Controlling Flooding

[nightdagger]

How exactly do you control flooding? Do you just have your men repair those compartments? The reason why I'm asking (I would just show a pic here but I forgot to set something so none of the screenshots worked) is that I just sunk a Liberty Cargo in 43 off the SW coast of Ireland and they sent a task force to hunt me down. The first pass I was right under a Hunt III and he missed me but on another pass, a DC hit my control room and there's about 2 and a half minutes until it floods completely.

[MRV]

Yes, flooding is controlled the same way as damage.

Just send as many men as you can afford to the repair section,then mark the control room and hope for the best.

[nightdagger]

Wonderful...I guess I'm screwed but thanks anyway ;-)

[d@rk51d3]

It helps to have men in the damaged compartment, as well as men in the repair crew working on the damage. Seems to get things fixed a bit quicker.

[mookiemookie]

If I have flooding in multiple compartments, I make sure that they're fully crewed. Crewmen in a compartment will repair damage, just not as efficiently as a damage repair team will. I then fully man the damage control team and assign them to the areas with the worst flooding, and hope for the best.

Sometimes you're just flat out screwed though :dead:

[Jimbuna]

Try to ensure you always have at least one officer and two Petty Officers qualifie in 'Repair'...they will be a boon in times of trouble :up:

[nightdagger]

I decided screw it...I had Bow Torpedo, Forward Barracks, Sonar/Radio, and Command Rooms all flooding with about 2 minutes until full. I just surfaced and tried to take on the destroyer battlegroup. I only got one torpedo launched until I sank, though.

[Safe-Keeper]

Oh, and Silent Running halts all repairs, including work on flooding. Hit "Z" to turn Silent Running off when repairing or fighting leaks.

[peterloo]

Just like other repairs ... Ask crews to do it

For flooding, I will ask all the able man to patch it for me, since it is critical & hazardous. Also I usually try to keep my boat close to surface (i.e. periscope depth) Don't think that your crews can patch up the boat when it is at 200m deep

By the way, the boat really sinks (very slowly) when there is flooding

[TarJak]

Always get them onto the comartment that will take the most time to get under control first. This means other compartments might flood out while you are repairing but if you don't that compartment will be the first to go.

[Jimbuna]

I decided screw it...I had Bow Torpedo, Forward Barracks, Sonar/Radio, and Command Rooms all flooding with about 2 minutes until full. I just surfaced and tried to take on the destroyer battlegroup. I only got one torpedo launched until I sank, though.

Now that's a suprise lol :D :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Controlling flooding, how to:

Put a cork in it.:shifty:

[AS]

In a way the SH3 way to stop flooding is very German: the crew doesn´t do anything unless someone gives an order ;-) And how does an American skipper stop flooding? He doesn´t. He gets a lawyer and sues the guys who built the sub. LOL AS

[AVGWarhawk]

In a way the SH3 way to stop flooding is very German: the crew doesn´t do anything unless someone gives an order ;-) And how does an American skipper stop flooding? He doesn´t. He gets a lawyer and sues the guys who built the sub. LOL AS

Sadly enough, that is pretty much the truth.

[AS]

Yeah. Although Germans do not any longer care much for orders these days (which is a good thing considering what happened in the third Reich) they love making things as complex and complicated as can be. Lots of discussion before stopping any flooding nowadays... Cheers, AS

[Jimbuna]

In a way the SH3 way to stop flooding is very German: the crew doesn´t do anything unless someone gives an order ;-) And how does an American skipper stop flooding? He doesn´t. He gets a lawyer and sues the guys who built the sub. LOL AS

:rotfl: :rotfl: :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Actually, flooding if it is controlled by Democrates:

1. Get a board together to investigate the flooding ( takes 6-8 months)
2. Make a 16000 page disertation on the flooding and the boards recommendations.
3. Apply for and authorize fund appropriations (another 6-8 months)
4. Contact an environmental group to make sure correcting the flooding is OK for the environment and will not impact the migration of the blue whale or sea otters reproduction cycle.
5. Contact the Department of Labor and make sure there is equal representations from all walks of life that will handle the flooding. (another 6-8 months)
6. Take 6-8 months to make sure all personel are prepared and trained properly. Materials are appropriated
7. Take care of the flooding.
8. Take 6-8 months after controlling the flooding for study as to impact of environment and crew.

[plastik]

Just like other repairs ... Ask crews to do it

For flooding, I will ask all the able man to patch it for me, since it is critical & hazardous. Also I usually try to keep my boat close to surface (i.e. periscope depth) Don't think that your crews can patch up the boat when it is at 200m deep

By the way, the boat really sinks (very slowly) when there is flooding

i once got the stern torpedo room and stern barracks flooded and managed to control it, but it was cool to see that the sub had all that water in it: in the external view of the sub, the stern would sink deeper than the bow, so that the sub would not be "horizontal" (easier to see at periscope depth, for instance). cool that they took this into account ;)

[Von Hinten]

If I have flooding in multiple compartments, I make sure that they're fully crewed. Crewmen in a compartment will repair damage, just not as efficiently as a damage repair team will. I then fully man the damage control team and assign them to the areas with the worst flooding, and hope for the best.
I didn't know that, I usually just man the repair crew and that's it. Thanks for the heads-up. :up:

[TarJak]

Just like other repairs ... Ask crews to do it

For flooding, I will ask all the able man to patch it for me, since it is critical & hazardous. Also I usually try to keep my boat close to surface (i.e. periscope depth) Don't think that your crews can patch up the boat when it is at 200m deep

By the way, the boat really sinks (very slowly) when there is flooding
i once got the stern torpedo room and stern barracks flooded and managed to control it, but it was cool to see that the sub had all that water in it: in the external view of the sub, the stern would sink deeper than the bow, so that the sub would not be "horizontal" (easier to see at periscope depth, for instance). cool that they took this into account ;)

yep weight and balance matters! You can also reduce your bow wave when running decks awash by moving your spare crew to the forward compartments.

[nightdagger]

That's interesting, I never really noticed (of course I usually either have almost no damage or die, so that may be why).

Jimbuna: I like to go out with a bang. In this case, there was only one bang that was good for me.