Emergency in a storm - help needed

[Anthony W.]

I'm currently in the middle of a patrol in Career mode.

I was sailing near Tokyo, when I took a shell hit. The rear torpedo room is completely flooded. I am headed to the nearest port, Saipan, for repairs.

CURRENTLY, I have made it to a small set of islands marked as "Corridor II", but my problem is that I have 10% oxygen remaining. I am running on the surface, maybe 100 yards off shore. However, seas are VERY rough and winds are at gale force. Despite being on the surface, my CO2 level continues to rise.

I've considered partially beaching - but I know that this may cause loss of the sub, or at least flooding of the fore torpedo room.

Any suggestions?

Also - being in such shallow water, would not (realistically) the waves be much smaller? And, in real life, would not partial beaching do only minimal damage to the underside of the hull?

Thanks

[Daniel Prates]

Blast! I amaze myself as to how much SH4 can be realistic and challenging.

How is it that you are on the surface, and still getting an increase in CO2 levels? Are you capsised or something? Shouldn't air be replenished from the upper hatch? If you can go yourself to the bridge to some lovely sigh-seeing, air should be automaticly ventilated.

Am I right? At least that is what my experience dictates. Everytime I emerge, air is instantaneously ventilated. No need to pump it, or to activate any kind of ventilation - as it is the case with a sim like "dangerous waters", and still, as I recall, that only being needed for pressurised air.

[Armistead]

This is a common bug no one can fix. Save and reload, that will correct it.

It seems to happen more due to alt/tabbing in and out of the game. I only get it when I tab out and come back.

Any banging of land against your hull will damage it, but the harder or faster you hit land, the quicker it will be.

Also, you'll need to dock at home base for repairs, not just a refit base.

[Anthony W.]

Looks like I need a bigger desk, then.

I alt tab a lot to go back and forth between various internet pages and the game.

I guess after I finish restoring my early Camaro, I'll need to build another computer.

[rein1705]

In RL you could beach her just fine as long as it was in sand, its reefs that get you in trouble. In game i have managed to set my boat down on the bottom several times but i havent attempted this in TMO or in some time in general. Hope you make it back in one peace.

Good hunting.

[commandosolo2009]

Not a nice episode on Rabaul shallows with a Mutsuki charging you as you repair :nope:...

But a save and a reload would get all CO2 out. And in the future try to take a less direct approach to target, and above all, dont spam your TC...

regards,

CS2k9:salute:

[Dogfish40]

Blast! I amaze myself as to how much SH4 can be realistic and challenging.

How is it that you are on the surface, and still getting an increase in CO2 levels? Are you capsised or something? Shouldn't air be replenished from the upper hatch? If you can go yourself to the bridge to some lovely sigh-seeing, air should be automaticly ventilated.

Am I right? At least that is what my experience dictates. Everytime I emerge, air is instantaneously ventilated. No need to pump it, or to activate any kind of ventilation - as it is the case with a sim like "dangerous waters", and still, as I recall, that only being needed for pressurised air.

Anthony,
Yeah, If you have damage and are having problems keeping the boat from sinking, you could have rising C02 levels because even if your surfaced but are running at a depth of 25' or 30' (I'm really not sure of the exact depth that the game is set), the boat may think your submerged.
The Alt-Tabbing thing is probably the problem here like Armistead says, however, keep that boat as surfaced as possible in your conditions with the storm ect.
Sounds like your having an exciting game. Also, keep your repair team going and make sure to swap them out when they get exhausted, they may fix a lot of the damage. You probably already know all of this, I'm just popping off suggestions if I were in your place. Hope you get back to base and watch out for the planes!
Good Hunting:salute: