How accurate are the maps?

Tessa · 03-04-08, 12:03 AM

Anyone have any idea as to how accurate the game maps are with respect to the real contour/depths in the oceans? There's places I've been Scuba diving and know for a fact that the depths are 100 feet or more, yet ingame it'll be 20 feet deep. There's a few places I've been where standing on the edge of a cliff and the drop is a few thousand feet down, yet even several miles into the trench the depth is still reported as 20 feet.

Is it possible to mod the map such that it more closely mirrors the actual contours of the ocean floor? Few days ago ran into a situation almost exactly as the Das Boot crew faces in Gibraltor while inside a port (think it was Curacao) and have so much flooding that I just start plunging down. Finally fixed the compressor and was able to blow out enough with the high pressure air to stop sinking and remain at 170 meters. Thinking more about it, I don't think its possible to have a real port that deep, you wouldn't be able to run any of the necessary pipes to the moorings.

Doing a crash dive in an area where irl the bottom is a couple hundred feet translates into 30 or 40 feet gets annoying having to stop the dive as not to incorrectly bottom the boat.

P.S. How comes a DD can hit you with a full load of depth charges after you've bottomed the boat with 100% accuracy?

03-04-08, 12:03 AM	#1
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	How accurate are the maps? Anyone have any idea as to how accurate the game maps are with respect to the real contour/depths in the oceans? There's places I've been Scuba diving and know for a fact that the depths are 100 feet or more, yet ingame it'll be 20 feet deep. There's a few places I've been where standing on the edge of a cliff and the drop is a few thousand feet down, yet even several miles into the trench the depth is still reported as 20 feet. Is it possible to mod the map such that it more closely mirrors the actual contours of the ocean floor? Few days ago ran into a situation almost exactly as the Das Boot crew faces in Gibraltor while inside a port (think it was Curacao) and have so much flooding that I just start plunging down. Finally fixed the compressor and was able to blow out enough with the high pressure air to stop sinking and remain at 170 meters. Thinking more about it, I don't think its possible to have a real port that deep, you wouldn't be able to run any of the necessary pipes to the moorings. Doing a crash dive in an area where irl the bottom is a couple hundred feet translates into 30 or 40 feet gets annoying having to stop the dive as not to incorrectly bottom the boat. P.S. How comes a DD can hit you with a full load of depth charges after you've bottomed the boat with 100% accuracy?