OK, who has been hoarding the oxygen?
 

Odd. I went to periscope depth at 0931, set crew to silent, ordered 85 rpms. And settled down to an underwater day in the straits between the Hebrides and Scotland/England.

(It is a clear day, and I can't be bothered to avoid air patrols and the elcos... we will run at night).

At 1509, my LI tells me "Oxygen reserve 100%!" And, sure enough, it is.

I am in a VIIB, no snorkel. GWX 3.0.

Any ideas?

If you were at PD, perhaps you broached due to sea state?

^^ That

or

The O2 level is so low, the LI is actually reading the CO2 meter.

or

Your refusal to run mags at 90 AOB's is causing you to blow more hot air than usual :03:

Realism settings?

TBH though.....

You only get that report once your o2 level returns to 100%. I don't think you can prompt that response as a user. And while O2 does seem to be the fastest of the 3 (O2, compressed air, and Battery)to refill when surfaced, I don't think repeated broachings would fill your tanks that quickly. I would like to think that DR would have noticed if he had slowly drifted upwards during the patrol, but then at TC, possibly not.

That reminds me of the ability to recharge the batteries on the surface when they are dead and you've run out of diesel :doh:

Can't honestly say I've ever noticed.

Hi all & thank you for the replies (good to see you again, Gargles!).

Wreford, except for weps assistance, I have everything ticked. And in GWX3.

The sea state was calmish, though winds were 12 m/s. I am sure I was broaching some, but I can't imagine it was enough to send the watch crew up (which I would assume is what triggers O2 replenishment, battery recharge, etc). And I never TC above 64 when in those waters, because there is a fair amount of traffic and fairly constant ASW in the lower half of the straits. With very little depth to play in, too.

At any rate, it is nothing I haven't done before (spending the day a P-depth, 80-90 rpms, biding my time); it's just I have never seen that message before (while submerged).

Meh. Nobody got hurt. Chalk it up to a good bug.

I'd agree it's a good bug, as I use my O2 as my "time to surface" indicator. As long as I have compressed air, I can always blow the tanks and surface, even without battery life. So even if I am forced Down for long periods by ASW, as long I have O2, I'm fine.

So refilling my O2 would be a good thing, would allow me to stay submerged even longer. I could probably go 36-48 hours on battery on slow, but the crew would be long dead.

Try it.....surface and stop your engines.....the batteries will recover :DL

Early solar panel technology

Could be the very first example :DL

Either that, or its Bernard on a exercise bike recharging the batteries (only good thing hes good for).