GWX: Torpedoed myself and only took 30% damage

Safe-Keeper · 12-30-06, 12:32 PM

Today I foolishly launched a torpedo without checking the type and too late realized it had a homing mechanism on board. It turned about and slammed right into my after section

... Doing less than 30% damage to my boat. In fact, even though it virtually physically hit one of the propellers, it did not destroy either of them, nor the torpedo tube or rudder.

Is this a game-play mechanism, or is it unintended? It seems exceedingly odd to me that a torpedo that cripples/sinks a destroyer only lightly damages a submarine.

Letum · 12-30-06, 02:18 PM

Try it again, if you get consistantly low dammage then this is something worth looking into if there isn't allredy an explanation.

Kpt. Lehmann · 12-30-06, 06:34 PM

You got very lucky.

The torpedo damage output is variable/random.

The last homing torpedo that I was hit by... (thanks Dowly :p ) killed half of my crew and sunk my U-boat.

azn_132 · 12-30-06, 09:34 PM

Thats what happen wit USS Tang, U-869 or U-who?.

Jimbuna · 12-31-06, 07:55 AM

Yep...your quite lucky

A few of us on TS have been 'blue on blue' statistics and never lived to tell the tale

AVGWarhawk · 12-31-06, 10:21 AM

Although the Tang was whacked by her own torpedo...she did not completely break up. Her stern was destroyed but the bow stayed up for quite some time. Anyway, the point is, yes, torpedos can ruin you day but not always destroy you.

Kpt. Lehmann · 12-31-06, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by azn_132

Thats what happen wit USS Tang, U-869 or U-who?.

U-869 is responsible for launching my entire obsession with U-boats.

AVGWarhawk · 12-31-06, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

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Originally Posted by azn_132

Thats what happen wit USS Tang, U-869 or U-who?.

U-869 is responsible for launching my entire obsession with U-boats.

Was'nt U869 off the coast of NJ? Book called the Shadow Divers? I read that...

bigboywooly · 12-31-06, 11:35 AM

Yeah it twas

http://www.u869.com/

Kpt. Lehmann · 12-31-06, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Yeah it twas

http://www.u869.com/

Great website there.

GT182 · 12-31-06, 12:39 PM

Very nice memorial website to U869.

Subskin modders might want to look at the sub model photos. Link is at the bottom right - click on Model. For a Type IX/C there are some significant changes to the one in SHIII. The forward hull is one of them I've never seen before.

Thanks for the links BBW.

12-30-06, 12:32 PM	#1
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	GWX: Torpedoed myself and only took 30% damage Today I foolishly launched a torpedo without checking the type and too late realized it had a homing mechanism on board. It turned about and slammed right into my after section... Doing less than 30% damage to my boat. In fact, even though it virtually physically hit one of the propellers, it did not destroy either of them, nor the torpedo tube or rudder. Is this a game-play mechanism, or is it unintended? It seems exceedingly odd to me that a torpedo that cripples/sinks a destroyer only lightly damages a submarine. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

12-30-06, 02:18 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Try it again, if you get consistantly low dammage then this is something worth looking into if there isn't allredy an explanation. __________________

12-30-06, 06:34 PM	#3
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	You got very lucky. The torpedo damage output is variable/random. The last homing torpedo that I was hit by... (thanks Dowly :p ) killed half of my crew and sunk my U-boat. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

12-31-06, 07:55 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yep...your quite lucky A few of us on TS have been 'blue on blue' statistics and never lived to tell the tale __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-31-06, 10:21 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Although the Tang was whacked by her own torpedo...she did not completely break up. Her stern was destroyed but the bow stayed up for quite some time. Anyway, the point is, yes, torpedos can ruin you day but not always destroy you. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-30-06, 09:34 PM	#4
azn_132 Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 950 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats what happen wit USS Tang, U-869 or U-who?.

12-31-06, 11:35 AM	#9
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Yeah it twas http://www.u869.com/ __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-31-06, 12:39 PM	#11
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	Very nice memorial website to U869. Subskin modders might want to look at the sub model photos. Link is at the bottom right - click on Model. For a Type IX/C there are some significant changes to the one in SHIII. The forward hull is one of them I've never seen before. Thanks for the links BBW. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.