So we may say that with very light winds as appertained at Trafalgar the smoke effect would be much more pronounced. I avoided mentioning battles in amphitheaters as that al;ways has an effect on the...
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So we may say that with very light winds as appertained at Trafalgar the smoke effect would be much more pronounced. I avoided mentioning battles in amphitheaters as that al;ways has an effect on the...
:hatsoff: Here's to your very good health Captain and the next three thousand.:drinks:
Rob.
That sounds pretty much what I was thinking Dobbs.
We seem to be in the ball park, as near as damn it, unless someone can do some actual experimentation with a few ships!
Just to blow even more...
Yet another viewpoint to consider Jonas.
All I can say is that having experienced only massed musket fire and cannon fire on land, unless it is a very still day, the smoke dissipates before a reload...
I keep mine on the ship Dobbs, and have grey clouds of smoke on the back. Once fired they are turned over to show the ship is reloading in the fog of war. I also have cut a few down so that I can use...
That is certainly going to complicate the game even more Dobbs.
I remember one we played in Wings where the clouds moved as the wind blew them.
I would need to use a very different system as my...
In all fairness to you Chris I must admit that the fog of war is very dependent upon the air conditions. Just like real Fog it may hang around for hours or disperse in minutes depending on all manner...
Cheers Dave.
Only just caught this. We must have been writing at the same time as each other.
Rob.
Chris.
I can only go on what has been said in volumes about sea battles by the commentators of the time.
Admittedly many were large fights, and ships may have been moving slowly under fighting...
There is a lot of evidence that smoke in battle did influence the outcome of gunnery, and that it was one of the factors which helped downwind ships as they were not impeded from seeing by their own...