[WIP] - The TM Torpedo mod

[Misfit138]

I took a quick look into this and it seems you have the same problem with Mark 14 torpedoes as I do. They are too reliable when using magnetic pistol. Did 2 tests and every single one of them detonated ok

Also did 2 tests using a contact pistol and high speed. 8 torpedoes, one deep runner, one hit on a target. All the rest bounced off from the hull

[swdw]

Originally Posted by TDK1044

I hope this will be an option and not forced into the mod. Even though your data is accurate, I don't believe the US sub Captains assumed that one out of every three torpedos they fired would be a dud.....nor that two out of every five would explode prematurely. Was it a possibility? Sure, but they could equally fire ten torps with no problems at all and then fire five and have two duds.

Actually, in the evaluation of the Wahoo's 6th patrol, one of the criticism's of Morton's tactics was only firing a single fish at a target. The higher ups considered a 2 torpedo spread a minimum and a spread of 3 the recommended practice . Part of this was to compensate for an calculation errors, and the other part was because they new problems could arise with the torpedoes.

And on Peto's comment- some enterprising torpedo men would pull the pin's and machine their own instead of waiting for them to be supplied to the boat. Bubbleheads have always been an enterprising bunch.

One thing that I haven't seen in the game yet is a fish broaching. When that happend and they dove back into the water ANYTHING could happen. circles, veering off, diving down at a steep angle and so on. This was not as common a problem, but occasionally the cause of a fish going to deep, was because it actually started too shallow. Especially in rougher seas.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by swdw

One thing that I haven't seen in the game yet is a fish broaching. When that happend and they dove back into the water ANYTHING could happen. circles, veering off, diving down at a steep angle and so on. This was not as common a problem, but occasionally the cause of a fish going to deep, was because it actually started too shallow. Especially in rougher seas.

On at least one occasion of a circle-runner hitting a submarine (Wahoo, I believe), one of the eyewitnesses to the event said the torpedo jumped out of the water before circling back around. So yes, a torpedo breaching the water was no bueno all around.

[AVGWarhawk]

Duci, I'm giving this a try. Will let you know what I find

Edit:
I did the torpedo the bad guy tutorial (of sorts) and I found the mix to be pretty good. Basically 1 out of every four was a under runner or the magnetic pistol did not function. I had one that ran to fast. Don't as me how. This first of the four past the bow by a good margin. The remaining 3 were on target. With the solution the same for each torpedo the firsts fast should have been a hit. I did not experience any duds. On a second try I had a premie (calm seas). Two worked fine with magnetic exploder. The other was just contact and worked fine. Third attempt I had 1 under runner and the rest worked fine. My personal opinion, tweak the torpedoes just a hair worse than what you have here.