[Wolfstriked]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

All ships leak a little, and there's no such thing as a perfect watertight seal. Actually of course some manage to be perfect, but it's the same as the proverb "there's no such thing as an unloaded gun." Even with welded seams on the hull some might not be perfect, the hatches all have a chance of not seating perfectly, the rudder and propellor-shaft joins may not be perfect. Also even when the boat seems to be in perfect trim, true perfection is impossible. Sooner or later the boat will rise or sink, depending on the trim, and unless the boat is moving those adjustments must be made by shifting water fore or aft, or by pumping some out. It's a fact of life when you're a sailor.

I see now.Its as you say a fact of life being a sailor as most boats do have bilge pumps.I am still not sold on the subs will submerge or rise when at zero speeds though.There are so many tanks that can be tweaked to maintain any depth.Taken from

http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/chap18.htm


"""A stationary dive is made when the ship is dead in the water. The main ballast tanks are completely flooded and enough water is flooded into the variable ballast tanks to destroy the remaining positive buoyancy. Flooding and pumping may be alternated to maintain the ship on an even keel at any desired depth. This type of dive is sometimes used during builder's trials to test and inspect the hull at various submerged depths down to final test depth."""

'E' key. It's extra cool if you're using DBSM.

I was thinking more if the flooding gets so severe and you blow ballast and still are sinking then you could have a few more of the actual safety tanks to use....instead of the dreaded ship sunk screen.Could give you enough time to get the flooding under control.


The Noise Meter is an indicator of how much noise you're making, nothing else. Also, it's totally unrealistic and shouldn't be there anyway.

Your most likely right.Do you know if NYGM models the sensors of enemy ships being useless during DC attacks?I think I read somewhere of a mod that does that.Also what do you think of the unrealistic compressed air modeling in SH3.If you look at the CA gauge it shows a blue graph that I think is how much one fill of the ballast tanks takes away from the CA reserve.I assumethis because the dial also has a redline towards the lower end that matches the blue area in size....most likely telling the crew that they have enough CA to surface one more time so they better have the negative tank blown before that line is reached.

Sh3 rules!