Adjust crash dive depth in TWOS

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, there's some information that needs to be corrected here.

First of all, Major Sunscreen's dilemma and question are both correct. He (and everyone else who plays the game) needs to correct this. In fact, the creators got it wrong and need to correct it. The average crash-dive depth for a Type VII u-boat was only 70 metres, with a max of about 90. 150 metres is far to deep, and completely unhistorical.

Originally Posted by Fifi

You can always order a crash dive even in shallow waters...only thing is as soon as conning tower is about to submerge, reduce speed and set the depth you want.
(Or just set new depth)

That's nice, but also completely unhistorical. A crash dive involves the complete flooding of the main ballast tanks. Once that is done you are going down until you can pump half of that water out. Also the movable water is transferred completely to the forward trim tank. Half of that has to be pumped back to the aft trim tank before the bow can be brought up and the boat leveled. You cannot just "set the depth you want". Okay, you can in the game, but that's a complete cheat.

Major Sunscreen, I'm glad you got it sorted out so you can play it properly. Torpedo, thanks for your help.