@Nuc - Thanks!
@swds - I'd gathered that from a quick scan of the developer forum he pointed me at. I've gotten an account there and I'll be reading up some tonight to get an idea of where all this great work comes from and how I might be of use. I've got RL experience in subs but, perversely, just got into the SH series. So my dive time in a Type VII, Fleet, or S boat is pretty limited.

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We can fix that... Beta testers are always needed and appreciated... :up:;):cool:

Thanks for the heads up on Ducimus' findings. I'd overlooked them before because I thought they were a Fleet Boat specific issue. What happened to me was major bulkhead damage and flooding in the propulsion compartment. I guess the 14% hull damage I took was all the static hit points of the propulsion space. I'm going to start another career though in a sugar boat and see if I can get it to happen again because the symptoms I saw did not include any diesel damage. Anyway, clearly not an RFB issue so if I find anything interesting I'll post in the main Mod area. Thanks again!
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feld

If you want to test the latest merchant ship damage models you'll have to install that mod because it's not included in what you currently have installed.

Is my installation order correct? I'm unsure if RFB is running or not when I play SHIV.
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Yup, looks good except that a nice 1500 yard bearing plotter is already part of RFB. It's probably the same as what you have there. If you wanted to slide in the 3000 yard bearing plotter :hulk: that would make sense.

@observer--Thanks, I'll do that as soon as I return to port. In my first fifteen minutes of playing RFB, after cursing the unnecessary attack map nerfs (I have to apply heavy persuasion to institute the TMO attack map there. RFB went too far the other way, forgetting that the attack map is the analog to the tracking crew checking out the validity of the TDC against the plot. The attack map can't be used for that in RFB), I bagged an Atago for 9000 tons. Hitting an 18 knot target with Mark 10s is not for the faint of heart. The Atago blew up like a fireworks factory though and I'm looking forward to the new damage mod. I'm not giving up the tonnage though! Here's why your mod is so necessary:

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Yeah, there's an Atago in there somewhere. Too much Hollywood, not enough real for Real Fleet Boat.

Maybe you hit the magazine.

Surely something in there was a bit unstable. I'm going to check out the replay video to see exactly what happened.

the moment i got damage to my sub the characters inside the sub turned black or had black on them. whats wrong?

They should turn red

deck gun crew
 

my deck gun crew slots don't show up. why?

If you tryed adding a fore gun and had an aft deck gun, then the slots may disappear, unsure why.

Every torpedo I launch, results in the torpedo being far underneath the bottom of the ship.

Even when I set the depth for under 5, its still way to low.

Is there a trick to this?

If your using the "L" key to mark the target, the depth will be reset.

Also the maxium depth rate error is 10 feet, so if the ship's draft dosen't exceed 15feet you could still miss.

Yeah, I noticed that about the "locking" key, I don't use it.

It was a huge cruiser, I think the draft was 18 or 19?