I hate those multiple choice questions!

[Miltiades]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

At one point I wished there was a choice for 'Crash Dive', at least for aircraft sightings, but then I remembered that I might be in shallow water when that happened. I leave it at 'Do Nothing' just because it might be a merchant I want to stalk on the surface.

Isn't crashed dive set to 50-70m?
I don't know where your hunting but that's really shallow waters

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Miltiades

Isn't crashed dive set to 50-70m?

IIRC the GWX default was 70m, but it's easily changed via the NSS_UboatXX.cfg files.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Miltiades

Isn't crashed dive set to 50-70m?
I don't know where your hunting but that's really shallow waters

I'm hunting in the deepest water I can find, but it seems I have to cross the North Sea or the Bay of Biscay to get there, and that's where the evil flying thingies like to throw things at me.

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

IIRC the GWX default was 70m, but it's easily changed via the NSS_UboatXX.cfg files.

The real-life default was 70m, and anything else is cheating in my book.

[Miltiades]

But isn't it possible to select crash dive and after ''lets say'' 20m select the depth manually?

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Miltiades

But isn't it possible to select crash dive and after ''lets say'' 20m select the depth manually?

Yes, being a 'game' you can always override the command. But the consideration here is that there's a certain amount of time required to 'pull out' of the maneuver. If for example, you're in fairly shallow water (say around 50m) it's entirely possible you would strike bottom before the depth override would actually pull you out.

Also, while I can't speak for Steve, I seem to recall him posting recently that in reality it would be unlikely that a real life boat would be able to pull out prior to a depth of 70m (due to the ballast physics involved).

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Also, while I can't speak for Steve, I seem to recall him posting recently that in reality it would be unlikely that a real life boat would be able to pull out prior to a depth of 70m (due to the ballast physics involved).

Yep. Games allow you to do things that can't be done in real life.
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