Rig For Red Automatic??

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Saw this at the UBI Daily Dev Answers page today.

Q: airwolf2009: Will there be flooding in the damage spaces in damage control screen? Can you include a general alarm button to press for battle stations and can you make rig for red optional as well?
A: Rig for red will remain automatic for now but there will be a "General Quarters" button in relation to the new crew management. Flooding will remain similar to Silent Hunter 3, and I'm not sure I understand what the question is.


Not to sound like a whiner on this, I think SHIV looks incredible so far and I will buy it without batting an eye, but the rig for red thing bothers me. The earliest sub sims I can remember all had this feature. Why are we taking steps backwards with some of these basic features? If I am the captain then I decide when we rig for red, not the clock on the wall.
On the bright side, it sounds like we may get some sort of indication of flooding.