IXB Torpedo doors

its a viic · 01-15-08, 12:02 PM

I was on Patrol yesterday above SCAPA and a strange thing was happening that I havent come across yet. I was in my spanking brand new IXB U53. I had a target in sight.. large cargo. I am still playing gwx 1.03. While lining up my target I would hit the green button ( torpedo 1) after setting topedos to impact and depth and it sounded like the torpedo door would open. I would then hit q on the keyboard to open it manually and it sounded like it would open again. Did the same for torpedo 2. I hit the green button and it sounded like the topedo door was opening. Well I fire torpedo 1 and sure enough there was a delay. And there was a delay on torpedo 2 also. I usually use a viic , dont the IXB torpedo doors have to be opened manually? I hope I am making myself clear enough on this. Apparently when I hit q on the keyboard I was shutting the door but I was always getting the message '' Opening tube 1, Opening tube 2.
Has anyone come across this?

Zakalwe · 01-15-08, 12:23 PM

Hi,

I may be wrong, but it could be the doors are closing again when you switch the tubes.

So a safe procedure should be:

Select tube, open tube, fire --> select second tube etc.

Closing the tube is the "w" key IIRC.

Z.

Jimbuna · 01-15-08, 12:25 PM

Q opens and W closes

It sounds like your not in salvo mode....therefore as you open one, the previous one is closing :hmm:

Heibges · 01-15-08, 01:39 PM

You can open all the doors manually from the Weapon Officer Station.

Kaleu_Mihoo · 01-15-08, 04:13 PM

You can also set a parameter in the torpedo settings of the .dat file of your sub (with minitweaker etc.) to disable the ability to shoot without opening the doors first.

Sailor Steve · 01-15-08, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heibges

You can open all the doors manually from the Weapon Officer Station.

Also from the conning tower, and from the Attack Scope saddle (the screen that has you looking at the scope itself; just look down).

Sniper_Fox · 01-15-08, 06:54 PM

as well as when your in the conning tower, theres the captains TDC there, whenever im conducting an attack, surface attack or not, i open my tubes there then back up to bridge and charge in!

01-15-08, 12:02 PM	#1
its a viic Gunner Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 97 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	IXB Torpedo doors I was on Patrol yesterday above SCAPA and a strange thing was happening that I havent come across yet. I was in my spanking brand new IXB U53. I had a target in sight.. large cargo. I am still playing gwx 1.03. While lining up my target I would hit the green button ( torpedo 1) after setting topedos to impact and depth and it sounded like the torpedo door would open. I would then hit q on the keyboard to open it manually and it sounded like it would open again. Did the same for torpedo 2. I hit the green button and it sounded like the topedo door was opening. Well I fire torpedo 1 and sure enough there was a delay. And there was a delay on torpedo 2 also. I usually use a viic , dont the IXB torpedo doors have to be opened manually? I hope I am making myself clear enough on this. Apparently when I hit q on the keyboard I was shutting the door but I was always getting the message '' Opening tube 1, Opening tube 2. Has anyone come across this?

01-15-08, 12:25 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Q opens and W closes It sounds like your not in salvo mode....therefore as you open one, the previous one is closing :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-15-08, 01:39 PM	#4
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	You can open all the doors manually from the Weapon Officer Station. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

01-15-08, 04:13 PM	#5
Kaleu_Mihoo Medic Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Poland/Germany Posts: 159 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	You can also set a parameter in the torpedo settings of the .dat file of your sub (with minitweaker etc.) to disable the ability to shoot without opening the doors first. __________________ Beide Maschinen AK voraus, hart backbord, auf 107 Grad gehen! Anlauf beginnt!...NYGM 3.0

01-15-08, 06:54 PM	#7
Sniper_Fox Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North of Malta, shadowing your pretty little C3 Cargo! Posts: 212 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	as well as when your in the conning tower, theres the captains TDC there, whenever im conducting an attack, surface attack or not, i open my tubes there then back up to bridge and charge in! __________________ Im a one U-boat wolfpack. Ive hit the bottom of the Mediterranian at 250 metres in my VIIC and brought that babe back up, and still made it back to La Spezia. Ive sunk more destroyers than I have merchants...youll wish you never sailed into U-87s hunting grounds. When you pull into port, dont lull yourself into a false sense of security, your mines and subnets are just a petty challenge for my crew and I.

01-15-08, 12:23 PM	#2
Zakalwe Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eckernförde, S-H, Germany Posts: 113 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hi, I may be wrong, but it could be the doors are closing again when you switch the tubes. So a safe procedure should be: Select tube, open tube, fire --> select second tube etc. Closing the tube is the "w" key IIRC. Z.