I Was Wrong, Sort Of...Or RTFM!

Sailor Steve · 09-14-08, 12:22 PM

True, but that was partly the point. In real life they couldn't fire them all simultaneously; to do so is a cheat.

nirwana · 09-14-08, 12:25 PM

Really ? Thought if ordered they could. nm then.

Sailor Steve · 09-14-08, 01:48 PM

I completely agree it's totally bogus for target ships to avoid torpedoes by stopping and starting, accelerating and decelerating; especially clunky underpowered merchants. In fact, that was also a subject of discussion more than once; all the ships in SH3 accelerate too fast.

But no, the 'Salvo' firing, as I said, is done in a sequence, separated by several seconds. Torpedoes leaving the tubes at the same time have a chance of hitting each other or magnetically setting each other off.

09-14-08, 12:22 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	True, but that was partly the point. In real life they couldn't fire them all simultaneously; to do so is a cheat. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-14-08, 01:48 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I completely agree it's totally bogus for target ships to avoid torpedoes by stopping and starting, accelerating and decelerating; especially clunky underpowered merchants. In fact, that was also a subject of discussion more than once; all the ships in SH3 accelerate too fast. But no, the 'Salvo' firing, as I said, is done in a sequence, separated by several seconds. Torpedoes leaving the tubes at the same time have a chance of hitting each other or magnetically setting each other off. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-14-08, 12:25 PM	#2
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Really ? Thought if ordered they could. nm then.