Subs that don't sink?
 

Today I had my second encounter with a T class sub in the Med. I put a TII just below her conning tower, got a huge explosion and the "Impact" and "Going down" messages. However she refused to go to the bottom, she just floated a few meters below the surface. The little sunk ship icon never appeared on the map, even though she was listed as a kill in my logbook. When I opened SH3Cmdr after exiting the mission, I had no warship kills for that patrol, however she was in the patrol log page (see screenshots). Any ideas?

P.S. After an hour or so I got tired of waiting for her to sink, so I decided to push her down a bit...didn't work:damn:

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I must admit to being puzzled with this because mine manage to sink, no problem.

Do you have any third party mods installed :hmm:

Push her down.............:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Torpedo Damage Final v2.0, Das Boot clothes and a VIIC skin is all I have installed apart from GWX2.0.

Most puzzling.....I've just created a mission and sunk two, one by gunfire and one with an eel.

The eel victim sunk in 4 mins and the gunfire one took 10 mins (both in game time).

Was the weather good or bad ? (my test was in 5m/s)

I recall visibility was good, didn't check the wind but sea was relatively calm. I think I'll try setting up a mission myself and see what happens. Actually, my first encounter with a sub had an identical result, except I hit her with gunfire. In that encounter, I didn't stay long in the area because 2 DD's were coming my way, but I got the "Going down" message after a shell hit her below the waterline and that was it. No icon on the map in that case either. Weird eh?

@SmokinTep: That was Bernard's idea!

Yeah....when firing on a ship or a sub, fire below the waterline along the length of the hulls and flooding should take effect more quickly.

I have a question,does the ai subs submerge?
I was wondering because I engaged an S class I think it was and it never submerged to evade me..Thanks

yes... er...nope.... errrrr
AI subs can not dive.

Thank you sir:up:

No......only when they sink http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9708/piratebf4.gif

Out of interest did you get awarded the renown for this 'non-sinking' sub?

Nemo

Actually yes, I got the renown but not the tonnage.:doh:

How do you know that http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/181...kbigsw1yo4.gif

I recall reading somewhere that subs were worth ~300 renown. Well, the renown I received in those 2 patrols was rather high for just a couple of merchies. So I just assumed I got the renown for 'sinking' the sub.

Sorry to ressurect an oldish thread, but on my current patrol using GWX 2.0 I have just sunk an S-Class submarine. It went down quick and I got the 'She's going down' message. Strange thing is the sinking is recorded in my log and in the total of ships sunk on the summary screen when you save and exit but on the status report that you radio to Bdu it's not recorded. The status report says 1 warship sunk when I have sunk the S-Class and a Black Swan. Not checked Commander yet. An issue with sinking Allied subs perhaps.

Nemo

The screen pushing the sub down it funny. Get down there you are DEAD!