Another oddball question: How deep can the subs in SH3 be and safely fire a torpedo?

u crank · 04-06-12, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by zygoma

But I still wonder if I should be able in SH3 to fire an acoustic fish from 100m down as long as I give it a bearing go steer to...

I just did a check in my current career. Below twenty metres weapons officer tells you "too deep to launch torpedoes, Sir.", when you ask him to open outer doors.

That is a great link postalbyke. Lots of good reading there and cool pics.

zygoma · 04-06-12, 05:45 PM

Steve, Postal, and Crank --
Many thanks to you all. The links were great, and just having the in-game give the "too deep" warning at such a shallow depth is a great indication. I know I've been unable to fire at depth in the past, but I always figure I've just done something wrong in the the process, skipped a step etc.
What a wonderful resource the folks who make up this forum are. A terrific mix of "real world sailors" and serious gamers: the best of both worlds.
Again, thanks.
-- Zygoma --
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Sailor Steve · 04-06-12, 08:04 PM

I'll tell you something weird. In SH3 you can use the switches to open all the doors, and I've done so on many ocassions. More than once I've only fired a couple of torpedoes then gone deep. The game doesn't care if the doors are open, but I do. So I'm deeper than 25 meters and start flipping switches to close the doors that were still open only to be told "Too deep to fire torpedoes, Herr Kaleun!"

So you not only can't open the doors if you're too deep, you can't close them again either!

TorpX · 04-06-12, 10:20 PM

I paged through some of the USN manual provided by SS. Interesting stuff. I noted that it was possible for at least some types of torpedos to be launched down to 200 ft. keel depth. They had to increase the impulse tank pressure to accomplish this. (Check pp 131-132.)

I think one of the reasons both the KM and USN favored impulse luanching of torpedos is that you would have to have the torpedo smaller in diameter, than the tube, or else it would not be able to swim out. The USN did this with the "cutie", but AFAIK, it was the only one.

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So you not only can't open the doors if you're too deep, you can't close them again either!

I'm guessing that the game closes the tubes automaticly at a certain depth. I think this happens in SH 4.

04-06-12, 08:04 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'll tell you something weird. In SH3 you can use the switches to open all the doors, and I've done so on many ocassions. More than once I've only fired a couple of torpedoes then gone deep. The game doesn't care if the doors are open, but I do. So I'm deeper than 25 meters and start flipping switches to close the doors that were still open only to be told "Too deep to fire torpedoes, Herr Kaleun!" So you not only can't open the doors if you're too deep, you can't close them again either! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-06-12, 05:45 PM	#2
zygoma Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 84 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Steve, Postal, and Crank -- Many thanks to you all. The links were great, and just having the in-game give the "too deep" warning at such a shallow depth is a great indication. I know I've been unable to fire at depth in the past, but I always figure I've just done something wrong in the the process, skipped a step etc. What a wonderful resource the folks who make up this forum are. A terrific mix of "real world sailors" and serious gamers: the best of both worlds. Again, thanks. -- Zygoma -- __________________________________________________ ____ May your number of surface activities exceed your dives by exactly one at the end of your career.