Torpedo depth vs Ship draught

[badfish]

Greetings fellow submersible coffin enthusiasts,

I keep missing torpedos because they (presumably) travel under the keel of the ships. Torpedo depth set to 7m fired at a ship with a draught of 8.35m does this constantly, and I have to strike closer to the surface at around 2m depth.

Is this due to a bug or wrong data in the shipbook or are there some torpedo accuracy issues I'm not aware of?

Thx in advance!

[Frank Machin]

There is a guide on this exact subject in the guide section. HTH

[Jabrwock]

I believe there is a bug that anything deeper than 2.5m will miss, regardless of draught, but I haven't tested that lately.

[El Rushbo]

I believe torpedo depth is still bugged, I keep it at the default setting to avoid problems. Just treat it like the depth-keeping issues they had in real life at the start of the war.

[athenian]

I don't change the depth either. Seems to be working OK as is.

[Bak]

No; they probably flew through the hull like they were holograms!!!! I thought the same thing too on some attacks. This is on B127 H1 too. However I noticed on the 6th saved game attempt to sink 2 freighters in the Cardiff Inlet, I noticed the torpedoes fly right through the hull. Here is how I discovered it: On the earlier attempts and using the target camera view, I saw the torps repeatedly fly under the ship hull even when torpedoes were set to 1 meter depth. With the target view, it was clear the hulls were more than 2 meters in the water so I started thinking, hummmmm bug? So on the 6th and final time I watched the torpedoes approach each ship perfectly lined up on the hull and I quickly swung the camera view down just below waterline and on the opposite side of both freighters and saw both pairs torpedoes fly right through the hull!

[Keeper]

If you click the torpedo on map view i think you can view the "vessel" from there like other ships.
Edit: I want to play around with depth and spread and speed but i just leave it for the time being.. Did you try setting your torps to 6m or 4m depth? Maybe with the waves the boat was waving up and down a meter or 2, and same for your torpedo, could potentially be a meter or 2 under

[thedarklordkitten]

BTW it would be great to have a "chase cam" for the torpedoes

[JorEl]

@thedarklordkitten, it exists. See @Keeper's post above yours :-)

[gerald2]

Originally posted by thedarklordkitten:

BTW it would be great to have a "chase cam" for the torpedoes

tag torpedo on map and switch camera to it.

[Marius]

Originally posted by Jabrwock:

I believe there is a bug that anything deeper than 2.5m will miss, regardless of draught, but I haven't tested that lately.