What to do when you lose all the fuel and being stranded in the middle of nowhere..

[commandosolo2009]

:salute:

Attention!!
Hey skippers,

It happened to me once before since I was new to the game and forgot to turn off limited blah blah blah back at base...

I know that its pretty pickle and the worst nightmare but if you have no diesel left and only a fully charged engine and the base is far away from the minimum speed on electric engine.. What to do??

This thread is for both Simulation and Real life skipper feedback..

Make the most out of it..

[jwilliams]

You'd need to radio for a tow, and hope the allies didnt find you before help arrived.

in game.... not sure.... SH3 you pressed [Esc] and selected end patrol. This resulted in you losing renown.

[Lognoreng]

Destroy any valuable intel first, incase the enemies find you first..

In SH4 this happened to me i think. But i managed to get home, i think the batteries recharged when i was idle at the surface, i forgot to ask the engineer how he did it. Maybe he tweaked the engine to run on rot gut..

[The General]

Bigboywolly is about to release a Mod that puts 'Resupply', through your Radioman, back into the game as was originally intended, but not able to be finished by The Devs.

[Zedi]

Is the most embarrassing moment for any u-boat captain. One thing for sure. If this happens under ur command, you should retire. Even so, you can't be sure that Donitz will not have you shot back home :D

[smilinicon]

I seem to remember you said you play at 0% realism(?), so no matter, no loss. Just do a gameboy reload.

[Seefer]

Are there no REALLY big paddles onboard? Maybe the chef has a whisk in the kitchen you can use ;)

[SteamWake]

Bigboywolly is about to release a Mod that puts 'Resupply', through your Radioman, back into the game as was originally intended, but not able to be finished by The Devs.

Good to hear.

In the meantime its game over. :doh:

[Task Force]

well, first you say "s*** were out of gas..."

next yell "S!!! WERE OUT OF GAS!!!"

next run around yelling "OMG WHAT TO DO."

then sitdown while the crew looks at you like a nut, and say.
" well, grab a oar."

[Factor]

go fishing.

[Task Force]

go fishing.

and that too. lol:yep:

[renthewog]

Bigboywolly is about to release a Mod that puts 'Resupply', through your Radioman, back into the game as was originally intended, but not able to be finished by The Devs.

Yeah good point...whatever happened to the "Ressupply" option with the radioman? I upgraded all his abilities etc, and I ask him to "request ressupply" and he says "Captain, they've denied our ressupply" every frigging time!! useless pr**k :damn:

[commandosolo2009]

Yeah good point...whatever happened to the "Ressupply" option with the radioman? I upgraded all his abilities etc, and I ask him to "request ressupply" and he says "Captain, they've denied our ressupply" every frigging time!! useless pr**k :damn:


KM Altamark resupply available at 1943

[renthewog]

KM Altamark resupply available at 1943

Ahh..cheers for that, i look forward to 1943 then.

[TBear]

with all those diesel fumes crew inhale....have them take a pi** in the tank......either they are full of diesel from fumes or the crew are alchoholics....both things will work....:salute:

L.T

Looking forward to resuply mod......that will be a WIN!!:arrgh!:

[609_Avatar]

KM Altamark resupply available at 1943

Is that before or after the game time frame ends? ;)

[commandosolo2009]

close to the end..:yeah::D:har:

[janh]

Go to the fridge, take a beer and call it a day!

[MattDizzle]

Wasnt this a plotline in "Up, Periscope"?

Duh, tie everyones clothes together and make a giant sail, use the attack periscope as a mast. Lines? Use the hair you cut from the bloated floating corpses of the nearest tommies, braid it together and sail back to germany! :arrgh!:

[commandosolo2009]

@MattDizzle

the idea sounds tempting sir... maybe I should let go the whole line thing..:O:

the boat will eventually sink cuz the compressor that fills the ballast tanks runs on electricity, which in turn runs on batteries, which in turn recharges by diesel propulsion, which in turn runs on diesel, which WE DONT HAVE@@@!!!!:D:har::har::har::har:

[subsimlee]

Bend way down and kiss your ass GOODBYE....!!!

[Paajtor]

Take 2 torpedoes, unmount the warheads, and tie them to each side of the uboat.
Set speed as low as possible, and fire them up, provided the sea is calm. :D

[robbo180265]

Take 2 torpedoes, unmount the warheads, and tie them to each side of the uboat.
Set speed as low as possible, and fire them up, provided the sea is calm. :D

And don't forget to video it - I wanna see that in action:har:

[Paajtor]

That's even harder...I don't have SH5.:O:

[commandosolo2009]

@Paajtor

Nice idea btw, only if someone willing to fastrope and circle around a big assed hull, just to tie a taller, fatter, heavier torpedo, while of course others are holding it at hand ;)

Another idea I had in mind, was to put all men on surface, each tied with a rope as a harness to the (CON)ning tower, and pat the waters with their legs :yeah:

and while they're doing so, they could all chant ''It's a long way, to Tipperary, it's a long way to goooo'' :har::har::har:

[jazman]

Wasnt this a plotline in "Up, Periscope"?

Duh, tie everyones clothes together and make a giant sail, use the attack periscope as a mast. Lines? Use the hair you cut from the bloated floating corpses of the nearest tommies, braid it together and sail back to germany! :arrgh!:

There was a US sub in the early 30s, I think, which engines died, and the crew rigged a sail and they made it back.

[Synthfg]

Get the Cheng to rig up some paddles,
Get the Bosun to rig up a whip

Line the crew on deck in a Greek galley type arrangement, and have them start rowing

[don1reed]

Call it a cheat if you want

goto documents\sh5\date\cfg\UPCInitial\GameplaySettings \LimitedFuel=false

You can pretend the SeaTow responded to your call...it'll get you home.

(at least it did during SH4)