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Kiane · 10-29-23, 07:27 AM

Hello,

I had an ongoing discussion with several other Silent Hunter 3 fans for the OneAlex mod (it uses this patch, otherwise not relevant to the discussion), and while there were certainly a lot of disagreements, I was of the opinion that the 98% failure rate for shallow torpedoes in rough weather was too harsh. For example Kretschmer's U99 had 2 breached torpedoes in Dec 1940 in rough waters which impacted and detonated (one above the waterline, one below), and a third torpedo which was a bit deeper.

https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/707.html

If you believed the 98% figure, then Kretschmer's shot was a .02 * .02 = 0.04% chance of occurring. I understand the argument of rough waters damaging the horizontal stabilizers, but I am skeptical of this 98% figure. Is there any way to reduce this from 98% to say 30%? I would find this more reasonable. In terms of the math provided in the documentation, this would be the 98% at D1 which linearly falls as depth approaches D2 (probability p0).

My query in picture from:
https://i.imgur.com/9HF1xTp.png

If there is no immediate setting for this, would anyone besides Hsie (I understand he is "retired") have the decompiled files so I could make the changes in code myself? (I have code experience).

Thank you in advance for any assistance!

10-29-23, 07:27 AM	#4142
Kiane Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 6 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Hello, I had an ongoing discussion with several other Silent Hunter 3 fans for the OneAlex mod (it uses this patch, otherwise not relevant to the discussion), and while there were certainly a lot of disagreements, I was of the opinion that the 98% failure rate for shallow torpedoes in rough weather was too harsh. For example Kretschmer's U99 had 2 breached torpedoes in Dec 1940 in rough waters which impacted and detonated (one above the waterline, one below), and a third torpedo which was a bit deeper. https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/707.html If you believed the 98% figure, then Kretschmer's shot was a .02 * .02 = 0.04% chance of occurring. I understand the argument of rough waters damaging the horizontal stabilizers, but I am skeptical of this 98% figure. Is there any way to reduce this from 98% to say 30%? I would find this more reasonable. In terms of the math provided in the documentation, this would be the 98% at D1 which linearly falls as depth approaches D2 (probability p0). My query in picture from: https://i.imgur.com/9HF1xTp.png If there is no immediate setting for this, would anyone besides Hsie (I understand he is "retired") have the decompiled files so I could make the changes in code myself? (I have code experience). Thank you in advance for any assistance! Last edited by Kiane; 10-29-23 at 08:39 AM.