[CB..]

it might be that the repair time is tied to the hit points of the item so reducing the HP might allso reduce the repair times--tho as we have noticed the repair times no matter what the hit points tends to be stunningly short---

the only circumstance i have found where repairs take anything like a noticable time is when large numbers of the crew are dead the other mostly shocked into fatigue--


so here's my proposal--

reduce the number of crew needed for the sub--

perhaps even remove the ordinary seaman requirement altogether--and only have the officers and petty officers--
and low ranking ones at that--

if you only have one officer and one crew member alive on your boat--you can bet you ass the repairs times will be longer--

and that seems to me to be the only clue we have---reduce the number and even perhaps rank of the crew--

basic.cfg

[COMPARTMENT]
NumberOfCrew0=15
Interval1_0=7.1
Interval2_0=9.6
Interval3_0=19.7
NumberOfCrew1=6
Interval1_1=3.0
Interval2_1=4.1
Interval3_1=8.5
NumberOfCrew2=9
Interval1_2=4.6
Interval2_2=6
Interval3_2=12.1
NumberOfCrew3=12
Interval1_3=6.1
Interval2_3=7.8
Interval3_3=16
NumberOfCrew4=8
Interval1_4=4.1
Interval2_4=5.3
Interval3_4=11
NumberOfCrew5=10
Interval1_5=5.1
Interval2_5=6.5
Interval3_5=13.7
NumberOfCrew6=7
Interval1_6=3.7
Interval2_6=4.7
Interval3_6=9.7
NumberOfCrew7=5
Interval1_7=2.7
Interval2_7=3.5
Interval3_7=7.3
NumberOfCrew8=3
Interval1_8=1.6
Interval2_8=2.3
Interval3_8=4.65
NumberOfCrew9=4
Interval1_9=2.2
Interval2_9=2.9
Interval3_9=6.1
NumberOfCrew10=14
Interval1_10=6.5
Interval2_10=8.2
Interval3_10=14.3
NumberOfCrew11=2
Interval1_11=1.1
Interval2_11=1.7
Interval3_11=4.1
NumberOfCrew12=1
Interval1_12=0.5
Interval2_12=0.7
Interval3_12=1.1

[SUBMARINE0]
NrMinOff=2
NrMaxOff=4
NrMinPO=5
NrMaxPO=9
NrMinSeamen=10
NrMaxSeamen=14
NbVersion=2
Version0=0 ; IIA
Name0=IIA
Month0=7
Year0=1939
Version1=1 ; IID
Name1=IID
Month1=10
Year1=1939
DaysSpentInBase=28

etc etc
sort of thing---

NrMinOff=2
NrMaxOff=4
NrMinPO=5
NrMaxPO=9
NrMinSeamen=10
NrMaxSeamen=14


problem solved????:hmm:

pends what you want from the game really here--