[WIP] Historical Guns Specs

[V13dweller]

Also, the destroyer should use it's hedgehog above using the depth charges, because the hedgehog is a much more effective anti-submarine weapon. The hedgehog had a 25% kill rate, while the depth charge had a 7%, as we can see, these odds are in the hedgehogs favor, so the hedgehog might not actually work within this game.

[Trevally.]

Yes - The hedgehogs do work

Try testing with a DD hat has late war equip.
here is part of the equip loadout for the BlackSwan

;Cerberus62 NFF_Black_Swan loadout definition
[Equipment 1]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=4In_double_MkXVI_turret_GB
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19431231

[Equipment 2]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=Hhog
StartDate=19440101
EndDate=19451231

[V13dweller]

1944? The stock game does not go that far, so is this a mod? or was it disabled on purpose by the developers? or activated by Open Horizons?

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by V13dweller

1944? The stock game does not go that far, so is this a mod? or was it disabled on purpose by the developers? or activated by Open Horizons?

That was just one ship - there are many others.
The point I was making was that you can check the equip file for each ship to see if they have them and from when.
Then you can test in missions

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Originally Posted by SixthFall

Will there be cake?

yes, cake and candies for all the good and helpful children, and coal for the bad ones. Don't you believe it? look here

Originally Posted by SixthFall

From what I found, the tubes only track horizontally, then launch the torp out at the target. The firing controls appear to be accsessed on the tube itself. Also, it would appear the torpedos have their own gyros.

Check this very cool link out!!
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/destroyer/ddtubes/index.htm

Yes, valuable doc indeed
You deserved your piece of cake

By the way, I've found the SHIV mod that I was mentionig yesterday:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...20#post1138520

It looks like TDW too has dealt with the same issue in SHIII:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=126216

Dunno why, but I was sure that ship mounted torpedo tubes were already working in SH5, with no need of any mod

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Originally Posted by V13dweller

The hedgehog mortar spigot? I have never seen that used before, I have only seen the depth charge racks and depth charge throwers used before.

Originally Posted by V13dweller

Also, the destroyer should use it's hedgehog above using the depth charges, because the hedgehog is a much more effective anti-submarine weapon. The hedgehog had a 25% kill rate, while the depth charge had a 7%, as we can see, these odds are in the hedgehogs favor, so the hedgehog might not actually work within this game.

Originally Posted by SixthFall

I swear I saw something about those working in-game. humph, i shall try to find it.

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Yes - The hedgehogs do work

Yes, as remarked by SixthFall and Trevally, hedgehogs should work flawlessy in SH5. They get available by date. Stock settings are as follows:

Buckley class destroyer escorts equipped with hedgehogs from 02/04/1943 on
A & B and Town classes destroyers, from 01/06/1943 on
Evarts class destroyer escorts, from 01/09/1943 on
Clemson class destroyers, Black Swan and bittern class sloops, from 01/01/1944 on
V & W class destroyer, from 01/03/1944 on

If you want to test them in game you should create a custom mission with one or more of the above units, and set the mission date accordingly.

On a side note: the only type of depth charge projector not working in SH5 in an early model of K-gun. Look here for a workaround devised by Cerberus62

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Originally Posted by Trevally.

Try testing with a DD hat has late war equip.
here is part of the equip loadout for the BlackSwan

;Cerberus62 NFF_Black_Swan loadout definition
[Equipment 1]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=4In_double_MkXVI_turret_GB
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19431231

[Equipment 2]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=Hhog
StartDate=19440101
EndDate=19451231

Originally Posted by V13dweller

1944? The stock game does not go that far, so is this a mod? or was it disabled on purpose by the developers? or activated by Open Horizons?

Originally Posted by Trevally.

That was just one ship - there are many others.
The point I was making was that you can check the equip file for each ship to see if they have them and from when.
Then you can test in missions

OHII extends the duration of SH5 campaign to May 1945. You should give it a try: it is definitely worth it!
Anyway you can set your custom missions to any date within Sep/39-May/45, with not need of installing any mod