Help with Salvos

Monica Lewinsky · 04-29-07, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Fearless

In other words it's not automatic like it is in SH3.

Nope!

SteamWake · 04-29-07, 10:47 PM

two things not "automatic" or dont "stick"

spread angle and detonation method (magnetic vs contact) in sh3 terms.

spread angle stays the same as you switch tubes.

detonation method has a nasty habit of clicking itself back to the default of "contact/influence".

Again I got tired of chasing that nasty habit and leave it on contact/influence with considerable success.

The other settings speed and depth do seem to stick.

Long story short the spread angle requires a last moment check/set.

GnarPow · 04-30-07, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

two things not "automatic" or dont "stick"

spread angle and detonation method (magnetic vs contact) in sh3 terms.

spread angle stays the same as you switch tubes.

detonation method has a nasty habit of clicking itself back to the default of "contact/influence".

Again I got tired of chasing that nasty habit and leave it on contact/influence with considerable success.

The other settings speed and depth do seem to stick.

Long story short the spread angle requires a last moment check/set.

Actually you can set torpedoes anyway you want once they are loaded and they will stay. You just have to set every torpedoe individually. What I do when I leave port is just Click high speed for all of them and then press W and then click high speed, so on and so forth so when I go to attack targets I dont have to worry about it. I am sure you can probably still do it with the contact/influence button.

Once you fire some torps you just have to do it again to the newly loaded torpedoes.

SteamWake · 04-30-07, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GnarPow

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

two things not "automatic" or dont "stick"

spread angle and detonation method (magnetic vs contact) in sh3 terms.

spread angle stays the same as you switch tubes.

detonation method has a nasty habit of clicking itself back to the default of "contact/influence".

Again I got tired of chasing that nasty habit and leave it on contact/influence with considerable success.

The other settings speed and depth do seem to stick.

Long story short the spread angle requires a last moment check/set.

Actually you can set torpedoes anyway you want once they are loaded and they will stay. You just have to set every torpedoe individually. What I do when I leave port is just Click high speed for all of them and then press W and then click high speed, so on and so forth so when I go to attack targets I dont have to worry about it. I am sure you can probably still do it with the contact/influence button.

Once you fire some torps you just have to do it again to the newly loaded torpedoes.

The gyro angle and contact/influence buttons have to be reset for each tube prior to launch. If you set tube 1 to gyro offset left 5 ALL tubes are set for gyro offset of left 5. Requiring you to set the gyro at the last second.

The pistol settings again, have a nasty tendency to reset themselves to default while your not looking.

Nightmare · 04-30-07, 10:55 AM

To my understanding the way SH4 handles salvos and spreads is exactly how it was on the fleet boats during WW2. They didn't have a salvo tube selection with a gyro offset for the entire salvo like the u-boats did. There was a single gyro offset wheel on the TDC that a crewmember had to change between tubes being fired.

"Fire 1!"
*TDC operator changes gyro offset for tube 2*
"Fire 2!"
*again, TDC operator changes gyro offset for tube 3*
"Fire 3!"

04-29-07, 10:47 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	two things not "automatic" or dont "stick" spread angle and detonation method (magnetic vs contact) in sh3 terms. spread angle stays the same as you switch tubes. detonation method has a nasty habit of clicking itself back to the default of "contact/influence". Again I got tired of chasing that nasty habit and leave it on contact/influence with considerable success. The other settings speed and depth do seem to stick. Long story short the spread angle requires a last moment check/set.

04-30-07, 10:55 AM	#5
Nightmare Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 210 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	To my understanding the way SH4 handles salvos and spreads is exactly how it was on the fleet boats during WW2. They didn't have a salvo tube selection with a gyro offset for the entire salvo like the u-boats did. There was a single gyro offset wheel on the TDC that a crewmember had to change between tubes being fired. "Fire 1!" TDC operator changes gyro offset for tube 2 "Fire 2!" again, TDC operator changes gyro offset for tube 3 "Fire 3!"