A crew management question

[Foghladh_mhara]

When I'm patrolling in my VIIC I usually fully staff the engine room and keep the relief crew for them in the stern quarters. That way when fatigue levels drop I'll always have a fresh crew to man the engines. The bow quarters are kept strictly for the watch, command and torpedo grunts and rotated. Everything is fine.

Occasionally though on a patrol (tonight being one of them) the engine crew act a bit thick. When I went to periscope depth 3 of the petty officers decided not to join their comrades in the electric engine room and as a result theres no speed. I dragged them in by their ears and left it at that. When I surfaced the same crap happened again. The 3 heroes are still in the electric room when they should be in the diesel. This went on for the whole patrol. No problems when I relieved them and put in the next crew, smooth transition from diesel to elec everytime. When the first crew went back in it all began again. Slacking:nope:

It got really irritating when a plane surprised me and I had to crash dive. I was wallowing at a depth of about 15m and 0 knots and the engineer telling me theres not enough crew in the electic engines! They're gonna get me killed!

It doesnt happen in every patrol but I'd like to figure out what causes it. Any ideas?

[Prince Kassad]

It's a known bug. Untrained petty officers (no speciality) don't switch to the correct room when diving/surfacing. Don't use them for the diesel/electrics and you're fine.

[Lzs von swe]

Petty officers that are not engine room qualified will stay in the engine room that you put them in. If you use only matrosen and qualified bootsmen it will work ok.:up:

[johan_d]

Is there much difference or any benefit from a petty officer vs matrozen? (bootsmen)

[Jimbuna]

Always use the Petty Officer qualification in the appropriate section/compartment.....a Petty Officers knowledge and rating is always one level or more higher than a crew member (provided they are qualified) :arrgh!: