Tusc31979
03-17-08, 03:51 PM
Guys, this one is new. I reinstalled SH4 a month ago, have gone on several patrols. Taken damage a few times and seen it repaired (if possible) relatively quickly.
Last night, I began a new patrol out of the Malaysian base. Steamed north and happened upon a carrier group in shallow waters off the northwestern shores of Borneo. Perhaps because of being close-ish to land, they were going slow... about 11kn. So I sped north of them to wait. Took my time trying to get a fair solution and timing their turns, and fired a full salvo on spread before moving for deeper waters. 1 torp missed two Shikaku and a Maya within FEET of their sterns. Two crippled a Maya, which puttered around with its stern underwater for 20 minutes before sinking, and the fourth dropped the tanker.
I had to beat feet to get out of there and had a running gun battle with three destroyers who came after. I dropped one at range (with me gunning, since AI sucks past 8000), then went under to evade. Sadly, I did not realize I had the wrong scale depth meter up and we nosed into the bottom at 7kn. I kept making turns, running up to speed, then coasting and got away from the destroyers after a good half hour of slowly playing out distance.
But here's the problem. From the F11 view, I can see a hole in the bow. The fore torp room is taking on water slowly. The bulkhead has about 33% damage. Main pump is only 5% or less, and the fore battery is even less.
NO ONE IS REPAIRING ANYTHING THOUGH.
I've swapped the repair crew, turned them on/off, engaged/disengaged silent running, etc. Nothing. I'm used to getting a thing that tells me how long until an item is repaired but I'm not getting that now. What gives?
Last night, I began a new patrol out of the Malaysian base. Steamed north and happened upon a carrier group in shallow waters off the northwestern shores of Borneo. Perhaps because of being close-ish to land, they were going slow... about 11kn. So I sped north of them to wait. Took my time trying to get a fair solution and timing their turns, and fired a full salvo on spread before moving for deeper waters. 1 torp missed two Shikaku and a Maya within FEET of their sterns. Two crippled a Maya, which puttered around with its stern underwater for 20 minutes before sinking, and the fourth dropped the tanker.
I had to beat feet to get out of there and had a running gun battle with three destroyers who came after. I dropped one at range (with me gunning, since AI sucks past 8000), then went under to evade. Sadly, I did not realize I had the wrong scale depth meter up and we nosed into the bottom at 7kn. I kept making turns, running up to speed, then coasting and got away from the destroyers after a good half hour of slowly playing out distance.
But here's the problem. From the F11 view, I can see a hole in the bow. The fore torp room is taking on water slowly. The bulkhead has about 33% damage. Main pump is only 5% or less, and the fore battery is even less.
NO ONE IS REPAIRING ANYTHING THOUGH.
I've swapped the repair crew, turned them on/off, engaged/disengaged silent running, etc. Nothing. I'm used to getting a thing that tells me how long until an item is repaired but I'm not getting that now. What gives?