External Torpedoes

maillemaker · 04-03-14, 10:36 PM

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Nope. Unfortunately the current crop of SH games do not show the calmer wates in protected areas. There is a reason for the phrase "safe harbor", but not in SH3.

Much as I hate to disagree with the esteemed Jimbuna, I disagree.

My experience has always been that if you enter a bay the water almost always becomes calm enough for the deck gun. Maybe I've just gotten lucky, but given the amount of horrible weather I've seen otherwise, I don't think so.

In the stock SH3 executable, you can pull in external loads in any weather, at any engine speed. It's not realistic, but you can do it. Evidently there is an executable mod that changes this so that you must have calm seas in order to pull in the external torpedoes.

Also, FYI, only steam torpedoes were stored in the external stowage. The game allows you to put electrics in there but that is not historically correct.

Steve

Sailor Steve · 04-04-14, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by maillemaker

Much as I hate to disagree with the esteemed Jimbuna, I disagree.

You're still safe, since it was me you disagreed with, not Jim.

Maybe I'm wrong about that. I'm just used to the real world, where being in a harbor means calm waters, as in not much more than ripples. In the game I've seen ships wrecked and burning because they washed up against piers and boats inside the pens bouncing like corks. Not real.

As for the game, you can load external torpedoes in almost any weather and at almost any speed, both very unrealistic.

maillemaker · 04-04-14, 08:58 AM

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You're still safe, since it was me you disagreed with, not Jim.

Oops!

Steve

Jimbuna · 04-04-14, 09:48 AM

LOL

desertstriker · 04-04-14, 11:30 PM

Hsies patch fixes the external reload in any weather bug IIRC (I can't remember not playing with it) I have found for some reason entering a friendly or neutral harbor has a weird weather change thus allowing an external reload.

LGN1 · 04-05-14, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by desertstriker

Hsies patch fixes the external reload in any weather bug IIRC (I can't remember not playing with it) I have found for some reason entering a friendly or neutral harbor has a weird weather change thus allowing an external reload.

See my post above. I think the game forces the wind down to 6m/s when close to a harbor.

Cheers, LGN1

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desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	Hsies patch fixes the external reload in any weather bug IIRC (I can't remember not playing with it) I have found for some reason entering a friendly or neutral harbor has a weird weather change thus allowing an external reload.