if Contact\Contact Influence was still messed up and a hardcode issue. And everyone in the know has lived with it. lol. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

07-04-11, 06:44 PM	#2
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	OK I miss understood. TMO has all the real torpedo problems of the early war modeled so in 42 things just don't work all that good. We fought for one and a half years with faulty torpedoes. The Influence setting is so bad, just like real life, I never even try it. Contact isn't much better, lots of duds if you use high speed and shoot too close to a 90° track. I've gotten to the point I just turn off duds. After three years I've had all the thrill of the real life problems so I don't need them anymore. Things get better in 43. Congrats on the sinking. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l