Maximum detonation depth for DCs?

Dietrich · 12-11-08, 11:30 AM

I've been trawling through the forums trying to find something about the maximum detonation depth of a depth charge, but with no luck.

For reference, for testing I'm using GWX-2.1, with no additional mods.

From anecdotal evidence, it seems that in the early war, DCs will not explode at depths greater than about 150 m. I've searched through the GWX manual, but there is no mention of it there.

Looking at the .SIM files, there are the following in \data\Library:

DepthCharges.sim
DepthCharges_SB.sim

These both have the "detonation depth" set to 25.0 m. I'm wondering whether this is the "minimum" depth, rather than the maximum? (By the way, does anyone know what the "SB" means?)

So, there are two main questions for me.

1. Is there a real difference between early-war and late-war DCs?
2. Is there a way to adjust the maximum depth at which a DC will explode?

Any hints/tips greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone.

12-11-08, 11:30 AM	#1
Dietrich Sparky Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 152 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Maximum detonation depth for DCs? I've been trawling through the forums trying to find something about the maximum detonation depth of a depth charge, but with no luck. For reference, for testing I'm using GWX-2.1, with no additional mods. From anecdotal evidence, it seems that in the early war, DCs will not explode at depths greater than about 150 m. I've searched through the GWX manual, but there is no mention of it there. Looking at the .SIM files, there are the following in \data\Library: DepthCharges.sim DepthCharges_SB.sim These both have the "detonation depth" set to 25.0 m. I'm wondering whether this is the "minimum" depth, rather than the maximum? (By the way, does anyone know what the "SB" means?) So, there are two main questions for me. 1. Is there a real difference between early-war and late-war DCs? 2. Is there a way to adjust the maximum depth at which a DC will explode? Any hints/tips greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone.