Crush Depth rant
 

I'm playing SH3 with GWX (duh), and I saved the game while tracking a convoy...because well I'm save scumming because I'm new and want to practice (so might as well find a single good moment instead of replaying hours in a career). Except, I sometimes get spotted by a destroyer, I'll dive to 80 meters and BANG my entire sub implodes for absolutely no reason. I'm in the Celtic Sea, and I understand that SH Commander randomizes crush depth, but the boat is LITERALLY tested for under 100 meters, this is some video game bs, and I just wanted to rant cuz it keeps happening (also I tried to park myself at the bottom once, and again my sub's system start to explode for no reason, as if the bottom was coating with depth charges or some crap).

Crushing it
 

Rant ye not! You should be able to get to at least 200 metres in an undamaged boat.
Most likely you hit the seabed. The SHIII seabed is full of very pointy rocks, or possibly very ill natured lobsters. If you touch it very gently at slow speed you will get away with superficial damage, either not shown at all or repairable in a few minutes. There is a mod that makes you harder to detect on sonar if you are near the seabed but if this is not installed it's a good idea to stay away. Use the depth sounder when it is safe to do so and keep a track of what the local sea depth is. The chart is not very accurate. As a last resort check using the external view.

GWX does have some historically accurate deep minefields in the Irish Sea, but i think they will be about 20 metres down.

GWX aircraft are also armed with depth charges that can go quite deep, although in real life the allies realised fairly soon that a simple single shallow depth setting was more effective. A problem with GWX is that if you give away your presence the escorts and aircraft head straight for your position with "laser precision" and attack. if you have the external views enabled you should usually get a pop-up window if an aircraft attacks.
Last possibility is a late war acoustic homing torpedo launched from an aircraft late war - if you have the HSie/Steibler mod and the right options.

welcome aboard!
 

cartman_101!:Kaleun_Salute: Finally ranting on the surface after 10 years' 'silent running'!:up:

Hi cartman_101 also in the Commander mod settings in GWX or LSH2022 click on options monkey wrench at the bottom then gameplay settings theres randomise Uboat crush depth ensure thats not checked.


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Going further in Blackswan40 suggestion, in Commander/Cfg/SH3 option.cfg file, under [crush depth] section you can adjust the desired depth… :03:

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