A bug? or operator error....

EricW · 07-29-11, 09:04 AM

Hi all, I just started running RSRD for TMO last week and had a weird, career-ending, mis-adventure.

I got orders to go patrol the Kiska resupply routes and potentially intercept an expected convoy then end up by refuelling at Dutch Harbor. Well, I missed the convoy, but ended up in Dutch Harbor as instructed. I got the refuel/rearm done with and since it was the middle of the night, I decided to TC until daylight so I could actually see what was up around there (never been up there before). As the clock was spinning, I got POUNDED by something.....100% hull damage,bulkheads destroyed, 3 compartments flooding, all tubes destroyed ect. As my boat was foundering and obviously done in, I noticed the harbor icon up in the corner and out of desperation, I clicked on it. Instantly all the flooding was gone, I still had 100% hull damage and the crew kept up the "stern tubes destroyed, bow tubes destroyed" over and over, until I finally just ended the game and tried to reload it. Every reload attempt gave me a CTD on that career.......so , I just ended up starting a new campaign, but I can't help wondering WTF happened, both at the refuel point-while TC-ing and after.

Anybody else come across something like this?

GreyBeard · 07-29-11, 10:53 AM

A mine will definitely do that. I don't believe there's any way of knowing for certain. Personally, I'm not aware of any bugs that do that.

max-peck · 07-29-11, 11:17 AM

Agreed.

Sounds more like a mine than a bug.

Armistead · 07-29-11, 11:24 AM

They're no mines in that area in RSRD.

If you click on the refit tab, it will fix cetain things, etc, so that probably repaired flooding, but the 100% bulkhead damage is permanant and can only be fixed at your docking base.

Could it be possible you hit a reef or land, some are so small you don't see them unless you zoom. Did you run into a friendly ship near the port. Did you have air radar, maybe a enemy plane.

Daniel Prates · 07-29-11, 12:36 PM

Some things will make high TC rates to instantly drop, such as getting close to land. However....

Some reefs or small islands, the kind that barely appear in your map unless you zoom in a lot, will not decrease your TC, and it may happen that you run aground in a reef or something. When the TC rate is high enough, it may even happen that you travel several miles (in split-seconds) until TC is finally lowered - so that you look around and don't even understand what the hell hapened.

EricW · 07-29-11, 01:00 PM

Dead stop in a friendly port (not a mine, I think).......I think it was a TC issue, but who knows? I'm chalking it up to unfortunate friendly fire......

-I had a great career going til that patrol. Oh well, I got another one started.

07-29-11, 09:04 AM	#1
EricW Bosun Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 64 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	A bug? or operator error.... Hi all, I just started running RSRD for TMO last week and had a weird, career-ending, mis-adventure. I got orders to go patrol the Kiska resupply routes and potentially intercept an expected convoy then end up by refuelling at Dutch Harbor. Well, I missed the convoy, but ended up in Dutch Harbor as instructed. I got the refuel/rearm done with and since it was the middle of the night, I decided to TC until daylight so I could actually see what was up around there (never been up there before). As the clock was spinning, I got POUNDED by something.....100% hull damage,bulkheads destroyed, 3 compartments flooding, all tubes destroyed ect. As my boat was foundering and obviously done in, I noticed the harbor icon up in the corner and out of desperation, I clicked on it. Instantly all the flooding was gone, I still had 100% hull damage and the crew kept up the "stern tubes destroyed, bow tubes destroyed" over and over, until I finally just ended the game and tried to reload it. Every reload attempt gave me a CTD on that career.......so , I just ended up starting a new campaign, but I can't help wondering WTF happened, both at the refuel point-while TC-ing and after. Anybody else come across something like this?

07-29-11, 11:17 AM	#3
max-peck Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 752 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 0	Agreed. Sounds more like a mine than a bug. __________________ -------------------------------------------------- Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force If the only tool you have is a hammer, pretty soon everything starts to look like a nail FOTRS Ultimate http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=226270 The future of SH4 - coming to a PC near you soon

07-29-11, 10:53 AM	#2
GreyBeard Engineer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LI, NY Posts: 209 Downloads: 257 Uploads: 2	A mine will definitely do that. I don't believe there's any way of knowing for certain. Personally, I'm not aware of any bugs that do that.

07-29-11, 11:24 AM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,864 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	They're no mines in that area in RSRD. If you click on the refit tab, it will fix cetain things, etc, so that probably repaired flooding, but the 100% bulkhead damage is permanant and can only be fixed at your docking base. Could it be possible you hit a reef or land, some are so small you don't see them unless you zoom. Did you run into a friendly ship near the port. Did you have air radar, maybe a enemy plane.

07-29-11, 12:36 PM	#5
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Some things will make high TC rates to instantly drop, such as getting close to land. However.... Some reefs or small islands, the kind that barely appear in your map unless you zoom in a lot, will not decrease your TC, and it may happen that you run aground in a reef or something. When the TC rate is high enough, it may even happen that you travel several miles (in split-seconds) until TC is finally lowered - so that you look around and don't even understand what the hell hapened.

07-29-11, 01:00 PM	#6
EricW Bosun Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 64 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Dead stop in a friendly port (not a mine, I think).......I think it was a TC issue, but who knows? I'm chalking it up to unfortunate friendly fire...... -I had a great career going til that patrol. Oh well, I got another one started.