[Fidd]

20. Reworking of attenuation. I think attenuation within a metal-hulled u-boat is overdone currently. It should be like farting in church - loud and heard over considerable distance, given the acoustics of such an environment. I really like the the idea of attenuation, but for example, it's over done in the case of say the conning tower to the control room where intervening hatches are open. Naturally if doors or hatches are closed, then that's a completely different situation. So I think that voices should carry well to the adjacent compartment unless if no intervening hatch is open, likewise louder sounds: the e-motor, torpedo reloading winches (one day) the diesels should be heard more or less throughout the boat, if all the hatches/doors are open.

EDIT: To clarify, what I meant here is that the attenuation (reduction of volume with distance/intervening bulkheads etc) is basically fine, but the reverberation is massively overdone.