Deep diving, and turn rate in RFB (+ RSRD)

Vortex · 02-28-10, 11:17 PM

Hi all. I'm back to play SH4 (was last here on the forums for SH3, and probably Sub Command before that) and I now find myself at the stage where no amount of searching seems to come up with answers to a few questions I have. I'd appreciate any help if you have the free time.

1.) Am I missing something? Is there an ingame command (or mod) to get a RFB sub to dive below test depth? Dive planes don't seem to allow user input, the control room gague or D key doesn't work, etc.. And knowing something myself about the 'stated' allowable yield strengths of steel - as well as some real sub history on 'test depths', too - this seems wildly unrealistic to me. Is it because of the sub becoming invulnerable to attack below a certain depth bug is still around in SH after all these years?

2.) It must be taking me somewhere around an hour real time to make one 360 degree turn in a submerged Sargo class sub at ahead 2/3 speed in RFB. Is this as intended? Or am I bugged somehow.

3.) Does the information about using the mast tops for ranging merchants, the flight deck for carriers, and the funnel tops for warships still apply in RFB 2.0? I found this in the RFB manual for ver 1.5 (because there is no manual included with the 2.0 download).

Thanks.

As for TMO, I have tried it over the last few days. But I'm currently a little frustrated with being attacked from the air and (more often than not) being machine gunned and bombed within two or three seconds of receiving the alert. I haven't been sunk yet, but it seems like my fuel tanks always get punctured (no ingame damage warning except a radically reduced range), and my patrol is over before it ever gets started. But maybe this is my fault for being reluctant to submerge during daylight hours when I'm close to the coast of southern Japan, for not having an AS radar installed yet, and for playing this way with an inexperienced watch crew on their first patrol. The escorts on the other hand, I did seem to do okay with (however I haven't met Bungo Pete yet!).

Anyway, I'm still fooling around with both these supermods right now. And having some measure of fun and frustration with them both.

02-28-10, 11:17 PM	#1
Vortex Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 7 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Deep diving, and turn rate in RFB (+ RSRD) Hi all. I'm back to play SH4 (was last here on the forums for SH3, and probably Sub Command before that) and I now find myself at the stage where no amount of searching seems to come up with answers to a few questions I have. I'd appreciate any help if you have the free time. 1.) Am I missing something? Is there an ingame command (or mod) to get a RFB sub to dive below test depth? Dive planes don't seem to allow user input, the control room gague or D key doesn't work, etc.. And knowing something myself about the 'stated' allowable yield strengths of steel - as well as some real sub history on 'test depths', too - this seems wildly unrealistic to me. Is it because of the sub becoming invulnerable to attack below a certain depth bug is still around in SH after all these years? 2.) It must be taking me somewhere around an hour real time to make one 360 degree turn in a submerged Sargo class sub at ahead 2/3 speed in RFB. Is this as intended? Or am I bugged somehow. 3.) Does the information about using the mast tops for ranging merchants, the flight deck for carriers, and the funnel tops for warships still apply in RFB 2.0? I found this in the RFB manual for ver 1.5 (because there is no manual included with the 2.0 download). Thanks. As for TMO, I have tried it over the last few days. But I'm currently a little frustrated with being attacked from the air and (more often than not) being machine gunned and bombed within two or three seconds of receiving the alert. I haven't been sunk yet, but it seems like my fuel tanks always get punctured (no ingame damage warning except a radically reduced range), and my patrol is over before it ever gets started. But maybe this is my fault for being reluctant to submerge during daylight hours when I'm close to the coast of southern Japan, for not having an AS radar installed yet, and for playing this way with an inexperienced watch crew on their first patrol. The escorts on the other hand, I did seem to do okay with (however I haven't met Bungo Pete yet!). Anyway, I'm still fooling around with both these supermods right now. And having some measure of fun and frustration with them both.