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Bane · 05-14-07, 11:55 AM

I don't know, I've had a somewhat similar situation in SH4.

We were surprised by a plane, which got off a direct hit on our stern. There was critical flooding in the two aft compartments and the stern was slipping below the surface. The plane was coming around again so even though I read the stories here on the forum, and against better judgement, I dove to prevent more damage.

I only ordered periscope depth but because of the flooding we went deeper than that, with the stern much lower than the bow. I had to go ahead flank to keep the boat from sinking totally.

Much of the equipment in those compartments was damaged. The stern drive plane transmission was destroyed (the planes acted normally though). I prioritized the flooding and the crew was able to keep up.

As the flooding decreased the stern would rise until the boat leveled off and I could drop to ahead slow. Once they switched to repair something else the flooding would start again. The stern would drop and I'd need more power to keep her near the surface. I think the aft compartments flooded totally twice.

After the crew drained the water the second time I blew ballast (only because I hadn't yet in SH4 and this seemed as good a time as any). Once on the surface the stern was still low, but we made it back to Pearl.

I think the interface needs some tweaking for sure (isn't there some info that you can only get on the crew screen in a tooltip?). The overall integrity of the sub would be nice to know, for example. I can't really comment on the insta-sunk situations, they haven't happened to me yet. My only insta-death has been by being rammed by a destroyer.

My experience with damage control has been positive for the most part, once I figured out how the interface worked and what it was telling me.

05-14-07, 11:55 AM	#3
Bane Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 119 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I don't know, I've had a somewhat similar situation in SH4. We were surprised by a plane, which got off a direct hit on our stern. There was critical flooding in the two aft compartments and the stern was slipping below the surface. The plane was coming around again so even though I read the stories here on the forum, and against better judgement, I dove to prevent more damage. I only ordered periscope depth but because of the flooding we went deeper than that, with the stern much lower than the bow. I had to go ahead flank to keep the boat from sinking totally. Much of the equipment in those compartments was damaged. The stern drive plane transmission was destroyed (the planes acted normally though). I prioritized the flooding and the crew was able to keep up. As the flooding decreased the stern would rise until the boat leveled off and I could drop to ahead slow. Once they switched to repair something else the flooding would start again. The stern would drop and I'd need more power to keep her near the surface. I think the aft compartments flooded totally twice. After the crew drained the water the second time I blew ballast (only because I hadn't yet in SH4 and this seemed as good a time as any). Once on the surface the stern was still low, but we made it back to Pearl. I think the interface needs some tweaking for sure (isn't there some info that you can only get on the crew screen in a tooltip?). The overall integrity of the sub would be nice to know, for example. I can't really comment on the insta-sunk situations, they haven't happened to me yet. My only insta-death has been by being rammed by a destroyer. My experience with damage control has been positive for the most part, once I figured out how the interface worked and what it was telling me.