Subs that don't sink?

[KptLt Lindemann]

Today I had my second encounter with a T class sub in the Med. I put a TII just below her conning tower, got a huge explosion and the "Impact" and "Going down" messages. However she refused to go to the bottom, she just floated a few meters below the surface. The little sunk ship icon never appeared on the map, even though she was listed as a kill in my logbook. When I opened SH3Cmdr after exiting the mission, I had no warship kills for that patrol, however she was in the patrol log page (see screenshots). Any ideas?

P.S. After an hour or so I got tired of waiting for her to sink, so I decided to push her down a bit...didn't work

[Jimbuna]

I must admit to being puzzled with this because mine manage to sink, no problem.

Do you have any third party mods installed :hmm:

[SmokinTep]

Push her down.............:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[KptLt Lindemann]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I must admit to being puzzled with this because mine manage to sink, no problem.

Do you have any third party mods installed :hmm:

Torpedo Damage Final v2.0, Das Boot clothes and a VIIC skin is all I have installed apart from GWX2.0.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by KptLt Lindemann

Torpedo Damage Final v2.0, Das Boot clothes and a VIIC skin is all I have installed apart from GWX2.0.

Most puzzling.....I've just created a mission and sunk two, one by gunfire and one with an eel.

The eel victim sunk in 4 mins and the gunfire one took 10 mins (both in game time).

Was the weather good or bad ? (my test was in 5m/s)

[KptLt Lindemann]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Most puzzling.....I've just created a mission and sunk two, one by gunfire and one with an eel.

The eel victim sunk in 4 mins and the gunfire one took 10 mins (both in game time).

Was the weather good or bad ? (my test was in 5m/s)

I recall visibility was good, didn't check the wind but sea was relatively calm. I think I'll try setting up a mission myself and see what happens. Actually, my first encounter with a sub had an identical result, except I hit her with gunfire. In that encounter, I didn't stay long in the area because 2 DD's were coming my way, but I got the "Going down" message after a shell hit her below the waterline and that was it. No icon on the map in that case either. Weird eh?

@SmokinTep: That was Bernard's idea!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by KptLt Lindemann

I recall visibility was good, didn't check the wind but sea was relatively calm. I think I'll try setting up a mission myself and see what happens. Actually, my first encounter with a sub had an identical result, except I hit her with gunfire. In that encounter, I didn't stay long in the area because 2 DD's were coming my way, but I got the "Going down" message after a shell hit her below the waterline and that was it. No icon on the map in that case either. Weird eh?

@SmokinTep: That was Bernard's idea!

Yeah....when firing on a ship or a sub, fire below the waterline along the length of the hulls and flooding should take effect more quickly.

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by KptLt Lindemann

I recall visibility was good, didn't check the wind but sea was relatively calm. I think I'll try setting up a mission myself and see what happens. Actually, my first encounter with a sub had an identical result, except I hit her with gunfire. In that encounter, I didn't stay long in the area because 2 DD's were coming my way, but I got the "Going down" message after a shell hit her below the waterline and that was it. No icon on the map in that case either. Weird eh?

Out of interest did you get awarded the renown for this 'non-sinking' sub?

Nemo