Will torpedo failures be realistic LOL

THE_MASK · 12-06-06, 04:09 AM

I think my campaign in SH4 will start in 1943
http://www.valoratsea.com/subwar.htm

THE_MASK · 12-06-06, 04:19 AM

QUOTE "Continuing on the belief that the poor showing was due to ineffective skippers, many were relieved of their commands, replaced by younger, more aggressive officers." Demotions is what we need in SH4 . Bring it on !!!!!!!!

_Seth_ · 12-06-06, 04:22 AM

yeah, blame the crew for the flaws in the equipment....Its the navy.. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
BTW: I also think i will start in 1943.... "Dud" isnt my middle name...

Loaf · 12-06-06, 12:12 PM

When the US entered the war, their standard doctrine was that submerged attacks should be conducted using the hydrophones to aim the torpedoes in order to avoid the chance of the 'scope being spotted.

Naturally, this did not work very well! It was changed pretty quickly I believe...

SHI had early-war dud torpedoes - very frustrating to put a full spread into a carrier, and none of them would go off!

AS · 01-06-07, 10:11 AM

Dud torpedoes? Well, make love not war!

I´ll paint my sub yellow and sing along...:rotfl:

dean_acheson · 01-06-07, 10:34 AM

SOP at the beginning of the war was Sonar attacks from 100 feet down....

Sailor Steve · 01-06-07, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loaf

SHI had early-war dud torpedoes - very frustrating to put a full spread into a carrier, and none of them would go off!

SHI also had warnings of potential removal from command if your scores didn't improve.

Schatten · 01-06-07, 03:37 PM

I wonder if we'll be able to violate orders and have Weps noodle around with the detonators before the torpedos were "officially" fixed...

MadMike · 01-06-07, 04:16 PM

One CO actually did have the torpedo crew inactivate the magnetic exploder. He had a good patrol until one of his crew snitched to the higher ups (will post reference later when I get off work).

Yours, Mike

Sailor Steve · 01-06-07, 04:39 PM

I understand it was more than one.

It would be cool to have it in the game, but then everyone would do it and it would kind of defeat the purpose of having the failures in the first place.

azn_132 · 01-06-07, 05:26 PM

Sooner later u well yell at U keep missing stop it!!!! I yell that out when I was watched the ingame footage when they keep firn torps but always miss.

don1reed · 01-06-07, 06:01 PM

What was also depressing in SH1 was watching the torp trail go beneath the target due to the torps running 11 ft deeper.

Oesten · 01-07-07, 10:23 AM

Hopefully, realistic torpedoes will be a selectable realism option, as they were in SH1.

Tick the box - completely realistic torpedoes with a historically accurate failure rate.

Don't tick the box - no torpedo failures at all.

Then it's up to the player to decide how realistic he wants his game experience to be.

TheSatyr · 01-12-07, 06:19 PM

Heh,I still remember the time in SH1 when I was commanding a T class boat,had a perfect set up on the Kaga or Akagi and got 6 hits on it,and they were all duds.

It was the kind of thing that made you want to scream and tear your hair out.

TwistedFemur · 01-13-07, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schatten

I wonder if we'll be able to violate orders and have Weps noodle around with the detonators before the torpedos were "officially" fixed...

that would be cool...use some reknown to "trade" for the right color paint that month

12-06-06, 04:09 AM	#1
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Will torpedo failures be realistic LOL I think my campaign in SH4 will start in 1943 http://www.valoratsea.com/subwar.htm

12-06-06, 04:22 AM	#3
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	yeah, blame the crew for the flaws in the equipment....Its the navy.. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: BTW: I also think i will start in 1943.... "Dud" isnt my middle name... __________________

01-06-07, 10:11 AM	#5
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Dud torpedoes? Well, make love not war! I´ll paint my sub yellow and sing along...:rotfl: __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

01-06-07, 03:37 PM	#8
Schatten Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wonder if we'll be able to violate orders and have Weps noodle around with the detonators before the torpedos were "officially" fixed... __________________

01-06-07, 04:39 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I understand it was more than one. It would be cool to have it in the game, but then everyone would do it and it would kind of defeat the purpose of having the failures in the first place. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-06-06, 04:19 AM	#2
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	QUOTE "Continuing on the belief that the poor showing was due to ineffective skippers, many were relieved of their commands, replaced by younger, more aggressive officers." Demotions is what we need in SH4 . Bring it on !!!!!!!!

12-06-06, 12:12 PM	#4
Loaf Mate Join Date: May 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 58 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	When the US entered the war, their standard doctrine was that submerged attacks should be conducted using the hydrophones to aim the torpedoes in order to avoid the chance of the 'scope being spotted. Naturally, this did not work very well! It was changed pretty quickly I believe... SHI had early-war dud torpedoes - very frustrating to put a full spread into a carrier, and none of them would go off!

01-06-07, 10:34 AM	#6
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	SOP at the beginning of the war was Sonar attacks from 100 feet down....

01-06-07, 04:16 PM	#9
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	One CO actually did have the torpedo crew inactivate the magnetic exploder. He had a good patrol until one of his crew snitched to the higher ups (will post reference later when I get off work). Yours, Mike

01-06-07, 05:26 PM	#11
azn_132 Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 950 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sooner later u well yell at U keep missing stop it!!!! I yell that out when I was watched the ingame footage when they keep firn torps but always miss.

01-06-07, 06:01 PM	#12
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	What was also depressing in SH1 was watching the torp trail go beneath the target due to the torps running 11 ft deeper. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

01-07-07, 10:23 AM	#13
Oesten A-ganger Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 79 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Hopefully, realistic torpedoes will be a selectable realism option, as they were in SH1. Tick the box - completely realistic torpedoes with a historically accurate failure rate. Don't tick the box - no torpedo failures at all. Then it's up to the player to decide how realistic he wants his game experience to be.

01-12-07, 06:19 PM	#14
TheSatyr Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 545 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Heh,I still remember the time in SH1 when I was commanding a T class boat,had a perfect set up on the Kaga or Akagi and got 6 hits on it,and they were all duds. It was the kind of thing that made you want to scream and tear your hair out.