good question. my icons don't chage color either. which is very annoying cause I have a hard time tell if they are activated. :damn:

Walsh2509, nevermind my last post - just looked closer and on my system the icon color does change to a barely-noticable, slightly brighter yellow when clicked. So slight I can hardly tell the difference, maybe I'm a bit color-blind in that part of the spectrum.

So another question, did you get a mod to make selected icons green instead of that slightly brighter yellow? If so I'd be in your debt if you could tell me where you got it!

DH

I have had the same problem as these guys. Damage control was not working, god, I said it before, will say it again, this new crew management takes some getting used to. Silent Hunter 3 just click the damaged compartment and hey presto. With this. ugh...

I got attacked, by hunter planes, and I crash dived after fending them off, only, I had no electric propulsion and I sank like a brick, took compressed air to get me out of it and back up top.

I've never had a problem repairing damage so far. I've even been able to repair the bulkhead.

The Green buttons are a mod availible in the Mods section.

The green color buttons are from a mod..check out the subsim home page or go to the sh4 mods section of the forum to get it. It ROCKS :rock:

Thanks Shaffer4, got it.

Question: does it mess up radio and gramophone? I was clicking on everything to see what would light up green and what wouldn't, and I couldn't open either the radio or the gramophone at all after installing it. They were working fine a couple days ago. Not a big deal either way, far as I can tell there's nothing to listen to on the radio anyway and if I want music I can run my mp3 player in the background. Just curious ;)

Building a good damage control team
 

Hi all,

I've never posted to these forums (or even registered before); kinda been a lurker since Silent Hunter III ;) So, what the heck, I'll give a brief introduction and a big thanx for all the great info and people I've seen here the last few years.

I've been playing sub sims since the original Silent Service on the C=64 (my favorite of all time) and I'm enjoying the refinement as the genre ages (like me). I'm an IT professional in the defense industry in Orlando, FL and am a ripe (though I don't smell ripe) 36 yr old kid. I feel kinda embarrassed for never having posted and lurking all these years; so it's about time I did! Thanks again, everyone, for being here and creating such a great community!

Now for my question:


I've been trying to figure out how to build the most effective damage control team but I am not having any luck...ugh

I started by choosing all the crew members with the highest mechanical skill, but that evil green bar only went up about 10%. I tried a mix of electrical and mechanical guys all above 90 in skill and still the green bar taunted by refusing to rise past 10%. This was, of course, while cruising undamaged and not in battle.

I had noticed during a previous battle that the bar would rise nearly to the top no matter who I picked while damaged, in combat and damaged. But try as I might, I could not get the bar up while not in battle.

Does anyone have any tips on building a good Damage Control Team?

Any advice would be much appreciated!


-H00K

The same problem here. Thank you in advance :D